
Ozarks At Large


Michael K. Honey's new book Sharecropper's Troubadour gives us details of the life of John L. Handcox.



The state Department of Workforce Services releases March unemployment numbers for Arkansas, though they remain slightly above the national rate. Plus, the state's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage will either be reaffirmed or struck down in the coming weeks.


As you Like It will be performed by the University of Arkansas, and an Earth Day Celebration is just around the corner. Becca Martin Brown has What’s Up.
Here are the ten clips used in our salute to jumping:
- “Jump Around” House of Pain
- White Men Can’t Jump
- “Jumpin Jive” Joe Jackson
- Dirty Harry
- “Jumpin Jack Flash” Rolling Stones
- 21 Jump Street
- “Jump in Line” from Beetlejuice
- Divergent
- “Jump” Van Halen
- Tony Danza on Sesame Street
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: in an effort to facilitate further business success in Arkansas, the Arkansas Economic Development Commission has launched a new website, ArkansasFavorsTheBold.com. We'll have a conversation with Grant Tennille, that organization's executive director. Plus, the Fourth Congressional District, geographically the largest in the state is in the midst of a heated Republican race this primary season. We have part one in a series of conversations with each candidate.
Talley Summerlin, who was part of the Fayetteville-based band Be from 1989 to 2002, is recording again and has a new EP.
Becca Martin Brown from NWA Newspapers discusses a new play reading workshop at the Fayetteville Public Library.
Grammy Award-winning fiddler Eileen Ivers once had a dream of joining NASA. Instead she went on to win 9 All-Ireland Fiddle Championships. Ozarks at Large's Katy Henriksen has a preview interview with Ivers, who comes to the Walton Arts Center along with her band Immigrant Soul tomorrow night.
The first year of operation for Crystal Bridges of American Art has caused growth in HMR tax revenue in Bentonville, the Rogers Parks and Recreation Department has its eye on some land for park and trail expansions, and the Northwest Arkansas Community College board of trustees selects a new president for the college.