Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, we meet a cartographer on the Ozark Highlands Trail, just in time for Spring hiking season. Plus, we take a Sunday drive to the roadside cafe, The Valley Inn, for a slice of their famous pie.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, we meet a cartographer on the Ozark Highlands Trail, just in time for Spring hiking season. Plus, we take a Sunday drive to the roadside cafe, The Valley Inn, for a slice of their famous pie.
We make a stop at the roadside café, the Valley Inn, in Hindsville to learn the history of the restaurant in the small town.
Jacqueline Froelich takes us on the Ozark Highlands Recreational Trail to meet a cartographer who maps our bioregion on foot and by water
Here are the references we used in our montage honoring the birthday of Dr. Seuss.
- Seussical the Musical
- Horton Hears a Who
- "Get Together Weather" 5000 fingers of Dr. T
- "Oh the Places You'll Go" read by John Lithgow
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- The Lorax
- The Cat in the Hat
- "Grinch 2000" Busta Rhymes ft. Jim Carey
During the University of Arkansas Libraries panel discussion on Daisy Bates and the Civil Rights Movement, Gerald Jordan and Janis Kearney, two graduates of the university, talked about attending the then-predominantly white campus.
The Red Cross has a new app for pet owners to help in emergencies.
The state's Private Option saga continues, the state Supreme Court hears arguments in a case involving a major pharmaceutical company, and an Arkansas-based company announces the latest in a string of layoffs. Those stories and more in this morning's Week in Review.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: it has been 60 years since the largest-ever nuclear weapons test by the United States took place on the Marshall Islands' Bikini Atoll. Today, many Marshallese, including several northwest Arkansas residents, are marking the anniversary of the Castle Bravo Blast. Plus, Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers gets us ready for the weekend, Michael Tilley from The City Wire helps us analyze the week's news, and more.
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Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, why hundreds of people will be in Rogers this weekend to trade frags, or sections of coral. Plus, we speak to the former First Minister of Scotland about contemporary education.
Noted historian Sir David Cannadine visited KUAF yesterday to talk about his work and interests.
From mule jumps to Corvettes, this weekend has interesting festivals in store for our listeners. Becca Bacon Martin with Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has the details.
“Lemon Tree” by Ledward Kaapana
This month five artists display novel architectural ceramics, twisted evolutionary caricatures, rustic copper jewelry as well as wearable silver sculpture, and notions of home. (Photo: “Surveyor” by Becki Lamascus)
University of Arkansas’ Tyson Center for Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace will host the International Faith and Spirit at Work Conference November 7-9.
For registration or more information, log on to http://tfsw.uark.edu/conference.asp
“Radiation” by Apples in Stereo
Michael Tilley from our content partner www.thecitywire.com discusses the future of Fort Smith’s Whirlpool plant, tax revenues and Steve Jobs.
