Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, previews tonight's opening of a classic at the Arts Center of the Ozarks in Springdale.
Ozarks At Large
An important phase of the recovery after this spring's tornado is coming to an end in Mayflower.
We take a stroll to learn about the people behind a few of the names you'll find downtown.Becca says the Shiloh Museum's photo exhibit on medicinal springs in NWA is on display through December.
Supporters of proposals involving Arkansas' minimum wage and regulation of alcohol sales say they have enough signatures to make it to the ballot in November.
For this holiday weekend we listen again to music recorded inside Firmin-Garner Performance Studio during the first six months of 2014. We hear from:Pearl Brick
Cletus Got Shot
Sweetwater Gypsies
Isayah Wofford
The Riverblenders
Xcluded
Sons of Otis Malone
Finvarra's Wren
Dick Johnson
Elephant Revival
And a weekend update of things to do from Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers.
A new CD includes music the Cates Brothers Band recorded 32 years ago, but wasn't release until now.
The Oklahoma Department of Health has confirmed the state's first death due to Heartland virus—a new tick-borne illness discovered in the mid-South. So far no cases have been documented in Arkansas. Jacqueline Froelich spoke with an Oklahoma epidemiologist to find out the status of the virus and how to avoid be bitten.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, July 17, 2014
On this edition of Ozarks, we speak with the trumpeter of The Sons of Brasil. The Kansas City jazz band plays nothing but Latin music and will be in NWA this weekend. Plus, we join a program in progress as it encourages youngsters to read over the summer.
Author Megan Bergman talks to Ozarks at Large’s Katy Henriksen about her book “Birds of a Lesser Paradise,” a collection of short stories that was just cited by the Huffington Post as a must-read.
“Hoodoo Zephyr” by John Adams
Author Kristen Iversen’s new book Full Body Burden is a memoir about living in the shadow of a nuclear weapons plant once designated “the most contaminated site in America.”
Seventy of Arkansas’ 75 counties under a burn ban; Governor Mike Beebe to decide about Medicaid expansion in Arkansas under the federal health care overhaul before next year’s legislative session; and more – on today’s Segment A.
“The Fishin’ Hole” by Andy Griffith
Roby Brock from our content partner www.talkbusiness.net talks to Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Robert Brown to discuss the effect of financial donations from interest groups on judicial elections in the state.
“Every Direction is North” by El Ten Eleven
The organizers of the Museum of the Hardwood Tree are working hard to honor the importance of the most important raw material in the development of Arkansas.
“Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree” by Glenn Miller Orchestra
