A firearms manufacturer announces big expansion plans in Fort Smith, Arkansas' Senators talk about the fiscal cliff, and students at Fayetteville High School hold their annual event to help the homeless.
Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large: the debate over the resources directed toward charter schools, and we'll preview December's local theater offerings including the latest edition of "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" at the Arts Center of the Ozarks in Springdale.Fayetteville's fire department pulls out of a regional hazmat team, the University of Arkansas shuffles its offices that handle issues of intellectual property for the Fayetteville campus and for the UA System Division of Agriculture, and UAMS deals with an exposure of medical records for more than a thousand patients.
Here are our doctor references for this morning's montage . . .
- Robert Palmer singing "Bad Case of Loving You"
- Robert Young as the always-calm Marcus Welby (while he lit a cigarette for his patient's wife.)
- The theme from "ER"
- Colin Clive as Dr. Frankenstein as the monster stirs
- That's Rex Harrison as Dr. Henry Higgins responding to Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady"
- Omar Sharif and Tom Courtenay share an awkward moment in "Dr. Zhivago"
- The first moments of the pilot episode of "Doogie Howser, MD"
- Jodi Foster's Clarice first meets Anthony Hopkins' Dr. Hannibal Lecter in "Silence of the Lambs"
- An episode from "Dr. Who" highlighting the main character's ability to be eccentric
- Jackson Browne's great song "Doctor My Eyes"
Nic Pizzolatto and Tony Tost are both graduates of the University of Arkansas's creative writing and translation graduate program, but their ties to Arkansas are not the only thing they have in common. Both have broken into the world of screenwriting, specifically for television. Ozarks at Large's Katy Henriksen spoke with both Pizzolatto and Tost on how they ended up writing for the screen, how having an MFA in creative writing is beneficial to the writing process and more.
Becca Martin Brown tells us what's up with shopping for crafts this holiday season.
A new program is being introduced at Bentonville Public Schools. The program puts bicycles in each of the district's elementary, middle and junior high schools.
Patients at the Booneville Human Development Center have an important job to do. They make rugs as part of the center's Rugs Project, which brought in more than $8,000 through craft fair sales just last month.Friday is Fibonacci Day, and Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas talks with Dr. Edmond Harris about the significance of the age-old number pattern.
Nic Pizzolatto and Tony Tost are both graduates of the University of Arkansas's creative writing and translation graduate program, but their ties to Arkansas are not the only thing they have in common. Both have broken into the world of screenwriting, specifically for television. Ozarks at Large's Katy Henriksen spoke with both Pizzolatto and Tost on how they ended up writing for the screen, how having an MFA in creative writing is beneficial to the writing process and more.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, March 2, 2014
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.
Governor Mike Beebe and other state and federal officials yesterday toured the storm damaged cities of Vilonia and Mayflower. The State Board of Correction weighs new options for telephone service for inmates, and unemployment drops across the region.
"Killer Joe" by Ray Barreto
Last night, a ceremony in Springdale was part of the local observation of Workers Memorial Week.
Eureka Springs is now an official motorcycle destination.
And as Jacqueline Froelich reports, a local alderman is working with concerned citizens to revise the town’s noise ordinance to preserve both Eureka’s quaint atmosphere and “vehicular diversity.”
Tomorrow night a workshop addressing retirement and sustainability will be held, for free, at the Fayetteville Public Library.
"Wright Brothers" by Wynton Marsalis
Becca Martin Brown says The Bard is on stage in Fayetteville and a classic story from another era is on stage in Bentonville.
