Y City is a small town not far from the intersection of highways 71 and 270, it is also the title of a book by Wade Rivers, who came up with the story idea while driving, appropriately, down an Arkansas highway. Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas spoke with the author about Y City , as well as his most recent book Text’d, also set in Arkansas.
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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.
Becca says we'll see pirates, ship captains, cowboys, astronauts at the Springdale Public Library as part of its Adventure Day event.
Devil's Den State Park will host the inaugural CCC Geocaching Challenge Saturday morning.
"Winter Songs" by The Head and The Heart
On this edition of Ozarks, we learn more about a rug-making project at the Booneville Human Development Center. Plus, we have sounds from this weekend's Lights of the Ozarks celebration on the Fayetteville Square. Also, we'll hear the latest installment of Arkansongs, and Roby Brock from our content partner TalkBusiness.net delivers political and business news from around the state.Last month, an iconic figure of several social justice movements in the U.S. during the 1960s and '70s visited Little Rock to support new research efforts by UALR’s Institute on Race and Ethnicity.
The Lights of the Ozarks kicked off Saturday night on the Fayetteville Square. Ozarks at Large's Timothy Dennis was there, but if you weren't, here's a montage of what the festivities sounded like.
Becca's sole entertainment suggestion for the evening is a screening of a Conlon Nancarrow documentary at the Fayetteville Public Library.
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.Governor Mike Beebe details his plans to cut the state's grocery tax, a fun run is scheduled near Eureka Springs on Thanksgiving Day, and the Razorback cross country teams end their seasons while the Razorback volleyball team plays its final home games of its season.
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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.
The story of the first African American policeman in Fayetteville led two graduate students at the University of Arkansas to uncover other stories for their documentary Oak Cemetery: A Forgotten Place.
“Strong as Oak” by Watsky
The band Caroline Rose will perform during the weekend festival on Mulberry Mountain. Here, they perform "Roll On" inside our studio as the festival gets underway today.
at end of show: “Flying Dreams” by Birds of Chicago
Officials with the U.S. Marshals Museum yesterday approved its 2015 budget, which includes allocations for architectural, exhibit and operational costs. President Clinton speaks to the role presidential libraries serve in providing historical context, and state revenue numbers for May came in below what economists expected.
"All the Trees" by Curtis Harvey
Leslie Rutledge and David Sterling are seeking the Republican nomination for Arkansas Attorney General. You can see the entire interview here.
Memorial Day marks the opening of public swimming pool season across America. And this summer, an article about pools and race will be published in the Arkansas Historical Quarterly, titled “Going off the Deep End: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Desegregation of Little Rock’s Public Swimming Pools.” Jacqueline Froelich spoke with author and historian John Kirk.
"Swans and the Swimming" by Iron & Wine
