This week, the city of Fayetteville and the University of Arkansas are hosting a Sustainable Communities Summit. Starting tomorrow, the summit will feature information about alternative fuels and trails, among other things. We speak with the event's organizers.
Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, how one book can connect an entire region. This year, the "One Book, One Community" project examines the book The Working Poor: Invisible in America Plus, a new documentary about Fayetteville has is premiere later this week. And a question that might help you win the last two tickets we have for tomorrow night's Avett Brothers concert at the AMP.Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, early voting in Northwest Arkansas, and celebrating national bosses' day with a conversation with our boss.Tuesday is National Boss Appreciation Day, and Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas interviews Rick Stockdell, general manager of KUAF.
The answers to today's pop culture montage are in order as follows:
- Billie Holiday with her version of "Darn That Dream"
- The infamous scene from Dallas, when Pam begins to learn the past few seasons were just a dream
- Dorothy Gale wakes up from her dream about Oz
- The Eureythmics with their big hit, "Sweet Dreams"
- Neo's last chance to live in the dream world of The Matrix
- The final scene of the final episode of Newhart
- A part of the trailer from Inception
- Laurence Olivier from his Oscar-winning performance from Hamlet
- Patsy Cline, "Sweet Dreams"
Katy Henriksen provides us with a preview of this evening's Sunday Symphony, as well as a look at what's ahead in this afternoon's Community Cinema event at the Fayetteville Public Library.
An outdoor education class that got its start as a college thesis more than ten years ago has a strong presence in a few Northwest Arkansas schools and is gaining attention nationally. Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas hikes through the state park with students learning about the outdoors.
Ozarks at Large's Timothy Dennis takes a look back at stories with a natural-urban flavor.
Halloween is Becca Martin Brown's favorite holiday. Consequently she fills us in on some spooky happenings scheduled for the rest of the month.
Here are the elements of our montage of giving scenes and songs.
- "Give a Little Bit" by Supertramp
- A scene from Rudy when our underdog gets a vintage Notre Dame jacket from his friend Pete
- The launch, in a classroom, of the Pay it Forward concept, from the movie of the same name
- Shel Silverstein reading from The Giving Tree
- Angels are given their wings in It's A Wonderful Life
- The Chairmen of the Board sing the all-time classic, "Give Me Just A Little Bit More Time"
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Sunday, February 23, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks at Large, we visit Fayetteville's first community orchard. Plus, plans for a 60-year-old church in Cave Springs, our Sunday morning montage and more.
Last week Tim Landry, a scholar studying voodoo, spoke on the University of Arkansas campus.
"Gwan Bwa" by RAM
Becca Martin Brown, with Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, gives us a list of free lectures, discussions and more taking place in the next few days.
The newest section of the Razorback Regional Greenway is also the first trail section to open in Johnson.
at end of show: "Brand New Tennessee Waltz" by Jesse Winchester
Beginning last November, the NWA Council recruited individuals to spread the word about Northwest Arkansas via social media.
"Cowboy Romance" Natalie Merchant
Theater Squared will offer its final full production its 8th season with Hamlet.
