On this edition of Ozarks at Large, we hear The Heartless Bastards perform another one of their songs; and the instrumental band El Ten Eleven talk about their music. Dan Craft from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers is back with another one of his special projects; and Kyle Kellams speaks with NPR's Guy Raz about the Three Minute Fiction Contest.Ozarks At Large
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, we hear The Heartless Bastards perform another one of their songs; and the instrumental band El Ten Eleven talk about their music. Dan Craft from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers is back with another one of his special projects; and Kyle Kellams speaks with NPR's Guy Raz about the Three Minute Fiction Contest.Dan Craft from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers recently completed a special project on methamphetamine use and production in the region. His report is in today's newspaper.
NPR's Guy Raz spoke with Kyle Kellams about the eight edition of the Three Minute Fiction contest.
Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers says there's many, many events happening in the area to keep us busy and happy.
Jodi Beznoska from Walton Arts Center has a preview of the center's upcoming Broadway season.
The Los Angeles-based instrumental band El Ten Eleven performs tonight at JR's in Fayetteville. They talked with Kyle Kellams and Iti Agnihotri-Mudholkar about their music and their "fight club" origins.
PBS will premiere its four-hour, two-part documentary “Clinton” tonight and tomorrow night at 8 p.m. The documentary examines the life and political career of former Arkansas Governor and the 42nd President of the United States William Jefferson Clinton.
To find out how the use of a White House photographer's images changed the visual quality of the documentary, click here.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
On this edition of Ozarks, we discuss the future of the private option in the state. Also, Northwest Arkansas ranks nationally for its job growth rate.
One Arkansas senator is pressing election officials to resolve issues with the state's voter ID law. Other legislators are pushing to prevent the state lottery commission from implementing video gambling games throughout the state. The FASTER Arkansas committee continues its push for changes in state law to allow public schools to connect to an existing, state-funded fiber optic network. And one Eureka Springs alderman is trying to move forward a decades-long debate on what to do about parking in that city's downtown area.
More than twenty Northwest Arkansas specialty shops sell electronic cigarettes, both disposable and rechargeable. The popular devices deliver a smooth warm nicotine-laced white vapor in variety strengths and flavors. We visit the Velvet Vapor in Rogers and also talk to an Arkansas Department of Health tobacco specialist about pending regulations and potential risks associated with “vaping.”
Our history doctor, Bill Smith, explains the relationship between politics and money is an American tradition.
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, directs us to performance art and fireworks this weekend.
Jonathan Story sits down at the Mary Baker Rumsey Steinway.
