On Veteran's Day, the 11th day of the 11th month, we take a moment to stop and honor those who have defended our country over the years. This Saturday, a local nonprofit is celebrating a Korean War Veteran by fixing up his home in Gentry.
Ozarks At Large
This edition of Ozarks at Large includes the latest findings on a syndrome harming bats, Senator Mark Pryor on legislation designed to make smart phones and the Internet more accessible to deaf and blind people and an Arts Live Theatre readers' theatre of The War of the Worlds.Here are both parts of the readers' theatre version of War of the Worlds, presented by Arts Live Theatre.
Bo Counts, the president of Art Amiss, says the artists' collective is preparing for Halloween and the Art Amiss 13 event.
Here is the full interview with Bo Counts, the president of Art Amiss.
Here is the full interview with Bo Counts, the president of Art Amiss.
Both major party candidates for Arkansas' U. S. Senate seat are traveling across the state.
The 2010 Arkansas Poll includes questions about politics, quality of life and more. The results were released yesterday. We talked with the poll's director, janine Parry.
The poll included questions about tax cuts and more. Here's more from the interview.
To see the poll, visit www.3uark.edu/arkpoll
The poll included questions about tax cuts and more. Here's more from the interview.
To see the poll, visit www.3uark.edu/arkpoll
Not everything we want to talk about fits into a nice, radio-size package. Here is the debut of our still-nameless list of things. Today's first edition includes QR readers, the possible beginning-of-the-end of the phone book and some good ol' vinyl records.
Have an idea for a name for the segment? Email kuafinfo@uark.edu.
The Wednesday agenda includes original theatre in Breedlove Auditorium in Fort Smith and an Oscar-winner singing at George's Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville.
Partially developed subdivisions, now abandoned, can be seen around our region. Biologist Joe Neal recently hiked one of them, a place he calls "Weedy Estates." Joe's latest book is "Birdside Baptist and Other Ornithological Mysteries."
On this edition of Ozarks, learning from disaster as the examination of this past spring's flash flood at an Arkansas campground continues. Plus the local observance of American Archives Month and archives help our history doctor recall third parties of elections past.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Ahead on Weekend Ozarks, a conversation with Arkansas photographer Tim Ernst. Also, singer/songwriter Joe Pug pays a visit to the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
Later this month, Siloam Springs will be home to a Whitewater Recreation Park, the first of its kind in the state.
"Moon River" DJ Chill
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says new scripts are going to be a highlight of next week.
Ozarks at Large’s insect expert discusses the annual trip the monarch butterflies make from the northern United States to Mexico. He also suggests planting milkweed to help to nourish them as they make their way through your yard.
Before performing at Wakarusa, Caroline Rose and her band stopped by the Carver Center for Public Radio and performed the song "Roll On."
Our montage this week is dedicated to royalty
1. Queen plays Another One Bites the Dust.
2. Babar takes a vacation with his family.
3. Koko Taylor and Queen Bee.
4. Helen Mirren and Michael Sheen in the 2006 film The Queen.
5. Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, sings Chain of Fools.
6. Jerry Stiller and Kevin James in the sitcom King of Queens.
7. BB King (and Lucille) play The Thrill is Gone.
8. THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER MADE, King Kong, 1933.
9. Ian McKellen as King Lear.
10. Bert Lahr is the Cowardly Lion!
Apologies to : All of the Kansas City Monarchs, Gene Chandler, Juice Newton, Elvis, The Kingsmen, Game of Thrones and chess players. Maybe next time.
