The Grammy-nominated Tierney Sutton Band will play twice Friday night at Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville.
Hear more of Robert's conversation, and more samples from the band here.
Ozarks At Large
Startling images of oil-drenched pelicans have faded from public view since the three-month long Gulf oil spill disaster last spring and early summer has abated. The National Audubon Society has a historical presence along the Gulf coast, and was a first responder. Jacqueline Froelich visits with Kevin Pierson, Vice President of National Audubon's Lower Mississippi Flyway and provides a status report.
The first-ever screening of a new documentary about Fayetteville's first synagogue is Monday night at the Fayetteville Public Library.
On this edition of Ozarks, catching up with school consolidation, seven years after Act 60. Plus a new kind of theatre, insect theatre. We have a preview of Thursday's 11th Insect Festival of Arkansas. And can you really rank the presidents from worst to best? Our history doctor takes on presidential polls. Plus a new poll on the governor's race and more.Roby Brock of talkbusiness.net discusses the latest poll regarding the Arkansas governor's race and if the result will have any impact on races further down the state ballot.
On this edition of Ozarks: Writer Rose Bunch uses the changes she's seen in her hometown in her fiction and non-fiction. The duo Still on the Hill has used Ozark figures and events for inspiration for their music for years, now they have a documentary about those subjects as well. Plus Community Access Television wants everybody...everybody...to be able to tell their story:Christopher Spencer, the owner and publisher of ozarksunbound.com joins Kyle in the studio to talk about Community Access Television with two of the staff from the unusual channel.
There was much more from this week's collaboration with ozarksunbound.com. You can hear some of the conversation here.
There was much more from this week's collaboration with ozarksunbound.com. You can hear some of the conversation here.
Rose Bunch grew up in northwest Arkansas. She takes the changes she's seen to her hometown and incorporates them into her fiction and non-fiction. Soon, she'll compare changes in the Ozarks to changes halfway across the world with a Fulbright Fellowship.
Rose Bunch also talked about her novel-in-progress and more when she visited KUAF. Hear more of the conversation here.
Rose Bunch also talked about her novel-in-progress and more when she visited KUAF. Hear more of the conversation here.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, we hear Jade Simmons at the piano. She'll perform tomorrow night with the Fort Smith Symphony. Plus robots at the mall, a preview of the UA Wind Symphony concert Monday and more.
The start of October means it's almost time for another round of art and craft fairs. Kicking things off is an art sale that will benefit a new art museum in the Arkansas River Valley.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, December 6, 2013
Ahead on this snow day edition of Ozarks at Large, our weekly conversation with Michael Tilley of The City Wire; plus the violent explusion of an African American settlement in southeastern Crawford County comes to light, ninety years after the fact.
Roby Brock gives us an update on the Big River Steel project and more in his weekly business update.
Becca says kids activities for this week include a fishing derby tomorrow.
Dr. Peter Ungar, an anthropologist at the University of Arkansas, discusses how he looks at teeth to determine the diets of our ancestors and how what we and other animals eat today affects our pearly whites. He is also the author of Teeth: A Very Short Introduction published by Oxford University Press.
The latest state revenue report shows a surplus for the end of the fiscal year. State and local leaders celebrated the opening of the 71-B Flyover last night in Fayetteville, and Rogers is working on building a new, modern fire station for the central part of the city.
The Oklahoma Department of Health has confirmed the state's first death due to Heartland virus—a new tick-borne illness discovered in the mid-South. So far no cases have been documented in Arkansas. Jacqueline Froelich spoke with an Oklahoma epidemiologist to find out the status of the virus and how to avoid be bitten.
