It's been two decades since the creation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Several local organizations marked the occasion by hosting events throughout Northwest Arkansas.
For more information about the Americans with Disabilities Act, visit ada.gov.
Ozarks At Large
It's great to have hometown pride, but it's even better when someone from outside your town recognizes its value. A local community has landed itself a top spot in a national ranking of the best places to live.
To see complete list of the 100 Best Places to Live, visit CNNMoney.com.
The computer center at the Jones Center had it's official unveiling Aug. 5, after a grant helped pay for renovations. Ozarks at Large's Antoinette Grajeda was on hand for the ribbon cutting ceremony..thumbnail.jpeg)
On this edition of Ozarks at Large: A year after making national news for not reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in school, we catch up with Will Phillips of West Fork and his family. Plus a busy summer at Walton Arts Center, a preview of tomorrow's Film Score Friday and why wheat beer may be just the thing to beat the summer heat.James Spencer, our resident beer guide, says wheat beer is a nice way to beat the heat this sultry August.
There's much more from our beer conversation, including how wheat beer gained a larger American audience and how to make your own all-wheat beer. Click here to listen.
There's much more from our beer conversation, including how wheat beer gained a larger American audience and how to make your own all-wheat beer. Click here to listen.
Becca Bacon Martin offers a brief overview of tonight's theater in the region...from a traditional musical to a world premiere.
The British invasion, “stinkin' badges,” and more in our history capsule for August 5.
PJ Robowski visits the Anthony and Susan Hui News Studio to give us a preview of tomorrow's music on Film Score Friday.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, November 22, 2013
On this edition of Ozarks, the Bentonville High School Chamber Choir prepares for their final madrigal dinner and we’ll hear a preview from the Firmin Garner Performance Studio. Plus the holiday lights are turned on in Fayetteville and Bentonville this weekend and Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has the details on those and other events worth our attention this last weekend before Thanksgiving.
The Northwest Arkansas Polo Club's season is underway in Bentonville.
Dr. Estes from Mercy's Bella Vista clinic discusses how to protect yourself against heat, ticks, and more.
A new theatre group brings a new take on Romeo and Juliet at the Gulley Park Gazebo and it promises to be good fun.
Snake Eyes and the Bug Band will perform this afternoon at 2:00 at the Fayetteville Public Library. Here, the band performs “Sew What You Reap”
Here are our ten clips celebrating horse for our Sunday Montage:
1. The Rolling Stones cannot be dragged away by Wild Horses.
2. Elizabeth Taylor in National Velvet.
3. Michael Martin Murphy climbed the charts with Wildfire.
4. Alan Young can't seem to figure out it is Mr. Ed's birthday.
5. Cliff Nobles & Company perform the instrumental EVERY high school band in north Arkansas played at halftime in the 1970s, The Horse.
6. The Marx Brothers crack wise in the funniest horse racing movie ever made, A Day at the Races.
7. Lyle Lovett praises Trigger in If I Had a Boat.
8. The masked man rides Silver at the beginning of The Lone Ranger.
9. Hailee Steinfeld and Dakin Matthews negotiate in the latest film version of Charles Portis' True Grit. (A blast of Arkansas)
10, And we end with a double-blast of Arkansas as Arkie native Johnny Cash sings Tennessee Stud, written by Arkie native Jimmy Driftwood.
Apologies to: U2, Patti Smith, Seabiscuit, the band America, Black Beauty, Echo and the Bunnymen, War Horse and that big fake horse rolled into Troy. Maybe next time.
