Yet to make it to high school, the five member group Xcluded has already released a full length, all original album and played gigs. The album Shadows is available on Spotify.
Ozarks At Large
Yet to make it to high school, the five member group Xcluded has already released a full length, all original album and played gigs. The album Shadows is available on Spotify.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the names of some publications like Time or Southern Living give readers a literal idea of what's printed on their pages, but what about 3W or Due South? We take a look at the thought behind the titles of some of the magazines published in our region. Plus, we talk with Roby Brock about some of the repercussions of Tuesday's primary runoff elections.Last night Kyle Kellams moderated a public discussion at the Fayetteville Public Library about one of the new works included in this weekend's Arkansas New Play Festival.
Picking a name for a new magazine is part art, part science, part luck. We talk with editors and publishers of three regional publications for the latest "what's in a name" feature.
A study released yesterday by Oxfam International suggests that many workers in Arkansas would benefit from a raise in the federal minimum wage. A matching grant from the Walton Family Foundation will soon result in a mountain bike trail in Springdale, and Fayetteville joins the Arkansas Downtown Network.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, raising the minimum wage in Arkansas. Plus, we have a report on regional accents.
To Fort Smith this weekend. We get a look into the life of a monster truck driver and learn how they ready those cars for a show. There is plenty to do in Springdale this weekend including visiting the Amtrak Exhibit Train or eating at the 10th annual Wingfest.
Regional accents, scholars say, change over time, as cultures drift and migrate around the globe. But some worry, into the 21st century and beyond, American regional accents may disappear altogether. Jacqueline Froelich talks with UA psycholinguist, Doug Behrend.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the National Veterans Golden Age Games are set to take over Fayetteville and the region this weekend; we speak with one 79-year-old Vietnam veteran who hopes to win in his competitions, and we speak with an Arkansas elder who decided to obtain his GED many, many years after his high school years had passed. Plus, while many eyes are on the happenings at the World Cup, we attend a sports match of a different nature, polo, in Bentonville.
Roby Brock from our content partner www.talkbusiness.net talked to Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s political columnist John Brummet about the upcoming fiscal session of the Arkansas Legislature, the chances of the GOP becoming a majority party in the State House and Senate, and more.
“Mugshot” by Russell Malone
State lawmakers and the Joint Budget Committee take a look at Governor Mike Beebe’s proposed budget; and the Arkansas Razorback men’s basketball team loses to Kentucky – on today’s Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
A gallery tour at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and an Eagle Watch Tour hosted by Hobbs State Park at Rocky Branch Marina figure on today’s to-do list. Tomorrow, a gallery talk on American Realism will be hosted at Crystal Bridges. Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has the details.
Essayist Joe Neal records and writes of migrating and resident geese negotiating our frigid winter skies. His newest book is in “In the Province of Birds, a Western Arkansas Memoir,” published by Half-Acre Press.
“Wherever It Leads” by Montana Skies
Fayetteville’s Advertising and Promotions Commission is planning to revive the Old Post Office on the Fayetteville Square. We take a tour of the building that's nearly a century old.
To take a video tour of the Old Post Office, click here.
