The University of Arkansas' Department of English is offering a showcase of all the ways the department touches the campus and the state.
Ozarks At Large
Ahead on Ozarks, a report on the approved usage of E-Notarization in Arkansas. And we speak to an editor, a reporter, and a journalism instructor about the future of newspapers and journalism.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, other ways to teach and other ways to learn. We go inside a local school of innovation, and we'll go on stage in Bentonville as Northwest Arkansas Community College prepares their staging of The Giver.
State officials yesterday celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Community Development Block Grant program, and a water project 20 years in the making is finally complete.
Ahead on Ozarks, Mercy Hospital continues its commitment to sustainability with a new recycling program. Also a conversation with the author of “Sharecropper's Troubadour.” 
A screening of the documentary film Girl Rising aims to raise local awareness to the challenges girls face globally in education. Hosted by GIRLS Rock of Ramay Junior High, the screening will be at 6:30 Thursday evening at the Fayetteville High School Performing Arts Center.
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, a conversation with author Joyce Carol Oates prior to her lecture in Fayetteville. Plus, a bit of tinkering before the Amazeum opens to children and the community next fall.
While about a dozen students of KIPP Delta Public Schools, an open-enrollment charter school network in Blytheville and Helena visited the UA Fayetteville campus yesterday, university officials formally announced a partnership with the public charter school that aims to increase college attainment for students in underserved communities.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we learn about traditional Native American ecological and cultural practices. Plus, we hear a roundtable discussion about recent political polling data for this year's statewide elections.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Mexico's history is long, rich and often misunderstood. We talk with a historian who has written eleven books on the subject. Plus, a conversation with a gubernatorial candidate who cites his business background as sufficient experience to serve in higher office in the state. And, a preview of the inaugural Homegrown Festival, debuting next week in Siloam Springs
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, June 27, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, can e-cigarettes help smokers reduce their nicotine consumption? More than 20 vapor shops have recently opened in northwest Arkansas alone. We take a look at the phenomenon, and Johnathan Story talks about his upcoming concert in Fayetteville, and sits down at the Mary Rumsey Baker Steinway piano in our studio.
David Lewis of Brickhouse Kitchen in Fayetteville helps us continue our week-long series about great openings by describing how he'd begin a meal from his menu for a great meal.
David also discussed how to END a meal well, by describing desserts he'd prepare. You can hear part of the conversation here.
The University of Arkansas Academy of the Arts is greeting the launch of another school year. We talk with the academy's Executive Director, Dr. Rosilee Walker Russell.
"Moments musicaux, Op.16, No.4" performed by the 5 Browns
Every month, Jacqueline Froelich takes a look into the drawers of the Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History and pulls out a featured history. This time it's Al Witte, noted University of Arkansas Law professor, World War II veteran and former president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. For more details and more information visit pryorcenter.uark.edu.
"Ornithology" by Charlie Parker
As the opening of fall approaches we devote time each day this week to great openings. Today, to begin, John Jeter from the Fort Smith Symphony lists some of his favorite musical openings.
To hear one more favorite opening from John, this one from a classic Verdi opera, listen here.
“Time in a Bottle,” the Arkansas Post and more in our history capsule for September 20.
