The annual gathering of Walmart Shareholders continues this week and the Razorback baseball team heads west for the NCAA Tournament.
Ozarks At Large
Our Director of New Media, Tyrel Denison, talks to us about Google's creation of a digital wallet.
Tonight there will be a meeting at Fayetteville City Hall to discuss an effort to create a local food directory.
Those interested in the NWA Local Food Guide can email localfoodguidenwa@gmail.com.
Here are some examples of current food guides from around the country:
www.buyappalachian.org
www.lanefood.org/locally-grown.php
www.localtable.net/farm_guide/index.php
www.buylocalshenvalley.org
Kevin Kinder from NWA Newspapers discusses his band selections for Day 4 of Wakarusa.
Tomorrow the Omni Center for Peace, Justice and Ecology will host its sixth annual Peace Gardens Tour in Fayetteville. One gardener will unveil new work by local sculptor Hank Kaminsky. For tickets visit www.omnicenter.org or call 935-4422.Kevin Kinder from NWA Newspapers discusses his band selections for Day 3 of Wakarusa.
Michael Tilley of www.thecitywire.com explains that opponents of a one-percent prepared food tax in Fort Smith want the tax put on hold pending a lawsuit challenging the tax.
Kevin Kinder of NWA Newspapers offers his selections from the Friday, June 3rd lineup.
A tornado that swept through the Arkansas River Valley into Franklin and Johnson counties resulted in the deaths of four people.
On today's edition of Ozarks, our latest sampling of the interesting Arkansans profiled by the Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History. And we'll find out how a musical tour of Fayetteville High School's halls became a YouTube sensation.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
On this edition of Ozarks, what happens when snow and ice force a college to re-schedule finals…including putting finals after commencement? We'll talk to Ray Wallace with the University of Arkansas Fort Smith about how an ice storm can create problems with an academic calendar. And coffee isn't just for breakfast anymore…it's also for a canvas. We'll talk to some people making art out of coffee. And a conversation with Devon Powers. She's written about communication, social media and the commentary economy. She spoke on the University of Arkansas campus recently.
Trout Fishing in America, tea party, local mascots at Jones Center in Springdale, and movie screenings at Fayetteville, Rogers and Springdale Public Libraries.
"Listening Walk" by Julian Lage
Shades of Jazz host Robert Ginsburg speaks with guitar prodigy Julian Lage. Lage performs Saturday at the Walton Arts Center.
The City of Johnson announces the celebration of Johnson Switch Festival Day on June 11.
Just north of Fayetteville’s new west side waste water treatment plant is a very special meadow—which a crew of Cherokee burned last Friday. Jacqueline Froelich takes us there to explain. For a virtual tour, visit www.ecoarkansas.com
Dr. Janine Parry, director of Arkansas poll, chaired an advisory committee to the D.C.-based Institute for Women's Policy Research in 2000-2004. She talks about the history of women representation on a state level in Arkansas.
