Becca previews the return of the Festival on the Border in Fort Smith.
Ozarks At Large
Ozarks at Large's Cristina Thomas was at the 20th annual Eureka Springs Volkswagen festival. She brings us more about the festival and its participants.
Becca Martin Brown previews a banjo festival in Eureka Springs this weekend, and the opening of "Noises Off" tomorrow night.
The many festivals in the area may bring fatigue, but the events that mark calendars in Fayetteville bring more than just weary eyes at the end of the weekend.
On this special Roots Festival edition of Ozarks recorded live at the Fayetteville Public Library, we hear from Steel Wheels, Still on the Hill, David Johnson of the Fayetteville Public Library and too much more to list.Getting more small businesses in Arkansas on the Web, a trip to Winslow to talk about the upcoming half-marathon, and plenty of talk about festivals, all on this edition of Ozarks at Large
A new festival took place last Saturday in Fayetteville. Though it is just one more event on the crowded festival calendar in Fayetteville, the event was surrounded by the idea of helping out.Becca Martin Brown helps us kick off the unofficial “festival season” in the Ozarks.
Becca Martin Brown’s top entertainment tip for the day is a rundown of this week’s Eureka Springs Bluegrass Festival.
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On this edition of Ozarks: The 2012 Fayetteville Roots Festival is approaching, and this year’s menu includes a deep commitment to local food, John Prine and a live, world-wide webcast. Plus, John Jeter, the music director of the Fort Smith Symphony will explain what we can expect when he raises the baton on the new season this fall. And the first day of business for the new Jean Tyson Child Development Center on the University of Arkansas.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, the U.S. Geological Survey is investigating an increase of tremors in Oklahoma, and Adam Posnak uses African-inspired religions' and cultures' images for his pottery. His latest exhibit opens this week in Fayetteville.
Justin Minkel, a Springdale elementary school teacher and 2007 Arkansas Teacher of the Year, has just written a new book aimed at young readers.
Here are out ten clips relating to Buffalo, New York and the War of 1812.
1) Ten Thousand Maniacs (from the Buffalo area) sing Because the Night,
2) Robert Redford and Wilford Brimley in The Natural (filmed in Buffalo).
3) Bruce Springsteen sings about Buffalo's Erie Canal.
4) A trailer, featuring Marilyn Monroe, for the movie Niagara…set in nearby Niagara Falls.
5) Buffalo native Rick James ponders a Super Freak.
6) A BBC documentary about the assassination of President McKinley. The shooting happened in Buffalo. (as did the subsequent swearing-n ceremony of Theodore Roosevelt).
7) The only electronic song we know of about Buffalo native Grover Cleveland.
8) Judy Garland sings Somewhere Over the Rainbow…written by Buffalo native Harold Arlen.
9) Amanda Blake, another Buffalo native, as Miss Kitty on an early episode of Gunsmoke.
10) Johnny Horton sings The Battle of New Orleans, about the final battle of the War of 1812. Arkansas connection: written by Jimmy Driftwood.
Roby Brock, from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas, offers a preview of the state's politics in the coming year.
"The Boxer" by Editors
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers suggests 12 things you should do in 2014.
Kevin Kinder and Kyle Kellams compare their lists of favorite music for 2013.
