On this edition of Ozarks at Large, a savings program hopes to help the state’s high-school students save for post-high school education; and Walmart works to corner the lucrative e-commerce marketplace. Also on the show today, we find out more about the upcoming concert in the fourth annual KUAF-Fulbright Summer Chamber Music Festival.Ozarks At Large
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, a savings program hopes to help the state’s high-school students save for post-high school education; and Walmart works to corner the lucrative e-commerce marketplace. Also on the show today, we find out more about the upcoming concert in the fourth annual KUAF-Fulbright Summer Chamber Music Festival.The upcoming concert in the fourth annual KUAF-Fulbright Summer Chamber Music Festival on Thursday will feature pieces by Haydn and Beethoven. Dr. Er-Gene Kahng from the University of Arkansas Music Department tells us more.
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers tells us about the upcoming Art of Wine Festival and more.
Ozarks at Large's Jon Schleuss tells us more about the happenings at the 2012 Wakarusa Music Festival at Mulberry Mountain.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, highlights from Walmart’s 2012 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting held this morning. Ozarks at Large intern Jon Schleuss has an update from Wakarusa Music Festival; and the Mountain Street Music Stage series returns this weekend.Ozarks at Large intern Jon Schleuss gives us an update from the Wakarusa Music Festival being held at Mulberry Mountain in Ozark.
Jodi Beznoska from Walton Arts Center tells us about the upcoming Art of Wine Festival, the Artosphere Chamber Music Series, the Artosphere Festival Orchestra performances and artists at the AMP.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, a photography exhibition celebrates the life of Springdale artist Michael Clarke Donat; and a party that combines friendship with fine art and fun. Also on the show today, the effect Wakarusa Music Festival has on Franklin County; and our bird expert Joe Neal returns with a recording of crows from one of his expeditions.
Wakarusa, the four day festival running May 31 through June 1, will bring about 20,000 people near the city of Ozark, Ark. in Franklin County. Some local businesses are preparing for the large crowds that spent almost $14 million during last year’s festival.Professor Stephen Gates from the University of Arkansas Music Department tells us more about the second concert in the 4th Annual KUAF Fulbright Summer Chamber Music Festival.
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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.
In just more than a decade, Mark Landon Smith, director of Arts Live Theatre, has taken the program to new heights. Becca Martin Brown has more on their upcoming season.
Here are our ten clips inspired by monster trucks...well, all monster---no trucks.
1. Bobby Pickett sings Monster Mash.
2. Boris Karloff and O.P. Heggie in an iconic (if often misquoted) scene from The Bride of Frankenstein.
3. Warren Zevon's song Werewolves of London.
4. Maria Ouspenskaya and Lon Chaney, Jr. in The Wolf Man.
5. Godzilla, the song by Blue Oyster Cult.
6. Godzilla, the fire-breathing monster.
7. Edgar Winter and the classic rock instrumental, Frankenstein.
8. King Kong's roar. You get credit if you guessed a lion's roar played backwards...because that's what it is.
9. Imagine Dragons' song Monster.
10. Bela Lugosi's Dracula doesn't lie...he just doesn't tell the whole truth.
Apologies to: Lon Chaney, Sr. (silent films are not good Sunday Montage fodder), the Creature From the Black Lagoon and Of Monsters and Men. Maybe next time.
The Arkansas gross domestic product grew in 2013, particularly in some unexpected sectors. With one of the architects of the Arkansas Private Option defeated in a primary runoff this week, the future of the Medicaid expansion is in doubt, but Governor Mike Beebe is undeterred. Plus, this weekend marks the 149th anniversary of the end of slavery in the U.S., and the 17th annual NWA Juneteenth Celebration will mark the occasion in Springdale.
"Ten Million Slaves" Otis Taylor
Michael Tilley, from The City Wire, talks about the latest details regarding an acquisition of Hillshire.
