For those of you about to BBQ, Becca salutes you...and offers tips on how to enjoy the festival. For those about to flee, she has advice on that, too.
Ozarks At Large
The tenth annual Bikes Blues & BBQ Festival in Fayetteville this weekend promises to draw as many as 400 thousand motorcycle fans from across the U.S., and all their bluster got biologist Joe Neal to thinking about mating habits.
On this Monday edition of Ozarks we get the scoop on compost at Bentonville, look toward the election in five weeks and preview the upcoming season for the Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra.
The Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra opens the season October 17th with a program concentrating on Russian music. Later in the year the orchestra will include Ellington, cartoons and Mozart. We talked with the conductor, Steven Byess.
Steven Byess also explained why he thinks there is plenty of room for several orchestras in the region. Hear those comments here. For more information, www.arkansasphilharmonic.org.
Steven Byess also explained why he thinks there is plenty of room for several orchestras in the region. Hear those comments here. For more information, www.arkansasphilharmonic.org.
The inaugural music festival will benefit Clear Springs School. Stevie Tombstone is one of the scheduled performers and he spoke with Ozark at Large's Antoinette Grajeda earlier this week.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, Northwest Arkansas Community College marks twenty years, Arts Live Theatre addresses school shootings with a new production, we preview the Offshoot Film Festival and more.
The Offshoot Film Festival will screen more than fifty films next month. We get a preview of what to expect.
Learn more about the announcment party for the festival and more about the Seedling Film Association's mascot, Sprout, here. To learn more about the Seedling Film Association or the Offshoot Film Festival, www.seedlingfilm.com.
Learn more about the announcment party for the festival and more about the Seedling Film Association's mascot, Sprout, here. To learn more about the Seedling Film Association or the Offshoot Film Festival, www.seedlingfilm.com.

The seven films that will be shown are: MedeoZ Kranked Revolve Take a Seat Project Megawoosh Africa Revolutions Tour Rowing the Atlantic Signatures: Canvas of Snow
For more information on these films, visit banffcentre.ca. More information on the Fayetteville screening is available at fayettevillebanff.com.
Theatre, music, festivals, bicycles, concerts and more. You might feel winded just listening to everything Becca describes in the weekend prep.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, June 9, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, we learn the differences between various types of Arkansas charter schools. Plus, a UA researcher receives a grant to study the genetic composition of diatoms.
The Arkansas Lottery Commission reports the second straight year of declining revenue for the state's scholarship lottery. Rogers Public Schools officials remove a rule that implied a requirement for end of semester exams. And two Arkansas attorneys file a motion in federal court for a summary judgement in regards to the state's ban on same-sex marriages.
"How We Be" by Sinkane
A University of Arkansas research team surveyed hundreds of Northwest Arkansas political and business leaders on state energy policy issues. The study stems from a surge of interest in the local electrical grid over the past year, due to controversy over a proposed 60-mile long interstate power transmission line that would cut a wide swath through north Benton and Carroll Counties.
The Fayetteville Public Schools’ Bookmobile is making an impact, through books, on young members of the community in an effort to combat summer learning loss. Catch up with them Monday, July 21 and again July 28 at the following locations:
9:30- Red Oak Park (Carlsbad/Boxley/Bridgeport Subdivision area off Wedington)
10:15- The Links at Wedington (at the roundabout in the middle of the complex)
11:00- Woodway Apartments (by the complex pool)
11:45- Crofton Manor off Mt. Comfort (on Hatterly Street)
12:10- Washington Plaza Apartments (Under a grove of trees towards the back entrance of the complex)
"Books From Boxes" by Maximo Park
The Sons of Brasil will deliver the second installment in this year's KUAF Summer Jazz Series, this weekend at 21c Museum Hotel in Bentonville. We hear from trumpeter and founder of the group Stan Kessler.
A few things to do this weekend, and if those aren’t enough, enter to win a selection of tickets.