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 beauty of film festivals is being able to explore foreign lands and cultures from the comfort of a theater chair. An international film festival is headed to Fayetteville this week to give audiences a taste of adventure that can be found in the mountains.
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 musical Chicago opens tonight at Walton Arts Center and includes John O'Hurley in the cast.
In our monthly, music review segment, we listen to Greg Laswell's new album "I Was Going To Be An Astronaut."
The trial of former Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner continued Friday with testimony via taped conversations from a bond broker who allegedly received much of the state's bond business after giving kickbacks to Shoffner. And a number of court-related entities in Arkansas are receiving less funding after a decline in court fee and fine collections.
"The Longer I Run" by Peter Bradley Adams
A Texas charter school management nonprofit, Responsive Education Solutions, had been gaining a financial stake in Arkansas—until a complaint filed to the Arkansas Department of Education revealed its science curriculum advances intelligent design. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, the controversy raises questions regarding charter authorization.
Roby Brock discusses the retirement of Baptist Health System's CEO, the passage of the private option and more in his weekly business and political news recap.
