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.
Austin-based singer/songwriter Joe Pug returned to Fayetteville last month for a performance at George's Majestic Lounge.
Quiet by Kaki King
The Walton Family Foundation gives the University of Arkansas more than $2 million, Fayetteville prepares to host NCAA championships, and more.
March of the Trolls by Edvard Greig
The historic park, just east of Rogers, is a popular spot for residents to play, picnic and fish. City planners say the park is
antiquated and plan to develop it. Naturalists say places on the park are critical habitat so ought to be left wild. (Photo: A goldfinch feasts on thistle—Joan Reynolds)
Roby Brock talks to the the executive director of the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub.
Such a Scream by Tom Waits
Mark O'Connor gives some musical advice prior to his performance tomorrow night at Walton Arts Center.
Girls in Oslo by BigBang
