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.
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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.
Becca Martin Brown has some (but not all) of the suggestions for warm-weather music here.
The winning slogan will be included in a logo and outreach materials. Slogans must be five words or less and include a form of the word recycle. Entry forms and more information on the contest can be found on ADEQ’s website, under the Hot Topics section on the homepage.
John Brown University will host a series of art workshops this summer.
The Arkansas Department of Workforce Services points to a handful of reasons as to why employment and unemployment numbers in the state keep improving. The Arkansas Supreme Court grants a stay on a Pulaski County Circuit Court ruling that allowed same-sex marriages to occur in the state last week, and Arkansas Tech's board of trustees approves tuition increases for the coming academic year.
"The Machine" by Garage A Trois
A study released by Arkansas Advocates for Children & Families says that the state’s juvenile detention system is broken. But as Jacqueline Froelich discovered, two Northwest Arkansas detention centers have found a fix.