Ahead on Ozarks, the effort to help residents with some college credit finish their degrees will get a big boost next week when six area institutions of higher learning will combine for a Come Back to College Fair at the Jones Center in Springdale. Plus, we explain the place where advanced math and crochet meet....and looking for the place where mindfulness and mental health intersect.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on Ozarks, the effort to help residents with some college credit finish their degrees will get a big boost next week when six area institutions of higher learning will combine for a Come Back to College Fair at the Jones Center in Springdale. Plus, we explain the place where advanced math and crochet meet....and looking for the place where mindfulness and mental health intersect.
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has still more Halloween events to tell us about today.
Ahead on Ozarks, the Sustainability Communities Leadership Summit moves to North Little Rock. Plus, a conversation with Hoyt Purvis, one of the authors of Voices of the Razorbacks.
Today, Razorback sporting events can be heard on dozens of radio stations across the state and seen anywhere in the world through the Internet. But as Hoyt Purvis, one of the authors of "Voices of the Razorbacks" puts it, it took decades for the Razorback Sports Network to develop into hat it is today.
On this edition of Weekend Ozarks, an invasive rock-snot algae is threatening to take over parts of the White River, plus the latest artist at the Fayetteville Underground is stirring viewers' emotions with his work.Here are our clips for our Homecoming pig montage:
1. Charles Mingus an Goodbye Mr. PORK Pie Hat.
2. Arnold Ziffel is insulted on Green Acres.
3. The Yonder Mountain String Band plays the bluegrass standard Pig in a Pen.
4. Pooh and Piglet: a wonderful friendship.
5. An old jingle for Piggly Wiggly grocery stores.
6. Miss Piggy takes offense...and takes action.
7. Homer develops an odd friendship in The Simpsons Movie.
8. Fleetwood Mac, Tusk. It works, it works.
9. James Cromwell ends the movie Babe.
10. Porky Pig ends everything the same way.
Apologies to: the three little pigs, The Beatles, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, the warthog in The Lion King, E. B. White, and the cast of that so-deadful-it's-good movie from Australia, Razorback. Maybe next time.
1. Charles Mingus an Goodbye Mr. PORK Pie Hat.
2. Arnold Ziffel is insulted on Green Acres.
3. The Yonder Mountain String Band plays the bluegrass standard Pig in a Pen.
4. Pooh and Piglet: a wonderful friendship.
5. An old jingle for Piggly Wiggly grocery stores.
6. Miss Piggy takes offense...and takes action.
7. Homer develops an odd friendship in The Simpsons Movie.
8. Fleetwood Mac, Tusk. It works, it works.
9. James Cromwell ends the movie Babe.
10. Porky Pig ends everything the same way.
Apologies to: the three little pigs, The Beatles, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, the warthog in The Lion King, E. B. White, and the cast of that so-deadful-it's-good movie from Australia, Razorback. Maybe next time.
On game days, Tusk IV, the live mascot for the University of Arkansas, travels from his home near Dardanelle to Fayetteville to help cheer on the Razorbacks.
This month's gallery show at the Fayetteville Underground includes photography, painting, mixed media works, and sculpture, including these hot glue sculptures by artist Robert Lemming.This month's gallery show at the Fayetteville Underground includes photography, painting, mixed media works, and sculpture, including these hot glue sculptures by artist Robert Lemming.Ahead on Ozarks: Michael Tilley from The City Wire gets us up to date on a wild news week…from new home sales numbers to a gubernatorial candidate's comments yesterday about Arkansas' private option. Plus, Rosco Bandana joins us in the studio, and we travel to Dardanelle to see the home of Tusk, the live mascot of the Arkansas Razorbacks.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
On today's Ozarks, Walmart hosts a sustainability product expo, Mission of Mercy seeks dentists to volunteer their time, a reality show looks to cast Eureka Springs residents, and more.
Associate vice-chancellor for facilities management at the University of Arkansas Dr. Mike Johnson discusses the various factors considered before proposing the two sites for a service road to be used during the renovation of Ozark and Vol Walker Halls over the next two years.
Local resident Paula Marinoni on how she organized a protest against the original plan that would’ve involved the use of Lafayette Street and a part of the East Old Main lawn for a temporary service road.
“Chasin’ the Trane” by John Coltrane
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in downtown Fayetteville is offering respite to families and friends caring for loved ones diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Photo: co-founder, David Williams.
“In a Quiet Place” by Marc Johnson
An exhibition by University of Arkansas ceramic students at the Fine Arts Gallery, a screening of Jumanji at the Boone County Library, and a performance by Sugar Free Allstars at the Fayetteville Public Library.
Ozarks at Large’s Energy Corps correspondent Christina Thomas speaks with fellow Energy Corps representative Dan Dean, sustainability coordinator at Walton Arts Center.
