Dartmouth College professor and internationally respected sustainable fuels expert Lee Lynd says that food and fuel crops don't necessarily have to compete for the same farmland.Ozarks At Large
Dartmouth College professor and internationally respected sustainable fuels expert Lee Lynd says that food and fuel crops don't necessarily have to compete for the same farmland.
A conversation with writer \Leonard Mlodinow about his book Subliminal and how best to convince listeners to support public radio.
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas talks to bloggers Michael Cook and Jason Tolbert about the first eleven weeks of the Arkansas Legislature’s current session…and the few weeks remaining.The latest on Medicaid expansion and the voter ID bill veto override from the state legislature, and more on efforts to clean up ducks soiled by oil.
Ahead on this fundraising edition of Ozarks, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Dave Barry gets ready to come to Fayetteville. Plus, a busy week ahead for the Arkansas Legislature, and our resident bird-man Joe Neal helps us welcome spring with the cardinal.When Rachna Muldoon moved to the area last fall, she quickly became enamored with the local arts scene, but something was missing. So, she rolled up her sleeves and started The Big Picture House.
In winter we hear a few chirps, but with spring upon us our feathered co-inhabitants are vocally staking their nesting claims. Wildlife recordist, Joe Neal waxes on about the call of the cardinal. Neal is coauthor of “Arkansas Birds,” published by the University of Arkansas Press. His latest book “In the Province of Birds, a Western Arkansas Memoir,” is published by Half-Acre Press.Becca Martin Brown of Northwest Arkansas Media gives us the scoop on what's ahead for TheatreSquared and the Walton Arts Center.
If you've been waiting for a novel set in Miami with four good friends, a python, a Haitian family seeking a better life and the line "hyperactive poo-flinging banshee," then you're in luck. More simply, if you've been waiting for the next crime-tinged novel from Dave Barry, then your're still in luck. Even better still, Barry is headed for the Fayetteville Public Library April 12.
Legislators return to the state capitol this week following developments last week on the legislature's biggest decisions this session: the state's Medicaid program and whether to approve a $125 million state investment in a steel mill in northeast Arkansas.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, December 6, 2013
Ahead on this snow day edition of Ozarks at Large, our weekly conversation with Michael Tilley of The City Wire; plus the violent explusion of an African American settlement in southeastern Crawford County comes to light, ninety years after the fact.
The Humane Society of the Ozarks will host its second annual golf tournament this Friday.
“Walkin” by Sonny Stitt
Eureka Springs Historical Museum, the Gravette Historical Museum, Headquarters House in Fayetteville and the Museum of Native American History in Bentonville are on Becca’s list today.
The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission is commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in Arkansas. The Civil War Sesquicentennial will be celebrated between 2011 and 2015.
Rich Collins is one of the founding members of the band The Imagination Movers. They’ll perform Saturday at 11am and 4pm and Sunday afternoon at 2 at Walton Arts Center.
“In a Big country” by Big Country
Meredith Martin Moats grew up in Yell County in the shadow of Arkansas Nuclear One. You can read her blog the Boiled Down Juice at www.meredith-martin.com or visit the Boiled Down Facebook page.
“Walcott” by Vampire Weekend
