Hendrix College is bringing back football after more than fifty years since the last game. The Warriors are putting their one-game and (19,286-day) winning streak on the line tomorrow.
Ozarks At Large
Arkansas comes in near the bottom of a new USDA ranking on states' food security. Security is tight for tomorrow's Razorback football game in Little Rock. And Chaffee Crossing will be rife with bow hunters this weekend, as the urban archery hunt opens Saturday.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large,a report on former president Bill Clinton's address on the Affordable Care Act from his Presidential Library yesterday. And, we visit a local bike shop to learn what it takes to get back on a bicycle after not riding for years.
The Bike Route is one of the sponsors of LifeSource International's Hike or Bike Against Hunger event. The bike shop owner offers advice on selecting and caring for a bicycle. The latest revenue numbers for Arkansas have been reported. A new effort by a veteran ballot initiative group pushes forward a new proposal to limit corporations' ability to contribute to political campaigns. And, Lake Keith in Cave Springs will soon be drained so work can be done on the watershed sanctuary being developed.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we learn more about the implications of new research on tornadoes. Plus, a conversation about ethics in Arkansas politics.Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large: a new generation of canning. Jacqueline Froelich goes to a county fair to find out why so many younger people are re-discovering food preservation. Plus, the finesse required to portray a living, performing legend. Nick Cosgrove, who plays Frankie Valle in Jersey Boys, talks to us about the show opening tonight at Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville.
It's especially hard when you're launching a new album. In the wake of a tumultuous split last fall, the Americana folk duo The Civil Wars released a self-titled album this August and is the focus of this month's Ozarks at Large music review.On this special Labor Day edition of Ozarks at Large, we hear selections from the rest of our live events from the Fayetteville Roots Festival weekend, including performances by Joe Crookston and Mary Gautier, a discussion with David Johnson of the Fayetteville Public Library about the library's plans for the future, and we talk with Hank Kaminsky about his new project on Kickstarter. And, we have a special "Labor Insecurity Day" montage, containing film and musical references to people who will likely soon be looking for work. Those allusions are:
- Jerry Reed singing "Guitar Man," a tune made famous by Elvis Presley
- Jerry McGuire trying to keep his cool after being canned from his management agency
- Johnny Paycheck and his hit "Take This Job and Shove It"
- Olive Stanton (played by the venerable Emily Watson) trying to determine if she's in the right line at the employment office in Cradle Will Rock
- Woody Guthrie singing his song "Blowin' Down The Road," decades before Andy Griffith or the Grateful Dead made the song their own.
- Future Marty gets the ax in Back to the Future Part II
- Jim Croce rapping on the difficulties of finding a decent-paying job in "Working at the Car Wash Blues"
- The Dude gets lectured by "The Big Lebowski" on the merits of gainful employment in the movie of the same name
- Bob Dylan singing about rambling around the country in an alternate of his tune "Tangled Up in Blue
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Sunday, May 4, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, the founders of Olivia's Basket share the spirit of their late daughter and of the organization she inspired. Plus, our insect expert offers low-tech solutions to pesky insects in the garden.
Nearly 90 undergraduate students were awarded the Student Undergraduate Research Fellowship grants of up to $2,500 to conduct research. Joseph O'Neil is a senior majoring in horticulture in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences. His is the first in an Ozark at Large series of interviews with U of A Honor College students and their faculty mentors regarding the research work they've undertaken.
The local chapter of Interfaith Power and Light mixes energy sustainability concerns with faith and hopes to educate congregations on renewable energy.
The Beach Boys, the Ides of March and more in our history capsule for March 15.
Public tickets for Dalai Lama's May 11 visit to Northwest Arkansas become available. Plus, Becca discusses tomorrow's Art and History of Glassblowing session at Shiloh Museum in Springdale.
The Ozarks at Large team makes a trip to Paris, Arkansas to see and hear an amazing collection of bells of different sizes from all over the world.
Click here for video of the bells.
