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Format: 2026-05-26
A Salute to April Showers
Here are our ten clips from our montage dedicated to April Showers. Well, dedicated to rain at least…
  1. B.J. Thomas sings "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
  2. Hugh Grant and Andie Macdowell admit their mutual love at the end of Four Weddings and a Funeral.
  3. Prince sings "Purple Rain."
  4. Bill Cosby with an early TV rendition of his famous Noah routine.
  5. Mahalia Jackson with the gospel great "Didn’t It Rain".
  6. Gene Kelly about to launch into the best three minutes ever recorded in a movie musical.
  7. Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst exchange a rainy kiss as Spider-Man and Mary Jane Watson.
  8. Tom Hanks (as Forrest Gump) describes the many kinds of rain.
  9. Sam Neil tries to save kids from a hungry T. Rex in Jurassic Park.
  10. Audrey Hepburn finds the cat…and George Peppard…at the end of Breakfast at Tiffany’s. The Mancini notes should have given this away.

    11. Apologies to: The Weather Girls, Andy’s escape in Shawshank Redemption, the bubbling skeletons in Poltergeist, the Eurythmics, John Wayne in the Quiet Man and all those movies with Notebook in the title. Maybe next time.
Plenty to Look at Through April
In case you need a spot to duck into in between April showers, local and regional art galleries and exhibition spaces will have plenty for you to soak up throughout the month, including exhibits at the Arts Center of the Ozarks, the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum, the John Brown University art gallery, and elsewhere.
Deciphering Public Education’s New Longhand Rules
Forty-five states, including Arkansas have adopted Common Core career and college readiness K-12 education standards. But under the technology-enriched curriculum, cursive handwriting is optional. A St. Joseph third grade class in Fayetteville helps us to parse the implications.




Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: new legislation regarding land-owner rights in the Fayetteville Shale play, Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel discusses the aftermath of the Mayflower oil spill and the value of inter-genenerational gardening. We’ll hear from a grandfather and grandson growing food together in the Arkansas River Valley.


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Friday, April 12, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the nearly lost art of letter writing. Plus the nearly-lost school subject of cursive writing. We will take pen in hand to explore both subjects later.




Comedy Without Aggression
Stewart Huff champions the underdog and comments on social issues in his comedy. He’ll be at the UARK Bowl for two shows tonight and came to our studio earlier today.
Deciphering Public Education’s New Longhand Rules
Forty-five states, including Arkansas have adopted Common Core career and college readiness K-12 education standards. But under the technology-enriched curriculum, cursive handwriting is optional. A St. Joseph third grade class in Fayetteville helps us to parse the implications.




Asa Officially in For Governor
Michael Tilly, with The City Wire, discusses the week’s political and business news in Arkansas.






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The proposed expansion of Arkansas' Medicaid system cleared a preliminary hurdle in the House yesterday, though final approval is still pending. And families who live near the Pegasus Pipeline rupture in Mayflower will be allowed to return to their homes this weekend.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Ahead on Ozarks: legislation passed this year in Little Rock regarding water standards has raised concern, some young runners are getting ready for this weekend’s Hogeye Marathon events and we meet some Energy Corps workers.




Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large

Tuesday, December 24, 2013
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On this special Christmas Eve edition of Ozarks at Large, highlights from our holiday show taped earlier in the month at the Fayetteville Public Library, with musical performances by Adams Collins Jazz Collective, Jones'n Leah, and Farmer And The Markets, plus special guests from Cooperative Emergency Outreach in Fayetteville talk about the importance of giving during the holiday season. And even Santa Claus stops by to answer a few questions.
Charliehorse
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The band Charliehorse will headline the Fayetteville Roots Festival after-party at Kingfish Saturday night.
Common Core
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Arkansas has adopted a new educational standard called Common Core. Advocates say it will help students succeed at entering college or a vocation. Critics claim it’s a national standard pushed by special interests and therefore unconstitutional.
“Trampa” by Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Michael Tilley for August 25
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Michael Tilley of www.thecitywire.com talks about the future of Mitsubishi and Whirlpool operations in Fort Smith, and the new XNA terminal.
NWA to Get 60 New Rain Gardens
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Beaver Water District and the Illinois River Watershed Partnership recently received two grants totaling $350,000 to build 60 new rain gardens in the two watersheds over the next three years.
Today’s List from Becca
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How about an Art Amiss Fashion Show and some music by Boom! Kinetic and Band of Heathens?
“Jumpin’ In” by Dave Holland