Michele Norris, co-host of All Things Considered, discusses her new book, "The Grace of Silence." It is a memoir about family, race and America.
Ozarks At Large
Every month, Jacqueline Froelich takes a look into the drawers of the Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History and pulls out a featured history. This time it's Al Witte, noted University of Arkansas Law professor, World War II veteran and former president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. For more details and more information visit pryorcenter.uark.edu.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, a mural at the historic Washington County Courthouse shines brighter, we spend time in the kitchen with one of the cooks from the Chefs in the Garden, hear more from the debate between Congressman John Boozman and Senator Blanche Lincoln and more.
A mural completed nearly ninety years ago looks a bit brighter after a
restoration. Tuesday the art and the artist were celebrated with an official rededication.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, taking care of the first home fay Jones designed and built. Plus the theremin as you may never have heard it before and Haas Hall Academy prepares for a giant book sale.
Haas Hall Academy in Fayetteville, a public charter school, is planning to sell books, thousands of them, this weekend.
Becca says Monday night is a good night for book lovers in the area.
This week's Saturday Market in Fayetteville has art, local food, live music and a new cookbook.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, we remember Jefferson Thomas, one of the Little Rock Nine, who died this weekend. Plus a young chef offers healthy cooking classes for young people, the trumpeter swan is released in the Ozarks and along the Arkansas River Valley and more.
Roby Brock of Talk Business takes a look back at the past week in Arkansas business news. For more about Arkansas business and politics, www.talkbusiness.net
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, a complaint has been filed against a charter school corporation for teaching creationism in Arkansas. Plus, one local couple has made an investment in the futures of underrepresented college students, and we take a look at what's in a name in Benton County.
On today’s Ozarks at Large Half-Time -- Arkansas has the second highest percentage of people testing positive for the use of methamphetamines at work, and the River Valley Regional Food Bank in Fort Smith is in dire need of protein products.
“Polka Folk Is Dead” by Warsaw Village Band
Today, “Metamorphosis,” a program about butterflies will be hosted at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks. For the weekend, Boeing-Boeing and lots of musical performances including The Fray and Girl Talk promise fun-filled evenings.
“Let it Out” by Girl Talk
The beloved band visited KUAF’s Firmin-Garner Performance studio to talk about their new book-CD combo “Chicken Joe Forgets Something Important.”
More information on the band and their new book-CD is available on www.troutmusic.com.
A study of four years of natural gas drilling operation inspection records in Arkansas reveals a majority were in violation of state clean water standards. The new report was issued Tuesday by the Arkansas Public Policy Panel in Little Rock.
“Stop and Listen Blues” by Mississippi Sheiks
A quilt fair will be hosted Saturday at the Shiloh Museum. Today, a Beaver Lake cruise and a book talk by Thomas Averill is what’s up.
“The Melee” by The Beastie Boys