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In addition to bugs, our insect expert, Dr. Donald Steinkraus, likes music. We look at instances of insects in rock and roll.
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We celebrate National Novel Writing Month with a "book and writer" montage of songs and film clips.
- "Paperback Writer" The Beatles
- Nicholas Cage in Adaptation
- "Everyday I Write the Book" Elvis Costello
- The Shining
- Deconstructing Harry
- "Book I Read" Talking Heads
- Romancing the Stone
- "Lady Writer" Dire Straits
- Capote
- "who Wrote the Book of Love" the Montones
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Several stories from the past week, as with most weeks, centered around money. We look at some of those stories in this morning's week in review.
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Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the National Veterans Golden Age Games are set to take over Fayetteville and the region this weekend; we speak with one 79-year-old Vietnam veteran who hopes to win in his competitions, and we speak with an Arkansas elder who decided to obtain his GED many, many years after his high school years had passed. Plus, while many eyes are on the happenings at the World Cup, we attend a sports match of a different nature, polo, in Bentonville.
Michael Tilly, with The City Wire, discusses the week’s political and business news in Arkansas.
Christina Thomas visits Timothy Nutt, head of special collections for the University of Arkansas library. Nutt says that the library's collections are directly affected by the death of letter writing.
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.
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Media says you cannot possibly do everything worth doing this weekend. But she gives us the options.
Forty years ago Jed Clampit left his day job to become a professional musician. Saturday night he performed live at KUAF for Mike Shirkey’s program, The Pickin’ Post. We hear one of the songs.