Sidney's Emporium has been located on Dickson Street for about two decades, and has been located in the old UARK Theatre building for the past 14 years. This month, the business is getting back to its mobile roots with a move to the Yacht Club on College.Ozarks At Large
Sidney's Emporium has been located on Dickson Street for about two decades, and has been located in the old UARK Theatre building for the past 14 years. This month, the business is getting back to its mobile roots with a move to the Yacht Club on College.
Roby Brock and Dr. Jay Barth, Professor of Political Science at Hendrix College, look at some of the season’s political ads and poll results of Republican voters.Ben E. Keith Foods announces it will add more than 70 jobs to the state's economy, and some law experts say that its unsurprising that a number of counties stopped issuing marriage certificates for same-sex couples after doing so for a few days.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Roby Brock discusses the final week of campaigning before primary election day and if Judge Chris Piazza's ruling striking down the state's ban on same-sex marriage will have any impact on those races. Plus, a return to a favorite CD from several summers ago; can the music still evoke the same response? And, a report on a multi-million dollar campaign targeting the Southern closet.Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas discusses the last week of campaigning before Arkansas' primary election voting ends.Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, an Arkansas judge overturns the states's ban on same-sex marriage, so what's next?
Roby Brock discusses the president's business to Arkansas, Verizon bringing jobs to the state, and more in his weekly business and political news recap.
After Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Chris Piazza overturned the state’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage late Friday, dozens of couples rushed to the only courthouse open in the state on Saturday to obtain licenses—in the “Wedding Capital of the South”--Eureka Springs. Jacqueline Froelich was there. (UPDATE: As of 10:45am May 12th, the Carroll County Clerk's office stopped issuing licenses to same-sex couples, until further notice.)
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, the duo Still on the Hill talks about their new album, and how Beaver Lake inspired the songs. Plus, we learn about how Gunderpickles started with a family recipe, and we honor the 100th anniversary of Mother's Day in our Sunday Morning Montage, a song from Cletus Got Shot and more.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, June 29, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, the cajun-zydeco group, Snake Eyes and the Bug Band, will perform this afternoon at the Fayetteville Public Library' we hear a conversation and a song from the band, and it's sort of like soccer but on horseback: polo in Bentonville. Plus, we celebrate the horse in our Sunday Morning Montage.
An Ozark native who grew up exploring urban woodlands as a boy, left the Natural State for New York, where he now works as Principle Urban Designer for the City of New York Parks & Recreation. We amble with Charles McKinney, during a holiday visit, along the Fayetteville Trail to learn more about his big life in the Big Apple.
Opera Fayetteville is staging the ambitious, dark modern opera Dead Man Walking twice this weekend.
January is "Be Kind To Food Servers Month." Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas speaks with local server David Jelinek to talk about the difficulty of the food service industry.
Here is the list of pop culture references included in today's montage honoring food service workers:
Billy Joel sings "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant."
Kermit, Miss Piggy and Steve Martin confer in The Muppet Movie.
Jennifer Aniston complains (understandably) about her flair in Office Space.
The very underrated band The Bus Boys and the song "Minimum Wage."
Meg Ryan defines high maintenance as a customer in When Harry Meets Sally.
The Austin-based Asleep at the Wheel sings "House of Blue Lights."
Judge Reinhold gets a raw deal in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
Homer is disappointed with the slow service at Moe's Family Feedbag in a classic Simpsons episode.
Arlo Guthrie and the most famous restaurant song ever, "Alice's Restaurant."
Linda Lavin, Vic Tayback and Polly Holiday inside Mel's Diner on the situation comedy Alice.
Cab Calloway sings "Everybody Eats at My House." The best rhyme in the song: Want a pancake, Mandrake?
"Escape Velocity" by Art Lewy
A new collection of Charles Portis' works will be discussed at the Fayetteville Public Library this week.
