Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, we celebrate the fifth day of the fifth month with the number "5." And, bucky ball now marks the entrance to Crystal Bridges in in Bentonville.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, we celebrate the fifth day of the fifth month with the number "5." And, bucky ball now marks the entrance to Crystal Bridges in in Bentonville.
Here is information about today’s montage dedicated to the number five:
- Beethoven’s Fifth as performed by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
- George Brett (#5 for the Kansas City Royals) hits a home run in the 1984 All-Star Game.
- The Vogues sing "Five O’clock World."
- How to use the fifth amendment in a congressional hearing.
- School House Rock’s take on the number five, as sung by native Arkansan Bob Dorough.
- A scene from the British series MI-5.
- The Fifth Dimension sings "One Less Egg to Fry."
- Jack Nicholson orders breakfast his way in Five Easy Pieces.
- Lou Bega’s dance hit "Mambo No. 5."
- Jack Lord gives his famous line from Hawaii 5-0.
Jayme Stone's Room of Wonders will be playing around Northwest Arkansas and helped us kick off Artosphere by stopping by the studio.
Marla Steele, a doctoral student at the University of Arkansas, is one of just a few researchers studying a rare, Asian eagle.
To see the website devoted to Marla's work, both past and future, click here.Bucky Ball, a geometric, LED sculpture by artist Leo Villareal, is the first temporary outdoor installation for the museum. The work gets its name from Buckminster Fuller, an architect who designed geodesic domes. Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas spoke with Villareal about this and other works.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Jayme Stone’s Room of Wonders inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio. And a new magazine is launched in Northwest Arkansas.
Jayme Stone's Room of Wonders will be playing about Northwest Arkansas and helped us kick off Artosphere by stopping by the studio.
Comic Book Stores and Libraries around the region will be participating in National Free Comic Book Day. 52 special editions are available this year. Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas visited a participating venue and has this report.
The Idle Class, a magazine about the arts in Arkansas, started as a Tumblr in 2011. Founding editor Kody Ford then launched it into a website and most recently as a print glossy distributed free throughout the state. The second print issue debuts tonight at The Stolen Glass in Fayetteville. Kody and Andrew McClain, managing editor, stopped by the studio recently to discuss both the challenges and rewards of running a magazine for the arts in Arkansas.
Michael Tilley from The City Wire talks about a rise in construction in Northwest Arkansas and possible plans for the Garrison Ave. bridge in Fort SmithLatest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
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.
A newly permitted industrial swine breeding operation, under construction on a tributary of the Buffalo National River, will spread millions of gallons of hog waste on adjacent pastures as fertilizer. But as word spreads about the giant hog farm, an unlikely coalition of opponents is forming to stop it.
“Sky Tunnel” by Robert Rich
Wednesday is the annual Live United Day sponsored by United Way of Northwest Arkansas. Hundreds of people in northwest Arkansas will not go to their office in the morning. Instead, with their boss’ blessing they’ll help out with a project for an area non-profit organization.
An exhibit opening today in the Ann Kittrel Gallery features a handful of dresses designed to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS.
The big pigs around Fayetteville, dressed up by local artists, will soon end their visit. But first an auction will be held so some of the pigs can go home with admirers while raising money and awareness for both Ozark Literacy and local artists.
“Serenade” by Ennico Toselli
Helen Kwiatkowski and Todd Williams are both displaying their artwork at the Fayetteville Underground this month.
