A special report offers highlights of Bentonville's past, present and future.Ozarks At Large
A special report offers highlights of Bentonville's past, present and future.Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Media says spring break is over and the entertainment opportunities abound.
Arkansas lawmakers begin to work toward $100 million in tax cuts, though it will reportedly take some convincing before Governor Mike Beebe signs off on the proposed cuts. Advocates are calling for new administrators at a Northwest Arkansas veterans' home. And, a Fayetteville resident and immigration reform advocate is honored by President Obama while an equality rally takes place in downtown Fayetteville.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: 3 million reasons strawberries may make a comeback in the middle part of the United States. We explore what a donation to the University of Arkansas may mean for the future of the fruit. Plus GOP gubernatorial hopeful Asa Hutchinson, and an overview of theater for spring.
Doug Stanhope will be on stage tonight at the UARK Bowl. he tells us why he keeps on with stand-up as a career.Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Media says there is a musical homecoming tonight and tomorrow night at George's.
The strawberry was once a boon crop in the middle United States. A recent donation to the University of Arkansas from the Walmart Foundation is intended to bring the crop back to the interior of the country.As the U.S. Supreme Court takes on issues of gay marriage this week, Arkansans are mostly unchanged in their views on the subject. State lawmakers yesterday held a conference regarding the Big River Steel mill super project in Osceola, and state economic officials say that while the deal has risks, precautions have been taken in drafting said deal. And, Governor Mike Beebe says he vetoed a controversial voter ID bill yesterday because he feels it is a redundant law.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, a coal-fired power plant may be forced to shut down unless it can meet new EPA standards. Plus, he learn a little bit more about the Arkansas history the Pryor Center for Oral and Visual History at the University of Arkansas has collected.Randy Dixon, the director of the Pryor Center for Oral and Visual History came by our studio to play some amazing clips from Arkansas’ past fifty years.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: remembering the Ozark Folk Fair from forty years ago. The headliners included some of the top names in blues, rock, folk and bluegrass, but the event is all but forgotten now. Plus northwest Arkansas ranchers rally to help out farmers in South Dakota who lost cattle because of bad weather and local non-profits embrace Giving Tuesday.
Ozarks at Large's insect expert Dr. Donald Steinkrauss talks to Christina about how insects are used in poetry, both literally and metaphorically.
Joe Allessi is guest trombonist at tonight's University of Arkansas Wind Symphony concert at the Walton Arts Center. On today's show, he discusses the piece he will be performing tonight, but we'll have more from the conversation on tomorrow's show.
The historian and author will discuss the life and death of Edgar Allen Poe tonight on the University of Arkansas campus. We’ll hear more from him on a future edition of Ozarks at Large..
"Purple Plant” by Mucca Pazza
Becca Martin Brown gives us the scoop on this evening's happennings, including music at the NWA Showcase Theater and the University of Arkansas, as well as an architecture lecture at the U of A.
The local author discusses his new fantasy trilogy.
"All The Small Things" by Grass Stains
