Ahead on Ozarks, we conclude our two-part series on guns. Jacqueline Froelich examines how people in our region are reacting to the gun discussions in the wake of the school shootings in Connecticut in December. And, we have a preview of tomorrow's Business Luncheon forecast in Rogers and talk to a member of the cast of Memphis. Bill Parry plays the owner of a radio station in 1950s Memphis as rock and roll and rhythm and blues begin to capture the attention of young listeners.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on Ozarks, we conclude our two-part series on guns. Jacqueline Froelich examines how people in our region are reacting to the gun discussions in the wake of the school shootings in Connecticut in December. And, we have a preview of tomorrow's Business Luncheon forecast in Rogers and talk to a member of the cast of Memphis. Bill Parry plays the owner of a radio station in 1950s Memphis as rock and roll and rhythm and blues begin to capture the attention of young listeners.Bill Parry, from the cast of Memphis, talks to us about the musical, life on the road and the changes theater has had in the past couple of decades. Memphis is at Walton Arts Center through the weekend.
Tomorrow the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Arkansas will host its annual Business Forecast Luncheon in Rogers.
In reaction to President Obama’s gun control mandate, the Arkansas General Assembly is considering a half dozen gun-rights bills, including reintroducing a measure allowing gun owners to openly carry loaded weapons. We also drop by a Springdale gun shop, where business is beyond booming.Arkansas' delegation in the U.S. Senate sounds off about plans by the United States Postal Service to end Saturday delivery of mail. The Arkansas legislature works on a bill aimed at fixing the state's lethal injection law. And a program that last year raised awareness about where trash in street-side storm drains ends up returns to northwest Arkansas for a second year.
The Valley of the Vapors music festival turns Hot Springs into a hotbed of DIY and experimental music each March. There's a new documentary film out about the fest making its Northwest Arkansas debut at Nightbird Books in Fayetteville this Saturday. Ozarks at Large's Katy Henriksen has more.Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, in the first of two reports, we examine policies and practices that have emerged to keep students safe from gun violence in schools. Plus, we learn more about norovirus, and we examine the results of a poll conducted by the Diane D. Blair Center of Southern Politics and Society and the Clinton School of Public Service.
We kick off our series of foods inspired by the program with Bill Lyle, executive chef at Ella's Restaurant in Fayetteville and his creation: the Ozarks at Large Quiche Cup.
Web Exclusive: The Many Layers of a Quiche CupThe results of the 2013 Blair-Clinton School Poll were released today. Questions included in the poll asked respondents about presidential politics, student loan debt, and gender issues.
To view the results of the poll, click here.
We talk to an expert who has studied norovirus for 10 years about the symptoms and conditions to lead to its exposure to humans.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, November 8, 2013
On this edition of Ozarks, the Stieglitz Collection is ready for its viewing at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Plus Michael Tilley from The City Wire on rising home sales in the region and the band A Good Fight sits inside the Firmin Garner Performance Studio to perform and give their last radio interview before they split up.
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.
"Dirty Paws" by Of Monsters and Men
Today she brings us Mugs for the Eureka Spring May Arts Festival, plus the town's new park.
Jayme Stone's Room of Wonders will be playing around Northwest Arkansas and helped us kick off Artosphere by stopping by the studio.
So why not celebrate with the number "five?" Mathematician Edmond Harris gives us some insight into the fantastic figure.
"Video Killed The Radio Star" by Ben Folds Five
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.
Apologies to: Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio, Brooks Robinson, the chemical element boron, Kurt Vonnegut, the Penatagon and Subway restaurants and their five-dollar footlong jingle.
