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Format: 2024-11-15
12 Days of Christmas Montage.
Here are our 12 clips for the montage inspired by the 12 Days of Christmas.
  1. The opening theme to the PARTRIDGE Family.

  2. Alabama sings the TURTLE DOVEing lyrics from their song Dixieland Delight.

  3. Foghorn Leghorn chats with a HEN (not French, true) in a Warner Brothers cartoon.

  4. The Beatles sing Blackbird. Our research indicates COLLY BIRDS are blackbirds.

  5. The Olympic Theme, representing FIVE RINGS.

  6. GOOSE from Top Gun talks to Maverick.

  7. The opening go Tchaikovsky's SWAN Lake.

  8. Shirley Booth as the MAID Hazel in the television program of the same name.

  9. Rosemary Clooney, a LADY, sings about DANCING.

  10. LORD Grantham, for Downton Abbey, gets ready to go…perhaps to LEAP?

  11. Rowdy Roddy PIPER yells at another wrestler.

  12. Todd Rundgren sings Bang the DRUM All Day.

Apologies to Arkansas-born Goose Tatum of the Harlem Globetrotters, the cast of Black Swan and bagpipers everywhere (but Roddy Piper was louder). Maybe next year.
Come Morning set for Northwest Arkansas Debut
The independent film Come Morning was filmed in Arkansas and will have a one-night only showing in Rogers next week.
Choices Few For Some in Carroll County
Carroll County is one of just a few Arkansas counties that has no shelter for victims of domestic violence. Wildflowers Ministries in Eureka Springs is raising funds to secure the necessary property and expertise to open such a facility.
Boris The Spider, and Other Rockin' Bugs
In addition to bugs, our insect expert, Dr. Donald Steinkraus, likes music. We look at instances of insects in rock and roll.
Now, the Christmas Season for Real
The Thanksgiving meal is over and the calendar is full of Christmas events. Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has a partial rundown for us.
Four Years in, the State of the Lottery
The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery has existed for four years and it's director is thinking about the future.
Friday, November 29, 2013
Ahead on this post-Thanksgiving edition of Ozarks, a discussion with the author of this year's selection for the "One Book, One Community" program in Fayetteville, and two Grammy nominees play inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.






The Art of Writing a Song
This fall Eric Brace and Peter Cooper, both Grammy nominees, came to northwest Arkansas to play a few shows. Their tour included a session inside the Firmin Garner Performance Studio.
Discussing Mental Health Treatment in America
Pete Earley's book Crazy: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness was this year's One Book, One Community selection at the University of Arkansas. Earlier this month Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams., talked to him about the book in front of a live audience at the Fayetteville Public Library.
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Ahead on this Thanksgiving edition of Ozarks: music, shopping and a holiday cocktail. We find out how local businesses work to attract shoppers in the midst of the Black Friday weekend. For music, we talk to Fort Smith native Josiah Hawley about his career after being a finalist on NBC's The Voice and his homecoming concert this weekend. Plus, Rosanne Cash discusses the work on her father's childhood home in Arkansas and get a preview of Aaron Diehl's upcoming concert at Walton Arts Center. And our cocktail comes from a house in Fayetteville dedicated to creating unique drinks.


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Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large

Wednesday, April 9, 2014
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Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we learn three things you should know about collecting coins. Plus, we get ready for Hamlet, which will close out this season for TheatreSquared.
Segment A
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Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has filed a consumer-protection lawsuit against a Kansas-based debt collection agency, the Fort Smith Board of Directors is now conducting business without paper, and more.
“Lions and Tigers and Bears” by: TW Walsh
Drinking Water At Risk Due to Drought
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Much of Arkansas is under extreme drought, with portions of the Arkansas River Valley listed as exceptional. Ponds and creeks are drying up. Lake and river levels are dropping. But what about your water well? We talk with the experts about our drought-threatened water supplies.
Rabies Reports on the Rise
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As of July 3, 91 animals throughout Arkansas have tested positive for rabies. Boone and Newton counties currently have the highest number of cases of animals tested positive for rabies. Richard Murphree, the environmental manager for the Arkansas Department of Health's northwest regional office, helps us interpret these numbers. More information is available at www.healthy.arkansas.gov.
Art and Music
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Today, Becca Martin Brown from NWA Newspapers sends us to an art exhibit and a concert.
Sesame Street Theme Song
Bus App
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A new smart phone application will allow users to track University of Arkansas transit buses in real time. Chris Nixon is one of the developers who worked on the app. More information is available here.