Author and long-time Fayetteville native Geoffrey Oelsner visited KUAF to discuss his book “A Country Where All Colors Are Sacred and Alive: A Memoir of Non-Ordinary Experience and Collaboration with Nature.” The book talks about his spiritual journey and para-psychological experiences.
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The Fayetteville Animal Shelter will host the Dickson Street Pup Crawl on Saturday, May 19th between 3-6 p.m. Today is the last day to register.
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On this edition of Ozarks at Large, authors of the book Cave Life of Oklahoma and Arkansas talk about what is swimming and crawling under our feet; and the non-profit Northwest Arkansas Water Walk organizes a fundraiser to highlight the lack of access to clean drinking water in many parts of the world. We also feature visits from singer-songwriter Bruce Allen and our food expert Teresa Maurer.Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has details about book readings, auditions for plays and the University of Arkansas Saxophone Chamber Orchestra.
Dr. Jack Rakove is a professor of political science at Stanford University and the author of six books, including Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution which won the Pulitzer Prize in history in 1997. Last week he delivered the spring Hartman-Hotz lecture in Law and Liberal Arts on the University of Arkansas campus
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, northwest Arkansas has a new tourism brand. We learn more about the Bike Coalition of the Ozarks; and looking into how local record stores, in this digital age, attract customers to purchase physical music.Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas spoke with Bike Coalition of the Ozarks co-founder Laura Kelly about the organization’s various education and encouragement programs.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, we meet with members of a vaulting team and the Cherokee Nation’s Principal Chief Bill John Baker. Also on the show today, we have a preview of Symphony of Northwest Arkansas’ first season’s last concert.
Since taking office of Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation last fall, Bill John Baker has sold off the tribe’s fancy jet, dedicated a greater percentage of profits from the flourishing casino industry towards healthcare, and has vowed to diversify the Nation’s business sector. We travel to tribal headquarters in Tahlequah, Oklahoma to meet the new chief.On this edition of Ozarks at Large, we take a quick look at news stories from across Arkansas; and meet with an anthropologist who studies the subculture of paranormal researchers. Our militant grammarian returns with another pet peeve; and the second in an Arkansongs series on folk anthology.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
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Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, golf is a sport, but it's also a vehicle for life lessons about honesty and perseverance. We visit the green as First Tee of Northwest Arkansas spends an afternoon teaching values to area youth. Plus, a look at the senate race in Arkansas.
Ground will be broken early this new year on a much-anticipated northwest Arkansas highway project, known as the “Fayetteville Flyover” which will create easy access from North College Avenue to both the mall district and Interstate 540.
Outdoor recreation specialist Dr. Gregory Benton has researched the people who participate in reenactments of battles that happened 150 years ago. Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas speaks with Dr. Benton about why the reenactors take part in historical battles, such as the one happening at Prairie Grove Battlefield Park this Saturday.
A collection of area musicians from several bands has recorded a new, Christmas-themed ska CD. The release party is Saturday night at Rogue on Dickson Street in Fayetteville and proceeds help Spay Arkansas.
For more information about the bands involved, click here.
The senior class at Haas Hall Academy had a summer reading assignment. That book has inspired a movement at the school.
With a program dedicated to the Christmas Truce of 1914 on stage tonight, Walton Arts Center launches an ambitious holiday schedule.
