Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, an app that could help a doctor save a life, plus new ways to shop make it easier for consumers, but could also make it easier for those who steal. And, Kyle and Christina talk about what they learned this week.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, an app that could help a doctor save a life, plus new ways to shop make it easier for consumers, but could also make it easier for those who steal. And, Kyle and Christina talk about what they learned this week.
Here are the ten clips for our montage dedicated to streets, roads and avenues:
1. Nat King Cole gets us started with Route 66.
2. Gloria Swanson as the doomed Nora Desmond in Sunset Boulevard.
3. U2 sings Where the Streets Have No Name.
4. Michael Douglas as Gordon Gecko in Wall Steet.
5. Bruce Springsteen sings 10th Avenue Freeze Out.
6. Michael Conrad offers his end-of-meeting statement on Hill Street Blues.
7. The opening theme, of course, from Sesame Street.
8. Part of the trailer from the original Nightmare on Elm Street.
9. Jack Kerouac reads from the last page of On the Road.
10. Willie is On the Road Again.
Apologies to Bob Dylan’s Highway 61, the cast of Mulholland Drive, any number of other songwriters and Kraftwerk’s Autobahn (but then again, the German group was included in last week’s montage). Maybe next time.
We cover a lot of stories throughout the week on Ozarks. Today, Kyle and Christina discuss what they learned from stories that aired in the previous week.
As part of Artosphere, artist Stacy Levy has created a floating piece of artwork on Lake Fayetteville that is comprised of native plants and is titled Spiral Wetland.
New in-store retail technologies, such as iPhone barcode scanning and self checkout lanes are transforming how we shop. But as Jacqueline Froelich reports, these innovations may increase theft—what the industry refers to as “shrink.” (Photo courtesy StopLift Checkout Vision Systems)
OnlineDermClinic can help. A group of local dermatologists recently launched a first-of-its-kind website and app to diagnose skin problems quickly and easily, no matter where you are. From new ways to find out what's going on, to new ways of getting around it, Ozarks at Large's Timothy Dennis brings us those stories and more in this morning's Week in Review.
Ahead on Ozarks, Carter Sampson plays with Caleb Rose inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio and SoNA stretches its sold-out concert streak to four.
Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses the 2014 Arkansas governor’s race and pollution at a former Whirlpool plant.Congressman Tim Griffin has some questions for the top IRS official who resigned earlier this week. A festival of short films comes to Eureka Springs next month. Arkansas drivers can expect lower gas prices this month. The Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts has plans for increasing the amount of college credit with which students graduate. And the region four headquarters of the Arkansas Highway Transportation Department makes the move from Fort Smith to Barling.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, January 2, 2014
On this special edition of Ozarks at Large we listen again to some of our favorite stories from 2013, including: tigers making art near Eureka Springs, bugs on utility boxes in downtown Fayetteville and a day spent catching grasshoppers.
Nat King Cole, St. Patrick and more in our history capsule for March 17.
Becca has eight ideas for the perfect St. Patty's Day celebration.
"Reels" by The Chieftains
Art student Luke Knox is using wood and bailing wire to explore the relationship between man, animal and myth for his senior thesis. Kristin Musgnug from the U of A art department is his mentor.
Walton Arts Center's Jodi Beznoska discusses SoNA's opening performance tonight. Later this week, Pink Floyd Experience and folk musician Arlo Guthrie; plus, a rundown of events through April 9.
Earthquakes documented in central Arkansas this winter could be felt as far north as Eureka Springs causing some Arkansas homeowners to double check their insurance policies. But as Jacqueline Froelich reports, did you know all earthquake insurance is optional? For more information about Arkansas’s Market Assistance Program for earthquake insurance visit www.argenia.com/map.
