Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we begin a series on what the Affordable Care Act will mean for Arkansans. In the first of five reports Jacqueline Froelich outlines how many parts of the new act will work. Plus a national convention devoted to recipients of the Purple Heart is coming to Rogers and will include a keynote address from Eric Shinseki, the Secretary of Veteran’s Affairs. And we spend some time with an Ozark ritual: decoration day at a local cemetery.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we begin a series on what the Affordable Care Act will mean for Arkansans. In the first of five reports Jacqueline Froelich outlines how many parts of the new act will work. Plus a national convention devoted to recipients of the Purple Heart is coming to Rogers and will include a keynote address from Eric Shinseki, the Secretary of Veteran’s Affairs. And we spend some time with an Ozark ritual: decoration day at a local cemetery.
This weekend the annual Composer’s Showcase concert in Fayetteville will include original compositions of Rick Salonen.Though it may seem like a foreign concept to transplants to the region, natives of Washington County's rural areas still carry out the tradition of Decoration Day, on which families gather at cemeteries for fellowship and in honor of previous generations.
Becca Martin Brown gets us ready for The King and I in Rogers and an adaptation of Jane Austen in Fort Smith.
Youth Home serves thousands of teens from around the state annually and now has a bit more financial stability. Early next month the organization called the Military Order of the Purple Heart of the U.S.A. Inc. will hold its annual convention in Rogers. We talked to John Bircher, National Spokesman for the Military Order of the Purple Heart.
Link: To learn more about the Military Order of the Purple Heart, visit www.purpleheart.org
Link: To learn more about the Military Order of the Purple Heart, visit www.purpleheart.org
In the first of our series on the deployment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in Arkansas, Cynthia Crone, the state’s insurance department deputy commissioner, explains the fundamentals, including getting an early look at Arkansas’s insurance exchange, now referred to as marketplace.Officials with hunger relief organizations in Arkansas express concern over recent efforts to remove SNAP funding from the federal Farm Bill. Central Arkansas leaders request information from ExxonMobil regarding a stretch of pipeline in the Lake Maumelle Watershed. The Arkansas House and Senate Education Committees discuss the new Common Core curriculum, set to take effect when schools start in about a month. And the Fayetteville Public Library board of directors moves forward with an offer to purchase the former City Hospital property.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a local artist aims to have more of his artwork in public places; from cockroaches to giant ants, the roles bugs play in films; the latest installment of Arkansongs and our daily conversation with Becca Martin Brown.
Ozarks at Large’s insect expert Dr. Donald Steinkrasu takes a stab at playing movie critic. We take a look at insects’ role in film.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, we visit a local yarn shop to speak with local knitters about how and what they're working on this holiday season. Plus, a discussion with a local man who lost his grandson in the Sandy Hook massacre last December, and how a church reaches out to the community with its healing touch.
Katy Henrikson gives us a preview of what's in store on tonight's edition of KUAF's Sunday Symphony.
"Gorecki Symphony No. 2: First Movement"
In today's week in review, Ozarks at Large's Timothy Dennis looks at environment-themed stories from the past week.
To celebrate National Coffee Day, Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas visited the suburbs of Beaver, Ark. to visit the roasting operations of Mountain Bird Coffee. She learned that there is science involved in getting your morning joe tasting just right.
In this weekend montage, we salute the coffee drinker with ten pop culture references about the drink. The references featured are, in order:
"The Java Jive" by The Ink Spots
A 1954 TV commercial for Maxwell House
Agent Cooper describing his favorite beverage on Twin Peaks
Johnny Cash Singing "A Cup of Coffee"
Al Pacino and Robert De Niro sharing a scene in Heat
A pivotal moment in Pulp Fiction begins
Ella Fitzgerald with the classic version of "Black Coffee
A bit from the comedy Role Models
Frasier Crane ordering coffee
Frank Sinatra and "The Coffee Song"
Becca Martin Brown, features editor at Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, tells us about Art Night Out, coming up this week at Crystal Bridges in Bentonville. The event will focus on the relationship of art and music from the 1930s.
