In her new book, Cached: Decoding the Internet in Global Popular Culture, Stephanie Ricker Schulte examines how the Internet and the World Wide Web have interacted with popular culture.
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Just as beer and wine come in a variety of colors and flavors, so too, does honey. Our insect expert, Dr. Don Steinkraus, explains the ins and outs of honey production, while leading a honey tasting inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
Roby Brock of our content partner Talk Business Arkansas says that the state revised its general revenue predictions upward for the year, Murphy Oil posts a revenue increase for the quarter, and other business and politics stories from the past seven days.Dr. Megan Witonski says that she is thrilled to take her new post with the Arkansas Department of Education as assistant commissioner with the Division of Learning Services. Among the many responsibilities of the new job is the state's transition to the set of common language arts and math standards being implemented by 45 states.
Bob Clinard, Benton County Judge, declared the county a disaster zone Friday, after the county saw more than 6 inches of rain in the latter half of the week. A recent report shows meaningful long-term benefits for children taking part in the state's "Better Chance Pre-K" program. Rahm Emanuel, mayor of Chicago, spoke at the graduation for the Clinton School of Public Service over the weekend. Governor Mike Beebe likens the recently passed Arkansas Private Option to the successful ARKids First program, though he says that the children's insurance program has room to improve.
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, a review of Macklemore's latest album, and remembering a great American artist.
This month's music review shines a light on the album The Heist, which features the work of rapper Macklemore and producer Ryan Lewis.
Meredith Martin Moats is reflecting this weekend on her different roles during past celebrations of Mother’s Day.In her latest book Cached: Decoding the Internet in Global Popular Culture, Stephanie Schulte says that examples of pop culture like the movie War Games played prominently into how the world perceived the Internet in its earliest days.
Charles Banks Wilson, an American artist, was laid to rest on Tuesday in his hometown of Miami, Oklahoma. He was born and passed in Arkansas. Wilson is best known for his works of the American Indian. Wilson's works are housed in some of the most renowned museums and art galleries in the world, including New York's Metropolitan Museum, Washington's Library of Congress, the Corcoran Gallery, the Oklahoma State Capitol where four 13 feet tall and 27 feet wide murals line the rotunda, and the Gilcrease Museum, which owns more than 300 pieces of the artist's work.
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Thursday, November 14, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, one woman is taking back the word "feminism." It's in an effort to get more women elected to public office in Arkansas. Plus, what's in a name, or a few names. We learn where some of the smaller towns in Washington County got theirs. And, one restaurant's products will soon be in other restaurants' kitchens across the nation.
Opera Arkansas is hosting their fundraising gala tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Savor Restaurant in Fayetteville, and October 16 at 2 p.m. at the Arend Art Center in Bentonville. Tickets can be purchased at www.arkansasphilharmonic.org.
Becca has some strange-sounding, but thoroughly entertaining choices for this weekend.
“Jaan Pehchaan Ho” by Mohammad Rafi
The 23rd Annual Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival will take place tomorrow in Fayetteville.
For registration and other information, visit www.chilepepperfestival.org.
“Can’t Stop” by Red Hot Chili Peppers
The head coach of the Arkansas Razorback volleyball team Robert Pulliza visits KUAF to discuss the season thus far.
Singer-songwriter Emily Kaitz is hosting a pajama party this Wednesday for her 60th birthday celebration at Goodfolk Productions.
