Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Media says spring break is over and the entertainment opportunities abound.
Ozarks At Large
Arkansas lawmakers begin to work toward $100 million in tax cuts, though it will reportedly take some convincing before Governor Mike Beebe signs off on the proposed cuts. Advocates are calling for new administrators at a Northwest Arkansas veterans' home. And, a Fayetteville resident and immigration reform advocate is honored by President Obama while an equality rally takes place in downtown Fayetteville.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: 3 million reasons strawberries may make a comeback in the middle part of the United States. We explore what a donation to the University of Arkansas may mean for the future of the fruit. Plus GOP gubernatorial hopeful Asa Hutchinson, and an overview of theater for spring.
Doug Stanhope will be on stage tonight at the UARK Bowl. he tells us why he keeps on with stand-up as a career.For the last Tuesday of the month we have an overview of theater for the coming weeks, including the production of Waiting to be Invited by S.M. Shephard-Massat on the University of Arkansas campus.
Our history doctor, Bill Smith, is none too pleased with a recent decision made by the Arkansas Legislature.
Asa Hutchinson is seeking the governor's job in 2014. He tells Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas why.
The strawberry was once a boon crop in the middle United States. A recent donation to the University of Arkansas from the Walmart Foundation is intended to bring the crop back to the interior of the country.As the U.S. Supreme Court takes on issues of gay marriage this week, Arkansans are mostly unchanged in their views on the subject. State lawmakers yesterday held a conference regarding the Big River Steel mill super project in Osceola, and state economic officials say that while the deal has risks, precautions have been taken in drafting said deal. And, Governor Mike Beebe says he vetoed a controversial voter ID bill yesterday because he feels it is a redundant law.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, a coal-fired power plant may be forced to shut down unless it can meet new EPA standards. Plus, he learn a little bit more about the Arkansas history the Pryor Center for Oral and Visual History at the University of Arkansas has collected.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, October 14, 2013
Ahead on Ozarks, the Sustainability Communities Leadership Summit moves to North Little Rock. Plus, a conversation with Hoyt Purvis, one of the authors of Voices of the Razorbacks.
As Becca continues her week of themes, today's art theme includes events at Crystal Bridges and Shiloh Museum of Ozark History.
"Someday" by Lyla Foy
Last week, a federal judge struck down much of Arkansas' Heartbeat Protection Act, passed last year by the state legislature. We speak to two people, one from the pro-life movement and one from the pro-choice movement, to hear what they think the ruling means.
We look at what makes two muscle cars go vroooom, one from this century and one from last.
"Good Sex" by Kevin Drew
Mary Kay Zuravleff is the author of Man Alive, a story about a physician whose life changed after he was struck by lightning. She will speak tonight at Nightbird Books.
at end of show: "Teardrop River" by Coyote Union
Governor Mike Beebe yesterday issued a line-item veto on a tax exemption for sand used in oil and natural gas drilling. The state's top economist says that the latest unemployment numbers show positive growth in the state's economy. And the Siloam Springs board of directors is set to consider a liquor-by-the-drink ordinance.
"Hawaii Song" by Stick Figurev
