Ozarks At Large

Roby Brock from our content partner TalkBusiness has updates on the latest business and political headlines from around the state including the support for a super project, the support for expanding Medicaid, and more.

Here are the elements of our flower montage for Sunday’s show: 1. Nat King Cole singing Ramblin’ Rose. 2. A skunk named Flower, courtesy of Bambi (from the film of the same name). 3. The Statler Brothers singing Counting Flowers on the Wall. 4. Chris Cooper describes the beauty of nature to Meryl Streep in the film Adaptation. 5. The Foundations with their one big hit, Build Me Up Buttercup. 6. Poppies! From Wizard of Oz. 7. Tiny Tim sings Tiptoe Through the Tulips during his first appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in 1968. 8. The killer Venus flytrap threatens Rick Moranis in the 1986 version of Little Shop of Horrors. Yes, the Venus flytrap does produce flowers. 9. Secretariat wins the 1973 Kentucky Derby (the “run for the roses”) in record time, 1:59 2/5. 10. Lynn Anderson sings I Never Promised You a Rose Garden. Apologies to Charlie Rose, Neil Diamond and Barbara Streisand, Poison, and all the romantic comedies ever where a guy gives a gal some roses. Maybe next time.

The 12th Annual Northwest Arkansas Soup Sunday benefiting Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families is this Sunday from 4 - 7 p.m. in Springdale. OAL’s Christina Thomas spoke with Laura Kellams, director of the organization’s Northwest Arkansas office.

Shawn James, a Chicago native, hasn't been in Fayetteville that long, but he's quickly become a staple of the local music community. He stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio recently to play some tunes with Mark McKinney, banjo, and Nick Shoulders, harmonica. Their cover of John Legend's "Who Did That to You," which was captured on video by Anna Hutchison of Spring Street Portraits, has already gone viral.