Governor Mike Beebe says that while four sites are currently under consideration for a new state veterans' home, that potential still exists for other options should they arise. And, the Seville Hotel in Harrison is back on the market, some seek denied school transfer requests to be overturned in Little rock, an awareness campaign aims to decrease drivers illegally passing school buses and Mark Darr sets off another waterfall of political candidacies with his announcement that he will run for Congressman Tom Cotton's seat in Washington next year.
Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: the musical instruments that could only be made Ed Stilley. He created his guitars, mandolins and fiddles by hand…and used springs, saw blades and Dixie cups to construct them. We'll hear about a new exhibit of his instruments opening soon at Walton Arts Center and we'll hear a new song written about him, played on two of the instruments he made. Plus crystal Bridges Museum of American Art prepares for the one millionth visit and an update on an ambitious effort by the Old Fort Homeless Coalition.
Still on the Hill will curate (and perform at the launch of) a new exhibit of instruments made in unique Ozarks style.
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art anticipates welcoming its one millionth visitor this week and have organized a number of events to mark the occasion.
Roby Brock, from Talk Business Arkansas, has the details on a busier-than-usual August week in Arkansas politics and business.A plan to create a campus in Fort Smith to help people move out of homelessness received some help this summer.
Two special elections will be held tomorrow, one to fill a vacant city council seat in Springdale, and one regarding a 1 percent sales tax for water and sewer improvements in Paris. And, the Rogers School District, like many others in the area, will start the new school year with more bandwidth, to allow for a more connected classroom.
Ahead on this weekend edition of Ozarks, we learn about the creation of a new online index of historic Arkansas photos. Plus, finding artistic inspiration inside Walmart.
After listening to speculation about Tom Cotton's political future for months, he finally, formally announced his intention to run for a Senate seat. This week's montage focuses on other cottons:
- Zooey Deschanel's Cotton commercial
- Michael Jordan's Hanes Lay Flat T-shirt commercial
- Golden Corral cotton candy commercial
- "Cotton Candy Land" by Elvis Presley
- :Peter Cottontail" by Gene Autry
- A clip from Francis Ford Coppola's movie The Cotton Club
- "Cotton Mouth Man" by James Cotton (featuring Joe Bonamassa)
- "Cotton Fields" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
- "Pickin' Time" by Johnny Cash
- "Cotton Eye Joe" by Rednex
Recently, the duo Air Loom stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio for a conversation and a live performance.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, January 5, 2014
On this special edition of Weekend Ozarks at Large, we look back at some of our favorite musical performances of the last half of 2013 including: Don't Stop Please, Barrett Baber, Boom Kinetic, A Good Fight, Kory Montgomery, Foley's Van, The Cole Reeves Band, National Park Radio,Priscilla Dawn White, Block Street Hot Club, and the reunion of the Early Morning Bourbon Girls.
Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers congratulates you on surviving Friday the 13th. Then, she lists all that’s happening this weekend.
Arkansas businesses can benefit by exporting goods; the University of Arkansas’ women’s basketball team loses to Mississippi; and more – on today’s Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
“Friday the 13th” by The Ionious Monk
Bradford Anderson, an actor on General Hospital, is in northwest Arkansas to participate in the 40/29 Northwest Arkansas Women’s Living Expo.
More information is available on www.womenslivingexpo.com/NWA2012.
Theme from General Hospital
Dan Craft, special projects reporter from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, visits KUAF to discuss a story by reporter Misty Gittings who’s following a legislative repayment issue in Bentonville.
Rhonda Vanlue Gray and fifteen others defined lives of generations of minority students to come by being the first African-American students at Alma Public Schools in 1964. She and other former students who helped integrate schools in Fort Smith, Charleston and Alma will be honored at “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration of Unsung Heroes” event at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith on January 18.
“Spiritual” by Charlie Hayden and Hank Jones
