Soil Cycle, a project of Feed Fayetteville, collects restaurant food waste the green way, then composts it for use on the soil of community gardens.Ozarks At Large
Soil Cycle, a project of Feed Fayetteville, collects restaurant food waste the green way, then composts it for use on the soil of community gardens.
The Illinois River Watershed Partnership recently received more than $1 million to install green infrastructure along area trails and at the watershed sanctuary in Cave Springs. We find out what it is, and what impact it can have.
UA-Fayetteville Journalism Professor, Dr. Patsy Watkins, has volunteered her time to organize the state’s first index of historic photographs held in museum and library collections. The website has been constructed and is being hosted by Mullins Library Special Collections staff. From millage elections to sales tax votes and even a run for U.S. Senate, we've covered a lot of political ground in the past seven days.
On this edition of Ozarks, the duo Air Loom explains how they managed to come together across continents. They’ll play a couple of songs in the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio. Plus our regular visit with Michael Tilley from The City Wire.
Michael Tilley with The city Wire explains how Arkansas has lost fifty-thousand manufacturing jobs in ten years and why full-time jobs are growing in number as quickly as part-time jobs.
Recently, the duo Air Loom stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio for a conversation and a live performance.Clint Fullin is an example of the second (or third) generation of documentary filmmakers with connections to the University of Arkansas Department of Journalism.
Michael Tilley with The city Wire explains how Arkansas has lost fifty-thousand manufacturing jobs in ten years and why full-time jobs are growing in number as quickly as part-time jobs.Flooding affects many parts of Northwest Arkansas, manufacturing defects apparently affected the Pegasus Pipeline when it was tested in 2006, and the state lottery commission is finding itsself on the wrong end of a lawsuit.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, January 3, 2014
On this special edition of Ozarks at Large we listen again to some of our favorite stories from 2013, including: how to make it to age 100 in Huntsville, an odds-defying collaboration between a renown musician and Trike Theater and the creation of the Ozarks at Large quiche cup.
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers gives us the skinny on concerts you may think are worth a drive.
Google Glass is out, but will it catch on? We ask Ty Dennison to help us figure out the latest in the digital world.
"Workout" by Hank Mobley
Kevin Kinder, who blogs about music at NWA TunedIn, returns for his annual guide to the upcoming Wakarusa Music Festival.
Artists and songs we heard during this interview:
"La Que Me Gusto" by Los Amigos Invisables
"Sleep" by Allen Stone
"Last Love Song" by ZZ Ward
"Niamey Jami" by Bombino
Arkansas's senators speak about a potential farm bill, possibly coming up for discussion this week. Martha Shoffner gets arrested over the weekend. And more severe weather heading into the area.
"Fifty-Fifty Blues" by Louis Armstrong
