Tonight’s concert at Rogers Little Theater includes Earl and Them. Earl Cate recently visited our studio to talk about his career with the Cates Brother Band and more.
Ozarks At Large
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has a list of not one, not two, but several end-of-the-world activities.
For well over a century the Gibson family has been making baskets in northwest Arkansas. We recently spent an afternoon with Terry Gibson, a fourth-generation artisan, learning how the baskets are created.
Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses what’s next for the 188th at Fort Chaffee and the race for the Governor’s Mansion in 2014.Congressman Mike Ross will be leaving Washington next month, and he shared with Roby Brock what he felt were some of his achievements during his time in elected office. Plus, the Razorback baseball team is ranked number one in the nation in a preseason poll by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.
Ahead on Ozarks, a new program at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is designed to strengthen arts connections at the collegiate level…downtown Fayetteville gets the fireworks and arts ready for New Years Eve…and singer/songwriter Tony Presley comes to the Firmin Garner Performance Studio to play music before he leaves town for tour.Local musician/songwriter Tony Presley's musical project is called Real Live Tigers. For Presley, who self-releases and self-books tours, music a labor of love. He's got a show coming up at Nightbird Books on Dickson Street in Fayetteville Saturday night before embarking on a Southeast tour. He stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance studio recently to play us a few songs and discuss why he plays music with "Ozarks at Large's" Katy Henriksen.
Web exclusive: A Couple More Tunes From Tony Presley
The Last Night celebration will send the old year out with fireworks and a pig drop. Yes, a pig drop.
Although 2012 was a tough year for agriculture in Arkansas, farmers are getting better prepared for next year. Also, the city of Fayetteville is renovating a pair of tennis courts at Wilson Park in an attempt to attract more young athletes to the sport. And Senator John Boozman speaks out against the Defense Authorization Act and the uncertain future for the 188th Fighter Wing in Fort Smith.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, with less than a week until Christmas, we get into the holiday spirit as the a capella quartet 540 Express stops by for a performance. And, if you're still looking for a Christmas present, perhaps you would be interested in a new children's edition of Pinocchio.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Ahead on Ozarks: from the archives, excerpts from an interview with the recently deceased Mariam McPartland, recorded in Fayetteville in 1990. Plus, the Cooperative Emergency Outreach moves into a new building after temporarily closing last fall. And, an update on White Nose Syndrome; the fungus that causes the disease has been found in Arkansas.
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says area libraries are assisting Cupid this year.
Warm weather is just around the corner...and so are chances to enjoy it.
NWACC hosted a reception for its new adult education library this morning.
In this month's music review, Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas looks at Beyonce's newest album and how both she and the artist have grown over the years.
at end of show: "Old Fashioned Gal" by The Carper Family
The city of Springdale says it is prepared for more winter weather with restocked supplies of sand and salt, and long-range planning for dealing with roads slickened by winter storms. Governor Mike Beebe says that the repeated winter weather is hitting Arkansas farmers especially hard. And Allens Canning Co. has a new owner.
