Sunday liquor sales begin in Springdale, the Fayetteville Farmers Market continues its push to expand one of its markets through the winter, and Governor Mike Beebe urges Arkansans to get a flu shot.
Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of weekend Ozarks: rugs made out of recycled sock loops, a free health clinic is expanding its reach, and University of Arkansas graduates take part in cable TV.Here are our doctor references for this morning's montage . . .
- Robert Palmer singing "Bad Case of Loving You"
- Robert Young as the always-calm Marcus Welby (while he lit a cigarette for his patient's wife.)
- The theme from "ER"
- Colin Clive as Dr. Frankenstein as the monster stirs
- That's Rex Harrison as Dr. Henry Higgins responding to Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady"
- Omar Sharif and Tom Courtenay share an awkward moment in "Dr. Zhivago"
- The first moments of the pilot episode of "Doogie Howser, MD"
- Jodi Foster's Clarice first meets Anthony Hopkins' Dr. Hannibal Lecter in "Silence of the Lambs"
- An episode from "Dr. Who" highlighting the main character's ability to be eccentric
- Jackson Browne's great song "Doctor My Eyes"
Nic Pizzolatto and Tony Tost are both graduates of the University of Arkansas's creative writing and translation graduate program, but their ties to Arkansas are not the only thing they have in common. Both have broken into the world of screenwriting, specifically for television. Ozarks at Large's Katy Henriksen spoke with both Pizzolatto and Tost on how they ended up writing for the screen, how having an MFA in creative writing is beneficial to the writing process and more.
Becca Martin Brown tells us what's up with shopping for crafts this holiday season.
Patients at the Booneville Human Development Center have an important job to do. They make rugs as part of the center's Rugs Project, which brought in more than $8,000 through craft fair sales just last month.The number of patient visits to the Northwest Arkansas Free Health Center has increased from two thousand in 2000 to more than eleven thousand in 2011. Now the center is moving to a new, larger space.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks . . . today is Fibonacci Day (here’s a hint, write down today’s date as a number), a preview of the top tech for the holiday season and the Fort Smith Symphony is already set for Christmas.John Jeter from the Fort Smith Symphony gives us a preview of the sold-out Christmas concert next month. He also has some advice on how to at least get on a waiting list for any additional tickets that might become available.
Friday is Fibonacci Day, and Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas talks with Dr. Edmond Harris about the significance of the age-old number pattern.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: Tontitown is in the middle of its 115th grape Festival. A lot of chickens, a lot of spaghetti and a lot of rolls are coming out of the parish hall kitchen. Plus Brandan O'Connell visits with me at the spot of some of his greatest inspiration or art: the aisles of Wal-Mart. And in just a few minutes we catch up with Roby Brock as he begins Campaign 2014 coverage, more than a year before election day. Yesterday he spent a day with Congressman Tom Cotton as he launches his campaign bid against Senator Mark Pryor. Today Roby is traveling with the senator.
Rural and urban public access trails are trending across America. And a new sector of professional trail building firms have emerged to meet demand. Jacqueline Froelich bundles up and goes cycling on a blustery afternoon in Bentonville, with the founder and foreman of Progressive Trail Design based in Fayetteville.
A roundup of events and news for the next few weeks include an alternative way to deliver a Valentine.
APEI is part of the $140 million Next Generation Power Electronics Innovation Institute.√
Mercy Health used an innovative walking program to become one of the healthiest workplaces in the country.
"Beserkley" by Mark O’Connor
Though the plans are in the early stages, The University of Arkansas Fort Smith may begin offering its first Master's degree in a few years.
"Photographs and Memories" by Jason Reeves
