Our tech ambassador, Ty Dennison, is back to help navigate the digital waters of Holidays 2012.
Ozarks At Large
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.
Later on this edition of Ozarks…a conversation with the author of the novel Y City and a discussion about listening from the man who helped start StoryCorps. Dave Isay talks to Kyle about the fifth annual National Day of Listening when family members are encouraged to conduct oral history interviews of relatives.Y City is a small town not far from the intersection of highways 71 and 270, it is also the title of a book by Wade Rivers, who came up with the story idea while driving, appropriately, down an Arkansas highway. Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas spoke with the author about Y City , as well as his most recent book Text’d, also set in Arkansas.
Michael Collins, a research professor of anthropology at Texas State University is one of the leading minds when it comes to information about the first people in North America. He recently came to the University of Arkansas as a speaker in the Robert L. Stigler, Jr. Lecture Series.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: excerpts from a conversation recorded at the Fayetteville Public Library last month when Pulitzer Prize winner David Shipler discussed his book “The Working Poor” in front of members of several of the regions book clubs. He was in Fayetteville as part of the annual One Book-One Community project.Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: the Northwest Arkansas Health center has seen the number of patient visits increase more than five-fold since 2000. Soon the staff and volunteers will be in a new, larger home. Plus a quiet alternative to the retail madness of the season’s busiest shopping weekend; Devil’s Den has hikes, not sales.Wayne Bell offers annual survival tips for Black Friday on our program. This year his advice is to wait.
Becca says we'll see pirates, ship captains, cowboys, astronauts at the Springdale Public Library as part of its Adventure Day event.
The Northwest Arkansas Center for Equality annual gala last weekend honored “Pride at Walmart,” the retailer’s LGBT corporate resource group. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, leaders took the opportunity to speak on the record for the first time about gay culture at the Home Office.(Photo: Walmart 2011 Diversity and Inclusion Report)
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Ahead on this edition on Ozarks at Large, an update on the status of the Ozark Natural Science Center. And we talk to the creator of a new online index that allows users to search through thousands of historic Arkansas photographs.
Roby Brock's recap of the past week of business and political news includes a new CEO for Walmart.
Finding out how the last big shift in climate for the planet affected the people alive then is, not surprisingly, difficult work.
"Blow, Illinois, Blow" by Illinois Jacquet
The week after Thanksgiving is full of opportunities to hear music, stories and run a 5K in your favorite ugly sweater.
The 18-piece Fayetteville Jazz Collective has some standards and new arrangements for its annual Christmas concert.
"Sweet Home Chicago" by Leon Russell
The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery has existed for four years and it's director is thinking about the future.
