On this spring fundraising edition of Ozarks at Large, take a tour of the University of Arkansas’ very own campus community garden. We hear from a pair of father-son jugglers, and the co-founder of Circus Oz; and the first-ever Dining in the District: Downtown Rogers Restaurant Week will kick-off this Sunday.Ozarks At Large
On this spring fundraising edition of Ozarks at Large, take a tour of the University of Arkansas’ very own campus community garden. We hear from a pair of father-son jugglers, and the co-founder of Circus Oz; and the first-ever Dining in the District: Downtown Rogers Restaurant Week will kick-off this Sunday.Kyle Kellams visited Rogers earlier this week to learn about the very first Dining in the District: Downtown Rogers Restaurant Week that kicks off this Sunday.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, we hear more about a new indie craft show and a local film production company. Also on the show today, “Clunk” returns to bringing musical acts to northwest Arkansas, and workers and protesters call for justice in front of a Fayetteville restaurant.Workers and protestors called for justice in front of Osegueras Mexican Restaurant on Center Street in Fayetteville-- recently renamed “Celi’s”—for allegedly stealing wages. The Department of Labor is investigating.
For more information, log on to www.nwawjc.org.
Opera Arkansas is hosting their fundraising gala tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Savor Restaurant in Fayetteville, and October 16 at 2 p.m. at the Arend Art Center in Bentonville. Tickets can be purchased at www.arkansasphilharmonic.org.
The blues and jazz lounge and restaurant in Fayetteville hopes to impress northwest Arkansans with great music, delicious food and elegant decor.
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art announces a significant gift to benefit school students in the region. The $10 million gift from Willard and Pat Walker Foundation will pay schools for transportation to and from the museum and a meal from the museum restaurant among other things.
Ozarks at Large’s Iti Agnihotri-Mudholkar visits Arkansas’ only solar-powered restaurant.
Christina Thomas discusses food safety regarding picnics and restaurant leftovers with Dr. John Marcy.
For the first time in recent memory, six, count 'em, six candidates have filed for the position of Mayor of Eureka Springs -- population 2,300. The winner will replace current Mayor Dani Joy, who is not seeking re-election because she wishes to devote herself full time to her family's restaurant business. Jacqueline Froelich sorts through the list of contenders.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, July 14, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, more than 3,000 Arkansas children are in foster care custody on any single day. A new report has suggestions on how to better serve these young people. Plus, Arkansas native Louis Jordan's forays into the Caribbean and Calypso in today's edition of Arkansongs, and we hear how the four men running for Governor of Arkansas responded when asked about the legality of same-sex marriage
Becca Martin Brown gives us the scoop on a new exhibit in Fort Smith about Hattie Caraway, the first woman ever to serve as a U.S. Senator, featuring the writer formerly of Fayetteville.
Monday is Pi Approximation Day (a.k.a. Casual Pi Day) because when written in the day/month format (22/7) the date equals 3.14 or the mathematical constant known as pi (hooray math jokes!). In honor of the day, today's montage focuses on pi(e).
1. "American Pie" by Don McLean
2. Clip from The Three Stooges
3. Clip from the television show What Would You Do?
4. "Amore" by Dean Martin
5. Clip from the movie American Pie
6. "Cherry Pie" by Warrant
7. "The Worst Pies in London" from the movie adaptation of Sweeny Todd
8. Clip from The Life of Pi movie trailer.
9. Clip from the movie Blazing Saddles
10. "3.14 Apple Pi" by Bo Burnham
During a recent visit to the studio, Don't Stop Please performed an original song called Henry and the Great Salt Lake.
Changes have already been made to the Arkansas Department of Community Corrections, with more changes still to come. Although the state's unemployment rate didn't change from May to June, that doesn't take into account several layoffs that have happened in the past month. Gas prices have been on the rise across Arkansas, with still higher prices on the horizon. And 39 permits have been issued for retail liquor sales in Benton County, leaving 16 potential permits still up for grabs.
“200,00” by The Rocket Summer
Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses unemployment figures released this morning.
