A damaged phone booth in Prairie Grove is attracting all kinds of attention...and reminded us it starred in an OAL story first aired in 1995.
Ozarks At Large
Michael Tilley, from The City Wire, talks about the latest details regarding an acquisition of Hillshire.The Arkansas gross domestic product grew in 2013, particularly in some unexpected sectors. With one of the architects of the Arkansas Private Option defeated in a primary runoff this week, the future of the Medicaid expansion is in doubt, but Governor Mike Beebe is undeterred. Plus, this weekend marks the 149th anniversary of the end of slavery in the U.S., and the 17th annual NWA Juneteenth Celebration will mark the occasion in Springdale.
Yet to make it to high school, the five member group Xcluded has already released a full length, all original album and played gigs. The album Shadows is available on Spotify.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the names of some publications like Time or Southern Living give readers a literal idea of what's printed on their pages, but what about 3W or Due South? We take a look at the thought behind the titles of some of the magazines published in our region. Plus, we talk with Roby Brock about some of the repercussions of Tuesday's primary runoff elections.Last night Kyle Kellams moderated a public discussion at the Fayetteville Public Library about one of the new works included in this weekend's Arkansas New Play Festival.
But when you do, you might not feel so good about it. A University of Arkansas marketer and her colleagues test the “bottom dollar effect.
Picking a name for a new magazine is part art, part science, part luck. We talk with editors and publishers of three regional publications for the latest "what's in a name" feature.
Roby Brock from Talk Business and Politics assesses the state's political landscape in the aftermath of the primary runoff election.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, June 23, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, coverage from a groundbreaking ceremony for Bentonville's new high school. Plus, a conversation with the author of “The Indicted South: Public Criticism, Southern Inferiority, and the Politics of Whiteness.”
Jazz organist Joey DeFrancesco will perform at Legacy Blues in Fayetteville this Friday. KUAF’s Robert Ginsburg spoke with him to find out more about his life and career.
State Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford discusses the status of Arkansas’ health benefits exchange under federal health care reform. Arkansas rejected setting up a state-run exchange late last year, due to widespread opposition to what some refer to as “ObamaCare.”
“Sagamore Bridge” by Pullman
Earlier this month, Kyle Kellams hosted a 10x10 Series Countdown Conversation for the Mark Morris Dance Company and classical trio Time for Three. We play excerpts from that day’s discussion.
The Arkansas Music Pavilion moves to Washington County fairgrounds this year; the Arkansas Forestry Commission considers proposal to restore commission’s firefighting positions; and more – on today’s Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
“The Royal Household” by Alexandre Desplat
Tonight, an artists’ forum for TheatreSquared’s Tigers, Be Still will be hosted inside the Fayetteville Public Library, or read some poetry with Clayton Scott at Nightbird Books. Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has the details.
