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Friday, February 28, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: it has been 60 years since the largest-ever nuclear weapons test by the United States took place on the Marshall Islands' Bikini Atoll. Today, many Marshallese, including several northwest Arkansas residents, are marking the anniversary of the Castle Bravo Blast. Plus, Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers gets us ready for the weekend, Michael Tilley from The City Wire helps us analyze the week's news, and more.
The independent film Come Morning was filmed in Arkansas and will have a one-night only showing in Rogers next week.
Here are our 12 clips for the montage inspired by the 12 Days of Christmas. The opening theme to the PARTRIDGE Family. Alabama sings the TURTLE DOVEing lyrics from their song Dixieland Delight. Foghorn Leghorn chats with a HEN (not French, true) in a Warner Brothers cartoon. The Beatles sing Blackbird. Our research indicates COLLY BIRDS are blackbirds. The Olympic Theme, representing FIVE RINGS. GOOSE from Top Gun talks to Maverick. The opening go Tchaikovsky's SWAN Lake. Shirley Booth as the MAID Hazel in the television program of the same name. Rosemary Clooney, a LADY, sings about DANCING. LORD Grantham, for Downton Abbey, gets ready to go…perhaps to LEAP? Rowdy Roddy PIPER yells at another wrestler. Todd Rundgren sings Bang the DRUM All Day. Apologies to Arkansas-born Goose Tatum of the Harlem Globetrotters, the cast of Black Swan and bagpipers everywhere (but Roddy Piper was louder). Maybe next year.
"December" by Tim Janis
Pete Earley's book Crazy: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness was this year's One Book, One Community selection at the University of Arkansas. Earlier this month Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams., talked to him about the book in front of a live audience at the Fayetteville Public Library.
"I Remember You" by Stephen Trask, and "If You Won't I will" by Daryl Shawn
This fall Eric Brace and Peter Cooper, both Grammy nominees, came to northwest Arkansas to play a few shows. Their tour included a session inside the Firmin Garner Performance Studio.
"Speedcat" by Alan Grubner
The Clarksville-Johnson County Chamber of Commerce, Main Street Rogers, and Nightbird Books are all participating in events designed to support local shopping this weekend including Plaid Friday and Small Business Saturday.