Ozarks At Large

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Friday, January 17, 2014
On this edition of Ozarks, the efforts continue to place a statue of General William O. Darby on the edge of Fort Smith. And the work is just beginning to move a Frank Lloyd Wright house from New Jersey to Bentonville. We’ll hear how that task will be done. And Pearl Brick sings inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio…and talks about leaving college to travel to Key West, losing her voice and her recent return to performing.
Our local food expert Teresa Maurer talks about the goodies that will be available at the farmers’ markets in the region over the next several days. For today’s recipes, click here.
Kyle Kellams asked our local food expert Teresa Maurer three more questions about okra, summer foods and more.
“Heat” by Brian Eno
Joe Neal takes us to a sun-drenched bayou on the Arkansas River Valley, which serves as a sort of pitstop for many thousands of migrating shorebirds. Coauthor of “Arkansas Birds,” published by the University of Arkansas Press, his latest book “In the Province of Birds, a Western Arkansas Memoir,” is published by Half-Acre Press.
Artist Craig Colorusso explains his sound installation called sun boxes. For more information: www.sun-boxes.com.
Today could be the hottest June day on record in northwest Arkansas history; a new report praises changes made to Arkansas’ public education system over the last decade; and more – on today’s Segment A.
“New Orleans Organ Interlude” by Charlie Hunter