The band Trashcan Bandits brought their instruments, their love of all kinds of music and their sense of fun to the Firmin Garner Performance Studio.Ozarks At Large
The band Trashcan Bandits brought their instruments, their love of all kinds of music and their sense of fun to the Firmin Garner Performance Studio.Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers gives us a preview of the craft fair weekend and more.
A world champion BBQ team will be crowned in Bentonville, mental health discussed in Fayetteville and sports all over the place this week.
Turnip of the Beet is just one several vendors who have traveled from around the country to sell their wares at this year's Harvest Music Festival.Efforts to keep a dramatic spike in insurance rates for Arkansas public school employees are on the top of a special session agenda.
Michael Tilley with The City Wire talks about record-setting fundraising for Arkansas politicians during the third quarter of the year.Legislators are dealing with insurance rates for public school employees and residents of Harrison are dealing with a controversial billboard.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, we visit an area high school to learn how one teacher is teaching entrepreneurship. Plus, sturdy and comfortable outdoor furniture made in Prairie Grove. And, a hidden treasure at the 80-year-old Devil's Den State Park.
Pat Hazell, creator of the one-person show The Wonder Bread Years, talks about the art of creating comedy as a group. The Wonder Bread Years will be on stage at Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville next week.
In our locally made series, we learn why the woodworker with Rocky Hill Outdoor Furniture prefers working with western red cedar to eastern red cedar.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, January 6, 2014
On this edition of Ozarks, an assistant professor of landscape architecture works to preserve a cemetery in Rowher, Arkansas. We also preview a free credit workshop.
Here's the list of our presidential songs, quotes and miscellany for our montage:
President Dwight Eisenhower's farewell address on television on January 17, 1961
President John F. Kennedy's inaugural address three days later.
James Brown sings "Funky President."
President Franklin Roosevelt's first fireside chat on radio on March 12, 1933.
The band They Might Be Giants performing the catchy (and educational!) song "James K. Polk."
Ronald Reagan speaks on June 12, 1987.
Johnny Cash performs the standard "Mr. Garfield."
Henry Fonda predates Daniel Day Lewis by more than 70 years in Young Abe Lincoln, directed by John Ford.
The song "Peaches" by the band . . . The Presidents of the United States of America
Herbert Hoover addresses voters in 1928. (bonus points if you knew that one)
Northwest Arkansas is ranked among the 200 best performing cities in the state, and several cities within the area get state and national recognition. And the Arkansas Supreme Court rules that it will not reconsider its ruling regarding school districts and excess property tax revenue.
"The Best Things Happen When You Are Dancing" by Danny Kaye
Michael Tilley from The City Wire talks about the latest in the fate of the 188th at Fort Chaffee, the mysterious super project mentioned by the governor and more.
The first week of the 89th General Assembly has ended, but in the coming weeks will bring a flood of filed bills. One of those expected bills will deal with the problem of wage theft.
Governor Beebe selected a new Highway Commsioner as discussions continue about revenue for roads in the state.
