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Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery is four years old. There have been some bumps along the way, but the games of chance have provided hundreds of millions of dollars for scholarships. We'll talk to the lottery's second director, Bishop Woosley. Plus 40,000 students in elementary and middle schools across northwest Arkansas create art in a single day and the marvels involved with a staging of Carnival at the Alma Performing Arts Center. The show has steam punk costuming, puppets and music.
Big Cat Week kicks off tonight on National Geographic Wild Channel with Snow Leopard of Afgahnastan. Christina Thomas speaks with Tony Gerber director and producer of the film about the important presence the animal maintains in that country, as well as what the experience of tracking such an elusive species was like.
"Snow Leopard" by Grada
Several productions of Thu Nutcracker are happening today and nexty weekend in the region. Becca Martin Brown gives us the scoop on one scheduled for next Saturday in Springdale.
"Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"
Tonight's Sunday Symphony features works by Alfven, Brahms and Britten. Katy Henriksen gives us a preview.
Alfven
Christina Thomas takes us to some beehives to find what the pollinators do during a typical winter and how they are faring this year given the unseasonably warm weather.
Here's the list of our bee clips for Sunday morning, December 9th, 2012 Wynton Marsalis performs Rimsky-Korsalov's "Flight of the Bumblebee" Members of the cast of Arrested Development discuss Gob's plan for a bee business Dean Martin's version of "The Birds and the Bees" Winnie the Pooh in a not-so-smart disguise to get honey Huey Lewis sings "Buzz Buzz Buzz" Jerry Seinfeld wants to leave the hive in Bee Movie Erykah Badu sings about love in her song "Honey" From the first season of Saturday Night Live, the first appearance of The Killer Bees featuring guest host Elliot Gould Michael Caine warns the residents of Maysville that the bees are coming! From the movie The Swarm Slim Harpo sings "I'm a King Bee"