Ozarks At Large

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large

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.
More of downtown Rogers may soon be put on the National Register of Historic Places, the U of A in Fayetteville gets good press, and the Northwest Arkansas Naturals slide through the end of the season.
“Mai Nozipo” by Kronos Quartet
The Ozark dialect is rooted in Appalachia and traces back to the British Isles, yet it can elicit a certain stigma. Susan Young with the Shiloh Museum of Ozark history, a fifth generation Arkansan, lectures widely on her culture and dialect. We bring her into the studio to talk Ozark.
Roby Brock talks to Steve Brauner about the possible (and confirmed) ballot measures Arkansas voters will see in November. For more information, visit talkbusiness.net
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says tonight the music faculty at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith will dance, sing and more . . . for free!
Michael Hibblin talks to Dr. Ruth Hawkins about the progress made in Arkansas State University’s work on the iconic singer’s home in the Arkansas Delta.