Becca Martin Brown has some (but not all) of the suggestions for warm-weather music here.
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On this Election Day in Arkansas, the three GOP candidates seeking their party's nomination for attorney general talk to Roby Brock from Talk Business and Politics.
The Veterans’ Health Care System of the Ozarks, based in Fayetteville, has installed a large solar array on it’s forested campus. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, the alternative energy project is part of an ambitious U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs environmental program.
Speaker of the Arkansas House wants to call a special session of the state legislature to deal with problems with the insurance program for public school employees, and Crawford County officials are hopeful that county voters will approve a sales tax increase that would help the county build a new jail.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, taking steps to improve juvenile justice in Arkansas, and the brand new Hope Supply Center in Bentonville helps those diagnosed with breast cancer in many ways.
Last Friday, the Hope Supply Center, a service of the Breast Cancer Society, opened on Walton Blvd. The center will offer supplies, such as wigs and bras, to those affected by breast cancer. Becca says that there will be plenty of opportunities to hear about architecture as a new lecture series begins at Crystal Bridges.
Bo Bartlett and Betsy Eby collaborated on a documentary about their years-long art road trip. They discussed the project while at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art last month.
Roby Brock, from our content partner Talk Business and Politics, looks back at a busy week in Arkansas.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, June 6, 2014
Ahead on this busy Friday edition of Ozarks, from Pharrell to Harry Connick Jr; celebrities took the stage this morning in Fayetteville for the Walmart Shareholders meeting, where there were also a few business items discussed. And, we take a trip along the Buffalo River nearly a year after a controversial swine breeding operation began business.
Katy Henrikson gives us a preview of what's in store on tonight's edition of KUAF's Sunday Symphony.
"Gorecki Symphony No. 2: First Movement"
In today's week in review, Ozarks at Large's Timothy Dennis looks at environment-themed stories from the past week.
To celebrate National Coffee Day, Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas visited the suburbs of Beaver, Ark. to visit the roasting operations of Mountain Bird Coffee. She learned that there is science involved in getting your morning joe tasting just right.
In this weekend montage, we salute the coffee drinker with ten pop culture references about the drink. The references featured are, in order:
"The Java Jive" by The Ink Spots
A 1954 TV commercial for Maxwell House
Agent Cooper describing his favorite beverage on Twin Peaks
Johnny Cash Singing "A Cup of Coffee"
Al Pacino and Robert De Niro sharing a scene in Heat
A pivotal moment in Pulp Fiction begins
Ella Fitzgerald with the classic version of "Black Coffee
A bit from the comedy Role Models
Frasier Crane ordering coffee
Frank Sinatra and "The Coffee Song"
Becca Martin Brown, features editor at Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, tells us about Art Night Out, coming up this week at Crystal Bridges in Bentonville. The event will focus on the relationship of art and music from the 1930s.
