Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the band Elephant Revival stopped by the Frimin-Garner Performance Studio this month to talk about their instruments, their music and their social causes, and to play some music before their concert at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the band Elephant Revival stopped by the Frimin-Garner Performance Studio this month to talk about their instruments, their music and their social causes, and to play some music before their concert at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
Elephant Revival spends time inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.Standup comic Doug Stanhope talks about his career and what to expect tonight when he performs at Mermaids in Fayetteville.
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says the spring festival season is underway from Eureka Springs to Van Buren.
Michael Tilley, from The City WireM, discusses a new report measuring the happiness of area workers.A Pulaski County Circuit Court ruling yesterday nullified the state's new voter ID law, the Arkansas Supreme Court rejects a motion to rehear a case in which justices refused a multi-billion dollar judgement against a major pharmaceutical company, and state legislators hear reasons why the state's Private Option expansion of Medicaid is costing more for plan holders than was previously projected.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, golf is a sport, but it's also a vehicle for life lessons about honesty and perseverance. We visit the green as First Tee of Northwest Arkansas spends an afternoon teaching values to area youth. Plus, a look at the senate race in Arkansas.
The First Tee of Northwest Arkansas offers advice on hitting straight down the fairway...but is more concerned with nine core values.
Tim Muldoon, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, has developed an endoscopic microscope capable of producing sub-cellular images of tissue in real time. Web Exclusive: An Extended Interview with Tim Muldoon
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Monday, May 19, 2014
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.
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says Toto (and Dorothy) will be here soon.
Louis Jordan is one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Still, many Arkansans might not know about their native son. Stephen Koch, the host of Arkansongs, has written a new book about him.
Here is the list of the ten clips we used as our salute to The Wizard of Oz (and the explanation for each):
1. Pinball WIZARD by the Who
2. Jed Clampett as played by Buddy Ebsen, the actor originally cast as the...
3. ...TIN MAN, also the inspiration for a song by America.
4. A 1961 documentary about Ham, sent into space by NASA...a real-life FLYING MONKEY.
5. John Cougar Mellencamp sings Rain on the SCARECROW.
6. Famous television doctor, Dr. OZ.
7. The song Africa by TOTO.
8. A 1966 commercial for the game TWISTER. (as in the phenomenon that sent Dorothy to Oz)
9. The Tokens sing the (cowardly?) LION sleeps tonight.
10. Elton John with the title song from his album Goodbye YELLOW BRICK ROAD.
Apologies to the band Kansas and the song Witchy Woman by the Eagles. Maybe next time.
Next year an LLM degree at the University of Arkansas will be obtainable in a face-to-face setting or from a distance.`
at end of show: "Amanda Jewell" by Ricky Skaggs
Michael Tilley, from The City Wire, helps us dissect an odd news week.
