How not to be bored the next few days: standup comedy, a walk around Lake Fayetteville and Arts Live presents a modified musical.
Ozarks At Large
Surveys conducted through site visits to Arkansas school districts that conducted PARCC field testing this spring showed that most districts will be prepared for Common Core technology requirements this fall.
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers says there are drums, guitars and horns in our near future.
Community Health Workers in Arkansas have formed a network to better deliver public health services and share best practices.The rainy weather has caused a delay in planting for some farmers, while late freezes are causing concern for others with winter wheat crops. The state Republican party gets permission to intervene in a lawsuit regarding rules for absentee voters as part of the state's Voter ID law. And Fort Smith directors consider a set of rules regarding how city employees interact with city residents.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a Pea Ridge family works to bring a family member home, a new trail lets walkers, runners and cyclists see a part of northwest Arkansas that's pretty much been a secret, and the lowdown on voodoo from a guest speaker who visited the University of Arkansas campus late last week.
The newest section of the Razorback Regional Greenway is also the first trail section to open in Johnson.Becca Martin Brown, with Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, gives us a list of free lectures, discussions and more taking place in the next few days.
Last week Tim Landry, a scholar studying voodoo, spoke on the University of Arkansas campus.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, the duo Still on the Hill talks about their new album, and how Beaver Lake inspired the songs. Plus, we learn about how Gunderpickles started with a family recipe, and we honor the 100th anniversary of Mother's Day in our Sunday Morning Montage, a song from Cletus Got Shot and more.
The small town is home to 16 properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A new organization has formed to restore and preserve them.
The Arkansas Center For The Book this week made its selection for the 2013 If All Arkansas Read The Same Book Program. Kyle Kellams spoke with Vivienne Schiffer, the author of the novel Camp Nine, this year's selection.
"Cloud Nine" by The Temptations
With this morning's montage, we say several goodbyes; to Summer, to a famed Yankees pitcher, and to one of our longest-tenured colleagues at KUAF. Here are our 10 pop culture references we used to say goodbye.
"So Long, Farewell" from the Sound of Music
Lou Gehrig's farewell speech
"Goodbye my Lover" by James Blunt
ET says his goodbye
The famous words from Gone With The Wind
"Hello, Goodbye" by The Beatles
The Friends leave the apartment for the final time
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John
Jim Carey tells his fare goodbye at the beginning of Dumb and Dumber
Leaving Casablanca for the final time
Johnny Carson bids his final farewell to the audience during his final time hosting The Tonight Show
Becca Martin Brown of Northwest Arkansas Newspapers tells us of a man originally from Bhutan who is trying to help rebuild an ancient monestary in his homeland.
The members of National Park Radio perform another song inside of the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
at end of show: "So This is Goodbye" by Moby
