On this edition of Ozarks, Governor Beebe answers questions submitted by Arkansans. Plus, we talk to some organizers of Fayetteville Community Radio.
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In the latest installment of our monthly “3 Things You Should Know” series, we learn about theatre etiquette.
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute will officially announce expansion of courses ranging in topics from tree identification to Irish poetry during an open house Friday from 2 to 4 p.m..
When the Federal Communications Commission opened up licensing opportunities for thousands of new independent low-power non-commercial FM radio stations in 2010, several dozen Arkansas groups applied. In northwest Arkansas, Fayetteville Community Radio appears to have made the cut. We meet Joe Newman, station manager, and volunteers Olivia Hines and Moshe Newmark.
Roby Brock from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas asks Governor Beebe questions submitted online by Arkansans.
The fiscal session of the Arkansas legislature continued yesterday, with talk about the Private Option and NOT talk of dealying Common Core implementation. The Washington county Sheriff's Office moves its enforcement and investigation divisions into the same space after remodeling 10,000 square feet of the department's east annex. The search for a missing Arkansas Forestry Commission pilot ended sadly yesterday. And Walmart is the latest in a string of multi-million dollar donors to the new Arkansas Music Pavilion under construction in Rogers.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: In 1980, thousands left Castro's Cuba on a boatlift to the United States. Many of them were given housing at Fort Chaffee. Jacqueline Froelich examines what happened then, what's happened since…and why historians are spending time getting the facts correct. Plus, a new adult education library for Northwest Arkansas Community College.
In this month's music review, Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas looks at Beyonce's newest album and how both she and the artist have grown over the years.
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, distance education will have a strong presence in a program on the University of Arkansas campus next fall, plus Rogers Little Theatre brings a comedy classic to the stage. We go behind the scenes with The Man Who Came To Dinner.
Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers tells us country music legend George Strait will be around northwest Arkansas soon.
A Game of Thrones Theme by Ramin Djawadi
Today marks the beginning of the Chinese New Year, and this year’s the Year of the Dragon. Kyle Kellams compiled clips of voices of people who were born in the Year of the Dragon. Do you recognize any of these individuals?
The voices, in order as we heard them are:
1) Peter Lorre (from the Maltese Falcon). Born in 1904
2) Fats Domino (singing Walkin’ to New Orleans). Born in 1928
3) Tom Brokaw (from his final night as anchor). Born in 1940.
4) Diana Krall (singing Fly Me to the Moon from her CD, The Very Best of Diana Krall). Born in 1964.
5) Dan Ackroyd (on Saturday Night Live in 1976). Born in 1952.
6) Tom Jones (singing It’s Not Unusual from the CD, Along Came Jones). Born in 1940.
7) Dick Wilson (as Mr. Whipple). Born in 1916.
We report on alarming new figures, just issued by US Fish and Wildlife Service, on the number of hibernating bats in the eastern U.S. killed by White Nose Syndrome, as well as a new monitoring program launched in northwest Arkansas.
“Beautiful” by Fruit Bats
Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas spoke with Dr. Tim Yeager of the University of Arkansas to learn more about why U.S. banks are losing billions in annual revenue due to the Federal Reserve’s 2010 changes to overdraft policy.
The Arkansas Razorback women’s basketball team defeats Vanderbilt; Arkansas legislators request a grant to study the idea of a federal health insurance exchange; and more – on today’s Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
“In Motion” by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross