Ozarks at Large's Meredith Martin Moats recently sat in on a conversation with Bud Rector, who will turn 99 later this year and has lived almost all his life in Yell County. We conclude her two-part report on his recollections of an Arkansas that has nearly vanished.
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Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: Jacqueline Froelich spends a day on a controversial hog farm near Mt. Judea. She toured the facility yesterday. Plus, memories of an Arkansas that has almost vanished. Meredith Martin Moats lets us listen in on a conversation about life in the Ouachitas nearly eighty years ago.
Becca Martin Brown says Jason Aldean, The Drive-By Truckers, Cheap Trick and Sir Paul McCartney are all coming close by.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we learn about plans to create a core arts center district in Fayetteville's downtown entertainment area. Also, singer/songwriter Lizzy Lehman performs inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, we celebrate the fifth day of the fifth month with the number "5." And, bucky ball now marks the entrance to Crystal Bridges in in Bentonville.
Here is information about today’s montage dedicated to the number five:
- Beethoven’s Fifth as performed by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
- George Brett (#5 for the Kansas City Royals) hits a home run in the 1984 All-Star Game.
- The Vogues sing "Five O’clock World."
- How to use the fifth amendment in a congressional hearing.
- School House Rock’s take on the number five, as sung by native Arkansan Bob Dorough.
- A scene from the British series MI-5.
- The Fifth Dimension sings "One Less Egg to Fry."
- Jack Nicholson orders breakfast his way in Five Easy Pieces.
- Lou Bega’s dance hit "Mambo No. 5."
- Jack Lord gives his famous line from Hawaii 5-0.
Marla Steele, a doctoral student at the University of Arkansas, is one of just a few researchers studying a rare, Asian eagle.
To see the website devoted to Marla's work, both past and future, click here.Bucky Ball, a geometric, LED sculpture by artist Leo Villareal, is the first temporary outdoor installation for the museum. The work gets its name from Buckminster Fuller, an architect who designed geodesic domes. Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas spoke with Villareal about this and other works.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Jayme Stone’s Room of Wonders inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio. And a new magazine is launched in Northwest Arkansas.
The Idle Class, a magazine about the arts in Arkansas, started as a Tumblr in 2011. Founding editor Kody Ford then launched it into a website and most recently as a print glossy distributed free throughout the state. The second print issue debuts tonight at The Stolen Glass in Fayetteville. Kody and Andrew McClain, managing editor, stopped by the studio recently to discuss both the challenges and rewards of running a magazine for the arts in Arkansas.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
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Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the man who has been intimately connected with the Nobel Peace Prize for the past quarter-century talks about the process for selecting a recipient and some of the controversies associated with the honor.
An important phase of the recovery after this spring's tornado is coming to an end in Mayflower.
Fans from around the world are cheering for their teams during the World Cup in bars and homes across northwest Arkansas.
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, previews tonight's opening of a classic at the Arts Center of the Ozarks in Springdale.
Big Gulp by Blank Banshee
Singer and songwriter Joe Crookston is back in Fayetteville this week, almost a year after his first visit at the 2013 Roots Festival.
Arkansas business leaders call for immigration reform, Governor Beebe asks for emergency assistance and True Detective may earn an alum from the University of Arkansas an award.
Ethan’s Song by Ronnie Earl and The Broadcasters
