With yesterday's runoff elections in the books, the 2010 election season is over. Roby Brock, of www.talkbusiness.net, leads a discussion about what the elections of this year mean for 2011.
Ozarks At Large
We get another call from our history doctor, this time to look back at past Congressional problems.
Earlier this month, business leaders participated in a "laboratory" to explore ways to generate revenue from sustainability. Jacqueline Froelich attended and provides an exclusive look at how the business sector is beginning to grapple with making "green" off of being "green."
On this edition of Ozarks at Large Ted Malloch talks about virtue in business. He has authored books on the subject and produced the documentary, "Doing Virtuous Business" that will air on PBS early next year. Plus a meatless cookbook aimed at carnivores and Joe Neal hangs with the blue jays.And now it's time for a little Jay Music, brought to us by Joe Neal. His latest book is "Birdside Baptist and Other Ornithological Mysteries."If you crave more veggies and less meat this Thanksgiving, Jacqueline Froelich takes us to the kitchen to talk with Kim O'Donnel, "USA. Today" columnist and author of the new "Meat Lovers Meatless Cookbook: Vegetarian Recipes Carnivores Will Devour." www.kimodonnel.com
On today's program, the Chief of the Cherokee Nation is trying to create an education bridge between the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville and his nation. Also, the Fayetteville vocal group Harmonia is celebrating the release of its latest album, we preview Washington Regional Hospice's annual autumn brunch and more.
The sound of autumn bird migration is apparent--if you know what to listen for. Joe Neal serves as a guide. Joe Neal's latest book is "Birdside Baptist and Other Ornithological Mysteries." He is also coauthor, with Douglas James, of “Arkansas Birds,” published by the University of Arkansas press.The headquarters of the Cherokee Nation, the second largest American Indian tribe in the U.S., is located 60 miles west of Fayetteville in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. And as Jacqueline Froelich reports, the Nation's chief is seeking to create an educational bridge to the University of Arkansas.
To learn more: cherokee.orgNational Geographic's latest project is called Great Migrations. The first installment of the series premiered Sunday on the National Geographic Channel. Ozarks at Large's Iti Agnihotri Mudholkar spoke with the documentary's music composer Anton Sanko late last week.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: a walk around the trails at Lake Fayetteville will take you past acres of charred land. We learn about the benefits of prescribed burns such as these. Plus not one, but two area towns are in the running to take over the March Madness bracket of the Greatest Southern Town. And, we climb a tree to visit the serene world of a children's treehouse, and get ready for Spring Break with options for movie lovers.
Becca Martin Brown says that the unique work of art will be installed at Crystal Bridges this week.
Surf de Soleil is one of the bands performing at a benefit for Guatemala tonight at George's Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville. Earlier this week, they stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance and played their song "It's You and It's Me."
Emily Chase recently received a national honor for her thesis work at the University of Arkansas. She told us about the creation of her paper gowns.
To see pictures of some of Emily's work, click here.
The fifteenth-annual living history tour of Oak Cemetery is Sunday. Portrayals of Fort Smith's past residents, prominent and not, all tell a story of the city's history.
Here is the key to our clips heard in this morning’s montage of famous cemeteries, graveyards and funerals in pop culture:
Thriller by Michael Jackson. The most famous dance routine set in a graveyard.
Opening moments from the original Night of the Living Dead.
The original “graveyard smash”, "The Monster Mash" by Bobby Pickett.
A wonderful Lee Marvin stumbles into a funeral in the underrated comedy, Cat Ballou.
Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman have a rough night in the cemetery in Young Frankenstein.
Opening moments from a 1940 film version of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town.
Abe Vigoda and Al Pacino is a pivotal scene at Don Corleone’s funeral in The Godfather.
Theme from the HBO series Six Feet Under.
Reginald Owen as Scrooge in the 1938 film A Christmas Carol as he sees his own grave.
The Crypt Keeper from an opening episode of the HBO series Tales From the Crypt.
Apologies to: that wonderful scene with Eli Wallach in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Dick Van Dyke’s narration in the opening of the movie The Comedian, all those vampire movies, about 1000 metal songs and the still-creepy ending to Carrie. Maybe next time.
