
Ozarks At Large

Our history expert Dr. Bill Smith looks back at the contentious relationship the United States Supreme Court, the White House and Congress have shared in the past.
Bagpiper, former candidate for Congress and now an author Kenton Adler talks with Kyle Kellams about his poetry and new book “The Silver Piper of Teer Non Og” for young adults.
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There are swallows. Then there are swallows. One flock prefers human habitat, the other wilderness. Here, Joe Neal vividly illustrates the differences. Neal is coauthor of “Arkansas Birds,” published by the University of Arkansas Press. His latest book “In the Province of Birds, a Western Arkansas Memoir,” is published by Half-Acre Press.
Several authors will attend the Books in Bloom literary festival from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday in the Crescent Garden at the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs including Diane Ott Whealy, co-founder of the oldest and largest non-governmental seed bank in the U.S. Visit BooksinBloom.org for details.

Kevin Kinder from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers lets us know what we should look forward to at this year’s Wakarusa at Mulberry Mountain.
You can keep up with Kinder at his blog www.nwatunedin.com.
Stand-up comic Mike Merryfield will perform tonight at the UARK Bowl in Fayetteville. He spoke with Kyle Kellams earlier this week about his comedy style.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, how little pieces of blue plastic are being recycled at Mercy hospital. We'll also go to First Tee of Northwest Arkansas in Lowell to find out how golf and life are intricately connected. Plus, we'll hear a song from Elephant Revival recorded in the4 Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
Roby Brock of www.talkbusiness.net speaks with Dr. Jim Kahrr, a columnist and former professor of marketing, about the latter’s book “30 Doses of Marketing Success: A Month’s Worth of Tips from a Marketing Doctor.”
The museum prepares to move into its new space on Rogers Avenue.
“Mo’ Better Blues” by Branford Marsalis
Becca tells us about a few more farmers' markets we can visit today.
Technical crew, actors and musicians prepare for a new touring edition of “Guys and Dolls.”
“Luck Be A Lady Tonight” by Frank Sinatra
In July 2005, Don House wrote a letter to longtime friend after their five-year-old daughter had died suddenly. His own daughter had died nearly thirty years earlier. Now, six years after he wrote and sent the letter, he reads it here.
“She Followed The Stars” by The Jeff McLaughlin Quartet