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Thursday, April 24, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, golf is a sport, but it's also a vehicle for life lessons about honesty and perseverance. We visit the green as First Tee of Northwest Arkansas spends an afternoon teaching values to area youth. Plus, a look at the senate race in Arkansas.
An Ozark native who grew up exploring urban woodlands as a boy, left the Natural State for New York, where he now works as Principle Urban Designer for the City of New York Parks & Recreation. We amble with Charles McKinney, during a holiday visit, along the Fayetteville Trail to learn more about his big life in the Big Apple.
Opera Fayetteville is staging the ambitious, dark modern opera Dead Man Walking twice this weekend.
January is "Be Kind To Food Servers Month." Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas speaks with local server David Jelinek to talk about the difficulty of the food service industry.
Here is the list of pop culture references included in today's montage honoring food service workers: Billy Joel sings "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant." Kermit, Miss Piggy and Steve Martin confer in The Muppet Movie. Jennifer Aniston complains (understandably) about her flair in Office Space. The very underrated band The Bus Boys and the song "Minimum Wage." Meg Ryan defines high maintenance as a customer in When Harry Meets Sally. The Austin-based Asleep at the Wheel sings "House of Blue Lights." Judge Reinhold gets a raw deal in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Homer is disappointed with the slow service at Moe's Family Feedbag in a classic Simpsons episode. Arlo Guthrie and the most famous restaurant song ever, "Alice's Restaurant." Linda Lavin, Vic Tayback and Polly Holiday inside Mel's Diner on the situation comedy Alice. Cab Calloway sings "Everybody Eats at My House." The best rhyme in the song: Want a pancake, Mandrake?
"Escape Velocity" by Art Lewy
A new collection of Charles Portis' works will be discussed at the Fayetteville Public Library this week.