Springfield, Missouri is preparing to host the inaugural Birthplace of Route 66 Festival this weekend. In honor of the event, this week we’ll talk about some interesting places along the route in Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas.
Today, we make a stop in Galena, Kansas and meet Melba the Mouth.
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Springfield, Missouri is preparing to host the inaugural Birthplace of Route 66 Festival this weekend. In honor of the event, this week we’ll talk about some interesting places along the route in Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas.
Today, we visit Eisler Brothers Old Riverton Store on Route 66 in Riverton, Kansas.
This month’s collection of work at the Fayetteville Underground will have us looking up, beneath, or even away.
Hacking collective “Anonymous” posted data stolen from 75 police websites nationwide. The data came from servers owned by Brooks-Jeffrey Marketing, a Mountain Home company. This story comes from our content partner KUAR in Little Rock.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, how the heat is making life hard for area farmers and ranchers. A tour of the restored Coleman Theater on Main Street in Miami, Oklahoma in our Route 66 series and private gifts to the University of Arkansas see a 40% increase over the previous fiscal year.
Springfield, Missouri is preparing to host the inaugural Birthplace of Route 66 Festival this weekend. In honor of the event, this week we’ll talk about some interesting places along the route in Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas.
Today, we visit the newly restored Coleman Theater in Miami, Oklahoma.
Springfield, Missouri is preparing to host the inaugural Birthplace of Route 66 Festival this weekend. In honor of the event, this week we’ll talk about some interesting places along the route in Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas.
Today, we visit the Route 66 Vintage Iron Museum in Miami, Oklahoma. To see some images from downtown Miami, click here.
First Thursday in Fayetteville, Evening Book Club at the Boone County Library in Harrison and Reverend Horton Heat at George’s in Fayetteville tonight.
Ozarks at Large’s Energy Corps correspondent Christina Thomas talks to Shannon Joyce and Becky Roarke, Energy Corps members at the University of Arkansas’ Applied Sustainability Center. She spoke with them at a Community Development Block Grant event at Walker Park where they were tabling.
Upstage Melodrama:The Search for the Secret Book of Atrebor at the Fayetteville Public Library, Dreamweavers at the Boone County Library and multimedia spectacular on Versailles at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith on Becca's list.
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Friday, April 4, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: the former president of Heifer International speaks on the University of Arkansas campus. Plus, we take a walk through history that begins in Jasper.
A princess passes, a presidency ends and more in our history capsule for August 31.
The 153rd Washington County Fair begins today with rides, farm animals and food. Ozarks at Large's Antoinette Grajeda chatted with a volunteer about what it's like to judge the food exhibitions.
More information is available by visiting mywashingtoncountyfair.com.
"My Heart Stood Still" by Oscar Peterson
New Orleans fiber artist Mary Tait is all about the drape. She sews and embellishes beautiful window treatments for architects, designers, feature film sets and on commission. Jacqueline Froelich takes us to her Eureka Springs atelier.
To learn more, visit marytait.com.
And estimated 150 Baha'is live in NW Arkansas. This past Sunday they held a special prayer vigil and singing at the Springdale Baha'i Center to raise awareness about the plight of their members being persecuted in Iran by the Islamic Republic government. Jacqueline Froelich attended.
To learn more visit nwabahai.org or call Kamron Talebi at 479-531-9574.
"Floater" by Carla Bley