A new program is being introduced at Bentonville Public Schools. The program puts bicycles in each of the district's elementary, middle and junior high schools.
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Patients at the Booneville Human Development Center have an important job to do. They make rugs as part of the center's Rugs Project, which brought in more than $8,000 through craft fair sales just last month.Friday is Fibonacci Day, and Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas talks with Dr. Edmond Harris about the significance of the age-old number pattern.
Nic Pizzolatto and Tony Tost are both graduates of the University of Arkansas's creative writing and translation graduate program, but their ties to Arkansas are not the only thing they have in common. Both have broken into the world of screenwriting, specifically for television. Ozarks at Large's Katy Henriksen spoke with both Pizzolatto and Tost on how they ended up writing for the screen, how having an MFA in creative writing is beneficial to the writing process and more.
Y City is a small town not far from the intersection of highways 71 and 270, it is also the title of a book by Wade Rivers, who came up with the story idea while driving, appropriately, down an Arkansas highway. Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas spoke with the author about Y City , as well as his most recent book Text’d, also set in Arkansas.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: excerpts from a conversation recorded at the Fayetteville Public Library last month when Pulitzer Prize winner David Shipler discussed his book “The Working Poor” in front of members of several of the regions book clubs. He was in Fayetteville as part of the annual One Book-One Community project.A new program is being introduced at Bentonville Public Schools. The program puts bicycles in each of the district's elementary, middle and junior high schools.
Becca says we'll see pirates, ship captains, cowboys, astronauts at the Springdale Public Library as part of its Adventure Day event.
The Northwest Arkansas Center for Equality annual gala last weekend honored “Pride at Walmart,” the retailer’s LGBT corporate resource group. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, leaders took the opportunity to speak on the record for the first time about gay culture at the Home Office.(Photo: Walmart 2011 Diversity and Inclusion Report)
Devil's Den State Park will host the inaugural CCC Geocaching Challenge Saturday morning.
"Winter Songs" by The Head and The Heart
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, January 27, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, two University of Arkansas graduates take us back to the 1927 Mississippi River Flood in their novel "Tilted World." Plus, Benton County residents prepare to head to the polls to determine who should pay for rural ambulance services, and our weekly installment of Arkansongs and more.
Twitter was first spring upon the public at South By Southwest, the Austin festival of music and tech. Our tech ambassador, Tyrel Denison, examines some of the apps making their debut at this year's festival.
at end of show: "Carnival" by Nora Jane Struthers & the Party Line
The Mid-continent Independent System Operator, who will manage Entergy Arkansas' power grid, breaks ground on its regional headquarters. Urban agriculture rules are again slated for discussion in Fayetteville, and a federal judge strikes down the state's 12-week abortion ban.
"Rise Up" by Flogging Molly
Lockheed Martin and Peco Foods are among those companies creating jobs in the state.
Christopher Leonard follows the rise of Tyson Foods in his new book The Meat Racket.
Tyson Foods responds to issues raised in the new book The Meat Racket.
"Three Young Ladies Drinking Whiskey Before Breakfast" by Paddy O'Connor and Friends
