Only five swimming beaches were closed throughout Arkansas during the Memorial Day weekend, as E. Coli hot spots haven't been as bad so far as in previous years. And, passage of a water projects bill in Congress may mean federal money for waterway infrastructure projects in Arkansas.
Ozarks At Large
For a holiday edition of Ozarks at Large we hear highlights from a show at Fayetteville Public Library featuring songwriters Candy Lee, Shawn James and Barrett Baber.
We make a KUAF button and learn how Kassy Gross became K&A Button Emporium in May’s Locally Made Segment.On this edition of Ozarks, we take a look at a new study that analyzes high school graduation rates in Arkansas. Also Dick Johnson stops by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.Dick Johnson says his new CD, Spig, has the influences of Ashdown and Fayetteville.
The Bicycle Coalition of the Ozarks has received a $33,000 grant to help begin the process of implementing Safe Routes to School throughout northwest Arkansas. And, traditional marriage advocates gathered in Little Rock yesterday to voice their opposition to recent rulings in favor of same-sex marriage in Arkansas.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with the director of special education for the U.S. Department of Education; she says many with disabilities are capable of learning anything and everything that those without disabilities can. Plus, as strawberries begin to pop up in gardens and farmers' markets in the area, a group of national leaders in the industry meet in Fayetteville to discuss sustainable growing practices.
We make a KUAF button and learn how Kassy Gross became K&A Button Emporium in May’s Locally Made Segment.
Melody Musgrove, director of the Office of Special Education Programs for the U.S. Department of Education, was the commencement speaker for the UA's College of Education and Health Professions.This week's primary election left some alleging that enforcement of the state's voter ID law was a complicated effort, and with many party candidates for the state legislature now chosen, some experts wonder what will become of the state's private option during next year's regular session of the General Assembly.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Governor Mike Beebe talks special session and another effort to attract European businesses to Arkansas. Plus, we learn more about XNA's master plan for the future and whether E-gas is the fuel of the future.
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.
