The Mustache Running Club and Girls on the Run of NWA are two ways local residents can become involved in the sport of running. A calendar of races can be found at www.ArkansasRunner.Com.
Ozarks At Large
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.Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: it's primary election day in Arkansas, and Roby Brock talks to three Republicans who are vying for their party's nomination for attorney general. Plus, the City of Fayetteville is looking toward the future as Baby Boomers continue to age. A new project wants the city to become an age-friendly place. And, in our monthly series on technology, we visit the VA hospital in Fayetteville, where new solar arrays aim to make the facility more sustainable.
Roby Brock, from our content partner Talk Business and Politics, looks back at a busy week in Arkansas.
A study released by Arkansas Advocates for Children & Families says that the state’s juvenile detention system is broken. But as Jacqueline Froelich discovered, two Northwest Arkansas detention centers have found a fix.Roby Brock and Dr. Jay Barth, Professor of Political Science at Hendrix College, look at some of the season’s political ads and poll results of Republican voters.Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Roby Brock discusses the final week of campaigning before primary election day and if Judge Chris Piazza's ruling striking down the state's ban on same-sex marriage will have any impact on those races. Plus, a return to a favorite CD from several summers ago; can the music still evoke the same response? And, a report on a multi-million dollar campaign targeting the Southern closet.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, July 11, 2014
On this edition of Ozarks, how ex-pats in NWA watch the World Cup. And, singer/songwriter Joe Crookston stops by the studio.
The Mobile Vet Center rolls across Arkansas most of the year.
"Friend of the Devil" by The Grateful Dead
"Barbie" Beach Boys
The Simpsons – Lisa and Malibu Stacy
Barbie and the Rockers – 1987
Toy Story 3
Nicki Minaj – nicknamed Barbie
Saturday Night Live skit with Amy Poehler and Britney Spears
Original Barbie commercial – 1959
"Barbie Girl" Aqua
In the latest installment of our monthly food series, we learn more about cooking through Jen's Art of Cooking.
In honor of Arkansas Archeology month, Becca Martin Brown takes us inside the University of Arkansas Museum Collections, not often open to the public.
"A Night at the Museum" by Alan Silvestri
The local musician performs her own song, "Broken Branches" from her new CD slated for release later this month.
