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.
During a recent trip to KUAF, Pianos and Drums performed a number of songs including this one, titled "Neo Soul."
Ozarks at Large’s insect expert Dr. Donald Steinkrasu takes a stab at playing movie critic. We take a look at insects’ role in film.
"Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers" by Trout Fishing in America
The first event outside of Eureka Springs for the Creative Energy Project will bring yarn, and plenty of it, to Bentonville.
Link: For more about Yarnology or the Creative Energy Project, www.creativeenergyproject.com
"Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers" by Trout Fishing in America
Becca Martin Brown of Northwest Arkansas Newspapers gives us all the details on Trout Fishing in America's newest CD.
Here are the ten clips for our montage dedicated to Georges:
1. The opening riff of George Thorogood’s Bad to the Bone
2. A scene for the original (animated) George of the Jungle.
3. Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong sing George Gershwin’s Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off.
4. A small portion of a documentary about George Washington Carver.
5. George Harrison’s guitar from My Sweet Lord.
6. From the 1954 (animated) version of George Orwell’s Animal Farm.
7. George Jones begins the greatest country song ever, He Stopped Loving Her Today.
8. Jason Alexander as George Constanza as a marine biologist.
9. George Burns explains how he met Gracie.
10. George Jetson never figures out the automatic dog walker.
Apologies to: the greatest third baseman ever. Ever. Also, apologies to: three United States presidents, the monkey always with the Man in the Yellow Hat, misters Clooney, Strait, Clinton, Carlin, Benson…about 300 kings and the Majestic Lounge. Maybe next time.
