On this edition of Ozarks, the Fulbright statue returns to its rightful place on the University of Arkansas campus; and we discuss “The Secrets of Stonehenge” with archaeologist Vincent Gaffney from the University of Birmingham in England. Also on the show today, a look at the life of Norman Baker who operated an unorthodox cancer hospital at the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs in the 1930s.
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The Southern Poverty Law Center, a non-profit civil rights group based in Montgomery, Alabama, issued its annual “hate report,” last month. Jacqueline Froelich takes a critical look at the Arkansas data.
On this spring fundraising edition of Ozarks at Large, we take a look at the newly-constructed Pea-Ridge tornado shelter; and discuss what the latest Talk Business-Hendrix College poll findings could mean for Republicans and Democrats in Arkansas this November. Also on the show, some highlights from Walton Arts Center's 10x10 Series Countdown Conversation about The Whiffenpoofs of Yale.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, Mitsubishi puts a major manufacturing plan in Fort Smith on hold. An anonymous donor makes a John Brown University project possible; University of Arkansas students prepare to read human-books; and the duo Black and Tan return to the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
On this spring fundraising edition of Ozarks at Large, Douglas Casa from Korey Stringer Institute discusses ways to reduce heat stroke-related injuries and fatalities among athletes. Chef David Lewis from BHK Café in Fayetteville discusses some intriguing food pairings; and a preview of Anna Caterina Antonacci’s tomorrow night performance on the University of Arkansas campus.
Douglas Casa, the chief operating officer of Korey Stringer Institute, a Storrs, Connecticut-based organization dedicated to heat stroke prevention among athletes, discusses ways to eliminate heat stroke injuries and deaths for athletes.
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On this spring fundraising edition of Ozarks at Large, comedian Mo Alexander prepares to perform tonight in Fayetteville; and the University of Arkansas gets its own community garden. Also, Rogers’ first ever Downtown Restaurant Week kicks off today; and looking for food in your own backyard, or someone else’s.
Not forced to hibernate due to inclement weather this winter, Joe Neal has reportedly gone to the loons. He is coauthor of “Arkansas Birds,” published by the University of Arkansas Press. His latest book “In the Province of Birds, a Western Arkansas Memoir,” is published by Half-Acre Press.
Ozarks at Large’s Iti Agnihotri-Mudholkar spoke with Northwest Arkansas Fashion Week co-founder Jade Terminella about the process of putting together the event, and what’s in store for us next year.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, the University of Arkansas dedicates the Epley Center for Health Professions; and a visit to a Carroll County farm growing food with techniques more than a century old. We learn more about the joy of foraging and eating wild food; and a look at what will be available once the Fayetteville Farmer’s Market returns next week.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, a report on the approved usage of E-Notarization in Arkansas. And we speak to an editor, a reporter, and a journalism instructor about the future of newspapers and journalism.
Katy Henriksen gives us a preview of this evening's Sunday Symphony and Community Cinema event at the Fayetteville Public Library.
"The Red Violin" by Joshua Bell
Pluto was discovered 83 years ago on Monday, but it has since been downgraded to a dwarf planet. Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas speaks with Robert Beauford, a doctoral student in space and planetary sciences at the University of Arkansas about how and why Pluto was downgraded.
Here is our out-of-this-world list of material that made up our space montage this morning. If you correctly identified them all, buy yourself a cold glass of Tang.
"Major Tom," as performed by David Bowie
Neil Armstrong lands on the moon.
Charlton Heston just before his space ship crashes into future earth. Spoiler alert: there are APES. This is the opening scene from the original Planet of the Apes
A commercial for Tang
HAL takes over in 2001: A Space Odyssey
The Shocking Blue with their biggest hit, "Venus"
A piece of the trailer for the disaster movie Armageddon. That's nativa Arkansan Billy Bob Thornton explaining "It's a meteor shower."
Pluto, the dog, barking in his 1952 cartoon, "Pluto's Party."
The worst bit of dialogue ever in a movie ("Future events such as these will affect you in the future.") from Plan 9 From Outer Space"
Holst's Mars from "The Planets"
"Pluto" by Clare and the Reasons
The Arkansas Legislature moves forward with a voter ID bill, the city of Fort Smith gets ready for some new fire equipment, and Bill Halter speaks out against changes to the lottery scholarship.
"Meteor" by The Bird and the Bee
Michael Tilley from The City Wire talks about strong homes sales in northwest Arkansas so far in 2013...and the murky future of an aquatic park in Sebastian County.