The new(ish) restaurant 28 Springs, in downtown Siloam Springs, uses a mix of food, atmosphere and science to explore culinary ingredients.
Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, one woman is taking back the word "feminism." It's in an effort to get more women elected to public office in Arkansas. Plus, what's in a name, or a few names. We learn where some of the smaller towns in Washington County got theirs. And, one restaurant's products will soon be in other restaurants' kitchens across the nation.
Greenhouse Grille's black bean burger recipe won US Foods' Next Top Product Competition in Las Vegas last weekend. The mix will soon be in restaurants around the nation.The city of Bentonville recently got a grant from the Endeavor Foundation for sidewalk construction in an area with sparse pedestrian infrastructure. Heifer International assesses damage to ongoing projects in the Philippines following the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. This year has seen record corn yields for Arkansas farmers, but that's not necessarily all good news. Today is voting day in Fayetteville to extend a current hotel-motel-restaurant tax. And the UA Soccer team advances to the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history.
It's been a bordello, a restaurant and now a visitors center...and it's one of our favorite spaces in the region. We spent an afternoon at Miss Laura's in downtown Fort Smith,
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers tells us about one of her favorite restaurants in Goshen.
William Lyle, the current executive chef at Ella's Restaurant has been hired as the new executive chef at Eleven.
Soil Cycle, a project of Feed Fayetteville, collects restaurant food waste the green way, then composts it for use on the soil of community gardens.William Lyle, the current executive chef at Ella's Restaurant has been hired as the new executive chef at Eleven.
Soil Cycle, a project of Feed Fayetteville, collects restaurant food waste the green way, then composts it for use on the soil of community gardens.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, July 17, 2014
On this edition of Ozarks, we speak with the trumpeter of The Sons of Brasil. The Kansas City jazz band plays nothing but Latin music and will be in NWA this weekend. Plus, we join a program in progress as it encourages youngsters to read over the summer.
The list of things to do is already getting longer. Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers reads it out aloud.
“Traveling Shoes” by Robert Randolph & the Family Band
Rogers Historical Museum is featuring an exhibit that explores southern stereotypes in comic strips. Ozarks at Large’s Kyle Kellams paid a visit and has this story.
Ozarks at Large’s Katy Henriksen has a preview of the University of Arkansas Fine Arts Gallery's first show this semester.
“The Closing” by Philip Glass
Jodi Beznoska from Walton Arts Center has a long list of musical, dance, and theatre events that are coming up in the next few weeks.
Director Sharon La Cruise’s documentary Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock will be screened this Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m. in the Donald W. Reynolds Center. Ozarks at Large’s Antoinette Grajeda spoke with the filmmaker to learn more about the process of making the documentary.
To watch a trailer of the documentary on the University of Arkansas website, click here.
