For this week's collaboration with ozarksunbound.com, Christopher Spencer and Kyle Kellams talk to Peter lane from Walton Arts Center.
More from our conversation can be heard here.
Ozarks At Large
Every month, Jacqueline Froelich takes a look into the drawers of the Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History and pulls out a featured history. This time it's Al Witte, noted University of Arkansas Law professor, World War II veteran and former president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. For more details and more information visit pryorcenter.uark.edu.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large we learn about the National Energy Corps presence in Northwest Arkansas, preview a weekend forum about Islam, take a phone tour of artists' studios in the Ozarks and more.This weekend many artists around Mountain View will open their studios so we can see what's inside. In advance of the self-gudied tour, we conducted a phone tour of some of the studios.
Sunday afternoon a public discussion about Islam is scheduled at the Faytteville Public Library. We talk to three organizers about what questions they think the public attending might ask.
More about Sunday's forum can be heard by clicking here.
This edition of Ozarks at Large includes yesterday's announcements from Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art about recent acquisitions, more from last week's debate between the major U. S. Senate candidates and a preview of tonight's concerts with Susan Werner.
Susan Werner can be a conduit for any number of musical styles. Tonight she'll have two concerts inside Starr Theatre at Walton Arts Center in downtown Fayetteville.
The King of Blues, the Reds' perfect game and more in our history capsule for September 16.
Another question asked at last week's major-party candidate debate for the U.S. Senate. The event was held in Little Rock.
Yesterday Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art announced three major acquisitions. Plus familiar talent from northwest Arkansas will also be involved in the museum's restaurant and gift store.
Click here for a slide show from Crystal Bridges.
Click here for a slide show from Crystal Bridges.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: remembering the Ozark Folk Fair from forty years ago. The headliners included some of the top names in blues, rock, folk and bluegrass, but the event is all but forgotten now. Plus northwest Arkansas ranchers rally to help out farmers in South Dakota who lost cattle because of bad weather and local non-profits embrace Giving Tuesday.
Later this month, Siloam Springs will be home to a Whitewater Recreation Park, the first of its kind in the state.
"Moon River" DJ Chill
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says new scripts are going to be a highlight of next week.
Ozarks at Large’s insect expert discusses the annual trip the monarch butterflies make from the northern United States to Mexico. He also suggests planting milkweed to help to nourish them as they make their way through your yard.
Before performing at Wakarusa, Caroline Rose and her band stopped by the Carver Center for Public Radio and performed the song "Roll On."
Our montage this week is dedicated to royalty
1. Queen plays Another One Bites the Dust.
2. Babar takes a vacation with his family.
3. Koko Taylor and Queen Bee.
4. Helen Mirren and Michael Sheen in the 2006 film The Queen.
5. Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, sings Chain of Fools.
6. Jerry Stiller and Kevin James in the sitcom King of Queens.
7. BB King (and Lucille) play The Thrill is Gone.
8. THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER MADE, King Kong, 1933.
9. Ian McKellen as King Lear.
10. Bert Lahr is the Cowardly Lion!
Apologies to : All of the Kansas City Monarchs, Gene Chandler, Juice Newton, Elvis, The Kingsmen, Game of Thrones and chess players. Maybe next time.
