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Format: 2025-05-31
A Salute to Summer
This weekend marks the summer solstice, the official start to summer. We celebrate summer in this week’s montage with commercials, songs, and movie clips of summer.
  1. "Summertime" by Janis Joplin
  2. A clip from the movie Dazed and Confused
  3. Ball Park Frank commercial
  4. "Summer Nights" from Grease
  5. A clip from the movie Dirty Dancing
  6. "Summertime" by the Fresh Prince
  7. A clip from the movie One Crazy Summer
  8. "Summertime" by Sublime
  9. A clip from the movie Wet Hot American Summer
  10. A clip from the movie Summer of ‘42
  11. "Summertime Blues" by Eddie Cochran
Opera Returns to Eureka Springs
Becca Martin Brown gives us the details on this season of Opera in the Ozarks, with performances in Eureka Springs, and Sunday performances in Bentonville.
Two Bitcoins and a Haircut
Our Tech Ambassador, Tyrel Denison, attempts to explain Bitcoin.






Armed to Farm
The annual Armed to Farm program in Northwest Arkansas is a collaboration of many that aims to arm veterans with pitch forks and knowledge in an effort to help them recover from active duty and prepare them for a career in small farming. Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas talks with a few of the key players and some vets.
Friday, June 21, 2013
Ahead on Ozarks: we finish our series on the Arkansas Research and Technology Park, and Christina Thomas goes to the farm to find out more about a project connecting U.S. vets to agriculture.Plus, Becca Martin Brown will give us a guide to a low cost weekend of entertainment, and Michael Tilley talks to Kyle about the latest economic numbers for Arkansas and a very odd form of tourism developing to our immediate west.
Songs on the Fly
The band 1 Oz. Jig brings their guitar, bass, trombone, trumpet and drum sticks to the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
Armed to Farm
The annual Armed to Farm program in Northwest Arkansas is a collaboration that aims to arm veterans with pitch forks and knowledge in an effort to help them recover from active duty and prepare them for a career in small farming. Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas talks with a few of the key players and some veterans.
Unemployment Numbers Different for NWA, Ft. Smith
Michael Tilley from The City Wire talks about the latest unemployment numbers for the region and the odd industry of tornado-chasing tourism.




Thursday, June 20, 2013
On this edition of Ozarks we'll talk to six of the more than 80 musicians who participate in the Artosphere Festival Orchestra. This month, for the third consecutive year, the orchestra is formed in mere days to present concerts all over northwest Arkansas. We also continue our series on what happens at the Arkansas Research and Technology Park, and we find out what happens at the Office of Innovation.

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Do you know Johnny Winter?
The Riverfront Blues Festival takes the stage this weekend in Fort Smith. Becca Martin Brown has more.

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large

Thursday, December 5, 2013
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Ahead on Ozarks, an artists' cooperative enters its 12th year in the community, and a group of high school students learn about marketing inside one local retailer, though the field trip was altered a bit as residents made purchases in anticipation of winter weather. Plus, the first group of Arkansas Teacher Corps fellows already recognizes the difference they've made in rural and low income school districts just a few months into their first semester.
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Tyson Foods announced declining income in its third quarter earnings call, a section of Lake Fayetteville trail could potentially be moved, three Razorbacks move on to semifinals in London, and more.
“Steeplechase” Charlie Parker
Shale-Gas Frac Diversions During Exceptional Drought
audio/mpeg iconExtracting methane from shale preserves locked deep underground in north Central Arkansas requires tremendous amounts of water,
Extracting methane from shale preserves locked deep underground in north Central Arkansas requires tremendous amounts of water, diverted from streams and rainwater catchments. But what is the effect on aquifers during prolonged drought?
Arkansas Delta in the Past, Present and Future
audio/mpeg iconFifty years ago, the Delta was the economic engine for Arkansas. Skip Rutherford, the Dean of the University of Arkansas Clinto
Fifty years ago, the Delta was the economic engine for Arkansas. Skip Rutherford, the Dean of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, says it is still an important part of the state. For more information, visit talkbusiness.net.
“Rowing Song” by Patty Griffin
Hot Dogs, Haircuts and Help in Springdale
audio/mpeg iconThousands of people are expected to attend the third annual “Community Block Party” at the First United Methodist Church campus
Thousands of people are expected to attend the third annual “Community Block Party” at the First United Methodist Church campus in downtown Springdale this weekend. For more information, visit the church's website here.
Fall Means More Art, Music and Theater at UAFS Academy
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The staff at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith Academy of the Arts is already noticing the end of summer. Dr. Rosilee Walker Russell says this semester offers more than any previous term. Audition dates for upcoming ensembles at UAFS Academy include: Teen Theater, Scrooged, The Musical: August 14, 16, 21, 23 6-8pm. Teen Honor Choir and Teen Jazz Vocal: August 23, 5-8pm and August 25 9am-noon Instrumental music auditions for grades 4th and up: August 23 5-8pm and Augustr 25th 9am-noon. For more information, visit the academy's website here.
“Discus” by Inoran