Ozarks At Large
In this morning's Week in Review, we look at the stories we've covered concerning the partial shutdown of the federal government that started as the calendar flipped over to October.
Block Street Hot Club, who you can often find performing at the Fayetteville Farmers Market, stops by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
It's not too early to get your holiday portraits made. And if you have them made at an upcoming event at Mt. Sequoyah, your sitting fee will benefit the Northwest Arkansas Family Network.
Years after, and miles south, of the well-known battles of Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove, the Civil War continued to be fought in central and southern Arkansas. David E. Casto writes about the fighting in his new book, Arkansas Late in the Civil War.
Ahead on Weekend Ozarks, a tour of historic Cane Hill, and a conversation with the author of Camp Nine, Vivian Schiffer. The book has been selected as the 2013 If All Arkansas Read The Same Book book.
The Arkansas Center For The Book this week made its selection for the 2013 If All Arkansas Read The Same Book Program. Kyle Kellams spoke with Vivienne Schiffer, the author of the novel Camp Nine, this year's selection.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, new efforts to revitalize historic Cane Hill, and we take a boat ride with the University of Arkansas Water Ski Club. Plus, a look at the 2013 State of Northwest Arkansas Report.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, June 22, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, what has been termed by some as mommy-blogging has become big business in the area. We learn about the legality of earning money for blogs and reviews. Plus, we go behind the scenes at the National Weather Service in Tulsa.
Our history doctor, Bill Smith, casts a skeptical glance at polls that rank presidents from best to worst.
"Lady Bug" by Edsel Gomez
Rose Bunch grew up in northwest Arkansas. She takes the changes she's seen to her hometown and incorporates them into her fiction and non-fiction. Soon, she'll compare changes in the Ozarks to changes halfway across the world with a Fulbright Fellowship.
Rose Bunch also talked about her novel-in-progress and more when she visited KUAF. Hear more of the conversation here.
"Prelude" by Richard Gilewitz
Folk duo Still on the Hill is this year’s recipient of the Governor’s Art Award for Folklife and Traditional Art. Tomorrow, the group will celebrate the completion of its new Ozark documentary with a screening at Shiloh Museum, complete with apple pie. Visit www.stillonthehill.com for more information.
To hear more of the conversation with Still on the Hill, click here.
"Interlude" by Stan Kenton
Even if the bikes are gone, there is still much to be done for entertainment.
Vampires, the Beaver and more in our history capsule for October 4.