The first work week of 2014 didn't suffer from a lack of business news.
Ozarks At Large
The first work week of 2014 didn't suffer from a lack of business news.
Tens of thousands of Arkansans are enrolling onto the new state insurance marketplace. The latest ACA enrollment figures through December are pending, but newly released data for the Arkansas’s novel Private Option reveal robust Medicaid expansion. 
Ahead on weekend Ozarks, how nurse practitioners will fill a potential shortfall of primary care physicians, the 2014 renovation plans for the Arts Center of the Ozarks, how Scrabble is being used as part of an annual fundraiser for the Literacy Council of Benton County, how one business is cashing in on the latest juicing craze and more.
To celebrate the 175th anniversary of the first photograph of the moon, here are the clips we included in our montage devoted to earth's favorite satellite:
1. Nick Drake sings Pink Moon.
2. A classic scene with Tom Hanks from Apollo 13.
3. Ella Fitzgerald's take on It's Only a Paper Moon.
4. Excerpt from a promotional film about the 1964 World's Fair.
5. REM's tribute to Andy Kaufman, Man in the Moon.
6. Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed dream about the future in It's a Wonderful Life.
7. Elvis (happy belated 79th) and Blue Moon.
8. Lon Chaney, Jr. worries about the next full moon in Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman.
9. Creedence Clearwater Revival also worries about a Bad Moon Rising.
10. Neil Armstrong lands.
11. Frank Sinatra takes off.
Apologies to: Jules Verne, William Shakespeare, Henry Mancini, Bill Monroe, G. Melies and those little green guys on Rocky and Bullwinkle. Maybe next time.
1. Nick Drake sings Pink Moon.
2. A classic scene with Tom Hanks from Apollo 13.
3. Ella Fitzgerald's take on It's Only a Paper Moon.
4. Excerpt from a promotional film about the 1964 World's Fair.
5. REM's tribute to Andy Kaufman, Man in the Moon.
6. Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed dream about the future in It's a Wonderful Life.
7. Elvis (happy belated 79th) and Blue Moon.
8. Lon Chaney, Jr. worries about the next full moon in Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman.
9. Creedence Clearwater Revival also worries about a Bad Moon Rising.
10. Neil Armstrong lands.
11. Frank Sinatra takes off.
Apologies to: Jules Verne, William Shakespeare, Henry Mancini, Bill Monroe, G. Melies and those little green guys on Rocky and Bullwinkle. Maybe next time.
For the third consecutive year Opera Fayetteville rings in the new year by staging a contemporary, English-language work.
Later this month, the Literacy Council of Benton County will host its 7th annual Scrabble Wars fundraiser.
Though fresh squeezed juice has been around for a while, the recent growth in popularity takes juicing to a whole new level. We visit with Wilson Wood co-owner and head juicer of Native Nectar Juice.
Millions of newly insured Americans will be seeking medical care, under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act starting this month. And with a projected shortage of primary care physicians to serve them, new research indicates that nurse practitioners may help fill the gap. We hear from a national association board member as well as Dr. Anna Jarrett, an acute care nurse practitioner and professor of nursing at UA-Fayetteville.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks…the 2013 Northwest Arkansas Education Report Card has numbers, plenty of numbers, relating to 17 public school districts in Washington and Benton Counties. We'll talk to Gary Ritter, the director of the Office for Education Policy at the University of Arkansas about the report. And the three-person band The Room Outside plays inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio. We'll also talk to Michael Tilley from The City Wire about the week’s news and Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers about the upcoming weekend’s entertainment opportunities.
Santa Fe-based trio The Room Outside stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio to play a set and talk to Katy Henriksen prior to their November show at Maxine's Tap Room.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, the Museum of Native American History in Bentonville may be a secret for now, but it won't be for long. We'll explain why, and we find out how distance education will have a larger footprint in the University of Arkansas School of Law next fall.
Becca Martin Brown gives us the scoop on a new exhibit in Fort Smith about Hattie Caraway, the first woman ever to serve as a U.S. Senator, featuring the writer formerly of Fayetteville.
Monday is Pi Approximation Day (a.k.a. Casual Pi Day) because when written in the day/month format (22/7) the date equals 3.14 or the mathematical constant known as pi (hooray math jokes!). In honor of the day, today's montage focuses on pi(e).
1. "American Pie" by Don McLean
2. Clip from The Three Stooges
3. Clip from the television show What Would You Do?
4. "Amore" by Dean Martin
5. Clip from the movie American Pie
6. "Cherry Pie" by Warrant
7. "The Worst Pies in London" from the movie adaptation of Sweeny Todd
8. Clip from The Life of Pi movie trailer.
9. Clip from the movie Blazing Saddles
10. "3.14 Apple Pi" by Bo Burnham
During a recent visit to the studio, Don't Stop Please performed an original song called Henry and the Great Salt Lake.
Changes have already been made to the Arkansas Department of Community Corrections, with more changes still to come. Although the state's unemployment rate didn't change from May to June, that doesn't take into account several layoffs that have happened in the past month. Gas prices have been on the rise across Arkansas, with still higher prices on the horizon. And 39 permits have been issued for retail liquor sales in Benton County, leaving 16 potential permits still up for grabs.
“200,00” by The Rocket Summer
Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses unemployment figures released this morning.
