For years Frank Tavares has been the voice of NPR's underwriting announcements. He's also a writer and professor.
Ozarks At Large
This All Hallow’s Eve we take you to Droke House, an abandoned Washington County country estate which facilitator Vickie Kelly is seeking to transform into a final resting place for souls craving to go “to ground”—under the state’s first sustainable cemetery. An effort is underway in Fayetteville to increase the amount of public art in the city.
Along with the late John Lewis, Tim McFarland founded CEO Forums in 2006 and has encouraged numerous corporate, non-profit and small business leaders in the years since.
Megan Garner is a producer of One for Ten a series of short, documentary films that profiles ten people who have been exonerated from death row.
Ahead on Ozarks: Documenting the lives of the unjustly convicted. We talk to Meghan Garner with the One for Ten Project.
Priscilla Dawn White (https://soundcloud.com/priscilla-at-dawn) is one of three artists performing at the Springtown Barn tomorrow night. More information is available by emailing eddyballuck@hotmail.comBecca Martin Browna> from Northwest Arkansas newspapers says Zombies are on stage in Fayetteville, British farce is set for Springdale and Rogers Little Theater opens a French farce.
Megan Garner is a producer of One for Ten a series of short, documentary films that profiles ten people who have been exonerated from death row.
Michael Tilley of The City Wire talks about the October polls and what they mean for next year's election. Plus Walmart's concerns and a new contract for Arkansas Best.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks at Large, we visit Fayetteville's first community orchard. Plus, plans for a 60-year-old church in Cave Springs, our Sunday morning montage and more.
For the first time in recent memory, six, count 'em, six candidates have filed for the position of Mayor of Eureka Springs -- population 2,300. The winner will replace current Mayor Dani Joy, who is not seeking re-election because she wishes to devote herself full time to her family's restaurant business. Jacqueline Froelich sorts through the list of contenders.
Yesterday, for two hours, students at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith registered other students to vote.
To hear more from the event, click here.
Steve Hahn Discusses his book, "A Nation Under Our Feet." It won the Pulitzer-Prize in 2004. He delivered a Hartman-Hotz lecture last night on the University of Arkansas campus.
Another question, and answer, from the conversation with Steve Hahn can be heard here.
“Great Balls of Fire,” the New York Giants and more in our history capsule for September 29.
One of the most vocal supporters of the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery, Lt. Governor Bill Halter, talked with us on the one-year anniversary of the lottery's launch.
"Ain't It Time" by Charlie Musselwhite
