Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: medicinal marijuana is on the ballot in Arkansas this fall. What passage of the measure might mean for the state. Plus Robert Laurence talks about his first novel, Departure Lounge that is partly set in Madison County.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: medicinal marijuana is on the ballot in Arkansas this fall. What passage of the measure might mean for the state. Plus Robert Laurence talks about his first novel, Departure Lounge that is partly set in Madison County.
Yesterday, the University of Arkansas announced a generous gift that will allow the institution to transform a historic building on campus into a state-of-the-art performing arts facility.
Robert Laurence’s first novel is set in the mid-eighties . . . before cell phones and email. The story centers around the letters one writer sends to friends and how those friends’ lives are (and are not) connected. He’ll read from the book Friday night at Nightbird Books on Dickson Street. He came to our studio and talked with us about the book.
Becca Martin Brown says the weekend gets an early start in the fall and she has suggestions of what to do to get ready for the first full weekend of the month.
Mara Leveritt, author of Devil’s Knot and The Boys on the Tracks, will participate in Fayetteville Public Library’s event called Ozark Writers Live. She talked to us about her work and more.
For more information about Mara, visit www.maraleveritt.com.
For more about the Ozark Writers Live event, visit the FPL website
For more about the Ozark Writers Live event, visit the FPL website
This November, Arkansas voters will decide on legalizing medicinal marijuana. California was among the first states to allow it, also by voter initiative, in 1996. We talk with the manager of an Oakland, California dispensary for insight into this emerging and controversial medical industry as well as state and national advocates. On today's edition of Ozarks, a big money announcement this morning on the University of Arkansas campus. And all the work behind the scenes to make sure drinking water is safe in Fort Smith.
A bike trail in Fayetteville is reopened, renovations continue at parks in Sebastian County, and the Razorback volleyball team loses its second game this season.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: the Ozark dialect. It’s been parodied, lampooned, embraced and studied. Now it may be disappearing. Also, Roby Brock sits down with political analyst Steve Brauner to discuss how few undecided voters there appear to be with still two months to go before the election, and they’ll also examine the potential casino amendments that still might be on the November ballot in Arkansas.
Brooks Tipton wanted a flexible work life so he could continue to play music. He also wanted to give some under-appreciated Arkansas artists more attention. He figured out how to do both with a screen printing business.
For more information about the AR Art project, visit Tipton's website here.
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
On this special edition of Ozarks at Large we listen again to some of our favorite stories from 2013, including: skydiving for charity, an odd windy phenomenon that is at home in the Ozarks, Dave Barry on writing and everything you wanted to know about the Wiener Mobile.
Roby Brock of www.talkbusiness.net talks to Maria Haley, executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, about the current state of Arkansas’ economy.
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art hosts a job fair, gas prices during the Labor Day weekend up $1 a gallon from last year, FEMA funds 75% of the cost for the total replacement of the Bella Vista dam and more – on today’s edition of Ozarks at Large Half Time.
“Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman
The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission is commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in Arkansas. The Civil War Sesquicentennial will be celebrated between 2011 and 2015.
Sculptor Patrick Dougherty will create a sculpture out of sticks and saplings at Walton Arts Center next spring as part of their Artosphere Festival.
