To celebrate the fall favorite, Ozarks at Largeís Christina Thomas paid a visit to Vanzant Fruit Farm in Lowell. The orchard has been producing apples since 1949.
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On this edition of Ozarks: the intricacy of writing scrolls for the player piano. A new documentary about an Arkansas-born composer examines punching notes for a nearly-forgotten instrument. And more film: the Offshoot Film Fest is taking root in its third year. Plus Kathy Thompson and Eugene Sargent mark an anniversary with steel, sweat and memories. Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Roby Brock helps us break down the last forty or so days of this election season, and we talk with best-selling author James Dashner about his novel for young adult readers.The Walton Arts Center is silent during the motorcycle rally, but makes up for it during the month of October.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we continue our examination of the local dairy industry, by paying a visit to a dairy processing plant. Plus, we check in on Restore Humanity's continued work in Kenya. Also, we'll have the latest installment in our Music Matters series.Becca Martin Brown from NWA Newspapers reminds listeners that today is the first day of the annual Bikes, Blues & BBQ rally
Along with dairy farming, dairy processors are disappearing. An exception is Hiland Dairy in south Fayetteville which churns raw milk into all kinds of beverages. We take you inside the plant and also examine how our threatened dairy supply chain is supported by federal policies currently embattled in Congress.The Walton Arts Center announces expansion plans for its Fayetteville campus, and officials in Springdale reject a sign that's just too tall.
Ahead on Ozarks: the diminishing number of dairy farms in the Ozarks. Once a thriving industry in this part of the state, the family dairy farm is a shrinking part of the business landscape. Plus Roby Brock from TalkBusiness.net talks to two members of the next General Assembly, one a Republican and the other a Democrat, about the governor’s plan to extend Medicare benefits in Arkansas and proposed election reform laws.Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we spend some time with the Arkansas Gryphons, a men's rugby club based in Northwest Arkansas. Plus, singer/songwriter J. Wagner stops by the studio for a conversation and a performance. And, our own Iti Agnihotri-Mudholkar bids us a bittersweet goodbye.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: In 1980, thousands left Castro's Cuba on a boatlift to the United States. Many of them were given housing at Fort Chaffee. Jacqueline Froelich examines what happened then, what's happened since…and why historians are spending time getting the facts correct. Plus, a new adult education library for Northwest Arkansas Community College.
Route 66 Playhouse brings together actors and musicians from the region to recreate the “Golden Age of Radio.”
“Green Hornet” by Link Wray
Today, violinist Boujidara Kouzmanova and guitarist Virginia Luque perform together at 7 p.m. at Covenant Church in Fayetteville. In today’s conversation, Boujidara talks about how a balance between the intense sound of violin and the easy sound of guitar is achieved.
Admission to the concert is free. For more information, call 442.5267.
For a video of Boujidara playing a love song, click here.
More than 400 of Arkansas’s 1081 public schools are listed as needing improvement under “No Child Left Behind.” But critics say the federal law is sorely in need of improvement so will provide waivers to applicant states.
Michael Tilley of www.thecitywire.com discusses Arkansas metros’ income gains, the review of water, sewer efficiency in Fort Smith and First National Bank’s Sam M. Sicard’s passing.
“After” by Joshua Redman
Springfield, Missouri is preparing to host the inaugural Birthplace of Route 66 Festival this weekend. In honor of the event, this week we’ll talk about some interesting places along the route in Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas.
Today, we make a stop in Galena, Kansas and meet Melba the Mouth.
