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The little Film Festival that could is back: The Made in Arkansas Film Festival will hold our 5th annual event at the CALS Ron Robinson Theater from May 4-6, 2023!

Tell us about yourself:

I was born & raised in Central Arkansas. I spent a few years in Memphis in public accounting before moving back to Little Rock to enter the insurance industry. My wife Juliana, and both of my two boys, Anderson and Simon love reading.

Off the Shelf will feature new releases in both physical and digital media, exhibitions, and highlight larger system- wide programs. We hope this publication serves our patrons by providing current news about our collection-- the foundation of all great libraries.

Off the Shelf will feature new releases in both physical and digital media, exhibitions, and highlight larger system- wide programs. We hope this publication serves our patrons by providing current news about our collection-- the foundation of all great libraries.

Led by community outreach archivist Danielle Afsordeh, on December 12, 2022, several patrons gathered at the CALS Dee Brown Library to learn about how Arkansans have celebrated Christmas over the state’s history. With the help of kitchen programmer Justin Vess, the group also baked cookies using a 1923 sour cream cookie recipe from the collection of the CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies.

Hoopla is an app that patrons are able to access through CALS for free. Patrons can “check out” movies, TV shows, and graphic novels. Recently, Hoopla has begun adding MasterClass to the roster of available videos. MasterClass videos are tutorials and lectures pre-recorded by experts in various fields. Currently, CALS has access to five MasterClasses,

Help the Fest go beyond the page with the 2023 Classic in Context. Patrons at the 2021 Fest session chose Stephen King's The Shining for 2022. Join us Sunday, October 30, at 4pm for a discussion with John Hornor Jacobs, followed by the film at 6:30pm. FREE. Also, please take a moment to vote on which classic you’d like to see explored at the 2023 Festival.

CALS has added a new streaming service! Kanopy is a video-streaming platform dedicated to thoughtful and thought-provoking films