Big Library Read is a global book club, facilitated by OverDrive, through your library that connects readers around the world with the same ebook at the same time without any wait lists or holds. The latest book available is Tastes Like War by Grace M. Cho. You might remember her as a Library Speaker Consortium Author back in February.
Will Eisner Week (March 1-7, 2020) is an annual celebration honoring the legacy of Will Eisner, champion of the graphic novel. This international event is dedicated to promoting graphic novel literacy, free speech, and the sequential arts. Eisner is labeled as one of the most influential comic book artists of all time and popularized the term “graphic novel”
Have you ever looked around downtown Little Rock and wondered about its architectural history? Perhaps you’ve seen some of the vacant spaces and thought to yourself, “I wonder what used to be there?” Well, now some of those questions can be answered. The CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies has created a mapping project that utilizes Google Earth to reveal the architectural history of downtown Little Rock.
Registration is open and available for Central Arkansas Library System’s Summer Reading Club! Join the Club for prizes, crafts, and a calendar packed with events for all ages. This year’s theme is “Tails & Tales” and explores stories of animals, dragons, and even mermaids! Registration is free and available at cals.beanstack.org.
NOTE: DECEMBER 1, 2023:
Thank you for your interest in participating in or volunteering to tutor in our Count Up Math Tutoring Program. At this time the Count Up program is full for students. If you are interested in future openings, please fill out the interest form below.
“If a conversation is hard, it’s probably one worth having.”
The CALS Ron Robinson Theater presents A Conversation Worth Having: a virtual series a part of the theater’s Civil Rights & Social Change Collection of programming.
During the COVID-19 lockdown, the theater presented a virtual watch party each week focusing on a different hero,
It’s a wrap! Summer Reading Club 2020 has come to a close for this summer. Kids had loads of fun as we all celebrated reading with our theme, “Imagine Your Story.” And thanks to our online book-tracking system, readers of all ages were still able to log their books, movies, and activities and win prizes!
Join us to find out how you can help advance medical health research so that the future of medicine is more closely tailored to our diverse America.
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