CALS Blogs

September is Library Card Sign-Up Month, and if you don’t have a CALS library card, you are missing out. This card is like extreme couponing on steroids. There are the obvious ways to save:

• Books. Instead of buying physical books or even paying to download copies, you have access to over one million pieces in the CALS collection.

You would probably have high expectations for someone who goes by the name of “Soul Food Scholar,” and Adrian Miller delivers. In his third book, which came out this spring, Miller, an attorney turned barbecue judge, plunged into the story of African Americans and their history with smoked meats. In Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue, 

Get your pens and computers ready, this year’s banned book week is celebrating Persepolis, a coming of age story about Marji, a young Iranian girl who grew up in a time of turbulence, and looking at the world from her perspective. While the book (and subsequent film) have received accolades, including being named one of the best books the year it was released by The New York Times,

The Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) presents the eighteenth annual Six Bridges Book Festival, October 21–31. The Festival features more than 70 award-winning and bestselling authors representing genres from history to graphic novels, from fantasy to romance, from children’s books to thrillers. Most events are free and virtual, accessible via Zoom.

Presenters include Jacqueline Woodson,

Due to the continued rise in covid cases and hospitalizations in our community, effective Friday, August 13, we are going to follow the recommendations of public health officials and once again require masks inside library buildings. We join with the City of Little Rock, many other libraries, school districts, universities, and businesses which are requiring masks in this effort to stop the spread of the covid virus.

Tell us about yourself:

My name is Jennifer Jamison. I am currently the Academy Coach at Jacksonville High. I came to the Education field 7 years ago after spending 11 years in Corporate America working in Human Resources. I am a part of an amazing blended family that includes my husband,

On Thursday, July 22, onlookers cheered as Benito Lubazibwa, Director of ABE (Advancing Black Entrepreneurship) cut the ribbon held by CALS Executive Director Nate Coulter,  Mayor Frank Scott Jr., and Andre Webster. Guests were invited to tour the Cox Building, previously housing the bookstore, as the new home of the Rock It!

Recently I’ve read Lead From The Outside (Stacy Abrams), The Vapors (David Hill), What You Dont See (Tracy Clark) and am almost finished with No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us (Rachel Louise Snyder) and Dead Land (Sarah Paretsky).