CALS Blogs

Lit Fest Sweet 16: Literary Luminaries, Chefs’ Specials, Music and More

 

Notable authors, including Pulitzer Prize and James Beard Award winners, television producers, artists, and one of the Little Rock Nine are among the diverse roster of presenters who will be providing sessions at the Central Arkansas Library System’s (CALS) sixteenth annual Arkansas Literary Festival,


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Arkansas Filmmaker Spotlight: Dr. Jesse Burks

As part of the Arkansas Filmmaker Spotlight Series, the Arkansas Cinema Society will screen his shorts One Please and Cured as well as a preview screening of Odd Happenings in a Tiny Tent.  


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Podcast: Chewing the Fat

This time, Rex and Paul chew the fat about the recently released list of the 2019 finalists for induction into the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame and talk about where to get great fried chicken,


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A Conversation with Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott

In the latest episode of the CALS podcast, Primary Sources, Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott sits down with Matt DeCample to talk about growing up in Southwest Little Rock, what he hopes to see change as a newly elected mayor,


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