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CALS Brings Digital Wizardry to Adult Learners with Free Technology Classes

Nathan Smith has a Lord of the Rings keepsake on his desk with a picture of Gandalf. That’s fitting, because as CALS Digital Literacy Specialist, Nathan works his own brand of wizardry to teach a variety of software programs to CALS patrons, all offered free of charge.

The first thing you notice about Nathan’s classes is that he is an excellent teacher.


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Millie Brooks Library Celebrates Five Years of Serving Wrightsville

In June, the Millie Brooks Library celebrated its five-year anniversary as a branch of the Central Arkansas Library System. The library opened on June 1, 2013.

Concert brings joy with classic cover tunes by Recovery

Town residents and guests gathered in the city hall to commemorate the fifth anniversary with a concert by the band Recovery,


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Join Our Conversations for CALS OneRead and Make New Connections

Why do we read together?

CALS OneRead is an event where we all decide to read the same book at the same time, and then get together to talk (and frequently joke and banter) about our reactions and thoughts.

This summer, the CALS OneRead choice is a futuristic novel and national bestseller titled Station Eleven.


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Craig O’Neill Brings Belly Laughs for Your Kids—and You Too

It’s not easy to get 6th graders to laugh as hard as preschoolers at the same funny children’s show.

Craig O’Neill of TV’s Channel 11 pulls it off as the ringleader of a rockin’ good time called “Libraries Rock Paper Scissors.”

Meanwhile, he’s also sneakily luring young people to love books as part of the CALS “Libraries Rock” Summer Reading Club.


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