Free shelf-stable meal snacks available for ages 18 and under

M-F 4 PM – 5:30 PM

SAT  11 AM – 12:30 PM

Weather permitting.

Join us for some LITE science fun with Ms. Sarah.

5/13 Blooming flower and dry erase magic

5/27 Pringle ring STEM challenge

Join us for a week of rocking activities.

Monday, May 23rd: Rock Cycle Recycle @1pm

Tuesday, May 24th: Make a Sedimentary Rock Sandwich @11am

Wednesday, May 25th: Rock ‘n Roll Storytime @10am

Thursday, May 26th: Fossil Finders @1pm

Friday, May 27th: Erupting Volcano! @1pm

Saturday, May 28th: Gemstone Painting @1pm

Join Anne in the Maumelle Library Meeting Room for a relaxing afternoon of quilting and sewing. Open to the public. Bring your own supplies.

ON VIEW Friday, May 13 through Saturday, July 30, 2022
The Loft, Galleries & Bookstore at Library Square, Roberts Library

The Shape of Home exhibition explores the idea of weighted memories and the emotional imprint of cultural and personal history. Using mixed media works, Harper examines the theme of physical geometry associated with home. A row of small, colorful houses dances across the horizon of Count Backwards from 100, and a decaying cardboard house occupies the spiritual and dreamlike mindscape of the sculptural piece,

Looking for a new job can be overwhelming, but we’re here to help!

Set an appointment in the Job Seeker Center for one-on-one assistance:

• Setting up a professional e-mail
• Creating a resume
• Writing a cover letter
• Searching for and completing job applications
• Preparing for an interview

To set your appointment, please fill out this form. If you need help,

Need an inclusive community?

New adults (19-25) of all genders and sexualities are invited to join the inQlusion at CALS discord server.

Virtual and in-person events to come!

Contact Bekah, rasmith@cals.org | 501.918.3015, if you have any questions.

If you are ready to practice your English, join our virtual Conversation Café!

Use Zoom for a one-on-one meeting to practice:

• Grammar
• Sentence structure
• Vocabulary
• Conversation flow

Each meeting is thirty minutes long. Email Bekah at rasmith@cals.org to register.

You will need access to a Zoom account for this event. If you need help creating an account or if you need a computer with a camera and microphone,

Can’t have Rock Week without talking “a lava” about magma! Join Ms. Kelly in making a volcano and watch the volcano erupt!

Saturday is for shopping and hanging out! Support some of the city’s newest small business owners and be the first of your friends to have the latest trends.

Located on the first floor of the Cox Building, the River Shop provides a co-retail space for local entrepreneurs to showcase and sell a variety of creative works, goods and merchandise. In addition to being a retail shop for our entrepreneurs, the River Shop is also a training space for these business owners – teaching them the skills needed to distribute and market their products on a broader scale,

Beginning June 1, our Summer hours go into effect for meal service.

We will serve free food to patrons 18 years and younger

from the hours of  11:00 am – 12:30 pm M-Sat

Teens can join Stefanie at the Maumelle Library for video games, board games, and music in the meeting room. Snacks from Food for Good will be available beginning at 4:00 PM.

Adult patrons can visit the meeting room at the Maumelle Library for a lively discussion of various philosophical questions and a hot cup of coffee.

Meet the staff of Children’s outside at the picnic tables for fun on the lawn.

Dive in and help the Children’s Library Team kickoff Summer Reading Club! Come taste different veggies/fruits with Baptist Nutrition, witness a honey extraction and tasting in our Teaching Kitchen, join us for lunch, games, prizes, Beanstack registration, and more! This event will also serve as the ribbon cutting for Little Free Pantry! Bring a non-perishable food item to donate to the Little Free Pantry for a chance to win a Swag Bag that includes a $25 gift card.

The Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) in partnership with the Political Animals Club will be hosting author of the newly released book, This Will not Pass: Trump, Biden and the Battle for America’s Future, Jonathan Martin at the CALS Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Avenue, on June 6 at 6 p.m.

“This Will Not Pass” is considered a definitive account of the 2020 election penned by two New York Times reporters. Through hundreds of interviews and never-before-seen documents,

Many Americans are concerned about our country’s election systems, despite disagreeing on what the specific problems are, or how to solve them. Are the systems too easy to manipulate? Do we have rules that make voting fair and accessible to all? Are we doing enough to ensure accuracy and credibility?

There was record voter turnout in November 2020; almost 160 million Americans cast ballots even in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. However, this record number of Americans voted despite worries about how elections are carried out.

Although Covid feels like it’s in the rearview mirror, the risks of a new outbreak in the future are real and we need to learn to live with this uncertainty. In this talk we’ll discuss mindfulness strategies for learning to live with not knowing what the future holds–Covid or otherwise.

This program will be held at the John Gould Fletcher Library at 823 North Buchanan Street in Little Rock.

“Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully present,

(1-25 Guests)

Hot/Cold Demonstration (Thermo Stratification)

This demo will help to show how layers of water will separate themselves based on temperature. Cold, dense water sinks to the bottom and hot, less dense water rises to the top.

Hands-on Buoyancy Test

This hands-on activity will allow guests to see the difference in density between saltwater and freshwater and how that affects the buoyancy of an object.

Vortex Bottle Demonstration

Whirlpools form in the ocean with the rising and falling of tides.

(1-25 Guests)

Hot/Cold Demonstration (Thermo Stratification)

This demo will help to show how layers of water will separate themselves based on temperature. Cold, dense water sinks to the bottom and hot, less dense water rises to the top.

Hands-on Buoyancy Test

This hands-on activity will allow guests to see the difference in density between saltwater and freshwater and how that affects the buoyancy of an object.

Vortex Bottle Demonstration

Whirlpools form in the ocean with the rising and falling of tides.

(1-25 Guests)

Hot/Cold Demonstration (Thermo Stratification)

This demo will help to show how layers of water will separate themselves based on temperature. Cold, dense water sinks to the bottom and hot, less dense water rises to the top.

Hands-on Buoyancy Test

This hands-on activity will allow guests to see the difference in density between saltwater and freshwater and how that affects the buoyancy of an object.

Vortex Bottle Demonstration

Whirlpools form in the ocean with the rising and falling of tides.

(1-25 Guests)

Hot/Cold Demonstration (Thermo Stratification)

This demo will help to show how layers of water will separate themselves based on temperature. Cold, dense water sinks to the bottom and hot, less dense water rises to the top.

Hands-on Buoyancy Test

This hands-on activity will allow guests to see the difference in density between saltwater and freshwater and how that affects the buoyancy of an object.

Vortex Bottle Demonstration

Whirlpools form in the ocean with the rising and falling of tides.

(1-25 Guests)

Hot/Cold Demonstration (Thermo Stratification)

This demo will help to show how layers of water will separate themselves based on temperature. Cold, dense water sinks to the bottom and hot, less dense water rises to the top.

Hands-on Buoyancy Test

This hands-on activity will allow guests to see the difference in density between saltwater and freshwater and how that affects the buoyancy of an object.

Vortex Bottle Demonstration

Whirlpools form in the ocean with the rising and falling of tides.

(1-25 Guests)

Hot/Cold Demonstration (Thermo Stratification)

This demo will help to show how layers of water will separate themselves based on temperature. Cold, dense water sinks to the bottom and hot, less dense water rises to the top.

Hands-on Buoyancy Test

This hands-on activity will allow guests to see the difference in density between saltwater and freshwater and how that affects the buoyancy of an object.

Vortex Bottle Demonstration

Whirlpools form in the ocean with the rising and falling of tides.

(1-25 Guests)

Hot/Cold Demonstration (Thermo Stratification)

This demo will help to show how layers of water will separate themselves based on temperature. Cold, dense water sinks to the bottom and hot, less dense water rises to the top.

Hands-on Buoyancy Test

This hands-on activity will allow guests to see the difference in density between saltwater and freshwater and how that affects the buoyancy of an object.

Vortex Bottle Demonstration

Whirlpools form in the ocean with the rising and falling of tides.

(1-25 Guests)

Hot/Cold Demonstration (Thermo Stratification)

This demo will help to show how layers of water will separate themselves based on temperature. Cold, dense water sinks to the bottom and hot, less dense water rises to the top.

Hands-on Buoyancy Test

This hands-on activity will allow guests to see the difference in density between saltwater and freshwater and how that affects the buoyancy of an object.

Vortex Bottle Demonstration

Whirlpools form in the ocean with the rising and falling of tides.

(1-25 Guests)

Hot/Cold Demonstration (Thermo Stratification)

This demo will help to show how layers of water will separate themselves based on temperature. Cold, dense water sinks to the bottom and hot, less dense water rises to the top.

Hands-on Buoyancy Test

This hands-on activity will allow guests to see the difference in density between saltwater and freshwater and how that affects the buoyancy of an object.

Vortex Bottle Demonstration

Whirlpools form in the ocean with the rising and falling of tides.

(1-25 Guests)

Hot/Cold Demonstration (Thermo Stratification)

This demo will help to show how layers of water will separate themselves based on temperature. Cold, dense water sinks to the bottom and hot, less dense water rises to the top.

Hands-on Buoyancy Test

This hands-on activity will allow guests to see the difference in density between saltwater and freshwater and how that affects the buoyancy of an object.

Vortex Bottle Demonstration

Whirlpools form in the ocean with the rising and falling of tides.

(1-25 Guests)

Hot/Cold Demonstration (Thermo Stratification)

This demo will help to show how layers of water will separate themselves based on temperature. Cold, dense water sinks to the bottom and hot, less dense water rises to the top.

Hands-on Buoyancy Test

This hands-on activity will allow guests to see the difference in density between saltwater and freshwater and how that affects the buoyancy of an object.

Vortex Bottle Demonstration

Whirlpools form in the ocean with the rising and falling of tides.

(1-25 Guests)

Hot/Cold Demonstration (Thermo Stratification)

This demo will help to show how layers of water will separate themselves based on temperature. Cold, dense water sinks to the bottom and hot, less dense water rises to the top.

Hands-on Buoyancy Test

This hands-on activity will allow guests to see the difference in density between saltwater and freshwater and how that affects the buoyancy of an object.

Vortex Bottle Demonstration

Whirlpools form in the ocean with the rising and falling of tides.

Did you know there are four different types of light pollution? And that too much lighting at night isn’t good for either people or wildlife? Light pollution is a global problem, but there’s increasing awareness and a global movement to reduce it. Join Bruce McMath, Chair of the Arkansas Night Sky Association (ANSA), and host Lynn Foster for a discussion of what ANSA is doing and what you and your community can do to help.

Register Now

With a new school year approaching, teachers and counselors will once again be asked to wear many hats for our children. In this conversation, we will examine ways that mindfulness techniques can be used to help overcome the stress and anxiety that is all too common in the profession.

This program will be held at the Adolphine Fletcher Terry Library at 2015 Napa Valley Drive in Little Rock.

“Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully present,

Did you know that monarch butterflies winter in Mexico, and then fly as far north as Canada each year? Did you know that without milkweed plants there would be no monarch butterflies, and milkweeds are fast disappearing? Join Leslie Cooper, Arkansas Monarch and Pollinator Coordinator with Quail Forever, Joe Ledvina, Botanist for the Arkansas Department of Transportation, and host Lynn Foster, for an introduction to monarch biology and an overview of how you can benefit monarchs and pollinators by creating habitat.

What do native bees need from us? Listen to Leslie Cooper, Arkansas Monarch and Pollinator Coordinator with Quail Forever, and host Lynn Foster discuss what you can do in your yard to provide food and habitat for the many species of native bees in central Arkansas. Did you know that more than 90% of bee species are solitary? That 70% of bee species live in the ground? And that honeybees aren’t native to North America? Get to know our 4000 species of North American native bees and bring your questions!