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Upcoming Events
An event every week that begins at 12:00 pm on Sunday, repeating until June 27, 2021
ABC’s of Skincare
A series dedicated to simplifying the science behind skincare ingredients and explaining trending techniques in the industry. Posted on the Thompson Library Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/211889102225911/810673159510213
1/3 Alpha-Arbutin
1/10 Benzoyl Peroxide
1/17 Ceramides
1/24 Double Cleansing
1/31 Essence
2/7 Ferulic Acid
2/14 Glycolic Acid
2/28 Hyaluronic Acid
3/7 Illite Clay
3/14 Jojoba
3/21 Kaolin Clay
3/28 Lactic Acid
4/4 Moisturizing
4/11 Niacinamide
4/18 Oatmeal
4/25 Poly Hydroxy Acids
5/2 Quartz Rollers
5/9 Retinol
5/16 Salicylic Acid
5/23 Tea Tree Oil
5/30 UVA/UVB
6/6 Vitamins
6/13 Witch Hazel
6/20 Exfoliating,
An event every week that begins at 9:00 am on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, repeating until April 30, 2021
Love your Mother (Earth) Grab and Go bags
Beeswax Food Wraps & Blackout Poetry: Love your Mother (Earth), and waste not, want not. Plastic-free food storage and writing-free poetry! Let this kit inspire you to reduce, re-use, and recycle. For adults 16+ on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last. Kits available starting Monday, April 5, 2021.
An event every week that begins at 9:00 am on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, repeating until April 27, 2021
Jellybean STEM Structures Teen Grab n’ Go Craft
Stop by Maumelle library and pick up a tasty grab n’ go craft to experiment with 3D shapes using jellybeans. National Jellybean Day is the same day as Earth Day: April 22nd! Be sure to watch Miss Stef’s video on our Facebook page and enter to win the Jellybean Contest!
Facebook: @cals.maumellelibrary
Nature Quest
Go on a nature-themed scavenger hunt at the Children’s Library. Get the first clue from the front desk from 9am – 6pm, and bring us back the code word for a prize! A new hunt occurs around the beginning of each month.
An event every week that begins at 9:00 am on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, repeating until April 30, 2021
Curbside Crafts
We feature weekly crafts for your school-aged youth. It comes with everything you need to pass the time and make something cute.
Simply swing by to pick up your grab & go craft located on the table at our back door.
Terry Grab-and-Go Crafts
Visit the Terry Library and pickup a craft bag. There will be a variety throughout the month. Find out when to pickup by checking the schedule below.
While supplies last!
April crafts (subject to change)
Preschoolers (ages 3-5)
1st week: lunch sack kites
2nd week: nature suncatchers
3rd week: grass hair
4th week: nature mobiles
Kids (ages 6-12)
1st week: pom-pom caterpillars
3rd week: rain cloud and sunshine paper craft
Teens (ages 13-18)
2nd week: origami Yoda
4th week: DYI upcycled art
Adults
All month: grab-and-go seed packets
An event every week that begins at 9:00 am on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, repeating until April 30, 2021
Grab N’ Go Activity Bags
Grab N’ Go Activity Bags
Available:
Monday – Saturday
9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Ask at the Front Desk or through Curbside Service
An event every week that begins at 9:00 am on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, repeating until April 30, 2021
Nature Observation Field Journals Grab and Go
Each kit includes a small journal, a color change pen, and a guide to get you started sketching and writing about the natural world. Available from the Fletcher library circulation desk or through curbside pick-up while supplies last.
Kids in the Kitchen
Join Ms. Kat for an easy recipe and storytime. Sometimes we make goodies, and sometimes we keep it healthy. We learn a little about where food comes from and nutrition along the way. Storytime is a read aloud with suggestions for further fiction and non-fiction reading on the topic.
Each Monday at 10:00am, learn different simple recipes to share with little ones on the CALS Kids Facebook page.
Next episode:
CALS Storytime Archive on YouTube
Adobe Acrobat for Your Small Business
Food for Good Grab N’ Go Supper
The Nixon Library serves afterschool Supper
Monday – Friday
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
For 18 years and younger
An event every week that begins at 4:00 pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, repeating until April 30, 2021
An event every week that begins at 11:00 am on Saturday, repeating until April 24, 2021
Shelf Stable Meals
CALS/BE MIGHTY LR/FOOD FOR GOOD
If you’re 18 and younger, we offer free shelf-stable meals M-F from 4-5:30 pm and from 11-12:30 pm on Saturday. Not available on Sundays, holidays, or during inclement weather.
An event every week that begins at 4:00 pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, repeating until April 30, 2021
Food For Good Supper
The Nixon Library Serves an afterschool meal
Monday – Friday
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
18 years and younger
Available at the Front Desk
CALS Writing Circle: A Conversation with Justin Booth, Outlaw Poet
Join us for a conversation with Justin Booth, outlaw poet and author of Trailer Park Troubadour (2013), The Singer, The Lesbian, & The One with the Feet (2015), A Quarter, a Dime, and Two Copper Pennies (2015), Outlaw Blue (2016), Lucky Strikes, Grave Dirt, and 1/3 of the Stars (2016), The Stripper’s Daughter (2017), The Luckiest Man (2019), and Hookers,
Refuse, Reduce, Reuse – and then Recycle
Recycling is good, but refusing that bag, single-use plastic, take-out napkins/cutlery/condiments is even better. Reducing our carbon footprint can come in many forms – and it’s not difficult. Find out how you can do better before you recycle. The Little Rock Sustainability Office will show you how!
About Melinda Glasgow
Melinda Glasgow is the Sustainability Officer for the City of Little Rock, since 2012. She began her career at the City as the Recycling Coordinator in December 2008.
Earth Day Grab N’ Go Activity Bag
Seed Bomb activity bag
Available:
9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
At the Front Desk or through Curbside Service.
Story Walk: Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms
Story Walk:
9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms by Julia Rawlinson
Craft bag available at the Front Desk or through Curbside Service
An event every week that begins at 10:00 am on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, repeating until April 24, 2021
Transformation: Artworks by Sandra Sell and Elizabeth Weber
January 8 to April 24, 2021
CALS Underground Gallery
This exhibition showcases the sculptures and paintings of two of Arkansas’s outstanding artists. Sandra Sell explores the contrast and rhythmic tension inherent in carved wood, and Elizabeth Weber’s work explores the concepts of hidden growth and transformation.
Check the CALS Roberts Library website here: https://robertslibrary.org/visit/location-hours/ for gallery hours and visiting procedures.
The Roberts Library is located at CALS Library Square in the River Market District of downtown Little Rock.
An event every month that begins at 10:00 am on day First of the month, repeating until May 25, 2021
An event every month that begins at 10:00 am on day Third of the month, repeating until May 25, 2021
An event every month that begins at 10:00 am on day Fourth of the month, repeating until April 30, 2021
Baby & Toddler Storytime
Join us each Tuesday at 10:00am on the CALS Kids Facebook page for storytime, sing-alongs, puppet shows and more.
Next episode:
CALS Storytime Archive on YouTube
An event every week that begins at 10:00 am on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, repeating until May 1, 2021
Limbs & Mascaron
Two ceramic artists, one gallery!
Limbs by Chris Swasta of Rolling Hills Pottery and Mascaron by Jennifer Perren
February 12–May 29, 2021
CALS Galleries at Library Square, Loft Gallery
This dual exhibition showcases vibrant ceramic artworks by two local artists and educators. Chris Swasta will display his expansive ceramic coral reef installation, titled Limbs. Two years in the making, the reef is made of more than 6,000 hand-rolled coils of clay.
Oral History at Home: Beginners Oral History Workshop (April 20)
The CALS Butler Center offers a monthly beginner’s oral history workshop taught by Benji de la Piedra, oral historian and author. Participants will learn how to
- think about questions, stories, memories, and dialogue like oral historians do;
- prepare for and conduct oral history interviews with the technology they have available to them (including phone and video chat); and
- imagine and pursue possible outcomes of the interviewing process.
This course is open to all.
Understanding Financial Basics
Are you looking to become banked? Confused on how to navigate the financial system? This class will provide information on how to open a safe, no overdraft certified Bank On account at participating local financial institutions and offer an overview on common banking terms and services. Presented by Bank On Arkansas.
In recognition of April as Financial Literacy Month, Arkansas Treasurer of State Dennis Milligan’s office is teaming up with the Central Arkansas Library System to host a free virtual financial education series.
Nixon Book Buddies
This book club reads fiction & non-fiction books.
Occurs the 3rd Tuesday of every month excluding holidays.
- February – A Jewish Refugee in New York by Kadya Molodovsky
- March – Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
- April – Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- May – A Short History of Women by Kate Walbert
- June – The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Treuer
- July –
Virtual BingoFlix: I’m Gonna Git You Sucka (1988, R)
Join us ALL April long for Virtual BingoFlix! Play bingo along to cheesy movie cliches during a virtual watch party for your chance to win a free movie pass to the theater once we reopen. This month we’re featuring the best of 80s action!
On Tuesday, April 20, join us for I’m Gonna Git You Sucka (1988, R)! Jack Spade comes home to the ghetto and finds his brother dead from a gold chain overdose.
An event every week that begins at 10:00 am on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, repeating until May 1, 2021
An event every week that begins at 12:00 pm on Saturday, repeating until May 1, 2021
Terry Brewer – Blood and Soil
February 12–May 1, 2021
CALS Roberts Library, Galleries at Library Square
“Blood and soil.” These words have been used by Nazis and others as a rallying cry for racial purity, one of the most destructive concepts ever developed. When they are used as materials for creative expression, however, their elemental beauty lends itself to limitless constructive possibilities. Soil comes from the earth, blood from a sentient being.
The idea of working with blood as a medium came to me around twenty years ago while traveling in South Asia,
An event every week that begins at 10:00 am on Wednesday, happening 4 times
Memoir Writing for Seniors: How to Write Your Story
Presented by CALS Writing Circle, this ongoing class meets once each week and takes attendees aged 55+ through the steps of writing their own life stories. You’ll be given tools and techniques to help you learn to write regularly and productively. Everyone is welcome; no writing experience is required.
No matter who you are, there are many reasons to write about your life. The act of writing your story can be a healing and transformative journey; it helps identify the threads and themes in your life and make sense of what you’ve lived.
An event every week that begins at 10:00 am on Wednesday, repeating until April 28, 2021
Preschool Storytime
Join us each Wednesday at 10:00am on the CALS Kids Facebook page for storytime, songs, games, and more!
CALS Storytime Archive on YouTube
The Experiences of Owning a Small Business with Maria Aguilar
In this program, the owner of Moontlali will be sharing her experiences with running a Small Business in Little Rock.
Speaker: Maria Aguilar
Click Here To Register For This Event
María has a been a voice for the Latin American culture in her community and by marrying her passion for fashion and her Mexican roots, Moontlali has been brought to life. With a degree in International Commerce, she is a firm believer in just and fair trade,
A Taste of Growing MyPlate
A Taste of Growing MyPlate: Together we will go on a journey through the Children’s Library’s Teaching Garden, touring the newest spring crops. We will harvest ingredients to make a fresh spring salad and make a meal together using proper knife skills and kitchen etiquette. This is all a sneak peak of what’s to come in the 6-week Growing MyPlate Virtual course that will begin in May on Niche Academy and Zoom. Those interested in the course can register and can pick up our Earth Month Grab’N’Go activity: a Spring Salad Planter Box.
A Conversation Worth Having: African Origins & Christianity’s African Roots (1987)
“If a conversation is hard, it’s probably one worth having.”
Join us for A Conversation Worth Having: a part of our Civil Rights & Social Change Collection.
Each week is an opportunity for conversation! Every Wednesday this April we’re hosting a watch party of different discussions between Civil Rights leaders of the 60s, 70s, and 80s, including James Baldwin, John H. Clarke, Amiri Baraka, Dr. Yosef Ben-Jochannan, George Simmonds,
An event every month that begins at 10:00 am on day Second of the month, repeating until May 31, 2021
An event every month that begins at 10:00 am on day Fourth of the month, repeating until May 31, 2021
Storytime Live!
It’s a new interactive virtual storytime! We’ll connect through Zoom to bring you a real-time storytime, full of the songs, stories, and fun you know and love. Register one time to receive the link for the twice monthly series. We will meet 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 10:00. This program is best for kids ages 3-5 but all are welcome. Free registration on Zoom platform is required.
While supplies last, you can pick up a Storytime Live packet for your child containing a shaker egg,
Issues That Matter: The Need to Read
This forum will explore literacy in Arkansas, including efforts to teach literacy, rates of literacy in Arkansas, and the costs and effects of Arkansans who can’t read.
Featured Panelists
Sherry Chambers – K-12 Literacy Director for the Little Rock School District
Marci Robertson – Executive Director of Literacy Action of Central Arkansas
Sherra Bennett – AR Kids Read
Nancy Leonhardt – Executive Director for the Adult Learning Alliance of Arkansas
This event will be hosted virtually on the Zoom platform.
Crafting with Opal
This is a craft along program. In this program we teach different crafts which could include sewing, crocheting, knitting, painting & others.
This is a virtual program that the Nixon library does live on Facebook every Thursday (excluding holidays). Just click here to go to our Nixon Facebook page to watch.
Arkansas Sounds Presents: a Glen Campbell tribute
Join us every Thursday for Arkansas Sounds Presents, a free online watch party of Arkansas music and culture.
On Thursday, April 22 at 7 p.m. CST, CALS Arkansas Sounds presents a birthday tribute to Arkansas pop and country music icon, Glen Campbell! Glen Campbell was a legendary singer, songwriter, guitarist, television host, and actor who sold more than 45 million records and won 10 Grammy Awards, including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
An event every month that begins at 10:00 am on day Last of the month, repeating until May 28, 2021
Storytime on the Go
Join Ms. Portia from Williams Library on the last Friday of the month for a special storytime adventure.
CALS Storytime Archive on YouTube
Library Resources for the Job Hunt
Teen Time: Gardening
Want a garden but don’t know where to start or don’t have the traditional garden space? Ms. Linda has tips on how to start a garden in unusual spaces.
Instagram: cals_teens
YouTube: CALS Teens
Virtual BingoFlix: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986, PG)
Join us ALL April long for Virtual BingoFlix! Play bingo along to cheesy movie cliches during a virtual watch party for your chance to win a free movie pass to the theater once we reopen. This month we’re featuring the best of 80s action!
On Friday, April 23, join us for Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986, PG)! Living in exile on the planet Vulcan, the ragtag former crew of the USS Enterprise steal a starship after receiving a planetary distress call from Earth: a space probe has entered into orbit around Earth,
An event every week that begins at 11:00 am on Saturday, repeating until April 24, 2021
Food For Good Lunch
The Nixon Library Serves Lunch
Saturdays
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
18 years and younger
Available at the Front Desk
An event every 2 weeks that begins at 12:00 pm on Saturday, happening 2 times
CALS Writing Circle: Writing all Year Workshop Group
Are you looking for a writing workshop group? Presented by CALS Writing Circle and led by J. Jobe, Writing All Year is a place to share your work-in-progress with other writers. We meet twice a month to give and receive encouragement, insight, and feedback in a safe and respectful environment. Our objective: to improve the work with kindness and compassion. If this sounds like something you’ve been looking for, please join us. All experience levels and genres are welcome. Free.
Fun with Dunbar Gardens: Go Green with CALS Kids
Join us April 24 at 2:00 p.m. for a fun and informative visit with Dunbar Gardens. We can’t wait to see you there!!!
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMocuiuqTsoGNxgylB4aGEFSyqqXDVxv2iY
Virtual Open Lab
An event every month that begins at 12:00 pm on day Second of the month, repeating until May 11, 2021
An event every month that begins at 12:00 pm on day Fourth of the month, repeating until May 24, 2021
Meditation at Main Online
Cory Jones of Compassion Works for All leads us in a guided meditation that’s like an oasis in the middle of your day! Join us from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month via Zoom. If interested please email jburrus@cals.org to receive the Zoom link. All are welcome- and we hope you will choose to join us!
Upcoming dates:
January 25; February 8 & 22; March 8 & 22;
Help! How Do I Use Libby?
If you’ve heard about e-books and audiobooks, but you don’t know where to start — this is the meeting for you!
Join us for a live Zoom call and get a step-by-step introduction to Libby, the user-friendly e-book app from Overdrive. During the event you’ll learn how to:
- Download and register for Libby using your CALS Library Card
- Browse the catalog using filters to find the perfect title
- Check out items and place a hold
- Change the settings of your screen for easier reading
If time allows,
Arkansas Wild Spaces
Arkansas Wild Spaces is a program run by the Central Arkansas Master Naturalists. Starting this summer, AWS will send habitat advisors to visit yards of people who take a natural habitat pledge and donate a nominal amount. The advisors will educate homeowners on non-native invasive plants to remove and natives to plant, and get them started on the road to create their own wild habitat in their yards. If you want to plant natives but don’t know how to start,
Evening Book Club
Discussion on The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender.
Copies will be available at Thompson Library.
Zoom registration link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYlc-uhrDgiE9cdQ-sHPQJvlaItO7N9pRG2
Basics of Budgeting and Savings
In this class we’ll look at how to build a budget that will make your money work for you. We’ll also go over options for credit repair and find ways to make a fresh start. Presented by Orion Federal Credit Union.
Topics will include:
- Setting Budget Goals & Developing Positive Habits
- Understanding Your Credit Score
In recognition of April as Financial Literacy Month, Arkansas Treasurer of State Dennis Milligan’s office is teaming up with the Central Arkansas Library System to host a free virtual financial education series.
An event every month that begins at 6:30 pm on day Last of the month, repeating until May 25, 2021
Short Form: a virtual short story discussion group
Join us for a virtual discussion group focusing on short stories. We read a variety of genres, from literary and sci-fi, to horror and magical realism. We meet monthly on the last Tuesday of the month at 6:30 PM on Zoom.
Our next meeting will be March 23. Readings for this month are “Sweetness” by Toni Morrison and “Cactus” by O. Henry.
Virtual BingoFlix: Iron Eagle (1986, PG-13)
Join us ALL April long for Virtual BingoFlix! Play bingo along to cheesy movie cliches during a virtual watch party for your chance to win a free movie pass to the theater once we reopen. This month we’re featuring the best of 80s action!
On Tuesday, April 27, join us for Iron Eagle (1986, PG-13)! When Colonel Ted Masters’ plane goes down in an Arab country and he’s sentenced to death for trespassing,
An event every month that begins at 12:00 pm on day Fourth of the month, repeating until June 23, 2021
Coming to America Book Club
Online book discussion on the 4th Wednesday of each month in which we discuss the immigrant experience of Coming to America. Join us via Zoom from noon to 1:00 PM! Books are free for use during book club but must be returned. Email cjones@cals.org to register and receive your book. Email jburrus@cals.org to receive the Zoom link for the program.
March title: A Jewish Refugee in New York by Kadya Molodovsky
April title: Motl the Cantor’s Son by Sholem Aleichem
May title: Enemies,
CALS Goes Green with Vito and Vera
CALS Goes Green with Vito and Vera: Come learn about the environmental benefits of plant-based eating with Vito and Vera’s Chef and Owner, Alicia Watson. Alicia will be joined by Gilbert Barrera and Jan Wall. Let’s toast to our health and planet. Participants will learn how to make a plant-based cocktail or mocktail with Gilbert Barrera. Savory and sweet recipes will be provided using Arkansas strawberries. Participants will be encouraged to cook along from their homes.
A Conversation Worth Having: Images of Black Men in America (1988)
“If a conversation is hard, it’s probably one worth having.”
Join us for A Conversation Worth Having: a part of our Civil Rights & Social Change Collection.
Each week is an opportunity for conversation! Every Wednesday this April we’re hosting a watch party of different discussions between Civil Rights leaders of the 60s, 70s, and 80s, including James Baldwin, John H. Clarke, Amiri Baraka, Dr. Yosef Ben-Jochannan, George Simmonds,
Introducing Our Common Purpose
Arkansas’s capitol city will be the nation’s municipal “champion” as part of a nationwide effort – led by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences – to increase civic learning and engagement across America. The Academy launched a bipartisan Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship to study political and civic life around the country. The commission’s final report, Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century, includes 31 interconnected recommendations to help the nation emerge as a more resilient democracy by 2026.
Identifying Local Climate Impact
Time: Apr 29, 2021 06:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85863002285…
Roxane Gay
Roxane Gay is an author and cultural critic whose writing is unmatched and widely revered. Her work garners international acclaim for its reflective, no-holds-barred exploration of feminism and social criticism. With a deft eye on modern culture, she brilliantly critiques its ebb and flow with both wit and ferocity.
Her collection of essays, Bad Feminist, is considered the quintessential exploration of modern feminism. NPR named it one of the best books of the year and Salon declared the book “trailblazing.” Her powerful debut novel,
Arkansas Sounds Presents: a Ronnie Hawkins tribute
Join us every Thursday for Arkansas Sounds Presents, a free online watch party of Arkansas music and culture.
On Thursday, April 29 at 7 p.m. CST, CALS Arkansas Sounds presents a tribute to legendary Arkansas rock and roll giant, Ronnie Hawkins! Ronnie Hawkins is a rock and roll and country singer, songwriter and actor who rose fame in the mid-1950s with his band, The Hawks. As a bandleader, Hawkins has been a notable talent scout and mentor to many musicians,
Virtual BingoFlix: Big Trouble in Little China (1986, PG-13)
Join us ALL April long for Virtual BingoFlix! Play bingo along to cheesy movie cliches during a virtual watch party for your chance to win a free movie pass to the theater once we reopen. This month we’re featuring the best of 80s action!
On Friday, April 30, join us for Big Trouble in Little China (1986, PG-13)! Kurt Russell plays hard-boiled truck driver Jack Burton, who gets caught in a bizarre conflict within,
Why Should I Read to My Child?
2. Why should I read to my child?
3. How should I read to my child?
4. Tips and recommendations 1.- Importancia de los padres en la lectura a los hijos.
An event every week that begins at 11:00 am on Saturday, repeating until May 29, 2021
Food for Good Lunch
The Nixon Library serves lunch
Saturdays
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
For ages 18 years and younger
Basic Computing
An event every week that begins at 4:00 pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, repeating until May 31, 2021
Food for Good Supper
The Nixon Library serves an afterschool meal
Monday – Friday
4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
For ages 18 and under
CALS Writing Circle: Read Like a Writer
Wouldn’t it be great to have a writing lesson with your favorite author so they could teach you how they do what it is they do? Now you can—in a way—by joining us as we read and examine a book together, reading as writers. We’ll meet once a week for 4 weeks to take a book apart and see how it works. Class space is limited.
This month, we’ll read Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking,
An event every month that begins at 12:00 pm on day First of the month, repeating until December 7, 2021
Beyond the Idea – Startups and Their Stories
This event is part of the Rock It! Lab series of entrepreneurial programming.
Beyond the Idea is an event that allows entrepreneurs to share their stories – which include how to turn an idea into reality, best business advice, tips for success and their failure enroute to success.
This event takes place on the first Tuesday of every month.
Basics of Financial Planning
In this class, we will cover four important steps toward taking your finances to the next level. Make money work for you rather than against you. Presented by Strongtower Wealth Management.
In recognition of April as Financial Literacy Month, Arkansas Treasurer of State Dennis Milligan’s office is teaming up with the Central Arkansas Library System to host a free virtual financial education series. The sessions will be presented by local financial experts. Topics will include budgeting, saving money on taxes,
Tony Zavaleta
El 4 de mayo de 2021, el Dr. Tony Zavaleta, Profesor Emérito de Antropología e Historiador de la Universidad de Texas Rio Grande Valley presentará una sinopsis de la constante agitación política y la guerra que azotó a México luego de la expulsión de los españoles en 1820. De la década de 1820 a la de 1860 México estuvo en constante agitación y sufrió invasiones de Inglaterra, Francia y Estados Unidos. El Dr. Zavaleta brindará una descripción general de las circunstancias sociales y políticas que alimentaron el conflicto,
An event every week that begins at 10:00 am on Wednesday, happening 4 times
Memoir Writing for Seniors: How to Write Your Story
Presented by CALS Writing Circle, this ongoing class meets once each week and takes attendees aged 55+ through the steps of writing their own life stories. You’ll be given tools and techniques to help you learn to write regularly and productively. Everyone is welcome; no writing experience is required.
No matter who you are, there are many reasons to write about your life. The act of writing your story can be a healing and transformative journey; it helps identify the threads and themes in your life and make sense of what you’ve lived.
Microsoft Excel Part 1: The Basics
Bill Pruden—Lessons in Learning: The CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas & One Man’s Journey into the World of Arkansas History
CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies Presents LEGACIES & LUNCH
Speaker: Bill Pruden
Bill Pruden, longtime author of entries for the CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas, shares his journey to becoming a historian of Arkansas.
William H. Pruden III is the director of civic engagement, a college counselor, and an instructor in history and social studies at Ravenscroft School in Raleigh, North Carolina. He earned an AB in history from Princeton University,
Funding Your Small Business
This program is going to cover the basics of the options that Small Business Owners have to fund their small business idea such as Loans or Crowdfunding. This recorded program will be available on our CALS YouTube Channel. This program is the second part to the “Calculating Your Small Business Startup Costs” that was uploaded on April 15th.
If you have any additional questions about the program, please email ledixon@cals.org.
An event every month that begins at 10:00 am on day First of the month, repeating until May 27, 2021
An event every month that begins at 10:00 am on day Third of the month, repeating until May 20, 2021
Read Aloud Storytime
Join us the first and third Thursdays of the month at 10:00am on the CALS Kids Facebook page for great stories and more!
Next episode:
CALS Storytime Archive on YouTube
CALS Writing Circle: Dream Journaling
Did you know that dreaming keeps us healthy? Or that most of us dream most of the time and just don’t remember our dreams on waking? Have you ever been curious about where your dreams come from or what they might mean? You don’t have to be a writer to get something out of this writing class! Get tips and tricks on keeping a better record of your own dreams, how to retain more, and how to interpret them! Mini-lessons in dream interpretation and weekly get-togethers to compare notes and discuss.
Teen Time: Mr. Dan’s Real World
Mr. Dan talks about resume building using BrainFuse JobNow and Cypress.
Posts on:
YouTube: CALS Teens
Instagram: cals_teens
An event every 2 weeks that begins at 12:00 pm on Saturday, happening 2 times
CALS Writing Circle: Writing all Year Writing Workshop
Are you looking for a writing workshop group? Led by J. Jobe, Writing All Year is a place to share your work-in-progress with other writers. We meet twice a month to give and receive encouragement, insight, and feedback in a safe and respectful environment. Our objective: to improve the work with kindness and compassion. If this sounds like something you’ve been looking for, please join us. All experience levels and genres are welcome. Free. Contact jjobe@cals.org for class materials.
Due to ongoing public health concerns,
Microsoft Word Part 1: The Basics
Finding Family Facts (May 10)
The Butler Center offers a beginner’s genealogy class the second Monday of every month, taught by Rhonda Stewart, the Butler Center’s local history and genealogy expert. Participants will learn how to use online databases and city directories, as well as how to archive family documents. Jump-start your genealogy research with this fun and creative way to learn about the past.
Register for Finding Family Facts
Due to ongoing public health concerns, Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) has suspended all programs and outreach at this time.
An event every month that begins at 10:00 am on day Second of the month, repeating until May 11, 2021
Parent Literacy Tip Storytime
Join us on the second Tuesday of every month at 10:00am for a special storytime that includes an entertaining book for babies and toddlers, along with helpful information for parents wanting to nurture their child’s literacy development. This storytime will be available on the CALS Kids Facebook page or may view it below.
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Planning for Major Life Changes
This session will cover the importance of proactive estate planning and the need for estate plan maintenance as major life changes arise, such as marriage, divorce, birth of children, illness, aging, buying a home, or building a business. Presented by The Wilson Law Group.
In recognition of April as Financial Literacy Month, Arkansas Treasurer of State Dennis Milligan’s office is teaming up with the Central Arkansas Library System to host a free virtual financial education series. The sessions will be presented by local financial experts.
Cooking Matters at Home: Making Recipes Work for You
May 11: Making Recipes Work for You: Your Family, Your Choice
Stop the mealtime madness! Join us for Cooking Matters at Home and learn to prepare delicious, affordable meals the whole family will enjoy. In each 30-minute group discussion, we’ll talk about different ideas for saving money while cooking tasty family meals at home. These online classes will be held over Zoom, so you will need either a stable internet or phone connection.
Microsoft Excel Part 2: The Basics
True Stories Book Club
This book club reads non-fiction books including true crime, biographies/memoirs, self-help, current events, social sciences/politics.
Occurs the 2rd Thursday of every month excluding holidays.
- February – Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz
- March – Hemingway Book Club of Kosovo by Paula Huntley
- April – A Jewish Refugee in New York by Kadya Molodovski
- May – The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
- June – Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
- July –
CALS Writing Circle Meeting
Get together with other writers of all genres and levels of experience to improve your craft and build a creative support network. Join us once a month as we meet to discuss our work, learn new techniques, and enjoy the benefits of a writerly community.
This is a virtual event. Contact dmoore@cals.org for more information.
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Due to ongoing public health concerns, Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) has suspended all programs and outreach.
The Experience of Owning a Small Business with Nitzia’s Designs
In this program, the owner of Nitzia’s Designs will be sharing her experiences with running a Small Business in Little Rock.
Speaker: Nitzia David
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“I’m the owner of Nitzia’s Designs, a Small Business that provides floral décor services for weddings and events. As a Small Business it’s my goal to provide quality versus quantity, creating the best and most unique designs. The uniqueness of my design and attention to detail is what has helped me be set me apart in the Floral Industry.
Microsoft Word Part 2: Styles, Mailings, and More
Stream It with OBS Studio
Microsoft Excel Part 3: Lookup, Conditional Formatting, and More
First Time Home Buyers Financial Tips
Loan qualifications (credit score and DTI)
Documents you must have to be eligible
Complete Home Loan process
Down payment assistance loan programs and 100% Loan options (designed to get you into a home for little to no money out of pocket) This program will be presented in BOTH Spanish &
An event every month that begins at 7:00 pm on day Third of the month, repeating until June 17, 2021
Take ‘N Make: Craft along on Zoom
Teen Time: Book Opinions
Ms. Linda talks about how to find books for bored readers.
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Instagram: cals_teens
Friday Family Fun Night Trivia
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Microsoft PowerPoint for Beginners
Evening Book Club
Discussion on Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain.
Copies will be available at Thompson Library.
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Microsoft Excel Part 4: PivotTables, PivotCharts, and Lookup
Carlos Cisneros
Este programa es parte de Literary Bridges/Puentes Literarios Arkansas-México, una colaboración entre el Sistema de Bibliotecas de Arkansas Central y el Consulado de México en Little Rock para fomentar el intercambio cultural y bilingüe entre nuestros usuarios.
This program is part of Literary Bridges/Puentes Literarios Arkansas-Mexico, a programming partnership between the Central Arkansas Library System and the Mexican Consulate in Little Rock to encourage cultural and bilingual interaction amongst our patrons.
Kathleen Condray: Das Arkansas Echo and German Immigrants in Arkansas
CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies Presents LEGACIES & LUNCH
Speaker: Kathleen Condray
Kathleen Condray, associate professor of German at the University of Arkansas, discusses her new book, “Das Arkansas Echo”: A Year in the Life of Germans in the Nineteenth-Century South, examining topics the newspaper covered during its inaugural year. Condray illuminates the newspaper’s crusade against Prohibition, its advocacy for the protection of German schools and the German language,
Finding Family Facts (June 14)
The Butler Center offers a beginner’s genealogy class the second Monday of every month, taught by Rhonda Stewart, the Butler Center’s local history and genealogy expert. Participants will learn how to use online databases and city directories, as well as how to archive family documents. Jump-start your genealogy research with this fun and creative way to learn about the past.
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Due to ongoing public health concerns, Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) has suspended all programs and outreach at this time.
The Experience of Owning a Small Business with Beth Porter
In this program, the owner of Eggshell Kitchen Co. will be sharing her experiences with running a Small Business in Little Rock.
Speaker: Beth Porter
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“I grew up in North Little Rock. After attending the University of Arkansas, I began my career with Walmart Home Office in the Marketing Department. After leaving Walmart, I have held a variety of positions in Marketing or Advertising firms,
Elizabeth Findley Shores—Book discussion of Shared Secrets: The Queer World of Newbery Medalist Charles J. Finger
Speaker: Elizabeth Findley Shores
For nearly a century, British expatriate Charles Joseph Finger (1867–1941) was best known as an award-winning author of children’s literature. In Shared Secrets, Elizabeth Findley Shores relates Finger’s untold story, exploring the secrets that connected the author to an international community of twentieth-century queer literati.
As a young man, Finger reveled in the easy homosociality of his London polytechnical school, where he launched a student literary society in the mold of the city’s private men’s clubs.
Talia and Mariela Pedraza
Este programa es parte de Literary Bridges/Puentes Literarios Arkansas-México, una colaboración entre el Sistema de Bibliotecas de Arkansas Central y el Consulado de México en Little Rock para fomentar el intercambio cultural y bilingüe entre nuestros usuarios.
This program is part of Literary Bridges/Puentes Literarios Arkansas-Mexico, a programming partnership between the Central Arkansas Library System and the Mexican Consulate in Little Rock to encourage cultural and bilingual interaction amongst our patrons.
Finding Family Facts (July 12)
The Butler Center offers a beginner’s genealogy class the second Monday of every month, taught by Rhonda Stewart, the Butler Center’s local history and genealogy expert. Participants will learn how to use online databases and city directories, as well as how to archive family documents. Jump-start your genealogy research with this fun and creative way to learn about the past.
Register for Finding Family Facts
Due to ongoing public health concerns, Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) has suspended all programs and outreach at this time.
Issues That Matter: Housing, Homelessness and Habitability
This forum will delve into the state of housing in Arkansas, including availability and the quality of rental properties.
This event will be hosted virtually on the Zoom platform. Free registration is required. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Pulaski County and KUAR.
Tom Llamas
Tom Llamas has worked at NBC and ABC, where he was the Weekend Anchor. He earned both Emmy and Edward R. Murrow Awards for groundbreaking stories including Hurricane Sandy, the trial of the Boston Marathon Bomber, and his first love, politics.
Llamas is the only TV journalist ever embedded with the Coast Guard during a human smuggling interdiction at sea. The Emmy award-winning story documented how Cuban refugees are smuggled into the U.S. and the Coast Guard’s mission to intercept these vessels.
Charles Yu
Charles Yu is the author four novels, including Interior Chinatown, which won the 2020 National Book Award for fiction. The book is a satirical novel about race, pop culture, immigration, assimilation, and escaping the roles we are forced to play. Author Emily St. John Mandel calls it “…wrenching, hilarious, sharp, surreal, and above all, original.”
His novel How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe was a New York Times Notable Book and a Time magazine best book of the year.
Issues That Matter: Protecting Arkansas’s Waterways
Arkansas’s waterways are suffering from poor water quality, aging infrastructure and other concerns. This forum will address what needs to be done to protect these vital resources.
This event will be hosted virtually on the Zoom platform. Free registration is required. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Pulaski County and KUAR.