Help us celebrate the shortest day of the year! Not really sure what a solstice is? Come find out! We will have light snacks, hot cocoa, crafts, and fun!

Create your very own stencil design to be screen printed onto a complimentary canvas apron. All materials provided. Registration is required– space is limited.

Today’s mömandpöp concert will be rescheduled for Thursday, January 5 at 2:30PM. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Please join us for the mömandpöp Holiday Snöwball concert live at Terry Library on Thursday, December 22 at 2:30pm. Lots of fun songs for kids and plenty of crowd engagement. This is a must see!!

Join us and our special guest Mr. Stephin Booth in a drumming circle. Mr. Booth will also talk about Kuumba (Creativity) principle of Kwanzaa.

Instead of counting down to midnight, let’s count down to noon! There will be stories, songs, and other fun activities. For ages 0-5.

Help decide what we’ll grow in McMath’s garden this spring! We’ll learn some gardening basics, design our ideal gardens and pick out seeds to order.

Meetings are held on the first Thursday of every month.

Members read a single book for discussion at the meeting. Contact Ginann at gswindle@cals.org for more information.

Please join us for the mömandpöp Holiday Snöwball concert live at Terry Library on Thursday, January 5 at 2:30pm. Lots of fun songs for kids and plenty of crowd engagement. This is a must see!!

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.

Add some fun to your Saturday with a BONUS storytime and matching craft!

Kids, learn about collagraph prints and design your own masterpiece!

Custom paint a complimentary dinner plate which will be fired at the Painted Pig and returned to Terry Library. Participants will be contacted when plates are ready for pickup. Registration required– space is limited.

Art or craft program for adults.  Registration required. Ages 18+

Enjoy listening to stories, singing songs, and making a craft.

Ages 3-5.

Have fun playing, building, experimenting, and discovering using various materials. Ages 3-5.

Featured Artists: Anncha Briggs (felted jewelry)
Learn more about Anncha Briggs.

Featured Author: Michael Hibblen, author of Rock Island Railroad

Featured Music: Gavin Le’nard (jazz, pop, and soul guitar and vocals)

OPENING EXHIBITION

AnarchoAnachro by Sternodox Keckhaver
Landing Gallery
Spam enthusiast, U.S. Air Force veteran, and photo-collage artist the Right Reverend Sternodox wages holy war on inter-dimensional reptiles,

Join us in discussing books and enjoying light snacks.

You’re invited to start your new year calm and collected by learning to become better organized and clutter-free with Dana K. White, creator of popular podcast and blog, A Slob Comes Clean, as she imparts tips from her books Organizing for the Rest of Us and Decluttering at the Speed of Life.

While the world seems to be in love with the idea of tiny houses and minimalism, many of us simply can’t purge it all and start from nothing.

Central Arkansas Library System and the Center for Arkansas Legal Services have once again teamed up to bring you Lawyers in the Library! Come listen to legal presentations and an opportunity to ask a lawyer your civil legal question.

Tuesday, January 17, at the Nixon Library, lawyers from the Center for Arkansas Legal Services will be available to discuss such topics as Criminal Record Sealing, Divorce and Custody, Public Benefits like SNAP and SSI, Contract disputes and Debt Collection,

A representative of the Taxpayer Advocate Service, an independent organization within the Internal Revenue Service that seeks to protect your rights as a taxpayer and help you with tax problems you can’t resolve on your own, will be at the Dee Brown Library from 2PM to 4:30PM on Wednesday, January 18.

The event will include information about the Taxpayer Advocate Service, a program for First-time filers, as well as Pre-filing Season tax tips, including:

• Overview of the Taxpayer Advocate Service
• Who are first time filers
• What information you need to file
• Types of income,

Upcycle crayons into unique pieces of jewelry.

This is your chance to use that Spanish before you lose it! We’ll start with a brief review of beginner-level Spanish followed by games and interactions with other learners. No grades, no tests, no pressure!

Central Arkansas Repair Cafe is a neighborhood initiative that promotes repair as an alternative to tossing things out. Residents of Central Arkansas can bring their broken items to fix them on the spot with the help of voluntary repairers.  

Central Arkansas Repair Café is looking for volunteers with different skills who can be present as repair experts during the Repair Café meetings. We will be meeting at the Dee Brown Branch once a month on Sunday afternoons. 

Si bien tenemos uno de los sistemas alimentarios más productivos y eficientes del mundo, millones de personas en los EE. UU. aún se encuentran entre las grietas. Las personas que pueden tener suficiente para comer hoy se preocupan por la disponibilidad y la calidad de los alimentos para las generaciones futuras.

Esta reunión explorará la escasez de alimentos utilizando una guía de discusión del Foro de Asuntos Nacionales y la orientación de facilitadores capacitados. Durante la sesión de 2 horas,

Hang out with Teens 4 InQlusion’s delightfully queer craft circle. We’re making vision boards to set goals for 2023, affirm ourselves, and take inspiration from our queer heroes.

While we have one of the world’s most productive and efficient food systems, millions of people in the U.S. still fall between the cracks. People who may have enough to eat today worry about the availability and quality of food for future generations.

This meeting will explore food scarcity using a National Issues Forum discussion guide and guidance from trained facilitators. During the 2-hour session, you will explore questions like the following in a structured way with other members of the public:

• Is the best way to improve access to nutritious food through efforts like strengthening our school nutrition programs and food assistance for low-income families,

Come have some fun playing tabletop games and/or working a puzzle with friends at the library.

Ages: 6-11

The Game and Puzzle Club meets the fourth Tuesday of each month at 4:00PM

Dates     January 24 |  February 28 |  March 28

We hope that you can join us to learn more about AMR Architects, the history of the library and its namesake, and how your ideas can write the next chapter for the Sue Cowan Williams Library redesign in the near future! The event is free and open to the public.

Moderated by Crystal C. Mercer

Join us for this cozy, virtual book club centered on the stories and experience of immigration.

To register for this event, click here.

Questions? Contact Bekah Smith at 501.918.3000 or rasmith@cals.org

Check out this month’s book, The Last Chicken in America by Ellen Litman

In twelve “pristine, entrancing” (Booklist) linked stories, Ellen Litman introduces an unforgettable cast of Russian-Jewish immigrants trying to assimilate in a new world.

Let your imagination fly as you build with Terry’s Lego collection. What will you build? For K-6th graders.

Join us each week for books, songs, and rhymes. Tiny Tales storytime is best for toddlers or preschoolers and their caregivers.

Practice your reading skills with adorable trained therapy dogs.

BookEnds is a recurring craft program that focuses on turning old, discarded books into something new. This month we will be learning how to make refillable journals.

Join us on the in the Lee Room on the 5th floor of the Main Library.

While we have one of the world’s most productive and efficient food systems, millions of people in the U.S. still fall between the cracks. People who may have enough to eat today worry about the availability and quality of food for future generations.

This meeting will explore food scarcity using a National Issues Forum discussion guide and guidance from trained facilitators. During the 2-hour session, you will explore questions like the following in a structured way with other members of the public:

• Is the best way to improve access to nutritious food through efforts like strengthening our school nutrition programs and food assistance for low-income families,

Drop in puzzle club for adults.  Work alone or with others and chat about puzzles, books, and more.  All levels of puzzling skills welcome—a great way to relax!

Stop by the library and enjoy a variety of board games. Ages 12-18.

English as a second language course.

Science, technology, engineering, art, math, and you.

Ages 5-11

Teens and tweens can meet after school to enjoy lemonade, do homework, color, listen to music, and socialize.

Free play with blocks, magna tiles, marble runs, and more.

Join local artist Drien Thompson (they/them) for our Black Out art workshops! Engage with poetry, Black history, and art through a variety of creative practices, activities, and mediums. Teens, ages 12 -19, are welcome to attend.

February 1: Poetry

February 8: Collaging Black History

February 15: Illustrating Black Poetry

February 22: DIY Bookmarks

Join us for a cup of coffee and a conversation about how we can better understand and empower the unsheltered population. Refreshments will be served.

Bring your needles or hooks. Any kind of craft is welcome.

Learn a thing or two or just enjoy the company.

Teens can join Stefanie at the Maumelle Library for video games, board games, and music in the meeting room.

Enjoy a fun filled morning of books, music, and fingerplays.

Sit down and enjoy G- or PG-rated family friendly movies.

Stop by the library after school and have book chats, create crafts, play games, and nerd out.

Come hear the story of Raye Montague, Little Rock’s own “hidden figure” credited with creating the first computer-generated rough draft of a U.S. naval ship. She was the first female program manager of ships in the U.S. Navy and paved the way for Black women in STEM. After the story, we’ll dream about everything we can be, too! A copy of The Girl with a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague by Julia Finley Mosca will be given away in a drawing at the end of the program to three lucky attendees.

Learn some cool tips and tricks on how to use the CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas (EOA) for Black History Month and all year long. Includes a brief history of the EOA, all kinds of hacks on how to get the most of our new and improved site, and some fun trivia to test your knowledge.

Join us at the Main Library on the 3rd floor in Technology Classroom A.

Join us as we kick off Library Lover’s Month with a Winter-themed party at the Williams Library! Enjoy soup and sandwiches then watch a scientific ice cream demonstration and make your own concoction from the cocoa bar. Have a (snow) ball playing fun games for all ages with a winter bend, like building an igloo from marshmallows or become an artic explorer and search for long lost books, even decorate your own mug to keep. Events are open to the public and do not require registration.