While January is known as the beginning of the year for everyone, I spent so long going to school, sending my kids off to school, teaching at the law school, and being married to a teacher that I think of August and September as the actual start of the year. Meeting new teachers and classmates,
Little Rock, AR – The Central Arkansas Library System’s Butler Center for Arkansas Studies will award the annual Booker Worthen Literary Prize to John Kirk, the George W. Donaghey Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, for his biography Winthrop Rockefeller: From New Yorker to Arkansawyer, 1912–1956, published by the University of Arkansas Press in 2022.
CALS celebrates 10 years of Ron Robinson Theater with return performance
Little Rock, AR—The Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) is proud to welcome back to the Ron Robinson Theater stage, 100 River Market Ave., Arkansasnative, Randy Goodrum on Saturday, July 27 at 8:00 p.m. Goodrum is a legendary songwriter, pianist, producer,
The library branch will remain open with portions of the building unavailable
Little Rock, AR—The Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) has announced that Adolphine Fletcher Terry Library, 2015 Napa Valley Drive, will undergo light renovations beginning at the end of July and will have new floors installed starting July 31. The interior of the building recently got a fresh coat of paint.
Survey will be open to the public from July 15 through August 5
Little Rock, AR – The Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) is seeking input from the public via an online survey. The survey is accessible via Survey Monkey and will be open from July 15 through August 5, it is available in both English and Spanish.
Little Rock, AR – The Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) is excited to announce that the 2024 Six Bridges Book Festival will be held September 23-29, 2024. This year’s festival chairperson is Sen. Joyce Elliott, a CALS board member and former high school English teacher.
“Books have an incredible power to unite us,
Grant will support Little Free Pantries and Community Fridges throughout Central Arkansas
Little Rock – The Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) Foundation announced today a $12,500 grant from Tyson Foods for Be Mighty Little Rock.
Founded in 2018, Be Mighty is a program that connects Central Arkansans with food resources.
Grant will support the library’s Memory Lab, Encyclopedia of Arkansas, and Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
Little Rock, AR – The Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) Foundation is honored to have received a grant of $500,000 from the Mellon Foundation’s Public Knowledge program.
The grant – one of the largest in CALS’s history – will build capacity for the library’s Memory Lab,
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