Event Reminder: Legacies and Lunch, June 3

Look Away
Arkansas History as Theater
with Playwright Robert Ford and University of Arkansas historian Jeannie Whayne
Wednesday, June 3, Noon - 1pm
Darragh Center - Main Library
Playwright Robert Ford and University of Arkansas historian Jeannie Whayne will discuss Look Away, a new play about the famous Wilson family in Mississippi County and two African Americans who narrowly escaped a lynching in the 1930s.

Look Away was written by Ford, based on research by Whayne. Recently, it appeared at the Arkansas New Play Festival at TheatreSquared in Fayetteville.

After a short presentation by Whayne on the facts behind the story, the two will discuss the sometimes blurred line between fact and fiction.

Legacies & Lunch-The Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
Wednesday, June 3, 2009, noon - 1 p.m.
Darragh Center, Main Library (100 S. Rock St.)

Bring a sack lunch; drinks and dessert provided. This event is free and open to the public. For more information call 501-320-5171 or visit www.butlercenter.org

*If the library parking lot is full upon your arrival, paid parking is available for a modest fee in the River Market parking garage located across Commerce St.