Radio CALS-- 10-25-2017

Radio CALS airs on KABF 88.3 FM in Little Rock from 6-6:30 p.m. every Wednesday. It may be streamed live at www.kabf.org (click "Listen Live") or anytime at www.soundcloud.com/radiocals.

Today's broadcast of Radio CALS (10/25/2017):  James Mitchell, a Vietnam veteran who joined the U.S. Navy in 1967, talks to the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies Research Services Division Manager Brian Robertson. Mr. Mitchell details his experience as a Navy corpsman.   

You can find out more about the Butler Center's Arkansas Vietnam War Project at:  https://www.butlercenter.org/arkansas-vietnam-war-project/

Upcoming Events: 

A Prized Evening

Thursday, October 26, 6:30 p.m., Free

CALS Main Library Darragh Center, 100 Rock St.

Join us as we honor the winners of the most prestigious literary awards in Arkansas: Kenneth C. Barnes, the winner of the Booker Worthen Prize, and Padma Viswanathan, winner of the Porter Prize. Reception immediately following. For more information or to RSVP, constact Shelle Stormoe at sstormoe@cals.org or 501-918-3033.

Top of the Rock Chorus and Acapella Rising

Friday, October 27, 7:00 p.m., Free (Doors open at 6:00 p.m.)

CALS Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave.

This free concert features two award-winning choirs from Little Rock: Top of the Rock Chorus, an all-women’s chorus, and Acapella Rising, an all-men's chorus.

Legacies & Lunch: Arkansas Archeology

Wednesday, November 1, Noon, Free

CALS Main Library Darragh Center, 100 Rock St.

Bluff shelters, also called rock shelters, are natural dwellings that were used by people in both prehistoric and historic times. Dr. Jamie Brandon and Lydia Rees, writers for the Arkansas Archeological Survey’s website, “Bluff Shelters of the Arkansas Ozarks” (archeology.uark.edu/ozarkbluffshelters/), will discuss bluff shelters and caves located in the Arkansas Ozarks and what can be learned about Arkansas’s distant past. Bring a sack lunch; drinks and cookies provided. 

 

2nd Friday Art Night

Friday, November 10, 5:00-8:00 p.m., Free

CALS Butler Center Galleries, 401 President Clinton Ave.

Join the Butler Center for a night of art with entertainment provided by DJ Mike Poe, a diverse vinyl remix DJ.

 

New Exhibition: 

Arkansas Pastel Society: Reflections in Pastel, West Gallery

The Arkansas Pastel Society creates a supportive community of pastel artists that promotes the pastel medium through workshops and exhibitions. Reflections in Pastel opens November 10, 2017, and runs through February 24, 2018.

 

Also on Exhibit: 

Jim Nelson: Abstraction and Color, Underground Gallery

This survey of new and older works by Jim Nelson combines elements of abstract painting and low-relief carving to create colorful and dynamic artworks in a variety of soft and hard woods. Exhibition runs through December 30.

  

The Art of Injustice, Concordia Hall

Assembled by guest curator Dr. Sarah Wilkerson Freeman, history professor at Arkansas State University, The Art of Injustice features photographs taken by Paul Faris during his visit to the Rohwer incarceration center in 1945. His captivating black-and-white photographs capture the community created by Japanese Americans during their incarceration in Arkansas during World War II. This project was funded in part by a grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program. Exhibition runs through December 30.

 

Sounds in the Stacks  

Sounds in the Stacks, a program of Arkansas Sounds, is a series of free piano concerts at CALS branches. The program is sponsored in part by Piano Kraft and KATV 7. 

Jeff Coleman , solo pop piano & vocal

Thursday, November 16, 6:30 p.m.

CALS Sanders Library, 31 Shelby Dr., Sherwood

 

Arkansas Sounds:

The Cate Brothers Band

Friday, November 17, 7:00 p.m., $20 (Doors open at 6:00 p.m.)

CALS Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave. 

Southern soul specialists and Arkansas music legends the Cate Brothers Band reunite to perform hits from their five-decade career. Tickets can be purchased at www.arkansassounds.org.

 

For more information about Butler Center programming, contact Shelle Stormoe at (501) 918-3033 or sstormoe@cals.org.