Radio CALS: Recent Episodes
Central Arkansas Library System
Radio CALS is a weekly program from the Central Arkansas Library System. Every Friday, we will share music from our archives, content from our resources, such as the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture, and information about what's happening in the library system. This program is presented by the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies and the CALS Community Outreach Department.
Eddie Pannell, a Vietnam War veteran who joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1967, talks to the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies Research Services Division Manager Brian Robertson. Mr. Pannell details his experience as an interpreter who assisted South Vietnamese civilians with medical treatment, infrastructure growth, and other humanitarian missions.
Traci Berry, organizer of the annual Raid the Rock Adventure Race, talks with David Stricklin about the challenges and rewards of competing in and organizing expedition races.
Mark Christ, Outreach Director for the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, talks with Matt DeCample about the Arkansas World War I Commemoration Committee and how Arkansans dealt with the war effort a hundred years ago.
In this episode of Chewing the Fat with Rex and Paul, the boys talk about Paul's funeral duty and the pleasures of Piggott, Arkansas.
Mark Christ, Outreach Director for the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, talks with Matt DeCample about the Arkansas World War I Commemoration Committee and how Arkansans dealt with the war effort a hundred years ago.
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.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features Charles Stewart, founder of the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame and editor of the newest publication from Butler Center Books -- "Seeds of Genius: 25 Years of the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame". Stewart sits with Matt Decample to talk about how growing up in a large family help shaped his character, how he started the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame, and how they are celebrating the Hall's 25th anniversary.
This week, Rex and Paul chew the fat about Paul's Rotary Club talk at the Church of Christ in Wynne and how he had to change his talk when he realized it was going to be at the church, Paul's mother's elderberry jelly, the difficulties of picking elderberries, the need to go to the Mayhaw Festival in El Dorado and Chocolate Roll Festival in Searcy County, the boys' upcoming State Highway 7 expedition, Rex's opinion that the Old South Restaurant in Russellville has the best chicken-fried steak in Arkansas, Rex and Paul's recent Civil War foray based on the Camden Expedition, the fascinating and often obscure terminology regarding Civil War fights, a weird helicopter sighting, Mark Christ's great work in preservation of Civil War battlefields, a great lunch in Camden, fried green beans at Woods Place in Camden, how Paul got street cred in Wynne for knowing about Cypress Corner Bar-B-Q in Lexa, Rex's theory that the best barbecue places usually have signs featuring rusty pigs, the Arkansas State University football stadium, the view that ASU should play football in Little Rock, the view that Arkansas State Park gift shops should sell Rex's book "Southern Fried", crazy weather, Rex and Paul's idea for a hall of fame for restaurants where they get to pick the winners and put their motto "We can be bribed!" into practice, Jewish and Chinese heritage in Southeast Arkansas, Rex's urgent desire to get a spot on the Mississippi River Commission so he can go on their great riverboat tours, a tour of Arkansas City with Kane Webb, Paul's confusion about bird-watching, the Squirrel Cook-off in Bentonville, how having to eat 24 cornbread samples at a contest almost killed Paul, an invitation to go back to Piggott for another Hemingway event, gambling history in Hot Springs, great po-boys at Mr. Whiskers between Malvern and Hot Springs, how the old bath houses are getting new life, the good news that the Lyon College football team doesn't wear kilts during games but that there are plenty of bagpipes, how Rex went to four Arkansas college football games in eight days, Rex's and Paul's recent birthdays, and how 66 is the new 65.
Students from Central High Memory Project and City of Little Rock youth radio interns interview Robin Woods Loucks about her experience offering to share her Algebra textbook with Terrence Roberts, on the Little Rock Nine's first day to attend classes at Central in September 1957. The Memory Project Team, sponsored by CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, is a student-produced effort to collect, preserve, and share oral history about civil rights and human rights experiences.
This week on Primary Sources, we've dug through our archives to present an interview with curator, author, and historian Delphine Hirasuna. She is the author of "The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps 1942-1946". She curated a traveling exhibition of the same name in 2010, which toured throughout the United States and Japan. This interview was conducted in 2011 for the Butler Center's exhibition "The Art of Living", which displayed works of art created by Japanese Americans incarcerated at Rohwer Relocation Center in Rohwer, Arkansas during World War II.
Matt DeCample chats with Little Rock native Jeff Nichols, the writer and director of several critically-acclaimed films ("Mud", "Taking Shelter", "Midnight Special", and "Loving") about growing up in Little Rock, his entrance into the film industry, and the Arkansas Cinema Society.
Judge Reinhold chats with Matt DeCample about starting his acting career to impress a girl and how a warehouse dinner theater in Florida prepared him for Hollywood. He shares behind-the-scenes stories about his roles in "Stripes", "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", "Beverly Hills Cop", and "Ruthless People", and discusses what it was like to be a guest on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson."
This week, Rex and Paul chew the fat about the fact that Paul is from Imdoden, setting a new Chewing the Fat record -- nine seconds -- for earliest mention, the Hope Watermelon Festival, the Hempstead County sheriff's otherworldly victory in the watermelon-eating contest, how the boys turned down the offer of a free 150-pounder, despite the generous offer of a burlap sack to carry it with, about the biscuits at Keeney's in Malvern, how Historic Washington has as good a lunch as one could get at any state park in the United States, how Paul likes well-cooked vegetables -- no crispy green beans, please! and the greatness of catalpa worms for fishing but the grossness of the green goo that comes out when you step on one, Paul's sneaky book-buying methods, discovering Glen Campbell's grave site three days after his funeral, Rex and Paul's funeral fixation, the death of Frank Broyles, how Broyles and Campbell and Johnny Cash gave Arkansas things to be proud of in the 1960s and helped the state live down some of the national embarrassment after the 1957 crisis, Nashville versus Crowley's Ridge peaches, the Fish Net at DeGray Lake, great Arkansas football stadiums, and Jeff Root (the Football Doctor).
The Memory Project at Little Rock Central High is a student-led effort to preserve, and share oral history of civil and human rights. For the 60th anniversary of the 1957 Central High Desegregation Crisis, the Memory Project students have produced an audio walking tour recounting the events of September 4th, 1957: the historic first attempt by the Little Rock Nine to attend their classes at Central. This episode of Primary Sources highlights a conversation with the Memory Project students about their work.
Arkansas State University History Professor Sarah Wilkerson Freeman sits with Matt DeCample to talk about The Art of Injustice, a show she is curating at the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies through the end of the year. Injustice focuses on the WWII Japanese internment camps in Southeast Arkansas and the art that shared the experiences of those who lived there.
Sally Mengel tells Matt DeCample the origin story of Loblolly Creamery and why she thinks it has grown so quickly. She also explains why vanilla ice cream has an unfair reputation as a "basic" flavor.
This week, Rex and Paul chew the fat about Paul's new grandson, Wyatt, about whom he is understandably proud, Rex's relief that he can't bother people listening to this with pictures of the grandson, their great visit to the 133rd annual Davidson Camp Meeting and its nostalgic mixture of old-time religion, music, and food, Rex's remarkable tenure with the same insurance agent he's had since he started driving, eating at the counter at the Old South Restaurant in Russellville, the peach festival in Clarksville, the "peach-off" between Johnson County and Howard County, courtesy of CALS Executive Director and Nashville native Nate Coulter, peach butter, peach pies, peach iced tea, the full-peach Monty, how Paul wants to get a peach tattoo, their making what may be the steepest drive in Arkansas as they journeyed to Oark, the winding mountain road that helped Rex decide to drive, given Paul's tendency to nod off, an oak tree said to be 300 years old, poetry reading at the Oark General Store, how a rare moment of temperance modified the burger challenge so they only had one at the Catawpa Café, some northern transplants who booked the main dining room, the Juicy Lucy cheese-stuffed burger Rex had, the foot bridge that is still down in the Mulberry River after last year's flood and the possibility that certain podcast and radio stars might have contributed to its demise by stressing its load limit on a previous visit, and the great views you can catch if you make it up that way.
Gretchen Hall, CEO Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau, sits down with Matt DeCample to discuss how being a student athlete prepared her for a career in tourism, how she helps sell Little Rock to the world, and the city's potential to someday host a national table-tennis tournament.
This week, Rex and Paul continue chewing the fat about the PurpleHull Pea Festival in Emerson and related fun with motorized tillers, Keeney's Food Market in Malvern and its legendary sausage biscuits, Rex's embarrassing hat, the nervous hospital, Esau's corn, the boys' disappointment at not being the grand marshals for the PurpleHull pea-rade, how they picked the Pea Goddess, Burge's in Lewisville and their fried pies, Rex's son Evan's first experience of turkey fries, how Paul discovered that 55 in a 35 is considered speeding in Stamps, the two great catfish places in Garland City (Doc's and West Shore), taking cheesy photos on either side of the state line in Texarkana, the wonderfully named Hotel Grim, the Cattleman's Steak House, and Rex's double-header of chicken-fried steak and quail.
Preservation Arkansas Executive Director Rachel Silva-Patton talks with Matt DeCample about her career in Arkansas history, the economic potential that preservation holds for communities throughout the state, and shares the scandalous tale of the Villa Marre.
This week Rex and Paul chew the fat about the PurpleHull Pea Festival in Emerson and related fun with motorized tillers, Keeney's Food Market in Malvern and its legendary sausage biscuits, Rex's embarrassing hat, the nervous hospital, Esau's corn, the boys' disappointment at not being the grand marshals for the PurpleHull pea-rade, how they picked the Pea Goddess, Burge's in Lewisville and their fried pies, Rex's son Evan's first experience of turkey fries, how Paul discovered that 55 in a 35 is considered speeding in Stamps, the two great catfish places in Garland City (Doc's and West Shore), taking cheesy photos on either side of the state line in Texarkana, the wonderfully named Hotel Grim, the Cattleman's Steak House, and Rex's double-header of chicken-fried steak and quail.
Encyclopedia of Arkansas author Bick Satterfield interviews Capi Peck, owner of Trio's Restaurant and Little Rock City Director for Ward 4. Capi's grandparents were the legendary Sam and Henrietta Peck, who owned the Hotel Sam Peck in Little Rock from the 1930s through the 1970s. This episode focuses on Capi's memories growing up in the hotel, her grandfather's flair for design, his friendship with the famous architect Edward Durell Stone, and Capi's life in the restaurant industry.
Pulaski County Treasurer Debra Buckner talks with Matt DeCample about being a woman in banking during the 80's and 90's, becoming an elected official, and shares stories of showing up on doorsteps to collect back taxes.
This week, Rex and Paul chew the fat about their trip to the Delta Regional Council in Cleveland, Mississippi, about the fact that there's more Delta in Arkansas than there is in Mississippi, Sonny Perdue, Rex's troubling lack of seersucker and wholly inadequate headware, the Biscoe IGA and its famous sausage biscuits and meat counter, the charms of old U.S. Highway 70, the Cache and White rivers, the Grammy Museum, a cotton-based style show dominated by political dignitaries, how Paul got to go back to the Alluvian Hotel because he took Jan there, the Viking Range corporation, Lusco's restaurant in Greenwood, halving a pompano, Turnrow Book Company, sauce acquisition, the Alluvian's library bar--it has real books--the Oxford book-buying experience and cool new hotels that should come to Arkansas, hanging out at famed journalist Curtis Wilkie's house, his book The Fall of the House of Zeus, the City Grocery restaurant and fried pickled okra, how Douglas Southall Freeman overcame Rex's willpower and made him buy four books, an Earl Long biography, the published correspondence of Eudora Welty and William Maxwell, John. T. Edge, and how Paul displayed his superior willpower and restraint by buying only seven books, but don't tell Jan.
Matt DeCample talks with Museum of Discovery CEO Kelley Bass about the museum's growth and ambitions, his first career at the Arkansas Gazette, and the Little Rock rock 'n roll scene during the 1980's.
This week, Rex and Paul chew the fat about Sam Houston's brother's grave, Calico Rock, the River View Hotel there, Angler's Resort near Mountain View, jam sessions in Mountain View, folk festivals in the area, the JFK Overlook at Heber Springs, Wilbur Mills, Fordyce and its great sports history, the Smithsonian's Hometown Teams traveling exhibition Paul and the Arkansas Humanities Council are working on, how auctioneers always seem to be called "Colonel," how Rex became a Kentucky Colonel, Paul's odd affection for the game of cricket, Rex's love of the old Iron Bowl games, his book Southern Fried, the Southern Foodways Alliance, how Paul fought the perception that he might be a food snob by making Sloppy Joes and eating a whole box of Little Debbie cakes, stopping at the Bulldog in Bald Knob for strawberry shortcake, how the boys need to get to some food festivals to replenish their supplies of various sauces, RIP: the footbridge at Oark that got washed away in the flood about the same time they talked about it on the last Chewing the Fat with Rex and Paul, the peach-picking paradise at Clarksville, Rex's suspicions about Paul's commitment to Rex's Burger Challenge, Mennonites selling jelly, wondering if Rex and Paul might get asked to be grand marshals at the PurpleHull Pea Festival, the passing of Congressman Jay Dickey—a true Arkansas character, and RIP: Bryce's Cafeteria, which died recently at 86.
Matt DeCample sits down with Dr. Sherece West-Scantlebury, President and CEO of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, to talk about her life in non-profit work, living through Hurricane Katrina, finding Arkansas, and how the WRF is fighting the root causes of problems facing Arkansans.
...in which Rex and Paul chew the fat about Pocahontas, the oddly named Sanitary Barbershop, the Lesmeister Guest House, Ninth Street in Little Rock, the Olde Stonehouse B and B in Hardy, having three doctors at dinner who couldn't do anybody any good, the Biggers B and B and steak place in Hardy, the Eddie Mae Herron Center in Pocahontas, Ravenden, Williford, Ravenden Springs, Mammoth Spring, skipping the awards banquet at the Arkansas Historical Association because Chewing the Fat with Rex and Paul didn't get an award, La Pastorella Bistro in Mammoth Spring, Fred's Fish House, Rex's college buddies and their high-class taste in fish camps, Sportsman's in Flippin, Gaston's in Lakeview, the Jim Gaston Visitor Center in Bull Shoals, Harry Truman's 1952 visit, Bull Shoals controversies, Paul's Royal Ambassadors camping trip, his contention that he was not to blame for the fishing lure that got stuck in Phil Smith's head, rural electrification, the Norfork Dam, and the Jacob Wolf House in Baxter County.
Matt DeCample sits down with Richard Weiss, longtime director of the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, to talk about the joys and tragedies of growing up as a missionary kid in Africa, trying to adjust to life in the United States as a young adult, and the important of good government.
This week, Rex and Paul chew the fat about Paul's annual appearance at the Friends of the Library pancake breakfast in Imboden, the wonders of fried pies, Imboden war stories, how the traffic jam in front of the strawberry stand in Bald Knob thwarted Paul's best efforts, Slader's Alaskan Dumplings in Searcy, sad news about Bryce's Cafeteria in Texarkana, Rex's fears of a tomato aspic shortage, Paul's trip to Stamps and a side trip to Burge's in Lewisville and their legendary turkey salad, eating catfish in Garland City, calf fries, the need to get upcoming festivals nailed down on calendars, Paul's discovery that oysters in Georgia are no match for those in Arkansas, Rex and Paul's ideas about asphalt, how they've given up waiting for their historian friends to organize a trip to visit the Civil War battleground at Shiloh, Paul's possible status as the only person in Arkansas who's eaten German food at Hot Springs and Mammoth Spring in the same month, expansion plans for the store at Oark, good news about peaches, Paul's Cave City retirement plan, wood handles and bats in Batesville, and how Chewing the Fat with Rex and Paul may constitute the essence of the Arkansas experience.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features a special edition of Primary Sources with hosts Matt Decample and Amy Bradley Hull interviewing authors featured at the 2017 Arkansas Literary Festival, including Dominic Wallimann, Cora Daniels, Hussein Hussein, Therese Oneill, and Celia Anderson. For more information about the Arkansas Literary Festival, visit arkansasliteraryfestival.org.
This week, Rex and Paul chew the fat about Rex's Delta food tour he gave some folks from Houston, Texas, the three Delta food groups, the IGA store in Biscoe, the historic and virtually unprecedented addition of an item to the menu at the Jones Bar-B-Q Diner in Marianna, the appearance of His Honor, the Mayor, Cypress Corner at Lexa, Pasquale's Tamales in Helena, steamboats, how Rex wore out the boys from Houston, the magnificence of Crowley's Ridge, the Louisiana Purchase monument and its booming tourist business because of Rex and Paul, Murry's at Hazen and the best onion rings in Arkansas, Paul's lobbying (that would be whining) to get on the board of the Southern Food and Beverage Museum, Paul's celebrated appearance frying bacon and a bunch of other stuff at the Friends of the Library pancake breakfast at Imdoden, and a great German place -- Bavarian, really -- at Mammoth Spring. Not "Springs," so watch it.
To help overcome the domestic abuse all around them, Little Rock-based author, mother, and inspirational speaker Cara Brookins and her four kids decided to rebuild their family by building a 3500-square-foot, five-bedroom house...on their own. With what money they had she bought the construction supplies and an acre of land and got to work. After successfully building a house with her children, Brookins wrote a memoir of her experience titled "Rise: How a House Built a Family". Since the book's January release it has been an Indy Next Pick and a Barnes and Noble front-of-the-store selection for "What We're Reading," and Brookins has been featured in several magazines, started her own Macmillan podcast, and traveled the country and the world as an inspirational speaker. Hear all about Cara Brookins and her whirlwind success story as she joins host Matt DeCample in the Radio CALS studio for the latest edition of Primary Sources.
This week, Rex and Paul chew the fat about Paul's recent visit to the Eddie Mae Herron Center's annual hog killing and auction in Pocahontas, how he made off with a fresh ham, a shoulder, some sausage, pork chops, and about a four-pound slab of pork belly, as well as the first Arkansas Food Hall of Fame induction ceremony, which turned out to be a very successful evening celebrating Arkansas food culture and a lot of fun for Miss Rhoda. In the second half of the program, Mark Christ of the Arkansas WWI Centennial Commemoration Committee sits down with historian Kent Goff of the Mississippi Valley Education Program to talk about Arkansas's role in the Great War and the Centennial Committee's official kick-off event at the Old State House in downtown Little Rock.
This week we feature a special Arkansas Sounds edition of Primary Sources as host John Miller is joined in the Radio CALS studio by Jazz artist, Rodney Block. Block, a classically trained instrumentalist, performs a unique blend of traditional jazz, gospel, hip-hop, Bebop, funk and soul. An Arkansas native, he honed his skills by playing in some of Kansas City's premier venues – Grand Emporium, Plaza III, Blue Room, and Liberty Hall. His ensembles have opened for Jonathan Butler, Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Wynton Marsalis and Angela Hagenbaugh, among others. Now based in Little Rock, Block has provided music for various private and corporate events. The ensemble was recently featured in the live television recording AETN Presents: Front Row with the Rodney Block Jazz Project. The television program received outstanding reviews and was nominated for a 2007 Mid-America Emmy Award.
This week, Rex and Paul chew the fat about cool things in Hot Springs and how people really are starting to see the importance of the city and park to the state and the nation, seeing about a hundred games at the Arkansas state high school basketball tournament and its fascinating mix of urban and rural Arkansas, how the old Baptist expression "Every head bowed/every eye closed" became a basketball benediction, Paul's latest distressing trend and Rex's deep sense of disappointment about it, travel tips on how to get to Hot Springs, and Paul's rant about the best way (his) to present the National Anthem before sporting events (hint: tell Aunt Martha to stay home that night).
Host Matt DeCample is joined in the Radio CALS studio by Gabe Holmstrom. Holmstrom is the Executive Director of the Downtown Little Rock Partnership, a nonprofit group that advocated for planning, legislation, transportation, economic development and numerous public and private initiatives to improve downtown Little Rock. Holmstrom previously served as chief of staff to the Arkansas House of Representatives, and handled public affairs for Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods after a decade in state and federal government and politics. He has also served as an aide to former Cong. Marion Berry. Holmstrom lives downtown in the Governor's Mansion Historic District and is a graduate of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He is a member of the Arkansas State Board of Finance and board member of the Quapaw Quarter Association.
On this week's show, Rex and Paul chew the fat about the Slovak Oyster Supper, old U.S. Highway 70, famous people who come to Arkansas each year to hunt ducks, how some of the Brennan family of New Orleans came in to create a legendary seven-course meal in DeWitt, the new Arkansas Food Hall of Fame and how the boys were gearing up to help the Department of Arkansas Heritage host the first induction ceremony, graphic details of hog killing in preparation for the annual fund-raiser at the Eddie Mae Herron Center in Pocahontas, characters from Clark County and (where else?) Imboden, the lengths to which Rex's dad went to stay on good terms with people who had good quail-hunting land, and the difficulties of keeping wild quail plentiful.
On this week's show, host Matt DeCample is joined in the Radio CALS studio by Little Rock Zoo director, Susan Altrui who talks in-depth about her work as recently appointed director of the Little Rock Zoo, her passion for animals and vision for the future of the Zoo.
On today's episode of Radio CALS, Rex Nelson and Paul Austin chew the fat a little more about their remarkable quail-hunting trip with the grandson of Ernest Hemingway and the granddaughter of Hemingway's famous editor, Max Perkins (and we use the word "hunting" somewhat loosely).
On today's episode of Radio CALS, Matt DeCample interviews Korto Momolu, Little Rock-based fashion designer, about her childhood in Liberia, emigrating to Canada, discovering her talent for art and design, and her life since moving to Little Rock and appearing on
On today's broadcast of Radio CALS, Rex Nelson and Paul Austin chew the fat about their epic trip to Piggott to participate in a quail hunt and dinner with the grandson of Ernest Hemingway and the granddaughter of Hemingway's legendary editor, Max Perkins, who hunted there in 1932 while Hemingway was married to Pauline Pfeiffer.
On today's broadcast of Radio CALS, UALR Institute on Race and Ethnicity Director John Kirk has a conversation with Joyce Williams, a retired public school educator, principal and consultant, who was one of the first of four black teachers to desegregate teaching faculty in the Little Rock School District in 1964.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features another episode of Chewing the Fat with Rex Nelson and Paul Austin. This week, Rex and Paul chew the fat about holiday cooking, Paul's specialities, Rex's love of mincemeat pie, biscuits and country ham, Paul's problems with rodents, eggnog, oyster loaf and Richard Allin, the old Des Arc fish market, fiddlers, the Emerson Purple-hull Pea Festival, Mississippi roast, Gillette and Slovak festivals coming up, how a heated throw changed Paul's life, memories of Bibles, the King James Version, sword drills, the OBU-Henderson State rivalry, the Church of Shakespeare, Newton County, what's going on in the hills of Arkansas, how Pocahontas used to be wet, and the need to get to Bytheville and eat some barbecue.
This week on Radio CALS, host John Miller is joined in the studio by John Cain for the debut segment of Primary Sources: Arkansas Sounds Interviews. John Cain is a community organizer and Program Director of Little Rock's 100,000 watt community radio station KABF 88.3 FM. Not only did Cain help lay the groundwork for what would become KABF back in 1977, but his involvement with Jazz on a musical and cultural level dates back 66 years promoting shows, heritage and Black History. During this time he's worked throughout the southeast to preserve Jazz as America's original art form in cities like Birmingham, Atlanta and throughout Arkansas. Here in Little Rock, Cain spearheaded the movement to preserve the Mosaic Templars' African American Cultural Center's building back in 1992.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features another episode of Chewing the Fat with Rex Nelson and Paul Austin. This week, Rex and Paul chew the fat about their first year of Chewing the Fat, the NEA basketball tournament and small-town basketball fans, hill school teams versus Delta teams, tamales, how Paul broke a kid's arm and Paul's mother ran over the same family's dog on the same day, record-setting basketball performances, Cave City, squirrel dinners at Gene's Barbecue in Brinkley, Tommy Robinson, and having a pretty good Arkansas day.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features a conversation with Alan Leveritt, Publisher and Co-founder of the Arkansas Times, about his life and work.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features a conversation with Little Rock Catholic High School Principal Steve Straessle; letters from the Butler Center Collections; Bizarre Arkansas; a special episode of Chewing the Fat; and more.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features a conversation with Little Rock Catholic High School Principal Steve Straessle; Carol-Ann Blow discusses her personal experience with desegregation in Little Rock at Mount St. Mary Academy; Bizarre Arkansas; a new episode of Chewing the Fat; and more.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features a conversation with 2016 Olympic gold medalist long jumper and North Little Rock native, Jeff Henderson; noted historian Mark Christ discusses Civil War Arkansas; Freeman McKindra; Bizarre Arkansas; a new episode of Chewing the Fat; and more.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features a conversation with 2016 Olympic gold medalist long jumper and North Little Rock native, Jeff Henderson; Ryan Harris and Maxwell George discuss the history of _Oxford American Magazine_ and the release of the 2016 music issue, "Visions of the Blues"; Relics of Arkansas History; a new episode of Chewing the Fat; and more.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features a Primary Sources podcast interview with Marianna native and retired Court of Appeals Justice, Olly Neal, Jr.; author Nancy Hendricks discusses her book, Notable Women of Arkansas; a new episode of Chewing the Fat; and more.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features a Primary Sources podcast interview with Marianna native and retired Court of Appeals Justice, Olly Neal, Jr.; one soldier's recollections of the Korean War; a discussion of women in colonial Arkansas; and a new episode of Chewing the Fat.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features a Primary Sources podcast interview with former Arkansas Speaker of the House and current Executive Director of Arkansas Community Colleges, Bill Stovall; a discussion of women in colonial Arkansas; Relics of Arkansas History; and a new episode of Chewing the Fat.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features a Primary Sources podcast interview with former Arkansas Speaker of the House and current Executive Director of Arkansas Community Colleges, Bill Stovall; a discussion of women in colonial Arkansas; and a new episode of Chewing the Fat.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features a Primary Sources podcast interview with Sidney Moncrief, Little Rock native and basketball star; Bizarre Arkansas; Relics of Arkansas History; two sisters talk about growing up in El Dorado; and a new episode of Chewing the Fat.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features a Primary Sources podcast interview with Sidney Moncrief, Little Rock native and basketball star; two episodes of Bizarre Arkansas; the Beatles visit Arkansas; and a new episode of Chewing the Fat.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features a Primary Sources podcast interview with Vivienne "Lie" Schiffer, a historian of the Japanese-American experience at the Rohwer internment camp during WWII; a discussion of the women's suffrage movement by historian Bernadette Cahill; and a new episode of Chewing the Fat.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features a new Primary Sources podcast interview with Vivienne "Lie" Schiffer, a historian of the Japanese-American experience at the Rohwer internment camp during WWII; an interview with Korean War veteran, Corporal James Blaylock; new episodes of Bizarre Arkansas and Chewing the Fat; and more.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features a new Primary Sources podcast interview with Dr. John Kirk, an interview with Korean War veteran, Corporal James Blaylock; new episodes of Bizarre Arkansas and Chewing the Fat; and more.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features a new Primary Sources podcast interview with Dr. John Kirk, historian of Civil Rights era American South; a discussion with Civil War scholar Mark Christ; supernatural phenomena in Arkansas; a new episode of Chewing the Fat; and more.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features an interview with journalist John Brummett; a Bizarre Arkansas conversation with poet and professor Mark Spitzer; a living history presentation about the German immigrant experience in Arkansas; a new episode of Chewing the Fat; and more.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features an interview with former LRSD superintendent Baker Kurrus; a Bizarre Arkansas conversation with poet and professor Mark Spitzer about the Ozark Hellbender; an excerpt from Arkansas Literary Festival 2016; a new episode of Chewing the Fat; and more.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features a conversation with "Arkansas Democrat-Gazette" columnist John Brummett; a Bizarre Arkansas conversation with poet and professor Mark Spitzer about the Ozark Hellbender; a preview of the Pulaski County Historical Society's upcoming lecture on Pulaski County "firsts"; and a new episode of Chewing the Fat.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features a conversation with "Arkansas Democrat-Gazette" columnist John Brummett; reflections on Sue Cowan Williams, the teacher in the Little Rock School District who requested equal pay for African American teachers; an interview with Bill Jones, author of "Petit Jean: A Wilderness Adventure"; a discussion of the White River by Chris Engholm; and a new episode of Chewing the Fat.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features selections from a panel discussion about the transformation of Arkansas politics in the 1970s; a conversation about Fiction & Fact: A War Dialogue with Veterans, a joint project of CALS and the NEH; an interview with Bill Jones, author of "Petit Jean: A Wilderness Adventure"; plus new episodes of Bizarre Arkansas, and Chewing the Fat.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features an interview with former LRSD superintendent Baker Kurrus; selections from a panel discussion about the transformation of Arkansas politics in the 1970s; a CALS Con panel discussion of Disney and feminism; plus new episodes of Relics of Arkansas History, Bizarre Arkansas, and Chewing the Fat.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features selections from a panel discussion about the transformation of Arkansas politics in the 1970s; an interview with former LRSD superintendent Baker Kurrus; a CALS Con panel discussion of Star Wars; plus new episodes of Relics of Arkansas History, Bizarre Arkansas, and Chewing the Fat.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features selections from a panel discussion about the transformation of Arkansas politics in the 1970s; an interview with National Archives specialist Ketina Taylor; a CALS Con panel discussion of Star Wars; Olympic story reviews by Ellen Bard; plus a new episode of Chewing the Fat.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features selections from a panel discussion about the transformation of Arkansas politics in the 1970s; a new feature called "Relics of Arkansas History"; selections from an interview with Philip McMath about Governor Sid McMath; plus a new episode of Chewing the Fat.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features selections from a panel discussion about the transformation of Arkansas politics in the 1970s; a new feature called "Relics of Arkansas History"; a reading a 19th century slave narrative; an interview with Cindy Beckman about her new book about Arkansas education and Arch Ford; plus a new episode of Chewing the Fat.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features selections from a CALS Con 2016 panel discussion of Studio Ghibli; a panel discussion of Star Wars from CALS Con 2016; a genealogy segment featuring an interview with Maria Hoskins; a conversation between Lisa Donovan, assistant director for youth services at CALS, and Bobby Roberts, former director of CALS, regarding the Child Nutrition Program created by Roberts prior to his retirement; selections from an interview with Dr. Ann Tice, a retired dermatologist who talks about growing up in a family of physicians and her non-traditional path to medical school; plus a new episode of Chewing the Fat.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features a discussion of Fiction & Fact: A War Dialogue for Veterans, a new project bringing veterans together to explore their experiences using literature; a panel discussion of Star Wars from CALS Con 2016; an interview with Arkansas musicians Brenda & Ellis; plus new episodes of Bizarre Arkansas and Chewing the Fat.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features a reading of a letter about the celebration of the 4th of July in 1840; selections from Legacies & Lunch featuring Parker Westbrook, Craig O'Neill, Phillip Kaplan, and Robert McCord; information about the Butler Center's upcoming genealogy workshop; a living history presentation of a German immigrant; Chewing the Fat with Rex Nelson & Paul Austin; and information about upcoming events.
This week's broadcast of Radio CALS features selections from an interview with Geraldine Purcell Davidson, who shares her experiences at Fargo Agricultural School for African American Children in Brinkley, Arkansas; an interview with Ali Welky and Michael Keckhaver, editors of the Encyclopedia of Arkansas Music; quick reviews of books about the Olympics, provided by Ellen Bard, CALS staff member; selections from a discussion of Star Trek, held at CALS Con 2016; Bizarre Arkansas with unusual information about Hot Springs and its alligator farm, mummified merman, ostrich carriages, and more; and Chewing the Fat with Rex Nelson & Paul Austin.
This week Radio CALS features selections from a 2016 interview with Bonnie Johnson about her time working for the Arkansas Coalition Against Domestic Violence; selections from a CALS Con 2016 panel discussion of Studio Ghibli; excerpts from an interview with Charlie Rich, Jr., who discusses growing up in Benton, his first piano, and getting a recording contract as a teenager; Chewing the Fat with Rex Nelson & Paul Austin; and more.
This week Radio CALS features selections from a lecture given by Dr. Ben Johnson about John Gould Fletcher at the Arkansas Literary Festival 2016; selections from a CALS Con 2016 panel discussion of Star Trek; excerpts from an interview with Ruth Shepherd; Chewing the Fat with Rex Nelson & Paul Austin; information about and music by Ben Nichols; and a genealogy segment featuring an interview with Maria Hoskins.
This week Radio CALS features selections from Legacies & Lunch featuring Michael Dougan; information about and music by Roberta Martin and Lenny Williams; information about CALS' audiobook service, OneClick Digital; an interview with CALS staff member Angelic Saulsberry about her top five book recommendations; Chewing the Fat with Rex Nelson & Paul Austin; information about and music by Ben Nichols; selections from CALS Con 2016 focusing on Studio Ghibli; information about and music by Ronnie Hawkins and William Warfield; and Who You?, a segment about the Butler Center's genealogy resources.
This week's broadcast of Radio CALS features information about Summer Reading Club; selections from an interview with Willie Booker Jr.; information about Summer Seminar 2016 for state educators; Bizarre Arkansas with a story about Arkansas's "runaway beauty queen" Rhonda Lee Coullet; Chewing the Fat with Rex Nelson & Paul Austin; information about and music by Ben Nichols, who will perform for Arkansas Sounds in June; Authors on Air with Mark Christ; information about the Butler Center's Genealogy Workshop to be held this July; selections from CALS Con with a discussion on Star Trek; plus This Month in Arkansas History and announcements about upcoming events.
This week's broadcast of Radio CALS features a conversation between Lisa Donovan, assistant director for youth services at CALS, and Bobby Roberts, former director of CALS, regarding the Child Nutrition Program created by Roberts prior to his retirement; an interview with Carol-Ann Blow, who attended Catholic schools in Little Rock during desegregation and was the first African-American student to attend Mount St. Mary Academy; information about and music by Sonny Burgess, who will perform with his band, the Legendary Pacers, for the Arkansas Sounds monthly concert series tonight (Friday, May 20) at 7 p.m. at the CALS Ron Robinson Theater; Bizarre Arkansas, with a story about Gerald L.K. Smith; Chewing the Fat with Rex Nelson & Paul Austin; an interview of Bobby Crafford, drummer for Sonny Burgess & the Legendary Pacers, who talks about highlights of the band's history; an interview with Mike Polston, co-author of To Can the Kaiser: Arkansas and the Great War; and selections from a CALS Con discussion of Studio Ghibli.
This week's broadcast of Radio CALS features information about and music by Charlie Rich, a country music legend from Colt, Arkansas; an interview with Butler Center Galleries featured artist Carmen Alexandria; an interview with Sgt. Allen L. "Sonny" Dunn, a veteran of the Korean War; a reading of an article about radio as a new source of family entertainment written by Arkansas utilities entrepreneur Harvey C. Couch and published in 1922; Bizarre Arkansas with a story about "Old Mike" a traveling salesman whose unidentified corpse was displayed for many years in Prescott, Arkansas; Chewing the Fat with Rex Nelson and Paul Austin with talk of train stations, pancake breakfasts, and much more; Chris Hancock's "CALS Story"; selections from Bagels & Books, a partnership between the CALS Hillary Rodham Clinton Children's Library & Learning Center and jUSt, a pending nonprofit that serves as the leadership for Global Kids Arkansas; information about and music by Iris DeMent and Tracy Lawrence; plus This Month in Arkansas History and information about upcoming events.
This week's broadcast of Radio CALS features a reading by Rien Fertel from his book, The One True Barbecue, from the Arkansas Literary Festival 2016; selections from Legacies & Lunch featuring Vivienne Lie Schiffer, who has written a book and produced a film about the experiences of Japanese Americans held in internment camps in Arkansas during WWII; an interview with Guy Lancaster, editor of the Encyclopedia of Arkansas (EOA), on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the EOA; Bizarre Arkansas with a story about Dr. John Richard Brinkley, a notorious quack who practiced "medicine" in the 1930's in Arkansas; Chewing the Fat with Rex Nelson and Paul Austin; information about and music by Bob Dorough, a composer, lyricist, and musician from Arkansas who is best known for his jazz compositions and 1970s Schoolhouse Rock! shorts on ABC Saturday morning television; selections from Bagels & Books, a partnership between the CALS Hillary Rodham Clinton Children's Library & Learning Center and jUSt, a pending nonprofit that serves as the leadership for Global Kids Arkansas; a reading of a short story by Dave Wallis, who served as mayor of Pine Bluff and authored multiple books on Arkansas history; and an interview with Freeman McKindra, a teacher from Arkansas who has worked in community development with the Peace Corps and other groups.
This week's episode of Radio CALS features an interview with Roger Glasgow, attorney and author of Down and Dirty Down South: Politics and the Art of Revenge; a reading from the Dave Wallis papers in the Butler Center Collections; information about and music by Al Green; Chewing the Fat with Rex Nelson and Paul Austin; Bagels & Books from the Hillary Rodham Clinton Children's Library & Learning Center in partnership with jUSt; selections from Legacies & Lunch featuring Kay Goss with information about Wilbur Mills; plus announcements about upcoming events and segments from This Month in Arkansas History.
Selections from Legacies & Lunch featuring Vivienne Lie Schiffer, who has written a book and produced a film about the experiences of Japanese Americans who were held in internment camps in Arkansas during World War II; information about Arkansas musician Little Willie John, an R&B vocalist and songwriter who recorded several hit songs, including the original version of the popular song, "Fever," at age 18; information about the Butler Center's Genealogy Workshop on Saturday, July 23, from Rhonda Stewart, the Butler Center's local history expert, and Kate Chagnon, the Butler Center's programming and outreach coordinator; Selections from Books & Bagels, a partnership between the CALS Hillary Rodham Clinton Children's Library & Learning Center and Just Us, a pending nonprofit that serves as the leadership for Global Kids Arkansas; this week's segment features a multigenerational conversation about feminism, misogyny, and sexism; Bizarre Arkansas, with a story about H. L. Mencken, a Baltimore journalist who wrote critical statements about Arkansas during the early 1900's; Chewing the Fat with Rex and Paul, who talk about Chafik Chamoun's Rest Haven in Clarksdale, Mississippi, the Klappenbach Bakery in Fordyce, the Sno-White Grill and Fino's in Pine Bluff, repeating oneself, Sunday afternoon drives, Baptist Training Union, Ravenden Springs, the Devil's Bathtub, the Needle's Eye, Crowley's Ridge, cemetery visits, Arkansas back roads, Des Arc, Carlisle, Lauratown, the collie who caught chickens so its owner could fry them, eating at boardinghouses, having the preacher over for Sunday lunch, a troublesome uncle who was afraid of mice, and the disaster that befell a visiting preacher when Rex's uncles tried to make wine in the attic in summer; an interview with Nancy Hendricks, author of Notable Women of Arkansas, just released by Butler Center Books; interview conducted by Rod Lorenzen, manager of Butler Center Books; selections from an interview with Cpl. Charles O. Hilburn, a veteran of the Korean War; interview conducted by Brian Robertson, the Butler Center's senior archivist and manager research services; a reading of an interview with Railroad Dockery, a former slave, conducted by the WPA from 1936-1938; read by Rhonda Stewart, the Butler Center's local history and genealogy expert; information about and music by Arkansas music legend, Johnny Cash; information about this year's Summer Seminar for state educators from George West, the Butler Center's education coordinator, and David Stricklin, head of the Butler Center; a Take Five interview with Bob Boyd, a musician who will perform with the Bob Boyd Sounds for the Arkansas Sounds concert series tonight, Friday, April 22.
An interview with Angie Macri, a poet featured in the Arkansas Literary Festival 2016, conducted by Amy Bradley-Hole, moderator chair of the Arkansas Literary Festival; selections from an interview with Sgt. A. Keith Jernigan, who served in the Korean War, conducted by Brian Robertson, senior archivist and manager of Research Services at the Butler Center; selections from Legacies & Lunch featuring Marvin Schwartz, author of "We Wanna Boogie", published by Butler Center Books; Information about CALS' audiobook service, OneClick Digital, from Jonathan Webb and Nathan Smith, CALS Information Services staff members; Bizarre Arkansas, with a story about the alligator farm that housed a mummified merman, the ostrich farm that was home to over 300 African ostriches, and more in Hot Springs during the early twentieth century; Chewing the Fat with Rex and Paul, who talk about Mount Magazine Lodge, the Paris Chamber of Commerce, Constitutional Amendment 75 and its effects on tourism in Arkansas, the transformation of Arkansas's Department of Parks and Tourism, Mountain View, the Little Red River, the need to pay attention to electrical power generators when fishing downstream from them, Village Creek State Park, peaches, Uncle John's at Crawfordsville, West Central Arkansas, Queen Wilhelmina Lodge, Rich Mountain, Mena, bears, once-frequent plane crashes on Rich Mountain, Oliver North, DeGray Lake, the Shangri La Resort, Mount Ida, Paul's Tom Sawyer experience featuring a run-in with a barge on the Mississippi River, Snow Lake, White River Refuge, Desha County, Imboden, crappie, smallmouth bass, Crooked Creek, fishing the White River before the dams were put in, Jerry McKinnis, Lake Chicot, De Valls Bluff, Pocahontas, the Current River, Stoby's in Conway, old-time breakfast places and political discussions, Wallace Grill in Little Rock, Thelma's in Imboden, the Grill in Walnut Ridge, Paul's initiation into the grown-up world of coffee breaks, Waffle House, the back booth at the Snow White in Pine Bluff, the round table in the corner of the cafe at the State Capitol, and the Pancake Shop in Hot Springs; an interview with Suzy Parker, an author who will be featured at the Arkansas Literary Festival 2016 -- interview conducted by Amy Bradley-Hole, moderator chair of the Arkansas Literary Festival; an interview with Sofia Gonzales, who will teach an upcoming CALS Community Learning course on embroidery; interview conducted by Kristen Cooke, CALS staff member (continued from last week).
An interview with Kevin Brockmeier, an author featured in the Arkansas Literary Festival 2016, conducted by Amy Bradley-Hole, moderator chair of the Arkansas Literary Festival; Selections from an interview with Dr. Ann Tice, a retired dermatologist who talks about growing up in a family of physicians and her non-traditional path to medical school; Selections from Legacies & Lunch featuring Vivienne Lie Schiffer, who has written a book and produced a film about the experiences of Japanese Americans who were held in internment camps in Arkansas during World War II; Chewing the Fat with Rex and Paul, who talk about Cherokee Village, the sales force at the Village and their sometimes-shady techniques involving Elvis and Jesus, an outstanding collection of shag carpet, the emergence of retirement communities, Paul's viewing of the moon landing in July 1969, John Cooper and his other developments at Bella Vista and Hot Springs Village, messing with salesmen, Horseshoe Bend, Holiday Island, the ferry at Norfork, the beginnings of tourism in North Arkansas, Imboden (a new record: Paul took seven minutes to mention his hometown), the great rivers and streams of Arkansas, fishing for smallmouth bass, the Eleven Point River, the Spring, the Strawberry, the Current, trout fishing in the cold water from Mammoth Spring to Hardy, Black Rock, the South Fork of the Spring, drum, perch, catfish, spring break on the Spring River, jon boats, the Many Islands, the use of hammers and electricity in catching and preparing fish, W.O. Prince's place on the Cache River, Murray's at De Valls Bluff, the Caddo River, Caddo Gap, how a longnose gar frightened a fellow from Virginia who thought it was a dinosaur, the Little Red River, and Lindsey's trout resort near Heber Springs; Bizarre Arkansas, with a story about reports of mysterious flying objects seen in the Ouachita Mountains in 1897; An interview with Gabrielle Simone, a very young published author who will be featured at the Arkansas Literary Festival 2016 -- interview conducted by Amy Bradley-Hole, moderator chair of the Arkansas Literary Festival; An interview with Sofia Gonzales, who will teach an upcoming CALS Community Learning course on embroidery; interview conducted by Kristen Cooke, CALS staff member; Selections from Legacies & Lunch featuring Ed Bethune; Selections from an Arkansas Sounds concert featuring Charley Sandage and Harmony, who present original music in a traditional Arkansas folk style.
An interview with Amy Bradley-Hole, moderator chair of the Arkansas Literary Festival, conducted by Brad Mooy, CALS' coordinator of the Literary Festival; an interview with Stephanie Meincke, president & CEO of the Arkansas Nonprofit Alliance, conducted by Christine Gronwald, CALS' development coordinator; they discuss ArkansasGives, an upcoming online giving event sponsored by the Arkansas Community Foundation on Thursday, April 7, from 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.; visit bit.ly/calsargives at that time to donate to Central Arkansas Library System Foundation and help CALS earn bonus dollars in addition to your donation; an interview with Angelic Saulsberry, CALS' information technology staff member, conducted by Kristin Cooke, CALS' adult programming coordinator; they discuss Angelic's top five favorite books and the library services she uses the most; an interview with Laura Neale, teen programmer at CALS McMath Library and coordinator of CALS Con 2016, a free family-friendly celebration of pop culture fandom; interview conducted by Laura Hodo, manager of CALS McMath Library; they discuss this year's expansion of the event and what self-professed nerds and geeks can expect to enjoy at this year's event; Chewing the Fat with Rex and Paul, who talk about antique shops, Dutch ovens, Arkansas expert John Ragsdale and the possibility that sales of his several Dutch oven books to Boy Scouts have made him the best-selling author in the state's history, the care and usage of cast-iron cooking implements, scouting adventures and disasters, Troops 23, 24, and 64, the great egg fight at Paul's last Boy Scout campout, Camp Winnamocka, Camp Ozark, Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico, Baptist camps in New Mexico and North Carolina, Boy's Life magazine, FFA camp at Couchwood, Harvey Couch, Boys State and Girls State, Paul's expertise with parliamentary procedure, Camp Robinson, the Arkansas National Guard, former Sunday school teachers, the 1997 tornadoes, archaeology in Arkansas, the amazing and almost artistic lineup of abandoned cars and trucks outside of Biscoe, W.O.'s Arkansas caviar from the Lower White River, turtle eggs, and standing in line to get catfish steaks at the airport at Pine Bluff; an interview with Sue Gaiser, who talks about her childhood, her six siblings, and one of the most important people in her life, her mother; an interview with Mick Wiggins, an illustrator/artist who has created numerous book covers; interview conducted by Amy Bradley-Hole, moderator chair of the Arkansas Literary Festival; Wiggins will participate with other artists in a panel discussion about design at the Arkansas Literary Festival; information about Hoopla, one of CALS' digital services, presented by Jonathan Webb and Lara Browning-Kamins, CALS' information services staff members; a Take 5 interview with the Bob Boyd Sounds, a music group led by Bob Boyd who will perform for the Arkansas Sounds concert series on Friday, April 22, at 7 p.m. at the CALS Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave.
Selections from an interview with Bobby Roberts, who retired as director of the Central Arkansas Library System on March 4, 2016, after leading the system for almost 27 years; in this segment, Roberts discusses bond campaigns, the amount of funding approved by voters for public libraries, the growth and future of digital activity in the library system, changes in community use of library services, the increase in yearly income needed for the library to continue operating at its current levels, Roberts' plans for retirement, rural libraries in Arkansas, Roberts' work with prison systems, the positive and negative effects of term limits on the Arkansas General Assembly, and more; an interview with Laura Neale, teen programmer at CALS McMath Library and coordinator of CALS Con 2016, a free family-friendly celebration of pop culture fandom; interview conducted by Laura Hodo, manager of CALS McMath Library; they discuss this year's expansion of the event and what self-professed nerds and geeks can expect to enjoy at this year's event; Bizarre Arkansas, with a story about a traveling salesman known only as "Old Mike" who became a macabre tourist attraction in Prescott when he passed away and his corpse was displayed for many years while attempts were made to determine his identity.Chewing the Fat with Rex and Paul, who chew the fat about Girl Scout and Boy Scout camps, Cedar Valley, Camp Tula, Camp Orr, the Buffalo River, Viola, the Baptist camp at Ravenden Springs, Siloam Springs, Methodist camp meetings, the Methodist camp at Davidson, kids and camp jokes about food -- "This is Sue; she makes our stew" -- the Cedar Glade camp, Baptist Royal Ambassadors, getting poison ivy and poison oak and chigger bites at the same time, hauling hay, BLTs, Vienna sausage, homemade chocolate rolls, the "rock crusher" near Imboden and the perils of working at a gravel pit, Bauxite, "alum teeth," the Alum Fork of the Saline River, Black Rock, Herschel Bryant, Paul's friend who rode his bike into a flooded gravel pit for a dollar, the Devil's Bathtub, the Needle's Eye, Watauga Springs, Cave City, people who get gallons of water at the public fountains in Hot Springs, the believed medicinal properties of the water at Heber Springs, eating Vicks VapoRub, Rex's grandfather's obsession with Alka-Seltzer, Paul's run-in with a lady who got him to take turpentine and sugar for a stomach malady, and using aspirin and Coca-Cola as a cure-all; an interview with Erin Wood, editor of "Scars: An Anthology", which will be featured in the Arkansas Literary Festival 2016; interview conducted by Amy Bradley-Hole, Lit Fest moderator chair; "Scars: An Anthology" examines the range and nuance of experiences related to scars of the body; it was published by Et Alia Press in Little Rock; Who You?, a genealogy segment featuring a continuation of an interview with Maria Hoskins, a former senior staff member of Vic Snyder; interview conducted by Rhonda Stewart, the Butler Center's local history and genealogy expert; they discuss Hoskins' process in writing her previous books and her upcoming publication, "Down Home in Arkansas: A Family Reunion Story"; an interview with Sue Geiser, who relays funny stories about her experiences with clumsiness throughout her life.
Selections from an interview with Bobby Roberts, who retired as director of the Central Arkansas Library System on March 4, 2016, after leading the system for almost 27 years; the interview was conducted at Legacies & Lunch on March 2, 2016, by Clinton School of Public Service Dean Skip Rutherford; in this segment, Roberts discusses the decision to build the Children's Library & Learning Center, his work with community developers, Ron Robinson, the reasoning behind the naming of branches, and millage elections he has conducted; an interview with Katie Campbell, director of School House Rock Live, a production by the Children's Theatre at the Arkansas Arts Center; interview conducted by Kate Chagnon, the Butler Center's programming & outreach coordinator; they discuss the Children's Theatre's partnership with CALS Hillary Rodham Clinton Children's Library & Learning Center and the Arkansas connections to School House Rock Live; an interview with Jeffrey Condran, author of Prague Summer, a novel that will be featured at this year's Arkansas Literary Festival; interview conducted by Amy Bradley-Hole, Literary Festival moderator chair; Chewing the Fat with Rex and Paul, who talk about mercantile stores that have become restaurants, Cypress Corner, the Caskey store at Des Arc, drinking Coke with peanuts in the bottle, Woodell's drug in Arkadelphia, "wiggling" as a method of determining who would pick up a lunch tab, the Pickens store near Dumas, Cherokee Village, Hardy, the Sitting Bull restaurant at Cherokee Village, developer John Cooper, Paul's attempts to disguise a disgusting odor in his car using Hai Karate cologne, and the existence of dancing at Cherokee Village and accompanying belief that it was a den of iniquity; Bizarre Arkansas, with a story about reports of mysterious flying objects seen in the Ouachita Mountains in 1897; an interview with sisters Debra Brown and Regine Notto, who share their memories of family vacations in Hot Springs and the Grand Canyon; an interview with George West, the Butler Center's education coordinator, who discusses the upcoming Summer Seminar for Arkansas teachers which will focus on the work of Arkansas's Pulitzer Prize authors; interview conducted by David Stricklin, head of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies; Who You?, a genealogy segment featuring an interview with Maria Hoskins, a former senior staff member of Vic Snyder; interview conducted by Rhonda Stewart, the Butler Center's local history and genealogy expert; they discuss Hoskins' family history and upcoming publication, Down Home in Arkansas: A Family Reunion Story; an interview with Allen Alverson, Arkansas musician and member of Lark in the Morning, a band that will perform Celtic and Ozark roots music on vintage instruments tonight, Friday, March 18, at the CALS Ron Robinson Theater for Arkansas Sounds' Celtic Cultural Celebration.
Selections from an interview with Bobby Roberts, who retired as director of the Central Arkansas Library System on March 4, 2016, after leading the system for almost 27 years; the interview was conducted at Legacies & Lunch on March 2, 2016, by Clinton School of Public Service Dean Skip Rutherford; in this segment, Roberts discusses library funding in Arkansas, the evolution of CALS, the CALS Main Library campus, and the beginnings of the CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies; Information about CALS' digital resources from Information Services staff members; an interview with Tyrone Jaeger, author of So Many True Believers, a collection of short stories that will be featured at this year's Arkansas Literary Festival; interview conducted by Amy Bradley-Hole, Literary Festival moderator chair; Chewing the Fat with Rex and Paul, who talk about the St. Joe Mercantile and other general stores in Arkansas's past, including McLeod's and Matthews's at Imboden, Calahan's at Black Rock, Perry's at Ravenden, and Ernie Dunlap's at Kirby, going to Boy Scout camp at Lake Greeson, the Chidester store, Congo Mercantile, the Burdell store near Pocahontas, the Eleven Point River, the Spring River, the Hankins family store at Oil Trough, how Paul found 11 sailors from Lawrence County serving at the same time aboard the U.S.S. Saratoga, the 1992 election campaign, wood stoves, whittling benches, quail hunting, the Dalark stores, Sugar Jones, a man who fed his cow Oreo cookies, the Jingles store at Benton, and Walnut Ridge; an interview with Miss Arkansas, Loren McDaniel, for #CALSStories; selections from Legacies & Lunch featuring Charlotte Schexnayder, journalist and state politician; an interview with sisters Debra Brown and Regine Notto, who share their memories of growing up in El Dorado, Arkansas, with their loving, close-knit family; an interview with George West, Arkansas musician and member of Lark in the Morning, a band that will perform Celtic and Ozark roots music on vintage instruments at Butler Center Galleries.
Selections from an interview with Bobby Roberts, retiring director of the Central Arkansas Library System, conducted in 2010; selections from Legacies & Lunch featuring Bernadette Cahill, discussing women's fight for the right to vote in Arkansas, a topic she has researched thoroughly; information about CALS' digital resources from Information Services staff members; a reading of a letter from the Butler Center's collection of Civil War materials, written by George M. Blodgett, a Union sailor who spent part of the war in Arkansas; he describes an attack on the USS Mound City on the White River in Arkansas in 1862, sometimes called "the deadliest shot of the war"; Bizarre Arkansas, featuring information on Monte Ne, a partially completed, abandoned, and possibly haunted luxury resort built by failed presidential candidate William "Coin" Harvey; another installment of "Chewing the Fat with Rex & Paul"; "Authors on Air" with Brad Mooy, coordinator of the Arkansas Literary Festival, and Amy Bradley-Hole, moderator chair of the Literary Festival; an interview with Geraldine Purcell Davidson, who shares her experiences at Fargo Agricultural School for African American Children, a private residential school operated until 1949 and located outside of Brinkley, Arkansas; an interview with Sgt. A. Keith Jernigan, a Korean War veteran.
Selections from Legacies & Lunch featuring Bill Ward, a long-time photographer who archives photographs, has explored the history of Conway, and helped found the annual festival, Toad Suck Daze; a "Bizarre Arkansas" story; another installment of "Chewing the Fat with Rex & Paul"; "Authors on Air" with Arkansas Literary Festival Coordinator Brad Mooy; an interview with Carol-Ann Blow, who was the first African-American student to attend Mount St. Mary Academy in Little Rock; and recordings of music composed by William Grant Still, an African American classical composer raised in Little Rock who broke race barriers with his highly acclaimed work.
Selections from Legacies & Lunch featuring Dr. Brian Mitchell discussing the expulsion of free blacks from Arkansas in 1859; a reading of an interview with a former slave, Railroad Dockery, part of the WPA Slave Narratives; an interview with Cpl. Charles O. Hilburn, from the Korean War Project; a pre-birthday celebration of Johnny Cash; another installment of "Chewing the Fat with Rex & Paul"; information about the Butler Center's resources for teachers, including its Summer Seminar, a two-day workshop focused this year on Pulitzer Prize-winning authors with connections to Arkansas; "Authors on Air" with Arkansas Literary Festival Coordinator Brad Mooy; "The Council for the Liberation of Blacks", a reading from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture; and recordings of music composed by William Grant Still, an African American classical composer raised in Little Rock who broke race barriers with his highly acclaimed work.
Selections from Legacies & Lunch featuring David Pryor, talking about Pryor's relationship with former governor, Orval Faubus; his relationship with former Representative John Paul Hammerschmidt; and his thoughts on the current state of Arkansas politics; an interview with Sgt. Allen L. Dunn, from the Korean War Project; Who You?, a segment about the Butler Center's genealogy resources, narrated by Rhonda Stewart, CALS' local history and genealogy expert; another installment of "Chewing the Fat with Rex & Paul"; Rod Lorenzen, manager of Butler Center Books, interviews Mike Polston, staff historian for the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture, who co-edited (with Guy Lancaster, editor of the EOA) "To Can the Kaiser: Arkansas and the Great War", published by Butler Center Books in 2015; "Pharoah Sanders", a reading from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture.
Selections from Legacies & Lunch featuring David Pryor, talking about his love of the Old State House, his early legislative involvement with the Young Turks, his inability to pass a memorial bill for Winston Churchill, and a kind note he received from Orval Faubus; Selections from Legacies & Lunch featuring Aretha Dodson discussing one room schoolhouses, split sessions, segregation during her childhood, and her book, "That's the Way it Wuz Back Then"; another installment of "Chewing the Fat with Rex & Paul"; #CALSStories with Chris Hancock of the Historic Arkansas Museum; Community organizer Freeman McKindra discusses the two years he spent in Pakistan with the peace corps, his world travels, and his work developing communities in Arkansas; and an interview with Eric Meincke, a 17 year old high school senior who will conduct the classical music performance at our next Arkansas Sounds concert, a tribute to Florence Price and William Grant Still.
Selections from Legacies & Lunch featuring David Pryor, talking about his rise in Arkansas politics and love of the state's history (continued from last week); selections from Legacies & Lunch featuring Jimmy Lou Fisher, Skip Rutherford, Alan Leveritt, Phyllis Brandon, and Milton Crenchaw; another installment of "Chewing the Fat with Rex & Paul"; Kate Chagnon interviews David Ware, author of "It's Official! The Real Stories Behind Arkansas's State Symbols", published by Butler Center Books in 2015; Willie Booker Jr. describes growing up in the delta and his experience in the segregated education system.
Selections from Legacies & Lunch featuring David Pryor, talking about his rise in Arkansas politics and love of the state's history; selections from Legacies & Lunch featuring Jimmy Lou Fisher, Skip Rutherford, Alan Leveritt, Phyllis Brandon, and Milton Crenchaw; another installment of "Chewing the Fat with Rex & Paul"; Lee Ann Hoskyn talks with Jay Grelen, author of "Sweet Tea Times", a collection of his columns from his years as a writer for the "Arkansas Democrat-Gazette"; an interview with Bill Carter, an attorney/musician's consultant who got two of the Rolling Stones out of jail in Fordyce, AR.
Selections from Legacies & Lunch featuring Bill Valentine, former professional baseball umpire and general manager of the Arkansas Travelers baseball team, and Little Rock civic leader Mollie Worthen; Arkansas musicians with birthdays in January: Ronnie Hawkins and William Warfield; another installment of "Chewing the Fat with Rex & Paul"; "Authors on Air", featuring the editors of the "Encyclopedia of Arkansas Music", Ali Welky and Michael Keckhaver; a portion of an oral history interview with Bob Boyd, noted local musician and former owner of Boyd's Music; and an interview with Tav Falco, Arkansas-born musician, performance artist, actor, filmmaker, and photographer, who will premier his film Urania Descending at CALS in January.
On this, the 201st anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans, hear a new version of the classic "Battle of New Orleans", written by Stone County native Jimmy Driftwood; selections from the October 2015 Legacies & Lunch concert featuring Stephanie Smittle and Kit and Kaboodle; we remember the life of the late Senator Dale Bumpers with a reading from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas and an excerpt from a 2004 interview by Jack Hill; another installment of "Chewing the Fat with Rex & Paul"; Marvin Schwartz discusses his book "We Wanna Boogie: The Rockabilly Roots of Sonny Burgess and the Pacers", a history of both the legendary Arkansas band and the Newport community in which they grew up and were influenced; a portion of an oral history interview with Bob Boyd, noted local musician and former owner of Boyd's Music.