Month: July 2025

I always knew that June was Pride Month for the LGBTQ+ community, but I didn’t know until recently that July is Disability Pride Month. As soon as I found out, I got excited to create a program highlighting Arkansans with disabilities who have become known locally, nationally, and internationally for their incredible accomplishments.

The labels we assign to people in our lives are sometimes inadequate when describing their place in history. The names we call our grandparents are often different than the names their children assign to them or the names their friends and extended family assign to them.

I know my grandfather as “Paw Paw.” His name is Willie Toombs,

The Harrison-Jones Family Papers (MSS.12.21), although they are small collection, provide insights into a surprising variety of topics. Based on the personal papers of Eula Ruth Jones Harrison, the collection documents both the Jones family of Clark County and the Harrison family of Howard County. Of special interest is the material documenting the military service of Lewis T.

Summer @ CALS, the summer reading program at the Central Arkansas Library System, is in full swing, and this year’s theme, Color Our World!, celebrates making and enjoying art.

One of the ways we’re celebrating our colorful, art-filled world at the CALS Roberts Library is the Studio Scans program with the DIY Memory Lab.

For the first Lizard Luau of Summer @ CALS, the staff and patrons at the CALS Hillary Rodham Clinton Children’s Library & Learning Center welcomed Megan, who works for Arkansas Reptile Rescue. I brought the lizard stickers and the reptile toys, the lizard coloring sheets, and the presentation full of pictures and factoids to the Children’s Library.