Speakers to focus on bluff dwellings
Writers from the Arkansas Archeological Survey will talk about bluff dwellings in a "Legacies and Lunch" discussion Wednesday.
The noon event will be at the Darragh Center of the Central Arkansas Library System's Main Library at 100 Rock St.
Bluff shelters are natural dwellings that were used in prehistoric and historic times. Jamie Brandon and Lydia Rees, who write for the survey's Bluff Shelters and the Arkansas Ozarks website, will talk about what can be learned about the state's past.
Attendees of the free event are invited to bring a lunch. Drinks and cookies will be provided.
2 documentaries screen this week
The Ron Robinson Theater in downtown Little Rock will screen two films this week.
Today, The Workers Cup will start at 6 p.m. and will be followed by a discussion.
"When [the international soccer governing body] selected Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup, the petroleum-rich country used its vast and wealthy resources to begin constructing state-of-the-art stadiums and facilities utilizing millions of migrant workers. The Workers Cup follows a group of these men -- from India, Kenya, Nepal, and Ghana -- who, stuck in isolated camps, working arduous hours for unlivable wages, eagerly escape into a corporate-sponsored 'workers welfare' soccer tournament of their own," a news release said.
Director Adam Sobel, a North Little Rock native, will be present for the discussion after the screening.
On Thursday, there will be a screening of the film I Am Not Your Negro at 6:30 p.m., followed by a discussion with authors Daniel Black and Vincent Tolliver.
The film, a 2017 Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary, imagines the book that American writer and social critic James Baldwin never finished.
"In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, to be called Remember This House," a news release said. "The book was to be a revolutionary, personal account of the lives and successive assassinations of three of his close friends -- civil rights activists Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr. But at the time of Baldwin's death in 1987, he left behind only 30 completed pages of his manuscript."
A panel discussion will follow the film, featuring Black, a novelist and professor of black studies at Clark Atlanta University, and Tolliver, a Little Rock-based writer and activist.
Garden Market returns Saturday
The Bernice Garden Market on Little Rock's South Main Street is planned for Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
There will be artists, jewelers and vintage vendors selling collectibles and crafts. Items include kitchenware, books, retro clothes, jewelry, knitted accessories and artwork.
Artist, ex-addict will visit school
The University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service is hosting two events at Sturgis Hall this week.
On Thursday, there will be a talk with artist Mariel Capanna who will create a "permanent fresco" at an experimental art space run by Haynes Riley out of his brother's garage in North Little Rock.
The art space is called Good Weather Gallery. The discussion starts at 6 p.m.
On Friday, there will be a noon discussion with former addict Ryan Hampton on the topic of facing addiction across America.
Hampton is three years into recovery from a decade-long heroin addiction and is described as one of today's best-known recovery advocates in America. His social media posts reach more than 1 million people per week.
Both events, at 1200 President Clinton Ave., are free and open to the public.
Mural celebrates state farms, rice
A new mural will be revealed today on Little Rock's Main Street.
Presented by Arkansas Rice, the artwork shows a field during harvest. It will be on the exterior wall of Besser Ace Hardware at 1015 Main St.
The site was chosen to give urban Arkansans a glimpse of "life on the farm," according to a news release.
Arkansas produces about half of all the rice grown in the U.S. The mural says "I love AR rice," and passers-by can stand in the word "rice" to take a photo. Such photos can be shared online with the hashtag #iLoveARrice, according to the news release.
Little Rock artist Matt McLeod was commissioned to create the piece. The mural was created in partnership with the Downtown Little Rock Partnership. It will be unveiled at 11:30 a.m.
Topic of program on life of Mandela
The documentary photographer of President Nelson Mandela whose work is featured in a Clinton Presidential Center exhibit will be in town for a discussion Wednesday.
The program begins at 6:30 p.m. at the center's Great Hall.
Matthew Willman is a documentary photographer and author. In 2003 he was commissioned to archive and document the life of Mandela.
Willman has worked in 42 countries with clients including Oxfam International, the World Health Organization, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and the European Commission.
Metro on 10/30/2017