Baseball and Boarding Schools: UA Little Rock Archivist to Reveal American Indian Contributions to Arkansas Minor Leagues

The story of American Indians in baseball is a complex narrative rooted in cultural disruption, resilience, and athletic prowess. This history, which includes significant contributions to Arkansas minor league baseball, will be the focus of the next Legacies & Lunch program presented by the CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies. Erin Fehr, archivist and assistant Baseball and Boarding Schools: UA Little Rock Archivist to Reveal American Indian Contributions to Arkansas Minor Leagues

UA Little Rock to Host Chef Sean Sherman for Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lecture Series

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will welcome world-renowned chef, author, and Indigenous food systems advocate Chef Sean Sherman to Little Rock for a series of events on Oct. 21-22 as part of the Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lecture Series. Sherman, a member of the Oglala Lakota tribe, is internationally recognized for his groundbreaking work UA Little Rock to Host Chef Sean Sherman for Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lecture Series

UA Little Rock Downtown Opens New Exhibit on History of Music in Arkansas

UA Little Rock Downtown is celebrating the rich musical heritage of Arkansas with a new exhibit, “Arkansans and Their Music,” now open to the public through May 15. The exhibit explores how ordinary Arkansans lived with and through music during the 19th and 20th centuries, featuring a collection of stories, photographs, and artifacts from university UA Little Rock Downtown Opens New Exhibit on History of Music in Arkansas