We Walk in Two Worlds: The Caddo, Osage and Quapaw in Arkansas
Permanent Exhibit
Historic Arkansas Museum
Learn the story of Arkansas's first people, in their own words. Those words and more than 150 objects tell teh history of the Caddo, Osage and Quapaw--their arrival, their lives here, their forced removal and how their traditions continue today.
King Biscuit Time
Each weekday
12:15 p.m.
- 12:45 p.m.
DCC Visitors Center
141 Cherry Street
Helena-West Helena
“King Biscuit Time,” the nation’s longest-running blues radio program, is hosted each weekday at the DCC Visitor’s Center by “Sunshine” Sonny Payne, from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m.
Admission is free; the public is welcome to attend.
“Delta Sounds,” hosted by DCC Assistant Director Terry Buckalew and Payne, is broadcast each Friday at 1 to 1:30 p.m.
Gallery hours at the DCC Visitors Center at 141 Cherry Street and the nearby DCC Depot at 95 Missouri Street are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays.
For more information, interested persons can contact the Delta Cultural Center at (870) 338-4350 or toll free at (800) 358-0972, visit the DCC online at www.deltaculturalcenter.com, or email info@deltaculturalcenter.com.
Saturday Programs
Saturdays This Month
10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Join us for special Arkansas history programs on Saturdays during the month of February. Admission is free. Call (501) 324-9685 for more information.
SCHEDULE:
10:00—The Knife Fight
Experience the comedic version of the famous 1837 duel.
(1836 House of Representatives Chamber)
11:00—Meet Ida Joe Brooks, First Female Doctor in Arkansas
(1836 House of Representatives Chamber)
12:00—The Knife Fight
(1836 House of Representatives Chamber)
1:00—Learn to play the popular Victorian game Skittles
(Whistle Stop Station)
2:00—The Knife Fight
(1836 House of Representatives Chamber)
3:00—Arkansas’s First Ladies Gallery Talk
(First Families of Arkansas Exhibit)
4:00—The Knife Fight
(1836 House of Representatives Chamber)
Brown Bag Lunch Lecture - The Life of a Woodruff County Girl
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Noon - 1 p.m.
Born on Big Dixie Plantation in 1926, Laverne Feaster will discuss her childhood spent on this eastern Arkansas cotton plantation during the Depression. She will also share her experiences of the private schools of the day. Attending private school allowed Feaster to advance beyond the 8th grade education available in the segregated public school system where her mother taught.
Laverne Feaster graduated from Arkadelphia Cotton Plant Presbyterian Academy in Cotton Plant, Arkansas, and received higher education from Swift Presbyterian Junior College in Rogersville, Tennessee, before earning a BS degree from Tennessee State University in Nashville, and a MED degree from the University of Arkansas - Fayetteville. She taught in eastern Arkansas high schools from 1950 to 1963. In 1963 Feaster began her twenty-nine year career with the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, serving as a District Agent and becoming the first African-American woman in the United States to hold the position of State Leader of 4-H. She was also appointed by Governors Clinton and Tucker to the Commission for Arkansas’ Future and the Keep Arkansas Beautiful Commission.
Admission to Brown Bag Lunch Lectures is free. Participants are encouraged to bring a sack lunch; beverages are provided.
MTCC and Arkansas Black Hall of Fame presents: the Distinguished Laureate Lecture Series with Amina Myers
Thursday, February 9th, 2012
10 am
- 11 am
501 West 9th Street
Born in Blackwell, Ark. and a graduate of Philander Smith College, Myers has performed nationally and internationally. She is well known for her works involving voice choirs and voice and instrumental ensembles. Hear a lecture and musical performance to celebrate her illustrious music career.
Free Event
Teachers call ahead to schedule attendance for your students.
2nd Friday Art Night
Friday, February 10, 2012
5 pm
- 8 pm
501 West 9th Street
Come and explore the museum’s unique collection of works by a variety of African American artists celebrating the history and culture of Arkansas.
Free Event
2nd Friday Art Night
Friday, February 10, 2012
5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
The Old State House Museum is one of several downtown locations that hosts this evening of entertainment and exhibits. While here, shop the Museum Store and enjoy refreshments. Celebrate Valentine's Day early with decadent chocolate treats and a reading of love poems. Visitors may ride the trolley to visit other participating venues. Admission is free.
Family Fun Saturday
Saturday, February 11, 2012
1:30 pm
- 2:30 pm
501 West 9th Street
Families are invited to attend an amazing magic show full of mystery and history! The show will feature fun and engaging magic tricks of things that fly; all while exploring the legacy and accomplishments of the Tuskegee Airmen
Free Event
Exhibit Closing – A Night of Music with Galen
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
6:30 pm
- 8:30 pm
501 West 9th Street
Join us as we present a night full of music and entertainment to celebrate the closing of Soul Sanctuary. Performance includes an exploration of the history of jazz and music by renowned flautist Galen.
Free Event
2012 Little Beginnings Toddler Program
Begins Wednesday, February 15, 2012
10:30 a.m.
The Little Beginnings Toddler Program is for children ages 2 through 4 with parent. Each month the class will highlight a different topic and promote learning through hands-on activities, music making, movement and storytelling. Admission is free. No day care or school groups please. Call (501) 324-9685 for more information.
2012 SCHEDULE: February 15: Valentines; March 21: Weather; April 18: Earth Day (Jane Jones-Schulz); May 16: Flowers; June 20: Box Turtles (Jane Jones-Schulz); July 20: Flags; August 17: Transportation; September 21: Trees; October 19: Halloween; November 16: Thanksgiving; December 21: Winter Holidays around the World
Brown Bag Lunch Lecture & Booksigning: Growing Up in Arkansas
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Noon - 1 p.m.
Dr. Bolsterli will discuss her new book and the related exhibit, Things You Need to Hear: Memories of Growing Up in Arkansas from 1890 to 1980. Bolsterli also wrote two books about Arkansas, Born in the Delta and During Wind and Rain, all published by the University of Arkansas Press. Admission is free. Participants are encouraged to bring lunches; beverages are provided. Books are available in the Old State House Museum Store.
Arkansas Black History Quiz Bowl
Saturday, February 18, 2012
10 am
501 West 9th Street
Students grades 6-12! Enter the Quiz Bowl, and grow your knowledge of black history. Teams must include 3 players. Study guide is available. To register, visit arblackhistoryquiz.com or call (501) 913-2136.
Free Event
Voices Without Borders
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
10 am
501 West 9th Street
A musical presentation featuring sounds and songs that celebrate African American history and culture.
Teachers call ahead to schedule attendance for your students.
Free Event
A Walk through History - Brown Bag Lunch Lecture
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Noon - 1 p.m.
This presentation will offer a deeper understanding and appreciation of the struggle of the Little Rock Nine to gain equal access to education by desegregating Central High School in 1957. Photographs and letters will provide a context to this historic event.
Presenter Kimble Talley is the Education Specialist at Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site. Talley started her career as a classroom teacher for the Pulaski County Special School District before joining the National Park Service in 2009. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in history, a Master's Degree in Secondary Education, and a Master’s Degree in Learning Systems Technology. She serves on the board of the Arkansas Council for the Social Studies and the Arkansas Curriculum Conference.
Admission to Brown Bag Lunch Lectures is free. Participants are encouraged to bring a sack lunch; beverages are provided.
Brown Bag Lunch Lecture - African-American Fraternal Headstones in Arkansas: Identification and History
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Noon - 1 p.m.
Arkansas’s African-American cemeteries are dotted with monuments from fraternal organizations like the Supreme Royal Circle of Friends, Knights and Daughters of Tabor, and Mosaic Templars of America. The monuments reflect a strong interest and need for burial insurance among African Americans at the turn of the century. This presentation, by Dr. Blake Wintory, will discuss fraternal history and show examples from throughout Arkansas.
Wintory is the Assistant Director and Facilities Manager of Lakeport Plantation. He has published articles in the Arkansas Historical Quarterly, including an article on William Hines Furbush, an African-American legislator and sheriff in Lee County, Arkansas, and a biographical analysis of Arkansas’s 84 nineteenth-century African-American state legislators.
Admission to Brown Bag Lunch Lectures is free. Participants are encouraged to bring a sack lunch; beverages are provided.
Sandwiching in History - Karl L. Stahl House
March 7, 2012
12:00 P.M.
- 1:00 P.M.
1504 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.
Sandwiching tour of the Karl L Stahl House. See website for more information.
Walks Through History - Arkadelphia Commercial Historic District
March 10, 2012
11:00 A.M.
- 1:00 P.M.
401 Clay St.
Walks Through History Tour of the Arkadelphia Commercial Historic District. See website for more information.
Archaeologies of the Civil War in Arkansas - Brown Bag Lunch Lecture
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Noon - 1 p.m.
This talk will outline how the archeology of the Civil War can improve our understanding of this most pivotal event in American history. Dr. Jamie C. Brandon will talk about work at battlefields and military sites such as Wilson's Creek, Prairie Grove, Pea Ridge, Cross Hollows, Dooley's Ferry and Helena. He will also talk about what archeology on civilian sites occupied during the war (Van Winkle's Mill, the Old State House and Historic Washington State Park) can tell us about the conflict in Arkansas.
Brandon is the Research Station Archeologist with the Arkansas Archeological Survey stationed at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, Arkansas. In this position he is responsible for conducting excavations and public outreach for 11 counties in southwestern Arkansas. He is also the Vice-Chairman of the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission and has served on that body since its creation in 2006. Brandon received his PhD in Anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin, his MA from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and his BA from Memphis State University. He has over twenty- five years of experience as a professional archeologist and has conducted archeological investigations in 13 different southeastern states. He has recently been involved in the archeology of historic-period sites and has become a specialist in the archeology of the nineteenth century American South.
Admission to Brown Bag Lunch Lectures is free. Participants are encouraged to bring a sack lunch; beverages are provided.
Brown Bag Lunch Lecture - The Young Women's Christian Association in Arkansas
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Noon - 1 p.m.
Dr. Cherisse Jones-Branch will discuss the origins and the activism of the Arkansas YWCA. She will focus on the YWCA's role as an organization who’s largely Protestant, middle-class membership was dedicated to "Christian social work" among educationally and economically disadvantaged women. Dr. Jones-Branch will also highlight the limitations of the YWCA's activism in Arkansas as it often failed to overcome deeply entrenched racial segregation, even within its own organization.
Dr. Jones-Branch is associate professor of history at Arkansas State University-Jonesboro where she teaches courses in U.S., women's, and African-American history. She is the author the essays “How Shall I Sing the Lord’s Song?”: United Church Women Confront Racial Issues in South Carolina, 1940s-1960s in Throwing of the Cloak of Privilege: White Southern Women Activists in the Civil Rights Era; “Mary Church Terrell: Revisiting the Politics of Race, Class, and Gender” in Tennessee Women: Their Lives and Times, Volume I; and “I Cannot Be Bought and Will Not Be Sold”: Modjeska Monteith Simkins, 1899-1992, in South Carolina Women: Their Lives and Times, Volume III. She also recently completed a manuscript entitled "Repairers of the Breach": Black and White Women and Racial Activism in South Carolina, 1940s-1960s to be published by the University Press of Florida and is the co-editor of Arkansas Women: Their Lives and Times (in progress).
Admission to Brown Bag Lunch Lectures is free. Participants are encouraged to bring a sack lunch; beverages are provided.
Sandwiching in History - Mosely W. Hardy House
April 6, 2012
12:00 P.M.
- 1:00 P.M
2400 S. Broadway St.
Sandwiching in History Tour of the Mosely W. Hardy House. See website for more information.