Fayetteville Public Library

Pete Hartman speaks to Christina Karnatz from the Fayettevile Public Library about how they will be celebrating 'Library Giving Day'

On the Community Spotlight this week, the Abilities Ball is a fundraiser to support Life Styles, Inc. and it's tomorrow. Also, Boots Riley will be a guest speaker at the Fayetteville Public Library on Monday. Riley is a rapper, activist, screenwriter, producer and director.

Pete Hartman speaks with Melissa Taylor, Manager for the Center for Innovation, about the Fayetteville Public Library Innovation Speakers Series continuing with ‘An Evening with Boots Riley’ on Monday, March 13th beginning at 6pm. This award winning director, writer, and musician will speak about his upcoming new series I’m a Virgo.

Jerry Mitchell is an investigative journalist who worked to reopen cold murder cases of civil rights activists. His book, "Race Against Time," chronicles the investigations and trials of the men who killed Medgar Evers, the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Ala. and others. He will discuss the book March 7 at the Fayetteville Public Library as a part of the annual "Gathering of the Groups" event and Northwest Arkansas Community College's Spring Arts and Culture Festival.

Organizations on the Community Spotlight this week included Music Moves, the Fayetteville Public Library, Fayetteville Mardi Gras and the University of Arkansas.

Susan Campbell Bartoletti doesn't underestimate her readers. She writes nonfiction work intended for young readers about the Hitler Youth, the birth of the Ku Klux Klan, and other hard topics. She will be at the True Lit Festival to discuss her latest book, How Women Won the Vote.

Banned Books Week is approaching and the Fayetteville Public Library's observance this year includes an open call for art inspired by a banned book.

Banned Books Week is approaching and the Fayetteville Public Library's observance this year includes an open call for art inspired by a banned book.

Suzanne Woods Fisher often sets her novels in Cape Cod, Pennsylvania and Maine. Her latest novel, The Sweet Life, serves as an inspiration for her talk Monday evening on July 18th at Fayetteville Public Library about the history of ice cream.

Suzanne Woods Fisher often sets her novels in Cape Cod, Pennsylvania and Maine. Her latest novel, The Sweet Life, serves as an inspiration for her talk Monday evening on July 18th at Fayetteville Public Library about the history of ice cream.