What: Local Author Day 2023
When: 05/03/2023 |11 AM to 4 PM
Where: Library Auditorium
Who: All Ages
As part of the 2023 Arts & the Park festival, the library is hosting an event celebrating local authors.
Itinerary:
Local Author Meet & Greet: 11 AM-noon and 12:30-1:30 PM. Registered authors will gather in the library’s auditorium to meet and greet the public, sell and sign books, and network with each other.
Local Author Panel: 2-3:30 PM. Authors will take the stage in the art corner of the nonfiction section to briefly introduce themselves and their work to the public. This portion of the event will also be livestreamed via Facebook Live at facebook.com/garlandcountylibrary and on the Garland County Library’s YouTube channel at youtube.com/garlandcolibrary.
Young Writer Showcase: 3:30-4 PM. Writers ages 18 & under are invited to submit flash fiction and poetry for display at a special reception for young writers.
No registration is required for attendees. If you are an author interested in participating, please contact Chanan Emmons at cemmons@gclibrary.com. Author spaces are limited, and registration will close when all table spaces are filled.
Young writers ages 12 & under can submit a 1-2 page short story or poem. Ages 13-18 can submit flash fiction (a story with a beginning, middle, and end in 1000 words or less) or 1-2 pages of poetry. All material should be family-friendly. Email submissions to cemmons@gclibrary.com.
Local Author Day is held in conjunction with the Arts & the Park festival, April 28th-May 7th, celebrating arts and culture in the Hot Springs area.
What: Growing Up at the Majestic Hotel
When: 4/18/23 @ 12pm
Where: Hybrid. In-person at Garland County Library or Virtual Livestream at facebook.com/garlandcountylibrary or youtube.com/user/GarlandCoLibrary
Who: 18+
No Registration
This program series is sponsored by the Garland County Historical Society in collaboration with the Garland County Library, with an additional sponsor this month – the Gateway Community Association.
Guest speaker and Hot Springs native Lisa Goodwin shares a unique childhood in a Hot Springs landmark—the Majestic Hotel. Her father, Leo Wolfe, was general manager from 1954-1982. Lisa Goodwin has worked for the Arkansas Department of Parks and the Hot Springs Advertising and Promotion Commission.
What: Writing Five Minute Memoirs for Joy and Healing
When: May 5th, 1pm – 4pm
Where: Garland County Library
Who: Ages 18+
Registration Required
In collaboration with the Hot Springs Area Cultural Alliance, the Garland County Library will be the host venue for several programs that are part of the Arts & The Park 2023 festival.
Join local author Dr. Millie Gore Lancaster for a 3-hour writing workshop teaching the skills to write your memoirs in a simplistic way. This is a hands-on workshop and not a lecture. Millie is a published author as well as the Program Director for the Hot Springs Village Writer’s Club. Participants should bring their own preferred writing supplies and prepare for an interactive experience in small groups led by Millie Lancaster.
The goal of this workshop is to help participants leave an effective and interesting written account of their life for joy and healing.
For more information about Arts & The Park 2023, visit the official website here:
Arts & The Park 2023
What: All Things Fiber: Stitching Soothes the Soul
When: May 4th, 9am – 5pm
Where: Garland County Library
Who: Ages 18+
No registration required
In collaboration with the Hot Springs Area Cultural Alliance, the Garland County Library will be the host venue for several programs that are part of the Arts & The Park 2023 festival.
This special edition of All Things Fiber will showcase an exhibition from several local fiber artists on Thursday, May 4th from 9 AM-5 PM at the Garland County Library. This year’s theme is “Stitching Soothes the Soul” and is a pop-in event. Techniques include embroidery, weaving, quilting, fabric manipulation, with spinning and yarn creations. If you love fiber and textiles, you will enjoy seeing the wide variety of creative handwork on display from the talented ladies of ‘kindred spirits.’ All Things Fiber meets weekly at the library on Thursday mornings from 9-11:30.
For more information about Arts & The Park 2023, visit the official website here:
Arts & The Park 2023
What: Quartz of the Ouachita Mountains
When: May 2nd @ 11:00am
Where: Library Auditorium
Who: 18+
No Registration
In collaboration with the Hot Springs Area Cultural Alliance, the Garland County Library will be the host venue for several programs that are part of the Arts & The Park 2023 festival.
Lisa Coleman Carey is the daughter of Ron Coleman of Ron Coleman Mining. She grew up immersed in the world of quartz crystal and in college, upon realizing she had to take science courses, began to learn it in a whole new way. She has an undergraduate degree from Trinity University in San Antonio and a masters degree from the University of Arkansas.
She worked as the employee communications coordinator at Murphy Oil Corporation, the director of development at what is now National Park College, and eight years ago opened All Things Arkansas and then All Things Natural in downtown Hot Springs.
During her presentation, she will take you on a brief history of quartz crystals in the Ouachita Mountains and growing up in rural Arkansas while being involved in international business. You will most likely learn something you did not know, and you might even laugh once or twice along the way.
For more information about Arts & The Park 2023, visit the official website here:
Arts & The Park 2023
