51st Annual Territorial Fair
Music, dancing, craft activities, games and magic!
Living Craft Workshop: The Art of Victorian Hair Work with Amy Arrmstrong
Create your own Victorian-styled hair-brooch masterpiece
51st Annual Territorial Fair
Music, dancing, craft activities, games and magic!
Living Craft Saturday in April
Commerce & Transportation
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission (ANHC) Meeting
Opening Reception – The Life and Legacy of Louis Jordan
Join the staff of the Delta Cultural Center as we welcome a new exhibit to the DCC Visitor Center on Friday, May 3, 2024, with a reception starting at 5 p.m. This new exhibit, which is on display from May 3 to June 28, will focus on the life and legacy of talented musician Louis Jordan from Brinkley, Arkansas.
DCC Depot Caboose Reading – “Papa’s Pets”
Join DCC Education Director Candace Dolls and DCC guide Glenda Biggs for our next Caboose Reading on Saturday, April 20, 2024, starting at 10 a.m. at the DCC Depot. The Caboose Readings are part of an educational series by the Delta Cultural Center, scheduled tentatively for every third Saturday, and promotes reading and local authors.
Anarchy in Arkansas: The Brooks-Baxter War at 150
In the spring of 1874, a dispute between rival factions of Arkansas’s Republican party over the fraud-plagued results of the 1872 gubernatorial election erupted in spasms of armed violence that made the eyes of the nation turn toward the state. Known as the Brooks-Baxter War, it is ill-remembered and even less understood by many Arkansas citizens, even though its aftermath continues to influence the state’s governance to this day.
Join us Saturday, April 20, from 10am to 2pm, as the Old State House Museum, the Arkansas State Archives and Historic Arkansas Museum present “Anarchy in Arkansas,” an interpretation and commemoration of the Brooks-Baxter War.
The program will be held at the Old State House and includes presentations by Arkansas historians, interspersed with readings taken from contemporary journalism and correspondence, telling the story of “Arkansas’s very own Civil War” in the words of those who were there. The venue is particularly appropriate, since much of the conflict took place within or nearby the graceful onetime state capitol.
Registration is $10.00 per person and includes a boxed lunch.
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE
For more info, contact the Old State House Museum’s Georganne Sisco, 501-324-8641, or Georganne.Sisco@arkansas.gov .
No physical ticket is necessary, a registration list will be kept at the door.
2nd Friday Art Night, April
Live music by Brian Nahlen, #ArkansasMade beer by Norfork Brewing, and springtime fun on the historic grounds!
Eclipse 1834
An historical teaser for the 2024 event!
