Little Rock notebook
St. Patrick’s Day parade ready to roll
The Irish Cultural Society of Arkansas’ 21st annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade will march through downtown on Saturday.
The parade begins at Sixth and Main streets in North Little Rock and travels across the Main Street bridge through the River Market area and ends at Third and Cumberland streets.
The parade is free to attend and begins at 1 p.m.
#ExploreLR turns residents to tourists
Officials are encouraging residents to explore the city with a new social media challenge that kicked off last week.
Participants have until Feb. 28, 2021, to photograph themselves or their families participating in each of 52 selected activities around the city and upload each post to Facebook, Instagram or Twitter using the hashtag “#ExploreLR.”
Those who complete 10, 20, 30 or all of the items will receive tiered prizes, which the city has not yet announced.
The checklist covers a variety of arts, cultural, historical and sports-related activities, including attending a high school sporting event, riding the Rock Region Metro streetcar and visiting the Central High National Historic Site Visitors Center.
The checklist is designed to encourage people to visit parts of the city where they wouldn’t normally go, such as cultural features or participating in recreational activities at libraries and community centers.
The full rules of the contest can be found by going to littlerock.gov, navigating to the “City Hall” tab at the top of the page and clicking on “Mayor’s Office.” A link to the “#ExploreLR Challenge” will be to the left of the page.
Semiannual book sale set at library
A volunteer organization supporting the Central Arkansas Library System will hold its semiannual used book sale Thursday to Saturday in downtown Little Rock.
Sale hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Friends of CALS members are invited to an evening shopping event on Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. Members of the nonprofit will also be given 9 a.m. entrance Friday and Saturday mornings.
Paperbacks are $1, while hardcovers are $2. The sale will take place at the Main Library, 100 Rock St.
Funds from the book sale help provide book club kids and summer reading club materials for branches as well as special Saturday programming for children at the Main Library, among other things, according to a news release from the library system.
To learn more about the sale, call (501) 918-3000 or visit cals.org. To volunteer, email pdeems@cals.org or call (501) 918-3085.