The South Arkansas Preservation Society hosted the Original Thanksgiving Dinner event on Saturday at the Gallery of History. Staff including curator Darrin Riley cooked and served the meal which included smoked turkey and venison, greens, wild rice, maize catfish and more.
As he researched for last year s Night of the Living Newtons Halloween event, South Arkansas Historical Preservation Society curator Darrin Riley was struck by the degree of violence in El Dorado s past.
South Arkansas Historical Preservation Society curator Darrin Riley holds up an original poster of the 1947 film "The Ghost Goes Wild" at Barton Library on Saturday. Riley gave a presentation on the history of movie posters using examples from the Michael Fitzgerald Collection during a wine and cheese event at the library on Saturday.
Americana is the theme for summer at the South Arkansas Historical Preservation Society, and currently on display at the Gallery of History is an exhibit on artist Norman Rockwell that gets straight to the heart of that theme.