Prohibition exhibit featured at library
An examination of the Prohibition era, when alcohol was illegal and speakeasies flourished, is being featured in an exhibit at the William F. Laman Library, 2801 Orange St.
"Spirited: Prohibition in America" opened Saturday and will continue through Aug. 7 during regular library hours.
Prohibition began Jan. 17, 1920, a year after ratification of the 18th Amendment. The era ended Dec. 5, 1933, with passage of the 21st Amendment that repealed the 18th Amendment. During those years, it was illegal in the United States to manufacture, sell or transport alcoholic beverages.
The exhibit explores such issues as the changing role of liquor in American culture, widespread corruption and gangster activity, the effect of Prohibition on the Roaring '20s, and the histories of both sides of the divisive issue.
The exhibit is organized by the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, in collaboration with Daniel Okrent, author of Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition. The exhibit is part of a national tour in partnership with the Mid-America Arts Alliance.
Car and air show set for Saturday
The annual North Little Rock Car and Air Show will be 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at North Little Rock Municipal Airport, 8200 Remount Road.
The event will feature antique and custom-built airplanes and automobiles, airplane aerobatics and formation-flying demonstrations.
Admission is free, and there is free parking.
The air show will start at noon. Proceeds from concession sales will benefit the Wounded Warrior Project.
Tour stop to mark City Hall's 100th
In conjunction with the 100th anniversary of the opening of North Little Rock's City Hall, the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program's Sandwiching in History tour will feature the building July 10.
The noon tour of the building at 300 Main St. will be free and open to the public.
Construction of the two-story City Hall began in 1914, and the building was dedicated July 5, 1915. Its neoclassical revival design was by architect John L. Howard and based on a bank building in St. Louis.
No official observance is planned for the building's 100th anniversary, which will fall on the Sunday of the July 4 weekend, City Clerk-Treasurer Diane Whitbey and North Little Rock History Commission Executive Director Sandra Taylor Smith confirmed last week.
City government did sponsor an open house of City Hall last July in observance of the 100th anniversary of the building's construction.
The Sandwiching in History series features Pulaski County sites and includes a brief lecture and tour of the properties. Participants are encouraged to take their lunches. Information on all scheduled tours is available at the agency's website, arkansaspreservation.org.
Metro on 06/21/2015