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Danielle Dreilinger: The Secret History of Home Economics

Discussion & Book Signing

2024-02-28 12:00:00 2024-02-28 13:00:00 America/Chicago Danielle Dreilinger: The Secret History of Home Economics Please join CALS, the Women's Foundation of Arkansas and the ESSE Purse Museum for a free presentation by Danielle Dreilinger. Ron Robinson Theater -

Wednesday, February 28
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-02-28 12:00:00 2024-02-28 13:00:00 America/Chicago Danielle Dreilinger: The Secret History of Home Economics Please join CALS, the Women's Foundation of Arkansas and the ESSE Purse Museum for a free presentation by Danielle Dreilinger. Ron Robinson Theater -

Please join CALS, the Women's Foundation of Arkansas and the ESSE Purse Museum for a free presentation by Danielle Dreilinger.


Please join the Central Arkansas Library System, the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas and the ESSE Purse Museum at noon on Wednesday, February 28, at the Ron Robinson Theater for a free presentation by Danielle Dreilinger on her book The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live, which will be followed by a book signing.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Danielle Dreilinger is a national rewrite editor for Gannett/USA Today Network and the author of the critically acclaimed book The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live, published by W. W. Norton. She was a Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellow at the University of Michigan and has worked for The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune, WGBH News and The Boston Globe. Danielle has won numerous awards for her education coverage, including the Louisiana Press Association’s best features writer honor, and has received project fellowships from the Robert B. Silvers Foundation, the Education Writers Association and the Institute for Citizens and Scholars. She began her journalism career covering the arts for several outlets, including WBUR, where she was part of the team that won the station’s first Online Journalism Award. Her work has appeared in publications ranging from The Atlantic to Ploughshares to No Depression, among (many) others. She holds a bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, from Columbia University. Before moving to North Carolina in 2021, she lived in New Orleans and Boston. She is a fan of cats, crafting, books, history and change, people who are left out, the way we live now and what makes us tick.

Photo by Kathleen Flynn

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Society & Culture | Literature & Language | History & Genealogy |

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Ron Robinson Theater

Phone: 501.320.5715

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Ron Robinson Theater

Today's hours

We're open 9:00AM to 5:30PM

We're closed Friday July 04 due to Independence Day

Address
100 River Market Avenue
Little Rock, AR 72201
Tel: 501.320.5715

About the branch

The Ron Robinson Theater is a 315-seat multi-purpose event venue. Part of the Central Arkansas Library System’s (CALS) Main Library campus, it is designed to provide programs for all ages including films, music performances, plays, readings, lectures, speakers, and children’s activities. The theater is equipped with a state-of-the-art DCI-compliant Barco digital cinema projection system and 32′ wide retractable screen; and, a versatile sound system capable of Dolby 5.1 surround audio for movies, with a CL3 digital mixing console with ample inputs for traditional music concerts.

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