History is Served (Curbside!) • Exploring the Arkansas Delta: The Italians of Sunnyside
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• Dinner pick up from 4:30 to 6 pm at The Anthony School
• Zoom program at 7 pm with Chef Jacquelyn Compton and guest speakers, Dr. Jeannie Whayne and Dr. Anthony Borgognoni
2020 History is Served explores cultures, communities, and cuisine of the Arkansas Delta. The second in this series takes a look at the Italian communities that settled around Lake Village at the end of the 19th century. It’s been 125 years since the first Italians arrived at Sunnyside Plantation, answering a call for laborers and changing the cultural landscape of the Delta.
Chef Jacquelyn Compton of The Pizzeria will create a modern meal inspired by this community, available for curbside pick up.
Later that evening, there will be a virtual Zoom program that explores this slice of history a little deeper, with Chef Comption, Dr. Jeannie Whayne (editor of Shadows over Sunnyside: An Arkansas Plantation in Transition, 1830-1945) and Anthony Borgognoni, a resident of the Italian community in Lake Village.
Thank you to our sponsors, Arkansas Rice Federation, Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas and The Historic Arkansas Museum Foundation.