Pick up a copy of "The Great Gatsby", book marker, reader's guide and audio guide during open hours at Demitasse in Thibodaux and join one on the many book discussions, movie screenings and Gatsby parties in our area. For more information call the Houma Regional Arts Council, 985-873-6367
Event Location: Demitasse Coffee and Tea House, Thibodaux, LA, 70301
Photographs of Willa Cather's artifacts will be on display in the Daniel A. Reed Library Exhibit space throughout the Big Read calendar of events in February and March. The photographs have been paired with many antique farm impements and tools from the Western New York area. The farm antiques are gratiously on loan from the Chautauqua County Fairgrounds Farm Museum and tools from generous western New York residents.
Event Location: Daniel A. Reed Library ,280 Central Avenue, Fredonia, New York, 14063
In this cross-cultural program, students in After-School programs at the Canoga Park Youth Arts Center After-School Programs, and students in the Delores School in Taxco, Mexico will read selected stories from the book "Sun, Stone and Shadows", and create altars celebrating the lives of several deceased authors, including Octavio Paz, Martin Luiz Guzman, and Juan Rulfo. Educators from the Canoga Park Youth Arts Center will travel to Taxco, Mexico and work at the Dolores School with high school students, students with special needs, and physically- and mentally-challenged students. The original artwork created by students in Mexico will be brought back and displayed for students at the Canoga Park Youth Arts Center, who will respond by creating their own students will view the work of their Mexican counterparts and create their own altars. The artwork created by students in the US will in turn be shared with the participating students in Mexico. Upon conclusion, the artwork created by participating students from both Mexico and the United States will be combined to create a large visual presentation to be displayed at the City Hall Bridge Gallery and the Barnsdall Jr. Art Center Gallery. Parters include the United Nations International Sister City Organization; the "Friends of Taxco"; and the Dolores School in Taxco, Mexico.
Event Location: 7222 Remmet Avenue, Canoga Park, CA, 91303
The UTPA Library will host a Big Read Exhibit to include photos and information about the authors in Sun, Stone and Shadows. This exhibit will be featured in the main lobby of the Library. Exhibit will be open to the public.
Event Location: 1201 W. University Drive, Edinburg, Texas, 78539
An exhibition in the Wayne Center for the Arts' Gault Gallery of Mark Twain early editions, memorabilia, and photographs. ALso featured is the story of Twain's 1872 visit to Wooster.
Event Location: 237 South Walnut Street, Wooster, OH, 44691-4753
The Herbert S. Ford Memorial Museum is exhibiting The Civilian Conservation Corps in Claiborne and Surrounding Parishes a project of Triumph Over Tragedy. This exhibit salutes the revitalization and reforestation work successfully completed by America's young men at a time when economic chaos and unemployment had gripped the country for two years. A 1937 photograph of the Claiborne Parish Civilian Conservation Corp located in Homer and a photograph of the young men enlisted at that time serve as a backdrop to the exhibit on President Roosevelt massive revitalization of the nation’s economy. As part of Roosevelt’s New Deal, the CCC brought together the nation’s young men and the land in an effort to save them both. This peacetime army was sent out to battle the erosion and destruction of the nation’s resources. Photographs and art work of the projects of the CCC in Claiborne and surrounding parishes are featured. Open: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. For more information (318)927-9190. Admission: Family-$5, Adults-$3, Children-$1.
Event Location: Ford Museum: 519 So. Main Street, Homer, LA, 71040
Students' work from participating City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs After-School Reading /Activity groups will be exhibited at the LA City Hall Bridge Gallery. Exhibition will include art projects created by young people based upon the stories in "Sun, Stone and Shadows". An opening reception will be held on March 5, 2010 from 4-6pm at the LA City Hall Bridge Gallery.
Event Location: 200 North Main Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90012
Share your thoughts about The Things They Carried by posting a comment or picture and see reflections by faculty, students, and other community members.
Event Location: Westchester Community College, Student Center Building, 75 Grasslands Road, Valhalla, NY, 10603
Anthony Baker, owner of Barrister Books, will display his collection of beautifully bound, illustrated or illuminated volumes in the Library display cases on both floors.
Event Location: Staunton Public Library, Staunton, Virginia, 24401
Book giveaway: a limited number of copies of Fahrenheit 451 will be available at all Augusta County Library locations (Fishersville, Churchville, Craigsville, Deerfield, Middlebrook). Take a copy, read it, pass it on - or return it.
Event Location: Augusta County Libraries, Fishersville, Virginia
Exhibition of juried art work from local youth showing fanasty inspired maps.
Event Location: 2407 W. 111th Street, Chicago, IL, 60643
Teen Photographers Take on Longfellow! Students from Mount Saint Dominic Academy and James Caldwell High School have created some AMAZING work inspired by The Poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and it is on disply in The Gene and Kathryn Collerd Local History Resource Room. The MSDA students, under the direction and guidance of Art Teacher Linda Stewart, and the JCHS students, under the direction and guidance of by Art Club Moderator Bridgit Martin, are displaying their work in March, and James Caldwell High School students are displaying their creations in April. Please make certain to spend some time appreciating their work, their efforts, and join us for the receptions we are planning in March and April to celebrate these great young artists. And, thank you again, students and all, for being part of The Big Read of the Poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Event Location: 268 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell, New Jersey, 07006
Photographs, documents and artifacts of Massena during the 1920's will be on display in the main reading room during the month of March.
Event Location: 41 Glenn Street, Massena, NY, 13662-2017
Photographs, documents and artifacts from the Cobb Memorial Archives will be on display.
Event Location: 3419 20th Avenue, Valley, AL, 36854
The Reading Remix Exhibition will feature the work of the 20 students from Boys & Girls High School who have participated in our Big Read high school program called Reading Remix. Students have studied the text for five months, deconstructing themes and narrative found in Fahrenheit 451 and using those deconstructions as inspiration for digital media art work that will be displayed. The Students have worked with an English Teacher and a professional Graphic Designer to learn more about speculative fiction and how words can inspire us to create visual art. This event runs from February 26th - March 27th.
Event Location: Weeksville Heritage Center - 1698 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11213
Teen online book discussion of Harper Lee's biography I Am Scout by Charles Shields. Directions to enter the discussion available on the Teen Home Page from the White Lake Township Library's website: whitelakelibrary.org.
Event Location: 7527 E. Highland Rd., White Lake, MI, 48383
The Augusta County Historical Society presents a fiery exhibition! The gallery is open daily.
Event Location: R.R. Smith Center Gallery, Staunton, Virginia, 24402
The Monday Morning Book Group will be reading and discussing Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee by Charles J. Shields. Books are available at the library.
Event Location: Minot-Sleeper Library, Bristol, NH, 03222
Pre-schoolers and their adults are invited to a special jazz-themed storytime.
Event Location: 41 Glenn Street, Massena, NY, 13662-2017
The Massena Museum will host a 1920's exhibit during the month of March.
Event Location: Massena Musuem, 200 East Orvis Street, Massena, NY, 13662-2017
Photographs of contemporary Vietnam by Becket-based artist Joseph Wheaton, who has spent several months over the past seven years traveling throughout Southeast Asia, will be on display from March 13 through May 2 in the BerkshireBASE Gallery at the Berkshire Museum.
Event Location: Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA, 01201
See the book display and pick up a free copy of the new "Big Read" book "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fizgerald along with a reader's guide, audio guide, and book marker at the Thibodaux Library, during business hours and take part in the many book discussions, movie showings, Gatsby parties, jazz concerts and many Big Read events in Region 3. It's all sponsored by the Houma Regional Arts Council serving Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, St. John, Terrebonne and Assumption parishes.
Event Location: Thibodaux Library, Thibodaux, LA, 70301
Studio 84 has brought together 3 fantastic artists from the Milwaukee area for an exhibit in conjunction with the Big Read. It will be on until Cinco de Mayo block party on May 4. Dara Larson is art professor at Alverno College, Jose Chavez is a self taught artist focusing on traditional folk art of Mexico, and Emiliano Lake-Herrera is interested in the research, preservation, and practice of folk arts in the Americas. Studio 84, Inc. 121 W. Center Street www.studio84inc.org Closed Mondays.
Event Location: 121 W. Center Street, Whitewater, WI, 53190
This outreach program for Auburn City Schools will focus on the sights and sounds of rivers, American music featuring water such as the Erie Canla, Old Folks at Home(Swanee River, Rose of Alabamy and books such as River Parade, Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe and Mark Twain and the Queens of Mississippi.
Event Location: Auburn Early Education & elementary schools in Auburn, Auburn, AL
Spring Reading Program (March-April) Jumping into a good Book (think Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County) A complete listing of suggested titles featuring river animals will be available in the Youth Services Department.
Event Location: Auburn Public Library, Auburn, AL
The Haines Literature Club, Babbling Bookstore Book ClubBrown Bag Book Club, Alexandra's Book Club and the Junior High Youth Book Club will read and discuss The Maltese Falcon. Groups meet weekly at the Haines Pulbic Library and the Haines School Library. Book club members and new participants will be given a book bag containing The Maltese Falcon book, CD, and Reader's Guide.
Event Location: Haines Borough Public Library, P.O. Box 1089, Haines, Alaska, 99827
Think your dog is the best looking/sweetest/silliest/cutest/smartest looking animal ever? Bring in a photo to the library in your town and enter to win a wonderful prize package for your dog, including a beautiful new dog bed manufactured by Jacquart's Fabric Products! (Want a tip? Dogs that read...especially books like Call of the Wild...may have a bit of an edge in this contest. We also understand that it may even be possible for a cat to enter if it thinks it has what it takes to win!!) Go to http://www.uproc.lib.mi/Ironwood and link to our Big Read 2010 page, where you can go to find details on this contest.
Event Location: 4 city area, Ironwood, Bessemer, Hurley, and Wakefield, MI, 49938
The mushers are busy competing in the Iditarod, and we're busy competing in the I-Did-A-Read! We're pitting adults, teens, and grade school readers in a contest to see who can make it through all of the check points and finish the race. See details at your local libraries or at www.uproc.lib.mi.us/Ironwood
Event Location: Ironwood, Bessemer, Wakefield, and Hurley
Book discussion for College of Menominee Nation students, staff and community members at the Oneida Campus. Participants will be placed in a drawing for an IPOD each time they attend a book discussion. Snacks will be served.
Event Location: College of Menominee Nation Oneida Campus, Green Bay, WI
An exhibition of photographs of the Elders selected for the TRIUMPH OVER TRAGEDY Exhibition, including lectures on the Great Depression Era. For more information (318)329-2237. Admission: FREE.
Event Location: Masur Museum of Art: 1400 So. Grand Street, Monroe, LA, 71202
The UMass Boston Follett Bookstore will display photos on several walls in their store, of local area community leaders and UMass Boston faculty, staff and students reading Farhenheit 451, as a way to encourage others to read the book. There will also be display of the book and copies of the reader's guides available for bookstore visitors.
Event Location: 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA, 02125
Special three month long contest.
Event Location: Governor's Square Branch Library, Montgomery, AL, 36116
Join our online photo gallery by emailing pictures of you, your friends, and your family reading "The Call of the Wild" in wild locations. Email your photos to eldoradocountybigread@gmail.com. By emailing your photos you are giving The Big Read: WILD in El Dorado County permission to post them on our web site.
Event Location: www.eldoradocountybigread.org
Set in the rustic El Dorado County Museum will be an exhibit exploring the similarities and differences between our own local gold rush legacy and that of the Klondike experience.
Event Location: El Dorado County Historical Museum - 104 Placerville Dr., Placerville, CA, 95667
The TLAC Improv Troupe brings free programs into local Elementary Schools during February and March as part of the Big Read in Cherokee County. Public performances on Saturdays and Sundays at the Towne Lake Arts Center.
Event Location: 6576 Commerce Parkway, Woodstock, GA, 30189
An exhibit in our foyer entitled, Mark Twain, a Man and His World, will run March 2 until April 24.
Event Location: Muscle Shoals Public Library, Muscle Shoals, AL, 35661
The Killen Public Library will have a month-long story time using Tom Sawyer as the basis. The last Friday will be a Tom and Becky dress-up day. The story time will take place every Friday in March at 10:30 am.
Event Location: Killen Public Library, Killen, AL, 35645
Bring your thoughts and impressions of "The Grapes of Wrath" to a book discussion. Reader’s guides are free and available at any KPL branch. Participants will be led by a facilitator and will work from a discussion guide.
Event Location: PSN Family Resource Center, Kenosha Human Services Bldg 8600 Sheridan Road, Kenosha, WI, 53143
Group discussions of "The Things They Carried" by Timothy O'Brien. To obtain your free copy of the book and to join a book discussion group, call 660.785.4383.
Event Location: various locations, Kirksville, MO, 63501-4200
February - April, 2010 An exhibit of Lemon Street Gallery members’ original art work will be hung at the Harborside Common Grounds during the months of February, March, and April, 2010. The art will reflect the spirit of "The Grapes of Wrath," the Great Depression or related themes. Melanie Hovey, gallery director, will curate and hang the show.
Event Location: Harborside Common Grounds, Kenosha, WI, 53141-1414
View unique and original fence pickets, each painted by local art students, and on display throughout The Big Read.
Event Location: 350 North Wood Avenue, Florence, AL, 35630
Share your story all month long on our bulletin board.
Event Location: Somersworth Public Library, Somersworth, NH, 03878
Get a map from the librarian, follow clues and "scout" out the library. There are about 15 questions/tasks (i.e. find a picture of Alabama, etc.) related to To Kill A Mockingbird ... patrons will need to search around the library to find things. The prize: Patrons who successfully finish the hunt will receive a voucher for one "excused" late fee (up to $2 value.) A family program.
Event Location: Hampstead Public Library, Hampstead, NH, 03841
In the 1930s, photographers working for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) captured unforgettable images of human fortitude and despair in the face of calamity; Nebraska photographer Bill Ganzel set out in the late 1970s to find and re-photograph Dust Bowl survivors for a book and exhibition. This exhibit, abridged from the original by Humanities Texas and displayed in Sherman in 1999, combines the FSA photographs and Ganzel’s interviews to create an eloquent story of human fortitude.
Event Location: 201 S College Ave, Tyler, TX, 75702-7328
Each week in March the Commerce Library will be having a "To Kill a Mockingbird" quiz! On each Monday there will be a new quiz available at the adult reference desk. Library visitors can take these fun, and entertaining quizzes and earn the chance to win a prize. 1 entry per person, per week. Drawings will be held on the following Friday of each week.
Event Location: 2869 North Pontiac Trail, Commerce Township, MI, 48390
The Jackson Sun will be printing the full text of The Call of the Wild in the Jackson Sun newspaper! It will be printed in installments, so be sure to pick up copies of the Jackson Sun during the month of Feb. 25th - March 25th and participate in the Big Read by reading along!
Event Location: 245 West Lafayette Street, Jackson, TN, 38301-6340
Display viewing available throughout the months of Febrary and March. Artifacts pertaining to local heritage and pioneer items will be on display. Copies of "My Antonia" will be available as well. Come vist the Sinclairville Free Library to learn what life was like for early immigrants in the United States in Antonia's lifetime. Hours: Mondays 2-8 PM, Wednesdays 9-6 PM, Thursdays 4-8 PM and Fridays 10-4 PM
Event Location: Sinclairville Free Library, 15 Main Street, Sinclairville, New York, 14782
A daily reading of Fahrenheit 451 by a locally notable reader, followed by a brief discussion. Library first floor at 12:15.
Event Location: Staunton Public Library, Staunton, Virginia, 24401
Area artists will interpret (with artistic license) the hound of Fahrenheit 451 in a sculpture made of recyclables. He’ll be chained outside the Fishersville library all month.
Event Location: Augusta County Library, Fishersville, Virginia
Take part in a contest to name the hound sculpture outside the library!
Event Location: Augusta County Library, Fishersville, Virginia
If you could memorize one book to save its contents from being lost, which would you choose -- and why? Join our online blog (www.augustacountylibrary.org) or fill out a card at the library.
Event Location: Augusta County Library, Fishersville, Virginia
During The Big Read our display cabinet will feature photos, documents, and artifacts of White Lake in the 1930's.
Event Location: 7527 E. Highland Rd., White Lake, MI, 48383
Show off your artistic side! We will be accepting submissions for works of art composed entirely, or primarily of materials that would otherwise have been thrown away. Submissions will be accepted at the Headquarters Library on Friday, April 16. They will be displayed in the Pate Room of the Headquarters Library from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 17. Guest judges will award prizes for various age groups based on creativity, use of recycled materials, and overall composition. For complete rules and guidelines, and for an entry form, please stop by any of Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center location.
Event Location: Headquarters Library, 300 Maiden Lane, Fayetteville, NC, 28301
2 for 1 Book purchase of “Farenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury to encourage reading together with a younger or older member of the family or friend. Hand out with discussion questions included as part of The Big Read. Celebrate the Present Moment!
Event Location: Stone Soup Books & Cafe, Waynesboro, Virginia
A poetry writing contest for the public schools.
Event Location: Public schools, Pulaski, TN
Enjoy discussing books with your friends? Pick up all the fixings for a great book club of your own. Bags include 4 copies of "Call of the Wild", reader and audio guides, and a snack to enjoy during your club. All we ask is that you return the simple book club form to your library once you've completed your book club. You can even meet in cyberspace...check out the details on the Big Read 2010 page at www.uproc.lib.mi.us/Ironwood
Event Location: Ironwood, Hurley, Bessemer, and Wakefield Libraries, 49938
As part of the Big Read events, Maryland Correctional Libraries will host showings of the film, Fahrenheit 451, along with related film titles such as 1984, Lord of the Flies and Equilibrium. Showings will be followed by discussions of the film themes and how they relate to Fahrenheit 451. Various times and locations across the state.
Event Location: All Maryland Prison Libraries, Maryland
Documentary film producer Kevin McCaffrey is a James Beard Award finalist, a publisher, writer, editor, and oral historian who brings to the Eunice "Big Read" a delicious sense of preserving our unique Louisiana, Creole and Cajun food cultures. In this program Kevin will talk about his work in these areas, show some of his video programs and discuss the importance of information, literacy and recording the unique culinary traditions of Louisiana. As a writer and editor, Kevin provides a very unique perspective and understaning of not only recording food history, but the importance of a vibrant and literate society to keep these customs afloat as well as flourshing.
Event Location: LSU Eunice - LeDoux Library - Building #2, Eunice, LA, 70535-1551
Stop by weekly to take part in our month-long trivia contest. Small prizes will be awarded.
Event Location: Boscawen Public Library, Boscawen, NH, 03303
Local visual artists show original art in multiple media at ArtSpace, the El Dorado Arts Council Gallery.
Event Location: 459 Main Street, Placerville, CA, 95667-5637
Join us at the Chit Chat Cafe at the Massillon Musuem for a book discussion on topics relating to The Shawl. All are welcome!
Event Location: Massillon Museum, 121 Lincoln Way E, Massillon, OH, 44646
A series of book discussions will be held to learn and share about Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.
Event Location: Eastern Correctional Institute - West, Westover, MD
The Waynesboro Public Library displays the classics all month long. How many have you read?!
Event Location: Waynesboro Public Libary, Waynesboro, Virginia
Book Works will donate 10% of all copies of Fahrenheit 451 sold in March to the Friends of the Staunton Library.
Event Location: Book Works, Staunton, Virginia
Students and community members will be asked to share one strong belief that they have using the This I Believe essay form from NPR. These will be judged and prizes will be awarded to the top five entries.
Event Location: Epping Middle School, Epping, NH, 03042
The Wooster Book Company, located in the heart of Downtown Wooster, will be offering several special activities daily including: • a treasure chest contest • free cave-maze handouts • a Twain-themed window display • offering gold dollar coins for change
Event Location: 205 W. Liberty Street, Wooster, OH, 44691
Masur Museum of Art will host the culminating art exhibit resulting from three years of planning and development of the commemoration of the Great Depression in "Triumph Over Tragedy." The exhibit will include a documentary film created by Patrick Long,digial showings of the elder interviews, storytellers representation of the elders stories of the Great Depression, and a photographic display of "Elders" who lived through the Great Depression and New Deal Era in North Louisiana. Photographers Brad Arendar, Scarlett Hendrix and Neil Johnson have curated an exhibition of their favorite photos of the project.
Event Location: Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA, 71201
Open to children ages-10-17. Using ideas from The Wizard of Earthsea create a fantasy creature using any art medium. Bring your original creation in to the Spring Arbor Branch by March 26.
Event Location: Jackson District Library Spring Arbor Branch, 113 E. Main St. , Spring Arbor, MI, 49283
Join the Ferndale Seniors Group to discuss The Maltese Falcon. Date and Time will be announced shortly.
Event Location: 642 E. 9 Mile Road, Ferndale, MI, 48220-1731
Paintings and photos of Greenwood and appliances from the 1930's are on display at The Museum.
Event Location: The Museum, Greenwood, SC, 29646-2240
Children are invited to decorate paper fence posts, which will then be placed around the Children’s department at the Tuscaloosa Public Library.
Event Location: Tuscaloosa Public Library, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35401
Continuation of excerpts of "My Antonia" published in the Chautauqua Star every Thursday with URL to read the entire book online. Members of Chautauqua County will be able to converse and discuss the readings on the telephone or in social gatherings of their choice. Join your neighbors in the discussion!
Event Location: 280 Central Avenue, Fredonia, New York, 14063
An interactive exhibition based on the life and work of Mark Twain. Exhibit included with museum admission. Monday-Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Sunday, noon-5:30 p.m.
Event Location: Mark Twain Museum Center, 65 Forest Street, Hartford, CT, 06105
In celebration of the Big Read, Barnes and Noble will set up a banned book display to educate and promote awareness to the variety of novels that were once banned for their controversial nature and ideas. Fahrenheit 451 will included in the display to promote the Big Read.
Event Location: Barnes and Noble, 3120 Fairlane Dr., , Allen Park, MI, 48101
In celebration of the Big Read, Caroline Kennedy Library will set-up a display of banned books to educate and promote awareness for the variety and number of books that were once banned for their controversial nature and ideas. Fahrenheit 451 will be highlighted in the display in and effort to promote the Big Read, featuring the Bradbury classic.
Event Location: Caroline Kennedy Library, 24590 George St, Dearborn Heights, MI, 48127
The Northwest Room in the Downtown Spokane Public Library is featuring a display of books through the centuries that, like “To Kill a Mockingbird”, have been the objects of censorship attempts. Included are rare copies of such works as “The Odyssey”, “The Divine Comedy” and “The Origin of Species” from the library’s rare book collection.
Event Location: 906 West Main Avenue , Spokane, WA, 99201
As a lead-in for The Big Read, the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Libraries has planned three contests to introduce school-age children to the many themes related to "The Call of the Wild". These contests run March 1 through April. "This Dog is a Hero" is for children 5-8. They are asked to write an essay about a dog that they believe is a hero and why. This may be a pet, a dog the child has known, or a dog the child has read about. Essays will be printed in the local newspaper.
Event Location: 101 West King Street, Martinsburg, West Virginia, 25401
As a lead-in for The Big Read, the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Libraries has planned three contests to introduce school-age children to the many themes related to "The Call of the Wild". These contests run March 1 through April. I-did-a-Read is a reading challenge for children 9-12. Children are asked to read, record, and return a reading list of five books to "finish" the dog sled race. A"Claim the Gold" winner will be drawn from the completed forms May 15.
Event Location: 101 West King Street, Martinsburg, West Virginia, 25401
As a lead-in for The Big Read, the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Libraries has planned three contests to introduce school-age children to the many themes related to "The Call of the Wild". These contests run March 1 through April. Students 13-19 are asked to decorate a denim jean pocket to reflect the theme of "The Call of the Wild", dog heroes, the Yukon Gold rush, or the beauty of the wilderness. All entries will be displayed during the Gold in your Pocket Exhibit beginning April 25. winners will be announced May 15.
Event Location: 101 West King Street, Martinsburg, West Virginia, 25401
Attention Book Clubs! Is your group interested in participating in The Big Read? We have book club kits available for your convenience. The kits include 10 copies of the book The Age of Innocence, 10 Reader's Guides, an Audio Guide, and a DVD of the 1993 movie starring Winona Ryder, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Michelle Pfeiffer. Call Korin Rosenkrans at 973-887-5150 x214 for more information.
Event Location: 449 Halsey Road, Parsippany, NJ, 07054
"I think this [Hartford] is the best-built and handsomest town I have ever seen," said Twain. Craig Hotchkiss, Education Program Manager at The Mark Twain House & Museum, will discuss why the Clemens family came to live in Hartford and how his home was saved from demolition. There will be a 20 minute DVD about how this treasure was saved.
Event Location: South Windsor Public Library, 1550 Sullivan Avenue, South Windsor, CT, 06074
Georgia Radio Reading Service (GARRS) will broadcast a reading of "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" to enhance the ability of the visually impaired to participate in the Big Read.
Event Location: 1000 Chastain Road NW, Kennesaw, GA, 30144-5588
Author Paul LaFleur leads a discussion of Poe's works.
Event Location: Edison State College, 26300 Airport Road, Room 117, Punta Gorda, FL, 33950-5759
Listen to Klezmer music from the Jewish folk tradition. Frank Nanna and fellow musicians perform.
Event Location: Worcester County Library/Berlin Branch, Berlin, MD, 21811
Discuss the themes and ideas found in Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.
Event Location: Brockbridge Correctional Institute
The Cattaraugus Free Library will be having a Big Read display during the months of February and March, 2010. Artifacts pertaining to local heritage and pioneer items will be on display and copies of My Antonia will be available as well. Come visit Cattaraugus Free Library to lean what life was like for early immigrants in the United States in Antonia's lifetime. The Library is closed on Sundays and Wednesdays. Mondays 2-5 PM, Tuesdays 9-12 and 2-8 PM, Thursdays 1:30-5:30, Fridays 2-8 PM and Saturdays 10-2 PM.
Event Location: Cattaraugus Free Library, 21 Main Street, Cattaragus, New York, 14719
The Forty Days of Musa Dagh is a 1934 novel by Austrian-Jewish author Franz Werfel based around an event that took place on Musa Dagh in 1915 during the Armenian Genocide in Turkey. The book was first published as Die vierzig Tage des Musa Dagh in German in November of 1933. The Forty Days of Musa Dagh achieved great international success and has been credited with awakening the world to the evidence of the persecution of the Armenians. The novel is a fictionalized account based on the real-life defense of Musa Dagh's Damlayik by Armenians who were facing systematic deportations and massacres put into effect by the Committee of Union and Progress central government. Although written as a novel, the historical background content of the book has generally been accepted as fact. In the 1930s, Turkey pressured the United States State department to prevent MGM Studios from producing a film based on the novel. As William Albig writes: “In terms of the present capital organization and system of distribution the foreign market is very important to the American industry. The good will of foreign exhibitors and publics is often sought by changing the content of films, deleting offensive sections. It is reported that production ... [of] The Forty Days of Musa Dagh was halted, in Turkey's interest.”[1] A filmed version of the story was eventually made independently and was released theatrically in 1982. FREE POPCORN!!
Event Location: 690 Adams Street, Dorchester, MA, 02122
The Latino Theater Company, a multi-cultural theater company, will facilitate discussion and lead free theatrical workshops with 150 students from participating Los Angeles Unified School District schools. The Culminating Production will be open to the general public, as well as all participating schools. Workshops will focus on the stories discussed in the NEA Reader’s and Teacher’s Guides. Each student will develop a concept for a new play inspired by the book to be commissioned by LTC. These concepts will be developed by the students and LTC staff into a final play to be performed by the students at the Los Angeles Theatre Center in Downtown Los Angeles. Students from the participating schools and readers of the work from the general public will attend the performance.
Event Location: 514 South Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90014
Grades 4 -5 Participate in special pioneer-related activities based on this year's Big Read, "My Antonia." Sponsored by the Friends of the Vigo County Public Library.
Event Location: One Library Square, Terre Haute, IN, 47807
A showing of the film "A Lesson Before Dying."
Event Location: Gainsboro Library, Roanoke, VA, 24016
Extreme science experiment with water. For school-aged children.
Event Location: Augusta County Library, Fishersville, Virginia
Wine Tasting & Poetry Sharing, “ We will be focusing on Poetry of Ray Bradbury as part of the Big Read.
Event Location: Stone Soup Books and Cafe, Waynesboro, Virginia
Enjoy an after-work latte or sandwich, as well as a discussion of Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer at Downtown Wooster's favorite coffee spot.
Event Location: 146 East Liberty, Wooster, OH, 44691
History Professor, Dr. Harvey Jackson, will discuss the events taking place in the country during the time period depcited by "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." He will set the author and the book in historical perspective.
Event Location: Houston Cole Library at Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL, 36265
A pizza party and book discussion for the Paulding County Boys and Girls Club.
Event Location: Paulding County Library, Dallas, GA, 30132
Join us as we kick off our second Big Read with entertainment from Adelphi Chamber Ensemble. They will be performing selections from Faust. Refreshments will be served.
Event Location: 449 Halsey Road, Parsippany, NJ, 07054
Watch the film version of To Kill a Mockingbird. Free popcorn and snacks! No registration necessary.
Event Location: 2869 North Pontiac Trail, Commerce Township, MI, 48390
Stuart Walker Chief Conservator in the Rare Book Department of the Boston Public Library will talk about book preservation
Event Location: Adams Branch Library, 690 Adams Street, Dorchester, MA, 02122
Suzanne Brown is a fiction writer whose stories have appeared in such national literary magazines as The Yale Review, The Southern Review, and The Indiana Review. Her work has been anthologized in New Stories from the South and twice listed as distinguished in the annual collections of Best American Short Stories. She teaches part-time at Dartmouth College. Funding for this program was provided by the New Hampshire Humanities Council.
Event Location: G.H. Bixby Memorial Library, Francestown, NH, 03043
Panel discussion by prominent community members on the topic of Privacy (including the Internet and the Patriot Act). The discussion will be facilitated by trained moderator, Jackie Ryle.
Event Location: Woodward Park Regional Library, 944 East Perrin Avenue, Fresno, CA, 93720
Come and learn how to appraise your books with Dan Dunklee from the Clovis Book Barn, and Librarian, Bill Secrest Jr. Bring a book to be appraised.
Event Location: Sanger Branch Library, 1812 7th Street, Sanger, CA, 93657
Atticus Finch steps from the pages of “To Kill A Mockingbird” and brings to life the tragedy and triumph of Harper Lee’s classic novel. As a loving father, compassionate friend and uncompromising attorney, Atticus represents the divine spark in the human spirit as he leads a cast of other unlikely heroes in this story. The courtroom drama, the poignant interactions between father and children, the harsh realities of bigotry and hatred blend to make this a compelling theatrical event. The time is 1930’s Alabama but the enduring truth is for now and always. Atticus Finch is portrayed by Richard Clark, an actor with over thirty years of experience in New England regional theater, New York Theater and television.
Event Location: Hampstead Public Library, Hampstead, NH, 03841
Book discussion of To Kill a Mockingbird
Event Location: Somersworth Public Library, Somersworth, NH, 03878
Attorney Barbara Keshen will give a presentation about the role of defense lawyers in the criminal justice system. Using the portrayal of Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird as a starting point, the question of how perceptions of defense attorneys have changed will be discussed. The NH Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers sponsored this program as part of Big Read: NH Reads To Kill a Mockingbird.
Event Location: Concord Public Library, Concord, NH, 03301
As part of a joint book discussion program with the Meriden Library.
Event Location: Philip Read Memorial Library, Plainfield, NH, 03781
Join musicians Matt Watroba and Robert Jones as they explore the musical roots of the Civil Rights Movement. Many of the most poignant themes of To Kill a Mockingbird will come alive in this concert for all ages at the Dublin Community Center. Please register by calling: 248-698-2394
Event Location: 685 Union Lake Rd., White Lake, MI, 48386
