National Endowment of the Arts - The Big Read

Friends of the Homer Public Library

Contact Info

500 Hazel Avenue
Homer, AK 99603-7849

Tel: 907/235-3180
Fax:
http://www.friendshomerlibrary.org

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The Things They Carried
Tim O'Brien

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Events

Big Read Kick Off Party

Join us at the library for a Go Back to the Sixties party featuring a live band playing Sixties and Seventies cover tunes, refreshments, and information about the Homer Big Read 2013.

Event Location: 500 Hazel Avenue, Homer, AK 99603-7849

Date: Fri, Jan 18, 2013
Time: 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Book: The Things They Carried

Story Corp Project

KBBI, the local public radio station, is hosting a “Story Corps” opportunity; members of the community can record important memories. These recordings will be featured on the Friends of the Homer Public Library website. By appointment with the radio station.

Event Location: 500 Hazel Avenue, Homer, AK 99603-7849

Date: Wed, Jan 23, 2013
Date: Fri, Feb 1, 2013
Date: Thu, Feb 7, 2013 – Fri, Feb 8, 2013
Date: Thu, Feb 14, 2013
Date: Mon, Feb 18, 2013
Date: Thu, Feb 21, 2013
Date: Mon, Feb 25, 2013
Book: The Things They Carried

The Things They Carried Reader's Theater

Members of Pier One Theater will present a dramatic reading of excerpts of The Things They Carried.

Event Location: 500 Hazel Avenue, Homer, AK 99603-7849

Date: Thu, Jan 24, 2013
Time: 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Book: The Things They Carried

Lecture on Political, Historical, and Social Ramifications of the Vietnam War

Professor Michael Hawfield of the Kenai Peninsula College, Kachemak Bay Campus, will host a lecture and discussion about the political, historical and social ramifications of the Vietnam War.

Event Location: 500 Hazel Avenue, Homer, AK 99603-7849

Date: Thu, Jan 31, 2013
Time: 6:00pm – 7:00pm
Book: The Things They Carried

Vietnamese Spring Festival Story Hour

Story Hour for pre-school age children exploring Vietnamese Culture

Event Location: 500 Hazel Avenue, Homer, AK 99603-7849

Date: Wed, Feb 6, 2013
Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm
Book: The Things They Carried

Echoes of the Vietnam War in Literature and Film

Local author, Rich Chiappone, will host a discussion group at the Homer Library about his short story “Raccoon,” which takes place during the Vietnam War, and will show the short film that was made from the short story.

Event Location: 500 Hazel Avenue, Homer, AK 99603-7849

Date: Thu, Feb 7, 2013
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Book: The Things They Carried

KBay Caffe Discussion Group

Book discussion group for The Things They Carried led by Suzanne Bishop.

Event Location: Pioneer Avenue, Homer, AK 99603-7849

Date: Fri, Feb 8, 2013
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Date: Fri, Mar 8, 2013
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Book: The Things They Carried

Homer Public Library Discussion Group

Discussion group at the Homer Public Library.

Event Location: 500 Hazel Avenue, Homer, AK 99603-7849

Date: Tue, Feb 12, 2013
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Date: Wed, Feb 20, 2013
Time: 4:30pm – 6:00pm
Date: Mon, Mar 4, 2013
Time: 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Book: The Things They Carried

Memory Collage Class

Ann-Margaret Wimmerstadt (from Bunnell Street Arts Center) will be holding a “memory” collage class, encouraging community members of all artistic levels to create art with memorabilia.

Event Location: 500 Hazel Avenue, Homer, AK 99603-7849

Date: Tue, Feb 19, 2013
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Book: The Things They Carried

Lecture on War Poetry throughout the Ages

Erin Hollowell, an adjunct professor at KBC, will moderate discussion about war poetry with examples from World War I and the Vietnam War as well as poems about the conflict in the Middle East.

Event Location: 500 Hazel Avenue, Homer, AK 99603-7849

Date: Thu, Feb 21, 2013
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Book: The Things They Carried

Tim O'Brien Capstone Address

Join us for an evening with Tim O'Brien, award winning novelist and author of The Things They Carried.

Event Location: Mariner Theater, 600 E. Fairview Avenue, Homer, AK 99603-7849

Date: Fri, Mar 1, 2013
Time: 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Book: The Things They Carried



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