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
Marsahll/Harrison County, Texas and Surrounding Communities announce their 2nd year launching of the aea-wide Reading Program on April 1, 2010 at 5pm - 6:30pm. Opening with the introduction cd and followed with an historical discussion with the College Professors, public/state officials, community area-wide, students, faculty and staff.
Event Location: 711 Wiley Avenue, Marshall, Texas, 75670
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
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
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
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
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
Christopher Sergel's famous stage adaptation of Harper Lee's novel presented by the Towne Lake Players at the Woodstock Community Church on Main St Woodstock. If you read the book and complete the Atticus Finch Subpoena to Appear your seat is free!
Event Location: 8534 Main Street, Woodstock, GA, 30188
Photographs, documents and artifacts from the Cobb Memorial Archives will be on display.
Event Location: 3419 20th Avenue, Valley, AL, 36854
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 Waterlife Musuem in downtown Houma, during business hours and take part in the many book discussions, movie showings, Gatsby parties, jazz concerts and many Big Read events. It's all sponsored by the Houma Regional Arts Council serving Terrebonne, St. Charles, St. James, St. John, Lafourche and Assumption parishes.
Event Location: 7910 W. Park Ave., Houma, LA, 70360
Come by the Youth Department and design the perfect raft for Tom. Prizes for best and most unusual design.
Event Location: Birmingham Public Library, 2100 Park Place, Birmingham, AL, 35203
Display of various items and books about the Great Depression.
Event Location: Cameron University, Lawton, Oklahoma, 73505
The exhibit, "Struggle to Equality" will be available for everyone with a guided tour, if requested.
Event Location: Museum of the Great Plains, Lawton, OK, 73507
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
Preschoolers enjoy songs and crafts with Miss Becky Thatcher telling stories!
Event Location: Leeds Public Library, 8104 Parkway Drive, Leeds, AL, 35094
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 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
Local photographer Joseph Wheaton will be exhibiting work that was taken in Vietnam through his travels over the years. This will be show as part of the BerkshireBASE exhibit in the museum, in conjunction with the Big Read.
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
Preschool firefighter stories including a craft
Event Location: Sanger Branch Library, 1812 7th Street, Sanger, CA, 93657
Story time for ages 2 - 3 focuses on themes in To Kill a Mockingbird. This week: Friendship. Please register by calling 248-698-4942, ext. 3.
Event Location: 7527 E. Highland Rd., White Lake, MI, 48383
That troublemaking bear, Paddington, comes from "darkest Peru" to entertail preschoolers and their parents.
Event Location: Sherrill Kenwood Free Library, Sherrill, NY, 13461
Dress in your overalls, and let's paint a picket fence, play games, and have snacks from Tom Sawyer's period.
Event Location: North Birmingham Library (BPL), 2501 31st Ave. N., Birmingham, AL, 35207
The Gibson Branch of the Terrebonne Parish Library System will show the movie "The Great Gatsby" starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow followed by a book discussion of the "The Great Gatsby" novel. Pick up a free copy of the novel at The Houma Regional Arts Council inside the Waterlife Museum, downtown and join the discussion.
Event Location: Gibson Branch Library, Gibson, LA, 70356
Have lunch while watching the movie "The Great Gatsby" then join a book discussion about the "The Great Gatsby" novel. Delve into the similarities of each and how the novel and movie utilizes the themes.
Event Location: Montegut Branch Library, Montegut, LA, 70377
See the film, read the book and discuss them together. Books are available at the library. The film will be shown several other times throughout the month. Go to www.rodgerslibrary.org for film times. Six-year-old Jean Louise "Scout" Finch (Mary Badham) is growing up in the Depression era of the early 1930s in a small Southern town in this highly acclaimed motion picture based on Harper Lee’s semi-autobiographical novel. Jean’s father (Gregory Peck), the town lawyer, is a wise, quiet man with a great sense of justice who defends a poor, black man accused of rape.
Event Location: George H. and Ella M. Rodgers Memorial Library, Hudson, NH, 03051
Come join us at the library to discuss To Kill a Mockingbird. Complimentary boxed lunch provided by Friends of Commerce Library. Registration required. Limit 20.
Event Location: 2869 North Pontiac Trail, Commerce Township, MI, 48390
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
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
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
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
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
There will be a presentation at the library by the Raptor Education Group, Antigo, Wisconsin. Light lunch provided. With the owl being a significant aspect of Bless Me Ultima, take the opportunity to meet some of Wisconsin's common, but rarely encountered birds. Discover what a raptor is, hear their stories and learn what you can do to ensure they remain a significant part of the ecosystem. All ages.
Event Location: College of Menominee Nation Library, Keshena, WI, 54135-1179
Come join us for a lively community discussion of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. This event is sure to be interesting and informative for all
Event Location: 501 Fairhope Avenue, Fairhope, AL, 36532
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
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
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
Come make a mockingbird ornament during story hours all week.
Event Location: Somersworth Public Library, Somersworth, NH, 03878
Share your story all month long on our bulletin board.
Event Location: Somersworth Public Library, Somersworth, NH, 03878
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
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
From his quiet beginnings in the small farming town of Salinas, Steinbeck went on to live a larger-than-life existence, filled with awards, heavy drinking, out-sized myths of his exploits, international travel, diplomacy, bellicosity and, ultimately, humbleness. This 35-photo exhibit from the Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies gives a sweeping overview of the life and work of Steinbeck.
Event Location: 836 Kempton St, Spring Valley, CA, 91977
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
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
"Call of the Wild" Book discussion and lunch.
Event Location: Sterling Public Library, Sterling, IL, 61081
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
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
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
Special three month long contest.
Event Location: Governor's Square Branch Library, Montgomery, AL, 36116
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
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
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
A poetry writing contest for the public schools.
Event Location: Public schools, Pulaski, TN
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
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
Using Fahrenheit 451 as a starting point, participants will debate censorship and intellectual freedom both outside and within the prison environment.
Event Location: Maryland Correctional Institution for Women, Jessup, MD, 20794
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
The Winter Reading Club has gone to the dogs! Join The Big Read challenge—follow the sleds and record your reading adventures. Explorers who finish the course will get a FREE book and a coupon for a FREE junior ticket to the El Dorado Musical Theatre production of “Grease.” For kids through 8th grade.
Event Location: All El Dorado County Library Branches, Placerville, CA, 95667
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
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
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
Valerie Cunningham, from the African American Resource Center, Portsmouth, NH, will pick up the theme of prejudice in To Kill A Mockingbird and talk about the Civil Rights Movement in the Seacoast Region.
Event Location: Durham Public Library, Durham, NH, 03824
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
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
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
A Brief overview of The Big Read and Edgar Allan Poe's life will be discussed. The book, "The Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe" will be given out to all participants
Event Location: Abby's House, Worcester, MA, 01608
Bring your lunch. Beverages and dessert will be provided by Friends of the Olean Public Library, Inc. Book discussion of "My Antonia" will be moderated by Librarian Mary DiRisio.
Event Location: Olean Public Library Art Gallery, 134 North Second Street, Olean, New York
See if you can follow the clues and find the hidden Maltese Falcon bird and its treasures at the Sheldon Museum during this special week as part of The Big Read. This mystery hunt is open for all ages, with easy clues for younger people and harder clues for older. Book bags containing the book, The Maltese Falcon, Reader's Guides and CDs will be available to participants.
Event Location: Sheldon Museum, 11 Main Street, P.O. Box 269, Haines, Alaska, 99827
A workshop on making crafts that people in the 1930s would have made. Adults will craft for the first hour, and children will craft for the second hour.
Event Location: 1640 Randolph Rd, Lawton, OK, 73507
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
Story time for ages 3 - 5 focuses on themes in To Kill a Mockingbird. This week: Friendship. Please register by calling 248-698-4942, ext. 3.
Event Location: 7527 E. Highland Rd., White Lake, MI, 48383
Join us for a film screening of the 1929 version of "Evangeline" as part of The Big Read of the Poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Longfellow's epic poem is vividly brought to life by one of the silver screen's great beauties, Dolores del Rio. In the quiet Acadian village of Grand-Pre, Nova Scotia, lives the beautiful and beloved Evangeline. She is betrothed to Gabriel (Roland Drew), but before they can marry, France and England declare war. The Acadians, bound by an allegiance to England but by ties of kinship to France, refuse to take up arms. As a result, they are forcefully deported and Evangeline must set sail for unknown lands, wander in the American wilderness, searching for her lost love. Free and open to the public.
Event Location: 268 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell, New Jersey, 07006
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
This nonfiction book club will discuss the life and times of Jack London.
Event Location: Cameron Park Branch Library - 2500 Country Club Dr., Cameron Park, CA, 95682
Six-year-old Jean Louise "Scout" Finch (Mary Badham) is growing up in the Depression era of the early 1930s in a small Southern town in this highly acclaimed motion picture based on Harper Lee’s semi-autobiographical novel. Jean’s father (Gregory Peck), the town lawyer, is a wise, quiet man with a great sense of justice who defends a poor, black man accused of rape.
Event Location: Tracy Memorial Library, New London, NH, 03257
Part of a joint book discussion with Philip Read Memorial Library, Plainfield.
Event Location: Meriden Library, Meriden, NH, 03770
Join us to watch The Adventures of Mark Twain, a feature-length Claymation fantasy based on the stories of Mark Twain. This film is appropriate for all ages.
Event Location: Tuscaloosa Public Library Story Castle, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35401
This course is presented by The Teaching Company and facilitated by enthusiastic Senior Center volunteers. This is a 12 week course consisting of 24, 30 minute lectures. Two lectures will be shown and discussed each week. Topics will range from the many varieties of the fantastic, to the modern variety of science fiction. The Brothers Grimm, Hoffmann and the Theory, Poe, H.G. Wells, Kafka, Woolf, Tolkien, Mary Shelley, Asimov and Clarke, Jules Verne, The History of Utopia and, of course, Ray Bradbury among others will be covered.
Event Location: 28 South Linn Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240
The Klukwan Community Library will offer after-school craft activities and readings from The Maltese Falcon for children ages 5 to 12. Activities will focus on mystery and detective crafts and games, such as fingerprinting art, spy games, treasure hunts and dioramas. Book bags will be available to hand out.
Event Location: Klukwan School, HC60 Box 2222, Haines, Alaska, 99827
Let's watch Tom and friends as we continue to celebrate The Big Read: Alabama Reads.
Event Location: Titusville Library (BPL), 2 6th Ave SW, Birmingham, AL, 35211
Bring your appetite for malteds and join THE MALTSHOP PARTY while you discuss THE MALTED FALCON with your friends. Marion County Public Library's After-School Program begins at 3:30pm. Be sure and be there!!
Event Location: Marion County Public Library, Lebanon, KY, 40033
Come make a fun Mark Twain craft.Please call 205-664-6822 to register. For ages 5 and up.
Event Location: Albert L. Scott Library 100 9th St NW, Alabaster, AL, 35007
Adult book Discussion
Event Location: Ironwood Carnegie Library, Ironwood, MI, 49938
It's a little bit of everything! Join us for games, crafts, and snacks inspired by Spokane's Big Read selection, "To Kill a Mockingbird." grades 6 and up.
Event Location: 1213 S. Lundstrom St , Airway Heights , WA, 99001
The Seasoned Performers will present readings from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer".
Event Location: Inglenook Library (BPL), 4100 40th Terrace N., Birmingham, AL, 35217
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
Join us at SCC for "Cookies and Conversation" about THE MALTESE FALCON. Can Sam Spade stand the test of time? Will he continue as our private detective archetype? Who is today's Sam Spade? Discover the answers to all your Sam Spade questions at 5:00 pm on Tues., Mar. 16th, at St. Catharine's Book Discussion Group. DON'T MISS IT!!
Event Location: St. Catharine College, Pettus Auditorium, St. Catharine, KY, 40061-9435
Join us as our mayor read's a selection from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as a part of the City Council meeting. There will be a reception after the meeting.
Event Location: City Hall, Headland, AL, 36375
The public is invited to a book discussion of To Kill a Mockingbird. To pick up a book, contact the library at 770-854-7323.
Event Location: Ephesus Public Library, Roopville, GA, 30170
Adult Book Discussion
Event Location: Wakefield Public Library, Wakefield, MI, 49968
Book discussion for Keshena community @ the College of Menominee Nation Library. Each evening discussion will include an activity. First discussion will make pinatas, second discussion will make a collage, and the final discussion will finish the pinatas. Light snacks provided; door prizes. Participants will be placed in a drawing for an IPOD!
Event Location: College of Menominee Nation Library, Keshena, WI, 54135-1179
The Tyler Public Library host screen classics set during the Great Depression. Feb 2 Paper Moon Feb 9 They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Feb 16 The Great Debaters Feb 23 O Brother, Where Art Thou? Mar 2 Seabiscuit Mar 16 The Cinderella Man Mar 23 Bound For Glory
Event Location: 201 S College Ave, Tyler, TX, 75702-7328
Create your own art work of Maltese Falcon, and bring it to the Callahan Branch Library for display. Prizes and refreshments! Sponsored by the Friends of the Callahan Branch Library.
Event Location: Callahan Branch Library, 450086 State Rd. 200, Callahan, FL, 32011
Michael Brien is a NH Humanities Council Scholar.
Event Location: Boscawen Public Library, Boscawen, NH, 03303
Enjoy some good old fashioned fun that the whole family can enjoy! Join us each evening on WJMS (590a AM) at 6pm from March 15th to March 19th for Big Read 2010 on the airwaves, where you can listen to the entire book!
Event Location: Big Read Listening Area
Private book club meeting.
Event Location: Augusta County Library, Fishersville, Virginia
Screening of the film.
Event Location: 101 S. First St., Alhambra, CA, 91801-3704
Six-year-old Jean Louise "Scout" Finch (Mary Badham) is growing up in the Depression era of the early 1930s in a small Southern town in this highly acclaimed motion picture based on Harper Lee’s semi-autobiographical novel. Jean’s father (Gregory Peck), the town lawyer, is a wise, quiet man with a great sense of justice who defends a poor, black man accused of rape.
Event Location: Kimball Library, Atkinson, NH, 03811
Book Chat with Anthony Knight about "Their Eyes Were Watching God" and Zora Neale Hurston.
Event Location: Eagle Eye Books, Decatur, Georgia, 30033
Local author Sally Gary shares some tips from her book The Best Freebies & Bargains and Deals & Steals in San Diego.
Event Location: 105 Juanita Ln, El Cajon, CA, 92021
Adult/teen book discussion, hosted by Sullivan County Friends of the Library.
Event Location: Sullivan Public Library, Sullivan, IN, 47882
Listen to the music and hear the history of music related to the Holocaust by artists, Dawn Ovando and Homer Williams. Learn what music was suppressed by the Third Reich and what was happening during these musical eras. Listen to the music of Artie Shaw, Duke Ellington, the Andrew Sisters, and many more.
Event Location: Worcester County Library/ Pocomoke Branch, Pocomoke, MD, 21851
A writing workshop exploring the role of voice in "A Lesson Before Dying," led by author and journalist Dan Smith.
Event Location: Blue Ridge Public Library, Roanoke, VA, 24012
We invited area poets to incorporate Longfellow's work into a reading in any way they wanted. Join us this evening as we see what Laura Freedgood and Carole Stone came up with as part of The Big Read of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Free and open to the public.
Event Location: 268 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell, New Jersey, 07006
During the weekly Tlingit Language Class at the Sheldon Museum, The Big Read will feature special guest Tlingit storytellers who will tell mystery stories based on traditional Tlingit history and culture. Stories will be compared with The Maltese Falcon. Refreshments will be served and book bags featuring The Maltese Falcon will be available.
Event Location: Sheldon Museum, 11 Main Street, P.O. Box 269, Haines, Alaska, 99827
Jazz musician and educator,Les Nunes, will give an overview 1950's jazz. Enjoy a performance of jazz from the era when Ray Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451
Event Location: 944 E. Perris, Fresno, CA, 93720
Twain scholar Mark Dawidziak presents a program entitled, "Mark Twain: The Reports of His Death Are Greatly Exaggerated," at the Main Branch of the Wayne County Public Library, Tuesday, March 16 at 7 pm. Mark Twain climbed onto the back of Hally's Comet and departed this globe 100 years ago. But as we approach the centennial of his death on April 21, it's clear that Mark Twain is more alive than ever as an American writer, an American icon, an American presence. So Mark Twain scholar Mark Dawidziak will discuss why the reports of Mark Twain's death were indeed an exaggeration. Dawidziak writes for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, is the author of Mark My Words: Mark Twain on Writing and has presented Twain programs around the country.
Event Location: 220 W. Liberty Street, Wooster, OH, 44691-4753
Event Location: Langdon Public Library, Newington, NH, 03801
Six-year-old Jean Louise "Scout" Finch (Mary Badham) is growing up in the Depression era of the early 1930s in a small Southern town in this highly acclaimed motion picture based on Harper Lee’s semi-autobiographical novel. Jean’s father (Gregory Peck), the town lawyer, is a wise, quiet man with a great sense of justice who defends a poor, black man accused of rape.
Event Location: Cook Memorial Library, Tamworth, NH, 03886
A NH Humanities Council program featuring Franklin Pierce Law Center Professor Emeritus Richard A. Hesse presenting a program on the challenges defense attorneys have experienced defending unpopular causes. Funding for this program was provided by the New Hampshire Humanities Council.
Event Location: Madison Library, Madison, NH, 03849
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: Ron’s Place, 3301 52nd Street, Kenosha, WI, 53142
Harper Lee’s "To Kill a Mockingbird" combines enlightenment with enchantment while exploring two broad themes: tolerance and justice. Join a lively discussion at your library!
Event Location: 218 Park Street, McCall, ID, 83638
A panel discussion. Call (540) 857-6326 or visit www.bigreadroanokevalley.org for more information.
Event Location: Virginia Western Community College Natural Science Center, Roanoke, VA, 24038
Join us in the Trustees Room to explore this American Classic. Books will be available for checkout prior to the event.
Event Location: Keene Public Library, Keene, NH, 03431
Join us to discuss Thornton Wilder's The Bridge of San Luis Rey.
Event Location: Luna Pier Branch Library, Luna Pier, MI, 48157
As part of the Big Read, Lakewood Memorial Library will host a program to discuss and celebrate Willa Cather's acclaimed novel "My Antonia" on Tuesday, March 16th from 7-8:30 PM. Donna Simmons, retired Dean at Jamestown Business College, will lead the discussion. Sue Tillotson, well-known area violinist and fiddler, will play music from the time period of "My Antonia". Bohemian desserts will be provided by the library's board members. To register for the program and to receive a free copy of "My Antonia" visit the Lakewood Memorial Library at 12 West Summit Street in Lakewood. The library's hours are Mondays and Wednesdays 9:30 AM to 5 PM; Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:30 AM to 3 PM and Saturdays 9:30 AM-1 PM. For more information about the Big Read program call the Lakewood Memorial Library at 716-763-6234.
Event Location: Lakewood Memorial Library, 12 West Summit Street, Lakewood, New York
Carolin Collin, Director of Education at the Maine Historical Society gives a talk on Longfellow's early years in Portland, Maine.
Event Location: Longfellow's Wayside Inn 72 Wayside Inn Road, Sudbury, MA, 01776-3206
Join us for a discussion of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee that will be facilitated by NH criminal defense attorney Jonathan Cohen. Taking the portrayal of Atticus Finch as a jumping off point the question of how perceptions of defense attorneys have changed will be discussed. Books are available at the library. The NH Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers sponsored this program as part of Big Read: NH Reads To Kill a Mockingbird. Refreshments will be provided by the Friends of Minot-Sleeper Library.
Event Location: Minot-Sleeper Library, Bristol, NH, 03222
St. Lawrence University professor Dr. Alan Draper will discuss the beginnings of the labor union movement in New York.
Event Location: 41 Glenn Street, Massena, NY, 13662-2017
Join the crew at Affirmations to discuss The Maltese Falcon.
Event Location: Affirmations - 290 W. 9 Mile Road, Ferndale, MI, 48220-1731
This community bookk discussion is sponsored by the McAllen Public Library and will be led by Kathleen Horan,Assistant Director for Public Services. 956-688-3300
Event Location: McAllen Public Library 601 N. Main, Edinburg, Texas, 78504
Senior Dramaturg Christopher Baker talks about Hartford Stage's world premiere of "Tom Sawyer," Laura Eason’s new play. Directed by Jeremy B. Cohen, it will run April 1-May 9.
Event Location: West Hartford Public Library, 20 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT, 06107
