Exhibition “Wild Beauty: The New Mexico Setting” featuring art representing the New Mexico environment where “Bless Me, Ultima” is set, March 16-June 8, 2013, from the Stark Museum of Art collection. The exhibition will be open to the public during the museum public hours, Tuesday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tours in Spanish can be requested. For admission information http://www.starkmuseum.org .
Event Location: 712 Green Ave., Orange, TX, 77630
Fresno State students reinterpret the novel’s cover. All submissions are from the Illustration class of local artist, illustrator, and Fresno State professor Doug Hansen
Event Location: 944 E Perrin, Fresno, CA, 93720
Pick up a copy of the Big Read novel, "The Things They Carried", a reader's guide and book marker at any of Terrebonne Parish Library System's Branches. Come and take part in the many Big Read events in Houma as well as throughout the region.
Event Location: All Terrebonne Parish Library Branches, Houma, LA, 70360
Pick up a copy of the Big Read novel, "The Things They Carried", a reader's guide and book marker at any of the Lafourche Parish Library Branches. Come and take part in the many Big Read events in Thibodaux as well as throughout the region.
Event Location: All Lafourche Parish Library Branches , Thibodaux, LA, 70360
Pick up a copy of the Big Read novel, "The Things They Carried", a reader's guide and book marker at any of the Assumption Parish Library Branches. Come and take part in the many Big Read events in Napoleonville as well as throughout the region.
Event Location: All Assumption Parish Library Branches, Napoleonville, LA, 70390
Pick up a copy of the Big Read novel, "The Things They Carried", a reader's guide and book marker at any of the St. Charles Parish Library Branches. Come and take part in the many Big Read events in Destrehan as well as throughout the region.
Event Location: All St. Charles Parish Library Branches, Destrehan, LA, 70047
Pick up a copy of the Big Read novel, "The Things They Carried", a reader's guide and book marker at any of the St. John Parish Library Branches. Come and take part in the many Big Read events in LaPlace as well as throughout the region.
Event Location: All St. John Parish Library Branches, LaPlace, LA, 70068
Pick up a copy of the Big Read novel, "The Things They Carried", a reader's guide and book marker at any of the St. James Parish Library Branches. Come and take part in the many Big Read events in Lutcher as well as throughout the region.
Event Location: All St. James Parish Library Branches, Lutcher, LA, 70071
Come out and celebrate Memorial Day weekend with the Houma Regional Arts Council at Books-A-Million in Houma.(1539 Martin Luther King Blvd. Houma, LA) Come out and get all of your Big Read materials and information on upcoming events throughout the six parish region. We will be handing out copies of Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried", reader's guides, and Big Read bookmarks. Please save any book buying needs until Saturday, May 25th and Books-A-Million will donate a portion of your purchase total to the Houma Regional Arts Council.
Event Location: 1539 Martin Luther King Blvd., Houma, LA
Visit our 5th annual Big Read-inspired exhibit at the Great Hall of the Great Falls Discovery Center. Art, history, and literature converge in this exhibit of student art inspired by traditional New England style quilts and African American story and improvisational quilts--and the quilters who made them. The art was created by public school students at the Discovery School at Four Corners and the Math and Science Academy, both in Greenfield; and the elementary schools in Bernardston and Northfield. The Discovery Center is open 10am-4pm Fridays and Saturdays during April and until May 17th. From May 17th to May 26, the center is open daily.
Event Location: , Turners Falls, MA
Celebrate honor, courage, and the imiportance of family with a screening of the movie Mulan and a craft. Ages 6-12
Event Location: 101 E. Central Boulevard, Orlando, FL, 32801
Celebrate honor, courage, and the importance of family with a screening of the movie Mulan and a craft. Ages 6-12.
Event Location: 530 Main Street, Windermere, FL, 34786
20 Framed black and white photos on exhibit. Photos were speciffically chosen by Rudolfo Anaya and a colleague that document locations in the book, Bless Me, Ultima.
Event Location: Arte Americas-Casa de Cultura, 1630 Van Ness Ave, Fresno, CA, 93721
Dia de los Ninos (Day of the Children). Event featuring storytelling, music, dance, information booths and exhibits as well as crafts and activities.
Event Location: Selma Branch Library, 2200 Selma St, Selma, CA, 93662
Enjoy a look at Chinese culture with group and individual folk dances and a performance with the Pipa, a Chinese instrument. Presented by the Chinese School of CAACF, Inc.
Event Location: 5049 Edgewater Drive, Orlando, FL, 32810
Join us for The Big Read Keynote event featuring Guiyou Huang, Ph.D., Professor of English & Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Norwich University, Vermont and author of over ten books, including The Columbia Guide to Asian American Literature since 1945 and Asian American Literary Studies, as he presents a highly informative presentation on The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. He will delve into this highly acclaimed title whose story was also expertly told on film. Immerse yourself in the world of Amy Tan as he takes us through her multilayered novel.
Event Location: 101 E. Central Boulevard, Orlando, FL, 32801
Sifu Charles Rivera and his students from Hung Fut Man Fei Martial Arts Dragon and Lion Dance Association, will perform the traditional Southern Chinese Lion Dance and host a martial arts demonstration of the traditional Chinese martial art of Kung Fu.
Event Location: 7255 Della Drive, Orlando, FL, 32819
The public can pick up copies of our Big Read book Reader's Guides for Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried at the Bayou Terrebonne Waterlife Museum Tuesday-Friday 10am-5pm, and Saturday 12pm-4pm. Pick up a handfull for your office, community group and friends! Take a tour of the museum which highlights life in South Louisiana through exciting displays. Admission is $3 adults, $2.50 senior citizens, $2 children 2-12. Group rates also available.
Event Location: Bayou Terrebonne Waterlife Museum, 7910 Park Ave., Houma, LA, 70364
Through form, presentation and style, calligraphy is not only a practical technique for writing Chinese characters but also a unique Oriental art of expression. Peter Lau has practiced calligraphy for more than 50 years. Lau will demonstrate the art of Chinese calligraphy on behalf of Youth Enrichment and Senior Services of Florida. For more information, please visit www.yessfl.org.
Event Location: 101 E. Central Boulevard, Orlando, FL, 32801
The PBS documentary "American Experience: Vietnam: A Television History" will be shown in Thibodaux at the Lafourche Parish Main Library, (705 West Fifth St, Thibodaux, LA). As another foreign war dominates today's news, the Vietnam conflict has once again become a hot political topic. This Emmy Award-winning history of the first American war to be widely televised traces the history of U.S. intervention in Southeast Asia and the stories of the soldiers on both sides. From Roots of a War to The End of the Tunnel, the series offers a detailed chronicle of the war that changed everyone involved. Take in this documentary and pick up a copy of the novel, a reader's guide, audio guide, and book marker. Library phone: 985.447.4119
Event Location: 705 West Fifth St., Thibodaux, LA, 70301
The Chicano Writers and Artists Association’s journal, Flies, Cockroaches, and Poets features many Valley writers. Three of these writers, Erin Alvarez, Steven Sanchez and Mia Barraza Martinez, will discuss the tradition, history and future of Chicano poetry and poets.
Event Location: 629 West Dakota, Fresno, CA, 93705
Discuss the strength of generations as we explore the two worlds of Chinese and American cultures becoming one with an interactive teen book discussion of Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club. Ages 13-18.
Event Location: 4324 E. Colonial Drive, Orlando, FL, 32803
