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
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
Join us for a symposium on the history and art of the Holocaust. A variety of professionals and academics will speak on topics relating to the Holocaust, with information for teachers and students. Open to the public but REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Please contact Jill Malusky at the Massillon Museum to register at (330) 833-4061 or email jmalusky@massillonmuseum.org. The symposium is FREE and lunch will be available to purchase with registration.
Event Location: Kent State University Stark Campus, 6000 Frank Ave. NW, North Canton, OH, 44720-7548
Enjoy playing games that Tom and Huck would have played such as Jacks, Pick-Up Sticks, Checkers, Marbles, and many more.
Event Location: Tuscaloosa Public Library Children's Department, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35401
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
UAB Bookends presents its stage adaptation of Mark Twain's classic story "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" for children of all ages.
Event Location: 200 Municipal Dr., Hoover, AL, 35216
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
"From Hornbooks and Samplers to facebook and SMART Boards--Living and Learning in the Connecticut River Valley" exhibit: Pioneer Valley Regional High School was awarded a MA DOE Community Service Learning grant to co-create this off-site exhibit with the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Assosiation/Memorial Hall Museum. The family-friendly exhibit will relate the evolution of Education in the CT River Valley to the needs of the 21st Century. Fridays and Saturdays February 19th through March 27th, except March 6th. All are welcome at a Community Reception on Saturday, February 27th from 1:00 to 3:00.
Event Location: Great Falls Discovery Center, Turners Falls, MA
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
Inmates will read and share their reactions to Ray Bradbury's provocative, Fahrenheit 451.
Event Location: Maryland Correctional Institution - Hagerstown, Hagerstown, MD
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
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
A brief overview of The Big Read will be discussed. Readers and Teacher's guides of "The Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe" will be given out to all participants
Event Location: Worcester High Schools, Worcester, MA, 01605
Book Discussion to meet the needs of seniors and the community in Neopit.
Event Location: Neopit Senior Center, Neopit, WI, 54150
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
Visit the Information Desk in the Charlottesville Omni and learn about the Big Read in Virginia and its featured novel"A Lesson Before Dying." Receive your free Reader's Guide.
Event Location: Venues throughout Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Charlottesville, VA, 22903-4629
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
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
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
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
Share your story all month long on our bulletin board.
Event Location: Somersworth Public Library, Somersworth, NH, 03878
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
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
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
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
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
The Louisiana Center for the Book within the State Library of Louisiana is specifically charged with promoting the state's strong literary culture. The mission of the Center includes nurturing Louisiana writers, encouraging the joy of reading and to generate interest among the public in what Louisiana writer have already accomplished. As Diretor of the Lousiana Center for the Book, Jim Davis brings an amazing record of public programming, background and expereince to lead this important center for reading and enjoying good Louisiana literature. Come hear Jim Davis talk about this important Center, its work, like the annual Louisiana Book Festival, or the Louisiana Writer's Directory as well as other endeavors related to reading and writing enrichment . . . Louisiana style !
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
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
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
Mar 12- Apr 10 Berkshire Veterans Photography Project Large scale photographs exhibit of portraits of Berkshire County veterans by Bill Wright will be featured in the community art gallery. An opening reception that will be FREE and open to the public will occur from 5 to 7pm on March 12th.
Event Location: Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, Pittsfield, MA, 01201
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
Showing of the movie, "The Maltese Falcon."
Event Location: Rend Lake College - SCI 122, Ina, IL, 62846
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
Join us as we discuss Cynthia Ozick's acclaimed novel, The Shawl. Lunch is provided!
Event Location: Worcester County Library/Berlin Branch, Berlin, MD, 21811
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
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
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: Northside Library, 1500 27th Avenue, Kenosha, WI, 53141-1414
Tell Tale Hearts will be served.
Event Location: Giles County Public Library, Pulaski, TN
Join us for movies, popcorn and drinks as we watch "Snow Buddies" (rated G). These adorable puppies venture to the frosty arctic and team up with new friends in a thrilling dogsled race across Alaska.
Event Location: Main Library - 345 Fair Lane, Placerville, CA, 95667
Our Big Read middle school book is "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis. We'll discuss Bud Caldwell's journey to discover his jazz musician father. You may pick up your free copy of "Bud, Not Buddy" at Massena Public Library.
Event Location: 41 Glenn Street, Massena, NY, 13662-2017
Come out and help whitewash the fence just like Tom Sawyer did, and enjoy an afternoon with the Young Adult Department of the Juliette Hampton Morgan Memorial Library.
Event Location: Morgan Memorial Library, Montgomery, AL, 36104
Noted novelist Beverly Coyle and Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Bill Maxwell came of age in nearby towns in the South at the end of the Jim Crow era. The play performance of "Parallel Lives: Stories of a Divided World” reflects on race, religion, class, and the life-altering events of their growing years in the midst of segregation. Following the performance, Mr. Maxwell will invite the audience to respond and reflect upon their own experiences related to race, class, and prejudice.
Event Location: John F. Armstrong Wing of the Blake Library, 2351 S.E. Monterey Road, Stuart, FL, 34996-3322
The library will lead a read aloud event for children centered on Mexican folktales.
Event Location: 877 Southern Boulevard [at Tiffany St.], Bronx, NY, 10459
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
Visit Library North for a Big Read School Age Story Time. Today they will be reading books about dogs in honor of Buck from The Call of the Wild. Ages: 6-8.
Event Location: 3189 N. Highland, Units F&G, Jackson, TN, 38305
Listen to Klezmer music from the Jewish folk tradition. Frank Nanna and fellow musicians perform.
Event Location: Somerset County Library/ Crisfield Branch, Crisfiled, MD, 21817
A graphic novel workshop featuring The Fall of the House of Usher for ages 8-17.
Event Location: Giles County Public Library, Pulaski, TN
A concert featuring songs inspired by To Kill A Mockingbird.
Event Location: 601 NW Ferris Ave, Lawton, OK, 73507
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
Teen murder mystery based on the Sherlock Holmes novel, The Hound of the Baskervilles. Your help is needed to sniff out a crime involving books, technology and death.
Event Location: Augusta County Library, Fishersville, Virginia
Showing of the movie, "The Maltese Falcon."
Event Location: Benton Public Library, Benton, IL, 62812
Enjoy an outdoor twilight movie screening of the Oscar winning film the "Great Gatsby"(1974),starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow at the Memorial Park in Downtown Houma. Bring lawn chairs, blankets and picnic baskets. All participants will receive a readers guide for the novel and information on other "Big Read" events.
Event Location: 7910 W. Park Ave., Houma, LA, 70360
Celebrate Mystery Writing! Join us at Barnes and Noble in Elizabethtown, Friday, Mar. 19th, at 6:30 pm, to meet local mystery writers as they sign their books and chat about their experiences as authors. While you’re there, you can donate a book to St. Catharine with B & N’s Wish List Program for Educators. Barnes and Noble takes this opportunity to support St. Catharine College's rtl3 Reading Program and The Big Read!
Event Location: Barnes and Noble, Elizabethtown, KY, 42701
Come enjoy the old-fashioned radio show, the River City Radio Hour and listen to live music, humor, and an installment of "Night Hawk and Murder at Stan's TV and Applicances," featuring a mysterious connection to Fahrenheit 451! Shows at 6:30 and 8:30. All are welcome.
Event Location: Blue Ridge Cafe, Wayneboro, Virginia
Teens will credit video book trailers - then come to the “Big Read” program on Friday, March 19, from 6:30-8:30 p.m., to watch the trailers, participate in special activities related to the story, and eat snacks like the pioneers on the Nebraska prairie in the 1880s!
Event Location: One Library Square, Terre Haute, IN, 47807
A keynote address by Dartmouth College English Professor Colleen Glenney Boggs and a showing of "The Poet in her Bedroom," a 30-minute documentary filmed at the Dickinson homestead in Amherst, MA.
Event Location: Lebanon Opera House, 51 North Park Street, Lebanon, NH, 03766-1317
The Haines Public Library will be showing mystery/detective type movies on Friday evenings in March 2010 at the Library from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. as part of The Big Read. Book bags containing the book, The Maltese Falcon, Reader's Guides and CDs will be available to hand out to participants.
Event Location: Haines Borough Public Library, P.O. Box 1089, Haines, Alaska, 99827
Tim Hamilton will discuss his graphic novel adaptation of Fahrenheit 451. Co-sponsored by the Arne Nixon Center at the Henry Madden Library.
Event Location: Woodward Park Regional Library, 944 E. Perrin, Fresno, CA, 93720
Join us at The Gerry Kulick Community Center for our Film Noir Movie Series. Friday March 12, 19, and 26th from 7:00 - 9:00. We will be showing The Big Sleep, Key Largo, and The Maltese Falcon (of course).
Event Location: Gerry Kulick Community Center - 1201 Livernois, Ferndale, MI, 48220-1731
A graphic novel workshop featuring The Fall of the House of Usher for ages 18 and up. Workshop is led by NYC comedy writer Nick Nadel and Boston animator Tim Finn.
Event Location: Martin Methodist College, Pulaski, TN
Will Stutts in Mark Twain's America, a one-perons play by Mr. Stutts. Stutts has worked longer in the genre of the one-person play than almost any other actor in the world over three decades. A native of Alabama, Sutt's second cousin was the legendary a actress, Tallulah Bankhead. He attended Yale University's School of Drama. Free and open to the public.
Event Location: Hoover Public Library, 2100 Municipal Drive , Hoover, AL, 35216
Each Friday in March the Waynesboro Public Library will present a FREE showing of a classic film as part of the Big Read. Come enjoy the 2002 version of Alexandre Dumas' classic, "The Count of Monte Cristo."
Event Location: Waynesbor Public Library, Lower Level, Waynesboro, Virginia
John Springer, Professor of English at the University of Central Oklahoma and film expert, will introduce the film "The Maltese Falcon." Following a showing of the movie, he will lead the audience in a discussion of the film.
Event Location: Noble Public Library, Noble, OK, 73068
Join us for a showing of "The Thin Man", where Nick and Nora Charles investigate the disappearance of a wealthy inventor. This film is based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett, author of "The Maltese Falcon."
Event Location: Noble Public Library, Noble, OK, 70368
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
The theatrical staging of Fahrenheit 451 was adapted by Ray Bradbury in the 1970’s. Directed by S. Eric Day.
Event Location: Severance Building, 1401 N. Wishon at Floradora, Fresno, CA, 93728
Writer and Producer Tony Vellela will be at the Mansion House for this Big Read event with a showing and discussion of "Character Studies, Living and Dying in Our Town." This PBS documentary, hosted by veteran stage and screen actor Eli Wallach, about Thornton Wilder's classic "Our Town" will feature a unique line-up of celebrities including Eric Stoltz, Cynthia Nixon and Paul Newman. Vellela, who wrote and produced the film, will examine the real stories behind two of Wilder's iconic characters: George Gibbs and Emily Webb -- the girl and boy "next door." The film explores who these characters really are, and, in turn, the deeper, darker aspects of the play.
Event Location: Oneida Community Mansion House, Oneida, NY, 13421-2820
