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Thursday March 25, 2010
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3:30 PM
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4:30 PM
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Craft
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Contact: Denise Ford 205-226-4089 dford@bham.lib.al.us
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[The Big Read: Alabama Reads]
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Location: BPL-West End Meeting Room
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Friday March 26, 2010
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1:00 PM
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2:00 PM
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Seasoned Performers
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Contact: East Ensely Staff 787-1928
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Join the Seasoned Performers for their rendition of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
[The Big Read: Alabama Reads]
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Location: BPL-East Ensley Branch Library
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Tuesday March 30, 2010
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3:30 PM
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4:30 PM
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Young Adult Book Discussion
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Contact: April Wallace 205-951-1415 librarianapril@gmail.com
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Middle schoolers and high schoolers - please join us as we celebrate our 1st statewide Big Read with Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. We will have a casual meeting to talk about our favorite parts of the book! Refreshments will be served.
http://www.irondalelibrary.com
[The Big Read: Alabama Reads]
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Location: Irondale Public Library
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Wednesday March 31, 2010
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11:30 AM
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12:30 PM
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Mark Twain's 175th Birthday With Twain Scholar Mark Baggett
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Contact: Leslie West 205-978-3684 lwest@bham.lib.al.us
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Please join us as Mark Baggett, professor of Law and the chair of the English Department at Samford will be joining us in our celebration of Mark Twain’s 175th Birthday. Dr. Baggett wrote his dissertation on 19th Century humor, so he is especially suited to bring this great American writer to life. Birthday cake will be served!
[The Big Read: Alabama Reads]
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Location: Vestavia Hills Public Library
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Thursday April 1, 2010
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10:00 AM
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11:30 AM
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Liberty Park Book Club
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Contact: Leslie West 205-978-3684 lwest@bham.lib.al.us
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Please join us as we celebrate our second Big Read with Mark Twain’s joyful ode to the endless possibilities of childhood, the beloved classic The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. It brings to life and array of irresistible characters—the self-confident Tom, his best buddy Huck Finn, indulgent Aunt Polly, and the lovely, beguiling Becky—as well as such unforgettable incidents as whitewashing a fence, swearing an oath in blood, and getting lost in a dark and labyrinthine cave.
[The Big Read: Alabama Reads]
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Location: Liberty Park
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Friday April 2, 2010
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11:00 AM
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12:00 PM
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American Experience: Mark Twain Documentary
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Contact: Leslie West 205-978-3684 lwest@bham.lib.al.us
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Please join us for Ken Burns’ remarkable documentary covering the magnificent story of Missouri-born author Samuel Clemens (a.k.a. Mark Twain), encompassing legend and fact with an exhilarating sense of adventure. Hailed by Hemingway as the originator of American literature, Twain viewed himself as THE American. Burns's film backs that claim as it follows Clemens's literary odyssey around the globe, from unrivaled acclaim as a writer to near destitution and the devastating deaths of his wife and three children.
[The Big Read: Alabama Reads]
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Location: Vestavia Hills Public Library
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Thursday April 8, 2010
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6:00 PM
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7:30 PM
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Adult Evening Book Club
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Contact: Leslie West 205-978-3684 lwest@bham.lib.al.us
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Please join us as we celebrate our second Big Read with Mark Twain’s joyful ode to the endless possibilities of childhood, the beloved classic The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. It brings to life and array of irresistible characters—the self-confident Tom, his best buddy Huck Finn, indulgent Aunt Polly, and the lovely, beguiling Becky—as well as such unforgettable incidents as whitewashing a fence, swearing an oath in blood, and getting lost in a dark and labyrinthine cave.
[The Big Read: Alabama Reads]
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Location: Vestavia Hills Public Library
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Monday April 12, 2010
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6:30 PM
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8:00 PM
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Dolores Hydock: Dead Cats & Spunk Water: Superstitions & Strange Logic in the Writing of Mark Twain
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Contact: April Wallace 205-951-1415
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From Tom Sawyer to Adam in the Garden of Eden, Mark Twain's characters often went beyond logic to mmake sense of an uncertain world. Join storyteller Dolores Hydock for an exploration of the magical thinking in Mark Twain's stories!
http://www.irondalelibrary.com
[The Big Read: Alabama Reads]
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Location: Irondale Public Library
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Wednesday April 14, 2010
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11:00 AM
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12:30 PM
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Dolores Hydock: Dead Cats and Spunk Water: Superstitions and Magical Thinking in the Writing of Mark
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Contact: Leslie West 205-978-3684 lwest@bham.lib.al.us
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From Adam’s puzzled attempts to explain the appearance of a mysterious new creature in Eden to Tom Sawyer’s search for a superior cure for warts, Mark Twain’s imaginative characters – and sometimes Samuel Clemens himself – often used superstitions, dubious logic, and blind faith to make sense of an uncertain world. Come join this exploration of the magical thinking in Mark Twain’s masterful stories.
[The Big Read: Alabama Reads]
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Location: Vestavia Recreation Center
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Friday April 16, 2010
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11:00 AM
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12:30 PM
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Hal Holbrook's Mark Twain Tonight
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Contact: Leslie West 205-978-3684 lwest@bham.lib.al.us
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Please join us for Mark Twain Tonight! which began as a Broadway show in the 1960s and was filmed as a CBS special in 1967. Yet you'd never know it, because the humor, which is more than a century old, is still laugh-out-loud funny today. Holbrook gives a monologue that is rambling, intelligent, and humorous as he culls together commentary from a variety of Twain sources. From dachshund hounds, politics, and patriotism to cigar smoking, memory loss, and religion, this 90-minute performance leaps from subject to subject as we're entertained by material that's as fresh today as it was when it was written in the 1800s.
[The Big Read: Alabama Reads]
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Location: Vestavia Hills Public Library
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Monday April 19, 2010
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3:15 PM
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5:15 PM
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Movie Screening
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Contact: East Ensely Staff 787-1928
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Enjoy our movie tie-in to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
This will be our last 2010 Big Read program.
[The Big Read: Alabama Reads]
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Location: BPL-East Ensley Branch Library
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Wednesday April 21, 2010
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2:00 PM
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3:30 PM
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Adult Afternoon Book Club
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Contact: Leslie West 205-978-3684 lwest@bham.lib.al.us
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Please join us as we celebrate our second Big Read with Mark Twain’s joyful ode to the endless possibilities of childhood, the beloved classic The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. It brings to life and array of irresistible characters—the self-confident Tom, his best buddy Huck Finn, indulgent Aunt Polly, and the lovely, beguiling Becky—as well as such unforgettable incidents as whitewashing a fence, swearing an oath in blood, and getting lost in a dark and labyrinthine cave.
[The Big Read: Alabama Reads]
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Location: Vestavia Hills Public Library
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