The Big Read Countywide Literacy Program Launches October Community Events The Lake County Big Read proudly presents a month of program events, in connection with featured reading selection The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. Two exhibits, one focusing on art and writing, and the other on local history, are in full swing, through local partnerships and volunteer efforts. The Main Street Gallery in Lakeport will host a judging of entries, and featured work will be on display at the Gallery for the First Friday evening event, 5:30-7:00 P.M. on October 4. Lajour and Cougars Leap wines will be poured, along with entertainment by Michael Barrish on guitar. This event is free and open to the public. A mother/daughter photo exhibit will be on display at the Lake County Office of Education building in October, coordinated by volunteer curators Patti and Fallon Diener. Mother and daughter relationships are at the heart of the novel, and this is an opportunity to bring the community together to celebrate our own mother/daughter relationships. A gallery walk will take place on Wednesday, October 2 from 4:30-6:00 PM. Refreshments, through a generous donation by the Mendo/Lake Credit Union, will be served, and the event is free and open to the public. Two teacher events are scheduled for the first week of programming. The Little Read Professional Development for K-5 educators will take place on Thursday, October 3 at the LCOE office in Lakeport. Copies of Amy Tan’s The Moon Lady and a story for the youngest of readers, Mooncakes, will be provided. These books, and curriculum created by members of the Lake/Mendocino Reading Council will be available for each elementary school in Lake County. Refreshments will be provided and the workshop is free of charge. To register, visit the LCOE website at lakecoe.org and click on The Big Read page. Secondary teachers are invited to meet for an informal curriculum discussion at the Tallman Hotel in Upper Lake on Saturday, October 5 at 1:30 PM. This opportunity to collaborate will precede the Book Launch party featuring keynote speaker Cathy Kroll at 4:00 P.M. Dr. Kroll, associate professor of English at Sonoma State University is a specialist in World Literature. She will be speaking on the relevancy of The Joy Luck Club today in her talk entitled, “Tiger Mothers, ‘Lean In’ Mothers, and Millennials – The Joy Luck Club’s Fierce Endurance”. The Book Launch party is free and open to the public. Reservations are highly recommended and can be made by visiting the LCOE website’s Big Read page. For a complete and updated listing of Big Read events, visit the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read website at neabigread.org or the LCOE site at lakecoe.org. The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in collaboration with Arts Midwest. Lake County is one of 77 communities in the U.S. to receive grant funding to support reading efforts. For more information, contact Lake County Big Read program director Robin Fogel-Shrive at rshrive@yahoo or bigreadlakecounty@gmail.
Posted on: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 05:50:38 +0000
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