Big Read Event Media
An Evening with Maury Yeston and William Whitener
Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 6:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Two-time Tony Award-winning composer Maury Yeston performs at the piano and discusses his latest work, Tom Sawyer – A Ballet in Three Acts, commissioned by Kansas City Ballet.
The Glorious Whitewashers: A Community Fence-Painting Event
Friday, September 9, 2011 at 4:30 p.m.
Community Garden, 51st and Main
Families will get a chance to whitewash a Community Garden fence. Before the whitewashing, the Coterie Theatre presents a dramatic reading from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Thomas Hart Benton on Tom Sawyer: Re-envisioning Twain in the 20th Century
Sunday, September 18, 2011 at 2 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Art historian and exhibit curator Joan Stack discusses how Thomas Hart Benton responded to the challenge of illustrating this classic Twain novel.
The Big Read Dial-A-Story
September 19 – 25, 2011
Call 816.701.3456 to listen to Kansas City Star columnist Charles Gusewelle reading from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Where the Twain Meet: The Enduring Cross-Generational Appeal of Tom Sawyer
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at 6:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.
Twain scholar Robert Hirst, editor of the bestselling Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1, provides a critical perspective on the novel.
Susan Harris: Mark Twain and the Philippines
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 6:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Susan Harris, the Hall Distinguished Professor of American Literature at the University of Kansas, examines the rarely seen political side of Twain, who was actively interested in world events – and deeply patriotic.
FYI Book Group: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 6:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.
The Kansas City Star’s FYI Book Group – coordinated by the Kansas City Public Library’s book group expert Kaite Stover – returns to tackle The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Meet the Past: Mark Twain
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 6:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III launches its second full season with a conversation with Mark Twain, as portrayed by veteran Chautauqua performer George Frein.
Hal Holbrook Tonight
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 6:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Celebrated actor Hal Holbrook discusses his beautifully moving new memoir, Harold: The Boy Who Became Mark Twain, in a special public conversation with Library Director Crosby Kemper III.
