Renowned stage and screen actor
Hal Holbrook visits the Kansas City Public Library on
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 for a public conversation about his beautifully moving new memoir,
Harold: The Boy Who Became Mark Twain at
6:30 p.m. at the
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Harold: The Boy Who Became Mark Twain recounts Holbrook's troubled boyhood - and how he found a refuge onstage, eventually starring in the one-man Broadway show "Mark Twain Tonight." The role earned him a Tony Award in 1966 and opened the door to television and film stardom, including Emmy Awards for his roles as President Abraham Lincoln (in
Lincoln) and Senator Hays Stowe (in
The Bold Ones: The Senator) and an Oscar nomination for
Into the Wild (2007).
This public conversation with Holbrook will be hosted by Library Director
Crosby Kemper III.
Admission is
free. A
6 p.m. reception precedes the event.
Free parking is available at the Library District Parking Garage at 10th & Baltimore.
This is the finale event for The Big Read celebration of
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - coordinated by the Kansas City Public Library and
Kansas City Ballet - which has been extended through Sunday, November 13, as a result of Holbrook's appearance.
The Big Read is a program of the
National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with
Arts Midwest. For more information about The Big Read in Kansas City, visit
kcbigread.org.