Author to Speak at Penn State Harrisburg!

Charles Shields, author of NY Times Bestseller, Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee, will speak at Penn State Univeristy - Harrisburg. His talk, "Harper Lee: A Literary Mystery" will focus on his research and why Harper Lee never published another work.

Where: Penn State Harrisburg, Olmstead Building
When: November 29, 2007
Time: 7:00 pm (refreshments)
7:30 - 8:30 (author talk)

This event is open to the public but seating is limited. To attend, please RSVP to Brandon Gryde at 717-238-1887 or at bgryde@jumpstreet.org.

Upcoming Big Read Events

To Kill a Mockingbird Book Clubs

Jump Street is hosting several TKAM Book Clubs! Come to any of these locations and talk with others about this wonderful novel. Themes that will be discussed: Tolerance, Justice, Coming of Age, relevance today.

All registrants will receive a paperback copy of TKAM, a reader’s guide, an audio guide (featuring Sandra Day O’Conner and Robert Duvall), and bookmarks.

This event is part of The Big Read, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts.
To attend, please RSVP to Brandon Gryde at bgryde@jumpstreet.org or by calling 717-238-1887.
For more information, visit www.neabigread.org.


Events:


Cornerstone Coffee House
10/24/07 @ 6:00pm


East Shore Library
10/30/07 @ 6:00pm
11/19/07 @ 6:00pm

Kline Library
12/9/07 @ 6:00pm
12/18/07 @ 6:00pm


Book discussions are a partnership between Jump Street and the Dauphin County Library System. For a copy of To Kill a Mockingbird, please visit your local DCLS branch.

The Big Read Launch

PA's House Democratic
Caucus Majority Room

Guests enjoy food at the launch

Audience members look forward to
reading Harper Lee's novel.

Brandon Gryde (Jump Street)
introduces the Big Read and the
importance of reading.

Shaashawn Dial (local poet and 1400
AM The Touch host) reads the opening
lines of the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird.

Brandon Gryde (Jump Street) talks
about upcoming Big Read programs.

About The Big Read Program

Jump Street’s AND – A New Diversion, has received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to participate in a national program called The Big Read. The Big Read will promote the reading of literature in the community, specifically focusing on Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize winning, To Kill a Mockingbird.

Lee’s novel deals with heavy issues such as tolerance. To that end, students in Central Pennsylvania will create new artwork based upon the theme, showing the relevance the novel still has today. Bridging the divide between the “East” and “West” Shores, high school students will create new artwork, such as creative writing and poetry, visual art and illustrations, film and music, to show the relevance Mockingbird still has today.

The finished artwork will get published in Jump Street ’s AND Magazine, a regionally-distributed, teen-produced publication with a focus on the arts and healthy lifestyles. The artwork will also be on display throughout the Dauphin County Library System.

If you would like to get involved in The Big Read, please contact Brandon Gryde at bgryde@jumpstreet.org.

Big Read Events in the Harrisburg Area:

Big Read Launch

September 21, 2007
11:00 am
House Democratic Caucus Majority Room, Main Capitol

The Big Read launch will feature local legislators, great, food, and community partners, including the Dauphin County Library System, Capital Area School for the Arts, Harrisburg School District , and more. Shashaawn Dial, afternoon radio host on 1400 The Touch will read an excerpt of the novel. There will be great food at this launch; event is open to the public.


This event is part of The Big Read,
an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts
in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest.
For more information on Big Read events across the country, visit www.neabigread.org.

For more information about AND, visit www.myspace.com/andanewdiversion
For more information about Jump Street , visit www.jumpstreet.org.











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Event Add:

To Kill a Mockingbird, movie screening

September 29, 2007

7:30 pm

Tickets: $7.00

Hershey Theatre’s 2007-2008 classic film series kicks off its season with a screening of the 1962 classic, To Kill a Mockingbird. The drama, based upon the novel by Harper Lee and directed by Robert Mulligan, stars Gregory Peck, Robert Duvall, John Negna, Frank Overton, Ruth White, Brock Peters, and Alice Ghostley. Jump Street will be on hand to pass out TKAM Reader’s Guides and bookmarks.

For more information call the Box Office at 717-534-3405 or visit hersheytheatre.com

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