The
Hudson Valley Writers' Center is proud to be a partner of ArtsWestchester
and Westchester
Library System as well as Fordham
University - Westchester, Greater
Hudson Valley Chapter of The Links Inc, The
Picture House, Westchester
Community College, Westchester
County Youth Bureau, and Youth
Theatre Interactions for 2010's BIG READ.
The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest. Its idea is simple: encourage as many people as possible to read—and discuss—the same book during a concentrated period.
The Big Read Westchester invites you to discover an unforgettable work of fiction, The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien, and to share the experience with friends and community members. To be a part of it, simply read The Things They Carried during February and March 2010. Then, take advantage of the public programs related to the book—a staged reading, panel presentations, civic discussions, workshops—that will be available.
One of those public programs is a creative writing workshop for veterans, co-sponsored by the Writers' Center and taught by writer David Surface at Fordham Westchester beginning on February 23. Another is a reading by young adult author Patricia McCormick from her latest book, Purple Heart, presented by the Writers' Center on Sunday, March 14 at ArtsWestchester's Arts Exchange, 31 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains.
For a complete list of Big Read programs in Westchester County, click here.
Programs and events of The Hudson Valley Writers’ Center are made possible, in part, by grants from the Bydale Foundation, the David G. Taft Foundation, the Orchard Foundation, the William Robinson Foundation, and the Thendara Foundation; with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts; and by the Basic Program Support Grant of ArtsWestchester with funds from Westchester County Government.