The Big Read 2010
Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird

Click below for articles of interest to read before Steven Goldberg's talk on Feb. 10

For Fishtrap’s fifth annual community-wide reading series, we are pleased to announce To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. Our thanks to the National Endowment for the Arts, Pacific Power Foundation, and Trust Management Services for their support for The Big Read 2010.

This year we’re also very pleased to be working closely with the Non-Violent Communication group, the Peace and Justice Network, the Mid-Valley Theatre group, public libraries and schools, and many members of the faith community.

To Kill a Mockingbird is an American classic. [Synopsis of TKAM.] Like last year, we’ve assembled a list of supplemental reading for adults, youth, and young children, [Book list.], and we have many events addressing the issues raised in these books. The Big Read 2010 will start in early January, and conclude in early March.The complete calendar of events will be posted here soon.
 
Our kick-off event will be on Tuesday, January 12, featuring Charles Shields, author of Mockingbird, a biography of Harper Lee. Other featured presenters are Whitman College history professor David Schmitz, Portland lawyer Steven Goldberg, “Not in Our Town” speaker Wayne Inman, Seattle musician Reggie Garrett, and others. The finale will be on Sunday evening, February 28, at the Hurricane Creek Grange.

Several members of our local community will be speaking on panels, and others will be writing guest editorials for the newspaper. There will be a writing contest for school students. “Radio Reader” on KPBX-FM will air To Kill a Mockingird during the same time period. The Mid-Valley Theater will have auditions in early January for a live performance of To Kill a Mockingird to occur in early March.

The “Monday Night at the Movies” series will start on January 11 (the night before the kick-off), and will run through February 22. We’ve also listed a whole slew of supplemental films that you may wish to watch at home. The movie version of TKAM will air at the OK Theater in Enterprise on February 15. [Film schedule.]

We invite you to join us at one – or all! – of the many Big Read events we have planned.

Here's a link to our The Big Read schedule of events.

For a bigger picture of The Big Read nationally, visit the NEA website