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Forsyth County Public Library's 5th Annual Community Reading Program
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Friday, October 13th 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
The American Landscape: an Exhibit and Reception with John Ehle and Local Arts Community Land Breakers The American Landscape is a national jurored competition and exhibition of visual art about artists' perceptions of the landscape of America.Associated Artists Gallery
Saturday, October 14th at 6:00 p.m. Dress rehearsal for "Page to Stage," the culminating event for "On the Same Page " North Carolina School of the Arts, The Thrust, Performance Place This program is free and tickets are not required.
Sunday, October 15th at 7:00 p.m. CULMINATING EVENT - Page to Stage: A Staged Reading of The Land Breakers North Carolina School of the Arts, The Thrust, Performance Place (A free, ticketed event. Call the Stevens Center at 336-723-6320 or the N.C. School of the Arts ticket office to reserve a ticket.)
CONGRATULATIONS!
Greystone Place Gals Book Club--Winners of 10 copies of "The Landbreakers" from a contest run by Press 53,publishers of the rereleased edition of the book.
LET'S TALK ABOUT IT!
The Land Breakers is likely to spark discussion on basic human survival, the power of nature, labor and work ethic, relationships of family and community, mountain culture, immigration (Scots-Irish and German), slavery, poverty and isolation.
READING KICKOFF!
More than 500 Forsyth County Readers joined us for The Kick Off of the 5th Annual "On the Same Page" Communisty Reading program. More book discussions and events are taking place to encourage Community Reading.
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4 comments:
Times are so much better now in most ways, but I think people were braver, more courageous and much prouder then. They were also more supportive of each other because their survival depended on it.
It is hard to imagine how tough these times were. The relationship between Lorri and Mooney makes one appreciate why divorce rates were low.
I've led discussions at two On the Same Page book discussions and the participants who were over seventy have vivid memories of doing many of the tasks that are described in The Land Breakers. I have an aunt who remembers making lye soap and butchering hogs. She grew up on a farm in Nebraska. She and my father were one of nine children growing up on a vast cattle ranch between 1929-1945.
I think I would like to bring a lot of the values and abilities from that time into this. I like to be able to make a lot of the things we need and not have to run to the store for every little thing. It seems like such a waste. How many of us can do a project without hiring someone to do part of it? I just finished reading The Rosewood Casket and was appreciating how these men could build this casket using hand tools--no electricity!--at their father's request and because of his training. It means a lot to be able to do things for myself and my family and friends. I guess it is also nice that this is a choice and not enforced by a way of life.
--Andrea
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