Community Celebrities Readathon
March 4 from 4:51 am to 4:51 pm
Fresno Fire Department Museum across from Chukchansi Park
Bring your copy of the book to read along with local media personalities, firefighters and other Valley celebrities.
Ray Bradbury Tribute Symposium
March 19 from 7 pm to 9 pm at Woodward Park Library
Sci-fi author Tim Hamilton will discuss his new graphic novel version of Fahrenheit 451.
Ray Bradbury Tribute Symposium
March 20 from 10 am to 5 pm at CSUF Student Recreation Center
Presentations by sci-fi authors Tim Hamilton, Greg Bear, Terry Bisson and William F. Nolan and Bradbury biographer Sam Weller will start at 10 am. After all author presentations have concluded, Howard Hendrix will moderate a panel discussion with all the authors. A live video interview at 4 pm with Ray Bradbury will follow the panel discussion. Special rate available at the Piccadilly Inn for Symposium attendees.
Panel Discussion Series
March 15: Big Brother is Watching You
March 22: Privacy Issues (including Internet and Patriot Act)
March 29: Fahrenheit 451 and the Bill of Rights
All programs start at 7 pm at Woodward Park Library
Jackie Ryle will moderate all three panels.
Theatrical Production of Fahrenheit 451 directed by S. Eric Day
March 19-21 and March 26-28 at the California Arts Academy in the Tower District
10 matinee and evening performances
Book Discussions (win special Big Read prizes)
Various dates/locations/times
Everyone who participates in a book discussion program will be entered into a drawing to win a Sony Digital Electronic Book Reader and other prizes.
Film Screenings of Francois Truffaut’s 1966 production of Fahrenheit 451
starring Julie Christie and Oskar Werner
Various dates/locations/times
Author Shawn Grady
March 6 at 10:30 am at Yosemite Falls Restaurant - Ashlan and Hwy 99
Grady will discuss his new book Through the Fire, a mystery novel featuring firefighters in Reno, Nevada.
AND MORE!!!
Other programs will include 1950s jazz concert, book appraisal, book repair clinic, sci-fi film discussion, 1950s retrospective, destruction of libraries, cooking demonstration, children’s events and more.
The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Service and Arts Midwest. Find lesson plans, reading guides and more at the national Big Read website.
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