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Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
AMERICAN MASTERS - Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun Premieres nationally Wednesday, April 9 at 9pm (ET) on PBS (check local listings)
THIRTEEN/WNET New York's American Masters explores the indomitable spirit of Florida author and intellectual Zora Neale Hurston. The film includes rare archival footage from Hurston's own collection, and features interviews with Alice Walker, Dorothy West, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Maya Angelou and others.
Lucy Anne Hurston will be appearing at the following events for The Big Read
February 22, 2008 - Hartford Public Library
Address: 500 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06103
For questions about the event, visit ww2.hplct.org/home.shtml or contact Catherine D'Italia at (860) 695-6295.
April 20-22, 2008 - Humanities Council of Washington, DC
Address: 925 U Street NW, Washington, DC 20001
For questions about the event, visit www.wdchumanities.org or contact Joy Ford Austin at (202) 387-8391.
May 4, 2008 - Upper Hudson Library System
Address: 28 Essex Street, Albany, NY 12206
For questions about the event, visit www.uhls.org/uhls/ or contact Jo-Ann Benedetti at (518) 437-9880.
May 25, 2008 - Just Buffalo Literary Center, Inc.
Address: 617 Main Street, Suite 202A, Market Arcade, Buffalo, NY 14203
For questions about the event, visit www.justbuffalo.org/index.shtml or contact Michael Kelleher at (716) 832-5400.
June 2, 2008 - Newport News Public Library System
Address: 700 Town Center Drive Suite 300, Newport News, VA 23606
For questions about the event, visit www.ci.newport-news.va.us/library or contact Judy Condra at (757) 926-1365.
All of Buffalo is Reading...
Poster in Buffalo, NY, promoting Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, part of The Big Read campaign.
Zora Fest
Zora Fest 2007 -- April 28 at Lincoln Park Academy (1806 Ave I) in Fort Pierce, Florida. Lucy Anne Hurston will be at the event.
The Big Read selects Their Eyes Were Watching God
In 2007, the following cities around the country are participating in the National Endowment for the Arts' The Big Read, a program designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. The NEA presents The Big Read in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and in cooperation with Arts Midwest.
The Big Read brings together partners across the country to encourage reading for pleasure and enlightenment. The following cities have chosen Their Eyes Were Watching God as their Big Read book and have planned events around both this classic book as well as Hurston's life and literary legacy. Zora Neale Hurston's niece Lucy Hurston will be speaking at many of the events below (see starred events).
Hartford, CT**
Hartford Public Library
February 2007
*Lucy Anne Hurston speaking Feb 22
Louisville, KY
Louisville Free Public Library Foundation
February 2007
Parma, OH
Cuyahoga County Public Library
February 1, 2007 - April 30, 2007 (with focus on March)
Albany, NY
Upper Hudson Library System
February 1, 2007 - March 30, 2007 (Kickoff Party January 21)
*Lucy Anne Hurston speaking on May 4.
Savannah, GA
Armstrong Atlantic State University
February 10 (kick-off event) - April 14
Fayetteville, NC
Cumberland County Public Library & Info Center
March 23 - April 27
Washington, DC
Humanities Council of Washington, DC
April 19 - May 19, 2007
*Lucy Anne Hurston speaking on April 20 and 21st.
Newport, VA**
Newport News Public Library System
April 15 - June 3 (with focus on May)
*Lucy Anne Hurston speaking at closing event on June 2.
Buffalo, NY
Just Buffalo Literary Center, Inc.
May 2007
*Lucy Anne Hurston speaking on May 25.
Orlando, FL
Orange County Library System
January 21, 2007 - March 10, 2007
For more information on The Big Read, visit: http://www.neabigread.org/