1906 College Heights Blvd #11005
Bowling Green, KY 42101
Tel: 270/745-5016
Fax: 270/745-6422
http://www.sokybookfest.org
Area Educators and interested others are cordially invited to a free reception at Barnes & Noble to hear about The Big Read-Southern Kentucky! featuring "The Great Gatsby." Teacher and Reader guides and a Schedule of Events will be distributed. Everyone that attends will also receive a free copy of the novel. Educators can enter to win a free set of books for their classroom or school. In addition they will receive a 20% discount on all professional materials purchased.
Event Location: 1680 Campbell Lane, Bowling Green, KY 42104
Events Schedule and Free Books distributed at the library at Bowling Green Technical College for The Big Read-Southern Kentucky! featuring "The Great Gatsby."
Event Location: 1845 Loop Drive, Bowling Green, KY 42101
Events Schedule and Free Books distributed at the library main branch for The Big Read-Southern Kentucky! featuring "The Great Gatsby." 1920s dance demonstration.
Event Location: 1225 State Street, Bowling Green, KY 42101
Events Schedule and Free Books distributed at The Carol Martin Gatton Academy for The Big Read-Southern Kentucky! featuring "The Great Gatsby." Campus community and interested others are welcome.
Event Location: 1906 College Heights Blvd #71031, Bowling Green, KY 42101
Events Schedule and Free Books distributed at WKU's Helm Library Java City for The Big Read-Southern Kentucky! featuring "The Great Gatsby." Campus community and interested others welcome.
Event Location: 1906 College Heights Blvd #11067, Bowling Green, KY 42101
Events Schedule and Free Books distributed at WKU's International Center for The Big Read-Southern Kentucky! featuring "The Great Gatsby." Campus community and interested others welcome.
Event Location: 1906 College Heights Blvd #11066, Bowling Green, KY 42101
Events Schedule and Free Books distributed at Barnes & Noble in Bowling Green for The Big Read-Southern Kentucky! featuring "The Great Gatsby." 1920's jazz music will be performed.
Event Location: 1680 Campbell Lane, Bowling Green, KY 42104
Events Schedule and Free Books distributed at Bowling Green Community College in the Main Lobby for The Big Read-Southern Kentucky! featuring "The Great Gatsby." Campus community and interested others welcome.
Event Location: WKU South Campus, 2355 Nashville Road, Bowling Green, KY 42101
Showing of the 1974 film featuring Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Sam Waterston and Bruce Dern. Movie costuming was by then unknown fashion designer Ralph Lauren.
Event Location: 175 Iron Skillet Court, Bowling Green, KY 42104
Key-note speaker Jim Cullen from the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York City will discuss "The Great Gatsby" and the idea of the "American Dream". Dr. Cullen has written extensively on American Popular Culture including a book "The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation." Dr. Cullen received his Ph.D. in American Civilization from Brown University.
Event Location: 1680 Campbell Lane, Bowling Green, KY 42104
Book discussion on "The Great Gatsby" at the Warren County Public Library Smiths Grove Branch. Discussion will also feature talk by WKU librarian Sandy Staebell on 1920s period clothing in Gatsby.
Event Location: 127 South Main Street, Bowling Green, KY 42171
Book discussion on "The Great Gatsby" as part of the Fireside Chat series at the Warren County Public Library Bob Kirby Branch.
Event Location: 175 Iron Skillet Court, Bowling Green, KY 42104
Book discussion at WKU International Center for international students and other interested members of the campus and larger community. Discussion will be facilitated by librarian from Warren County Public Library.
Event Location: 1906 College Heights Blvd #11066, Bowling Green, KY 42101
Book critic Maureen Corrigan from National Public Radio's Fresh Air program will speak at Barnes & Noble on "The Great Gatsby" and author F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Event Location: 1680 Campbell Lane, Bowling Green, KY 42104
Local historian Jonathan Jeffrey will speak at Warren County Public Library main branch on alcohol, prohibition and bootlegging history in Bowling Green, Kentucky and the surrounding communities during the 1920s and 30s.
Event Location: 1225 State Street, Bowling Green, KY 42101
View the Oscar-winning 1974 movie starring Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Sam Waterston and Bruce Dern. Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and costuming by Ralph Lauren. Film will be introduced by KY Library & Museum curator Sandy Staebell.
Event Location: 1906 College Heights Blvd. #11092, Bowling Green, KY 42101
Final book discussion for The Big Read-Southern Kentucky! at Barnes & Noble. Facilitator will be on hand to guide readers through the story and a discussion of author F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Event Location: 1680 Campbell Lane, Bowling Green, KY 42101
Local historian Jonathan Jeffrey will speak at Bowling Green Technical College on alcohol, prohibition and bootlegging history in Bowling Green, Kentucky and the surrounding communities during the 1920s and 30s.
Event Location: Building F, Conference Room, 1845 Loop Drive, Bowling Green, KY 42101
Celebrate the opening of the new Decorative Arts Gallery at the Kentucky Library & Museum in 1920s style. Enjoy free food, drinks and fun. Jazz music and vintage cars from the period will be on hand. Costumes are optional but encouraged. Space is limited so call 745-5016 to make your reservations.
Event Location: 1906 College Heights Blvd. #11092, Bowling Green, KY 42101
