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3:00 pm
Introducing My Antonia
Location: A-B Tech Community College; 340 Victoria Rd., Asheville, NC 28801
Introduction to The Big Read with a sampling of programs that could be used for My Antonia.
10:00 am
The Book and Beyond
Location: Swannanoa Pride Community Coalition, Bee Tree Fire Station at 510 Bee Tree Road, Swannanoa, NC 28778
The group reads "My Antonia," and uses it to create the "Book of Ourselves," including favorite quotes and passages; and stories about themselves that correlate to the book.
2:30 pm
Embracing My Antonia--Big Read Gala Kickoff
Location: Pack Memorial Library; 67 Haywood St., Asheville, NC 28801
Gala features actress-scholar Betty Jean Steinshouer performing, "The Making of My Antonia."
2:30 pm
Skyland Book Club: My Antonia
Location: South Buncombe/Skyland Library; 260 Overlook Rd., Asheville, NC 28803
The book to be discussed is this year's Big Read selection "My Antonia" by Willa Cather. All interested readers are welcome to attend.
12:30 pm
Mars Hill College Big Read Gala
Location: Mars Hill College; 100 Athleic St., Mars Hill, NC 28754
Illustrated talk by Dr. Phyllis Lang, music, showing of PBS film,local school exhibits, and discussion involving Madison County community.
7:00 pm
The Eco View: Willa Cather Among Other Writers
Location: Western Carolina University--Reynolds Hall, Cullowhee, NC 28723
A panel of four experts discusses Willa Cather, and My Antonia in particular, in the context of ecocriticism. Other writers to be discussed will include William Faulkner, Cormac McCarthy, and John Steinbeck. Questions and comments from the audience follow.
12:00 pm
Books Sandwiched In
Location: Polk County Library; 1289 West Mills St.,, Columbus, NC 28722
Rob Neufeld, Book Reviewer for the Asheville Citizen Times and Director of “Together We Read” discusses My Antonia.
11:00 am
Nicholas Basbanes on The Power of Books
Location: Polk County Library, Columbus, NC 28722
Basbanes, author of “Every Book Its Reader: The Power of the Printed Word to Stir the World,” talks with Polk County groups
2:00 pm
Afternoon book discussion of “My Antonia”
Location: McDowell County Public Library, Marion, NC 28752
7:00 pm
Weaverville Library PM Book Club
Location: 41 N. Main St., Weaverville, NC 28787
The book to be discussed is this year’s BIG READ selection "My Antonia" by Willa Cather. All interested readers are welcome to attend.
10:00 am
Memoir Writing Workshop inspired by "My Antonia"
Location: Swannanoa Public Library, Swannanoa, NC 28778
As a follow-up to the Feb. 9 program, TWR Oral History Coordinator will lead a workshop in memoir writing in the mode of Willa Cather.
2:30 pm
Willa Cather Country
Location: West Asheville Library; 942 Haywood Rd., Asheville, NC 28806
Dr. Phyllis Lang, UNCA professor and Plains native, presents an illustrated talk on the setting of My Antonia.
7:00 pm
Willa Cather’s "My Antonia"
Location: Pack Memorial Library, Asheville, NC 28801
Phyllis Lang, Asheville professor and Plains native, presents an illustrated talk on the setting of My Antonia and Willa Cather’s life
7:00 pm
Willa Cather Country
Location: West Asheville Library, Asheville, NC 28806
Phyllis Lang, UNCA professor and Plains native, presents an evening session of her illustrated talk on the setting of My Antonia
10:00 am
Books to highschoolers
Location: The Music Box; 280 N. Haywood St., Waynesville, NC 28786
Osondu Booksellers and TWR will distribute free copies of My Antoinia and The Big Read guides to highschool students who frequent the popular spot
2:30 pm
My Antonia: The Story in Sign
Location: Reuter Center, UNCA, Asheville, NC 28804
Acclaimed actress and American Sign Language practitioner Barbara Bates Smith performs passages of “My Antonia” is sign and spoken word; with Marilyn Edwards, Telecommunications Specialist, Asheville office, N.C. Division of Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
7:00 pm
Willa Cather Country
Location: Haywood County Public Library, 678 S. Haywood St.,, Waynesville, NC 28786
Phyllis Lang, UNCA professor and Plains native, presents an evening of her illustrated talk on the setting of My Antonia.
7:00 pm
We All Come from Sommers Else: Immigration Stories Made Real
Location: Carolina Theatre, Spruce Pine, NC 28777
Dr. Gloria Houston, acclaimed children’s author, takes the stage with Mitchell County Middle School students at Carolina Theatre in Spruce Pine, 7 p.m., March 21, to demonstrate the power of creative dramatics in studying American immigration.
7:00 pm
Evening book discussion of “My Antonia”
Location: McDowell County Public Library, Marion, NC 28752
6:00 pm
Polk County Library Book Discussion
Location: Polk County Library; 1289 West Mills St., Columbus, NC 28722
Book discussion of My Antonia
10:00 am
Big Ivy Historical Society Book Discussion
Location: Big Ivy Historical Society; Dillingham Rd., Barnardsville, NC 28709
Book Discussion of My Antonia
8:30 am
School curriculum
Location: Mitchell High School, Spruce Pine, NC 28705
Mitchell High School will use "My Antonia" in the History/English class taught by Paulette Davis
8:30 am
School curriculum
Location: Mountain Heritage High School, Burnsville, NC 28714
Mountain heritage high school will use "My Antonia" in Franklin Coxe's class.
8:30 am
School curriculum
Location: Mitchell High School, Spruce Pine, NC 28705
Mitchell High School will use "My Antonia" in the History/English class taught by Paulette Davis
8:30 am
School curriculum
Location: Mountain Heritage High School, Burnsville, NC 28714
Mountain heritage high school will use "My Antonia" in Franklin Coxe's class.
7:00 pm
Historical Immigration and the Realities of Immigration Today
Location: Haywood County Public Library, 678 S. Haywood St.,, Waynesville, NC 28786
Dr Mark Gibney, UNC-A professor of political science, and 2006 winner of the International Human Rights Award, leads a panel discussion.
8:30 am
School curriculum
Location: Mitchell High School, Spruce Pine, NC 28705
Mitchell High School will use "My Antonia" in the History/English class taught by Paulette Davis
8:30 am
School curriculum
Location: Mountain Heritage High School, Burnsville, NC 28714
Mountain heritage high school will use "My Antonia" in Franklin Coxe's class.
8:30 am
School curriculum
Location: Mitchell High School, Spruce Pine, NC 28705
Mitchell High School will use "My Antonia" in the History/English class taught by Paulette Davis
8:30 am
School curriculum
Location: Mountain Heritage High School, Burnsville, NC 28714
Mountain heritage high school will use "My Antonia" in Franklin Coxe's class.
7:00 pm
Professor-led discussion
Location: Macon County Public Library, Franklin, NC 28734
Dr. Mae Miller Claxton, Western Carolina University English professor, leads a discussion of “My Antonia,” one her favorite books
8:30 am
School curriculum
Location: Mitchell High School, Spruce Pine, NC 28705
Mitchell High School will use "My Antonia" in the History/English class taught by Paulette Davis
8:30 am
School curriculum
Location: Mountain Heritage High School, Burnsville, NC 28714
Mountain heritage high school will use "My Antonia" in Franklin Coxe's class.
8:30 am
School curriculum
Location: Mitchell High School, Spruce Pine, NC 28705
Mitchell High School will use "My Antonia" in the History/English class taught by Paulette Davis
8:30 am
School curriculum
Location: Mountain Heritage High School, Burnsville, NC 28714
Mountain heritage high school will use "My Antonia" in Franklin Coxe's class.
12:00 pm
Screening of O'Pioneer
Location: Swannanoa Public Library, Swannanoa, NC 28778
Come and watch the movie O'Pioneer ! The original book was authored by Willa Cather in 1913, set in the plains of Nebraska. Look for similarities of character, hardships of farm communities, stories of diversity
as in My Antonia.
8:30 am
School curriculum
Location: Mitchell High School, Spruce Pine, NC 28705
Mitchell High School will use "My Antonia" in the History/English class taught by Paulette Davis
8:30 am
School curriculum
Location: Mountain Heritage High School, Burnsville, NC 28714
Mountain heritage high school will use "My Antonia" in Franklin Coxe's class.
8:30 am
School curriculum
Location: Mitchell High School, Spruce Pine, NC 28705
Mitchell High School will use "My Antonia" in the History/English class taught by Paulette Davis
8:30 am
School curriculum
Location: Mountain Heritage High School, Burnsville, NC 28714
Mountain heritage high school will use "My Antonia" in Franklin Coxe's class.
4:00 pm
Western Carolina Literary Festival
Location: Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723
The annual WCU Literary Festival features Lee Smith, Barbara Bates Smith, Ron Rash, Pat Conroy, Russell Banks, Thomas Lux, and Dagoberto Gilb; and connects with The BigRead
7:00 pm
Immigration and the Realities Facing Today’s Immigrants
Location: Haywood County Public Library, 678 S. Haywood St.,, Waynesville, NC 28786
Craig White from the Center for Participatory Changes leads a discussion.
8:30 am
School curriculum
Location: Mitchell High School, Spruce Pine, NC 28705
Mitchell High School will use "My Antonia" in the History/English class taught by Paulette Davis
8:30 am
School curriculum
Location: Mountain Heritage High School, Burnsville, NC 28714
Mountain heritage high school will use "My Antonia" in Franklin Coxe's class.
4:00 pm
Western Carolina Literary Festival
Location: Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723
The annual WCU Literary Festival features Lee Smith, Barbara Bates Smith, Ron Rash, Pat Conroy, Russell Banks, Thomas Lux, and Dagoberto Gilb; and connects with The BigRead
8:30 am
School curriculum
Location: Mitchell High School, Spruce Pine, NC 28705
Mitchell High School will use "My Antonia" in the History/English class taught by Paulette Davis
8:30 am
School curriculum
Location: Mountain Heritage High School, Burnsville, NC 28714
Mountain heritage high school will use "My Antonia" in Franklin Coxe's class.
4:00 pm
Western Carolina Literary Festival
Location: Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723
The annual WCU Literary Festival features Lee Smith, Barbara Bates Smith, Ron Rash, Pat Conroy, Russell Banks, Thomas Lux, and Dagoberto Gilb; and connects with The BigRead
8:30 am
School curriculum
Location: Mitchell High School, Spruce Pine, NC 28705
Mitchell High School will use "My Antonia" in the History/English class taught by Paulette Davis
8:30 am
School curriculum
Location: Mountain Heritage High School, Burnsville, NC 28714
Mountain heritage high school will use "My Antonia" in Franklin Coxe's class.
4:00 pm
Western Carolina Literary Festival
Location: Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723
The annual WCU Literary Festival features Lee Smith, Barbara Bates Smith, Ron Rash, Pat Conroy, Russell Banks, Thomas Lux, and Dagoberto Gilb; and connects with The BigRead
8:30 am
School curriculum
Location: Mitchell High School, Spruce Pine, NC 28705
Mitchell High School will use "My Antonia" in the History/English class taught by Paulette Davis
8:30 am
School curriculum
Location: Mountain Heritage High School, Burnsville, NC 28714
Mountain heritage high school will use "My Antonia" in Franklin Coxe's class.
2:30 pm
Junot Diaz at West Asheville Library
Location: 942 Haywood Rd., Asheville, NC 28806
Dominican-America author of “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” talks about the “My Antonia” immigrant experience and the modern one.
7:00 pm
Junot Diaz on the New American Culture
Location: Warren Wilson College; Kittredge Theatre, Swannanoa, NC 28778
Dominican-America author of “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” talks about the “My Antonia” immigrant experience and the modern one.
6:00 pm
Mayland Book Club
Location: Mayland Community College, Spruce Pine, NC 28777
Book discussion of "My Antonia"
7:00 pm
My Antonia Trivia Contest
Location: Osondu Booksellers; 184 N. Main St., Waynesville, NC 28786
The winner gets a $50 gift certificate for the Music Box.
7:00 pm
Esther Olavarria, the Senate’s Top Immigration Advisor
Location: Lipinsky Auditorium, UNC-Asheville, Asheville, NC 28804
A talk on realities and misunderstandings about immigration, preceded by an American Sign Language performance of “My Antonia” passages by Barbara Bates Smith
7:00 pm
My Antonia Book Discussion
Location: Jackson County Public Library, 755 W Main St., Sylva, NC 28779
Dr. Gayle Miller of WCU leads a book discussion on My Antonia. Dr. Miller will talk about Willa Cather's life and literary
achievements as a prelude to the My Antonia discussion.
10:00 am
Coming to Carolina - Personal Stories from the Immigrant Community
Location: A-B Tech Community College; 340 Victoria Rd.,, Asheville, NC 28801
A panel will be comprised of people from a variety of countries who will speak about
their personal experiences immigrating to and living in America.
1:00 pm
Early Immigrants in WNC with Robert Morgan and Sheila Kay Adams
Location: Ferguson Auditorium, A-B Tech, Asheville, NC 28801
Author Robert Morgan talks about the region's earliest modern immigrants--the Scots-Irish, English, Welsh, Huguenots, and Germans; with a one-woman "My Antonia" performance; and an exhibit on area immigrants.
4:00 pm
Hendersonville Book Discussion
Location: Henderson County Public Library; 301 North Washington St., Hendersonville, NC 28739
Dr. Phyllis Lang, UNCA professor and Plains native, will lead participants in a book discussion.
4:00 pm
Showing of the movie "O Pioneers"
Location: Henderson County Public Library; 301 N Washington St., Hendersonville, NC 28739
Showing of the film "O Pioneers".
11:00 am
Book discussion
Location: Mitchell Senior Center, Bakersville, NC 28705
Dr. Dan Barron, Avery-Mitchell-Yancey regional Library Director, leads discussion.
5:00 pm
Book discussion
Location: Yancey County home, Burnsville, NC 28714
Hell and High Water Book Club of Yancey discusses “My Antonia”
6:00 pm
Immigration: A Journey Through Pictures and Words
Location: Children First Family Resource Center at Emma; 37 Brickyard Rd., Asheville, NC 28806
An Exhibit featuring photos and stories taken from oral history interviews with members of WNC's immigrant community, including young mothers participating in
the Mother Read program.
11:30 am
Across the Prairie: Stories for Children Ages 5-10
Location: Polk County Public Library; 1289 West Mills St., Columbus, NC 28722
Stories for children
6:30 pm
East Asheville Book Club: My Antonia
Location: East Asheville Library, 902 Tunnel Road, Asheville, NC 28805
The book to be discussed is this year's Big Read selection "My Antonia" by Willa Cather. All interested readers are welcome to attend.
6:00 pm
Book discussion
Location: Avery County-Morrison Public Library, Newland, NC 28657
The Avery County Historical Society holds a book discussion on “My Antonia”
