Program Type:
Arts, Culture, & LiteratureProgram Description
Event Details
Join the community read of Into the Beautiful North, by Luis Alberto Urrea, a story about a besieged Mexican village without any men and a group of young women who go to the United States looking for defenders, learning truths about themselves along the way. The book depicts the contradictions of the US-Mexico border, the blending of cultures and economies as well as the division between countries.
Read the book and participate in citywide events, including discussion groups, staged readings, movie screenings and craft projects.
NEA Big Read Kickoff: A Celebration of Mexico Saturday, October 12, 1-5 p.m. - Pleasant Grove Branch
Movie Screening : The Magnificent Seven Sunday, October 13, 5 p.m. - The Majestic Theater
Mexican Paper Flowers Tuesdays at 3:30 p.m. starting October 15 – Kleberg-Rylie Branch
Blending Cultures Crafternoon Saturday, November 9, 1 p.m. - Bachman Lake Branch Library
130 Productions performance Thursday & Friday, November 14 & 15, 1:30 p.m.; Saturday, November 16, 4 p.m. at time – Fretz Park Branch Library
Book Discussion Thursday, November 14, 6:30 p.m. - Central Library
Book Discussion Saturday, November 16, 2 p.m. - Lakewood Branch Library
Conchas & Café: Bilingual Book Discussion Saturday, November 23, 11 a.m. - Oak Lawn Branch Library
NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.