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Posted on Feb 05, 2010 by Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice

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Message*	The Big Read: 4 Events <a href="http://vpan.org/actions/?id=3998">http://vpan.org/actions/?id=3998</a> <strong>Big Read, Small Town</strong><br /> WHEN: Wednesday, February 17 5:30 pm<br /> WHERE: Harrison Institute at the Small Special Collections Library, UVA<br /> Part of THE BIG READ: Join locals, students, and University faculty and staff to hear a lecture by Deborah E. McDowell, Director of the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies on the themes explored in "A Lesson Before Dying.”<br /> Sponsored by the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library<br /> For more information contact David Plunkett at dplunkett@jmrl.org or 979.7151 ext 305<br /> ______________<br /> <strong>Anatomy of an Execution</strong><br /> WHEN: Thursday, February 18 6:00 pm<br /> WHERE: Crozet Library<br /> Part of THE BIG READ.: Co-author (and Ivy resident) Laura Anderson recounts her experience as teacher, friend, and finally spiritual advisor to the last juvenile offender executed in Virginia.<br /> Sponsored by JMRL: Crozet Library<br /> For more information contact David Plunkett at dplunkett@jmrl.org or 979.7151 ext 305<br /> ____________<br /> <strong>An Expendable Man: The Near Execution of Earl Washington, Jr.</strong><br /> WHEN: Saturday, February 20 2:00 pm<br /> WHERE: Northside Library, Albemarle Square<br /> Part of THE BIG READ: Author Margaret Edds discusses her book and the case of Earl Washington, Jr., a man with cognitive disabilities wrongfully convicted of rape and murder in Culpeper, Virginia who spent almost 18 years in prison (9 on death row) before being exonerated. In addition to being an author, Ms. Edds has been an editorial writer for the Norfolk Virginia-Pilot.<br /> Sponsored by the JMRL: Northside Library<br /> For more information contact David Plunkett at bigread@jmrl.org 979.7151 ext 305<br /> ____________<br /> <strong>Film: World Peace Game: World Premiere!</strong><br /> WHEN: Sunday, February 21 6:00 pm<br /> WHEN: Paramount Theater, Charlottesville<br /> The BIG READ: This film by local director Chris Farina interweaves the story of John Hunter, a teacher in Charlottesville, Virginia, with his students’ participation in an exercise called the World Peace Game. World Peace Game shares many of the same themes with A Lesson Before Dying, such as education, equality, and tolerance.<br /> Tickets are required and are available at the Paramount box office or at www.theparamount.net/tickets<br /> Sponsored by the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library<br /> For more information contact DAvid Plunkett at bigread@jmrl.org or 979.7151 ext 305
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Date(s): Wed, Feb 17th, 2010 thru Sun, Feb 21st, 2010

Big Read, Small Town
WHEN: Wednesday, February 17 5:30 pm
WHERE: Harrison Institute at the Small Special Collections Library, UVA
Part of THE BIG READ: Join locals, students, and University faculty and staff to hear a lecture by Deborah E. McDowell, Director of the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies on the themes explored in "A Lesson Before Dying.”
Sponsored by the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library
For more information contact David Plunkett at dplunkett@jmrl.org or 979.7151 ext 305
______________
Anatomy of an Execution
WHEN: Thursday, February 18 6:00 pm
WHERE: Crozet Library
Part of THE BIG READ.: Co-author (and Ivy resident) Laura Anderson recounts her experience as teacher, friend, and finally spiritual advisor to the last juvenile offender executed in Virginia.
Sponsored by JMRL: Crozet Library
For more information contact David Plunkett at dplunkett@jmrl.org or 979.7151 ext 305
____________
An Expendable Man: The Near Execution of Earl Washington, Jr.
WHEN: Saturday, February 20 2:00 pm
WHERE: Northside Library, Albemarle Square
Part of THE BIG READ: Author Margaret Edds discusses her book and the case of Earl Washington, Jr., a man with cognitive disabilities wrongfully convicted of rape and murder in Culpeper, Virginia who spent almost 18 years in prison (9 on death row) before being exonerated. In addition to being an author, Ms. Edds has been an editorial writer for the Norfolk Virginia-Pilot.
Sponsored by the JMRL: Northside Library
For more information contact David Plunkett at bigread@jmrl.org 979.7151 ext 305
____________
Film: World Peace Game: World Premiere!
WHEN: Sunday, February 21 6:00 pm
WHEN: Paramount Theater, Charlottesville
The BIG READ: This film by local director Chris Farina interweaves the story of John Hunter, a teacher in Charlottesville, Virginia, with his students’ participation in an exercise called the World Peace Game. World Peace Game shares many of the same themes with A Lesson Before Dying, such as education, equality, and tolerance.
Tickets are required and are available at the Paramount box office or at www.theparamount.net/tickets
Sponsored by the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library
For more information contact DAvid Plunkett at bigread@jmrl.org or 979.7151 ext 305