The Big Read: The Things They Carried.

Once again, Arts Westchester is participating in The Big Read! The mission is to get every adult in an area, from high school to senior citizens, to read the same book during a designated period of time

The Big Read provides an opportunity to celebrate literary arts and to use the arts as a jumping off point for civic dialogue.

The Big Read Westchester takes place from February through March 2010, and the book we will focus on is The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien. It’s a powerful, fictionalized account of one soldier’s experience in Vietnam. You can purchase the book from Amazon.com by clicking on the left, and you'll be helping keep the Yonkers Arts and Culture Blog going. If you can't see the picture on the left, CLICK HERE


If you are a member of a reading group, why not recommend The Things They Carried for your February or March discussion? If you would like to convene a discussion group, Arts Westchester can provide a discussion facilitator at no charge.

There will be lots of programs designed to enhance the reading experience and the Arts Westchester team will be creating a brochure designed to feature them.

In the meantime, please let them know if you or your reading group plan to read “The Things They Carried” (they are tracking numbers for their grant)

Respond to Lauren Milo at 914 428.4220 ext 235 or lmilo@artswestchester.org.

Lauren can also arrange the book discussion facilitator.

To find out more about Arts Westchester, visit http://www.artswestchester.org