APRIL EVENTS ANNOUNCED FOR LITHGOW LIBRARY’S A CAPITAL READ

Augusta, Maine - A month-long series of events celebrating Lithgow Public Library’s annual community-wide reading project, A Capital Read, has been finalized.  The selection for A Capital Read 2013 is Amy Waldman’s acclaimed debut novel The Submission, which explores the controversy and complex emotions surrounding a memorial for the victims of 9/11.

A Capital Read is generously underwritten by the Friends of Lithgow Library and is presented in partnership with the University of Maine at Augusta.  All events are free and open to the public.

Below is the calendar of events for A Capital Read 2013:

Tuesday, April 9, 7 p.m. – Dramatic Reading of The Submission.  Performed at the Holocaust and Human Rights Center, University of Maine at Augusta.

Friday, April 12, noon – Book Discussion of The Submission facilitated by Katz and Lithgow librarians. Held at Katz Library, University of Maine at Augusta.

Wednesday, April 17, 6:30 p.m. – Nonfiction Book Discussion of The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright.  Held in the Reading Room of Lithgow Public Library and facilitated by Lithgow Library staff.

Thursday, April 18, 6 p.m. – An Evening of Poetry and Music in response to ideas and themes from The Submission. Performed  in the Reading Room of Lithgow Public Library.

Wednesday, April 24, 7 p.m. – “Muslims in Maine,” a talk by author and human rights activist Reza Jalali. Held at the Holocaust and Human Rights Center at the University of Maine at Augusta.

Tuesday, April 30, 1:30 p.m. – Book Discussion of The Submission, with author Amy Waldman.  Held in the Reading Room of Lithgow Public Library and facilitated by Lithgow Library staff.

Tuesday, April 30, 7 p.m. – An Evening with author Amy Waldman.  Held at Jewett Hall, University of Maine at Augusta.  Book signing to follow.

Ongoing during the month of April – Non-juried art exhibition, Recovering, Remembering and Memorializing.  On display at Lithgow Library.
       
The Submission examines the controversy that results when a jury chooses a walled garden as the design for a Ground Zero memorial. Jurors discover, when they open the envelope with the anonymous winner’s name, that the designer is a young Muslim American architect.  In the conflicted response of the jury and the public, The Submission looks at the intersection of art, religion and politics, and asks some hard questions about the American values of tolerance, diversity and community.

For more information about A Capital Read, contact Lithgow Library at 626-2415 or visit the library’s website at www.lithgow.lib.me.us.