Big Read Lakeshore is underway. Here's when authors will visit the Holland area
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HOLLAND — Holland’s annual community shared reading experience is officially underway.
The 2022 Big Read Lakeshore and Little Read Lakeshore officially kicked off this week and will offer hundreds of events through the end of November.
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This year’s programing is focused on Greek mythology. The Big Read features “Circe” by Madeline Miller, while the Little Read highlights “Last Stop on Market Street” by Matt de la Peña. For middle readers, Homer’s “The Odyssey” is the featured title.
“This year, we are using Madeline Miller's 'Circe' as a springboard to explore Greek mythology, the hero's journey, and what it means to be a hero in different times, places, and cultures,” program director Deborah Van Duinen wrote in a statement. “Our events and book discussions are designed to get at these topics and themes in a variety of ways and we're excited to learn with and from our lakeshore readers of all ages.”
A kickoff event was held Wednesday, Nov. 1, with Hope’s Stephen Maiullo giving a talk titled “Why Read Greek Mythology?”
In-person visits by featured authors will return this year after virtual visits during the pandemic in 2020 and 2021.
de la Peña will visit the area for a pair of events, one in Holland and one in Muskegon. Events will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, at Hope College’s Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts and at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, at the Frauenthal Center in Muskegon.
The following Monday, Nov. 14, Madeline Miller will visit at 7 p.m. at the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.
Hundreds of smaller events, including book discussions, trivia events and movie nights, will be held throughout November.
The Striketime Dance Theater from Hope College will hold a performance inspired by “Last Stop on Market Street” at Herrick District Library at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, in downtown Holland.
Libraries in Ottawa, Allegan and Muskegon counties will hold book discussions on “Circe."
Hope College’s Kruizenga Art Museum will have an exhibit titled “Mythic” on display from Nov. 8-Dec. 17 with historical and contemporary art inspired by classical myths. At the Saugatuck Center for the Arts, the exhibit “Ubuntu: I Am Because We Are” is on display through Jan. 23.
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For a full list of Big Read and Little Read events, visit bigreadlakeshore.com.
The Big Read, which began in 2014, is made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. Little Read Lakeshore receives grant funding from Michigan Humanities.
— Contact reporter Mitchell Boatman at mboatman@hollandsentinel.com. Follow him on Twitter @SentinelMitch.
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