Symphony Space (Venue Partner)
2537 Broadway
212.864.5400
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Mockingbird
- When
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Wednesday Apr 28, 2010 (8pm)
- Where
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Directions: Subway: 1,2,3, B, C trains to 96th Street (two stops from Times Square on 2,3 trains). Bus: M104 up- or downtown to 94th Street; M96 crosstown to Broadway
- Price
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$24; Members $20
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“Let's get this out of the way: To Kill a Mockingbird is one of our all-time faves. From mom reading it aloud to us when we were on family camping trips, to reading it in junior high and seeing Gregory Peck fully embody Atticus Finch on screen: this book is dear. So we'd be at the 50th anniversary celebration even if Stephen Colbert wasn't doing a reading of it. That's icing on the cake.”
Leah Taylor, Flavorpill
Authors and actors including Stephen Colbert, Libba Bray (award winning young-adult novelist Going Bovine, winner of 2010 Printz Award), Oskar Eustis (Artistic Director at The Public Theater), Kurt Andersen (novelist and Studio 360 Host), Jayne Anne Phillips (novelist and National Book Award finalist Lark & Termite), filmmaker Mary McDonagh Murphy (author of the upcoming book Scout, Atticus, and Boo), and others pay tribute to the Pulitzer prize-winning classic novel about racial injustice and loss of innocence in a small Southern town. One of the most taught -- and frequently challenged -- books of the last 50 years, the book was voted the best novel of the twentieth century by librarians. The evening will include readings, discussion an audience Q&A.
