tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375397808370397623.post-36803814583675481052007-11-19T11:23:00.001-05:002007-11-19T11:37:57.702-05:00<a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.neabigread.org"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134589315784090114" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_qShl0n3-ADY/R0G5x0rTogI/AAAAAAAAAB4/Qptx8NPMTY4/s200/4Color-BLKBGRD.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />November 13, 2007, the National Endowment for the Arts announced that Washington, D.C. was selected to host The Big Read in the first half of 2008. Read <a href="http://www.arts.gov/news/news07/BigReadJan2008.html">press release</a>.<br /><br />Washington, D.C. will be reading, discussing, and entertaining themes from F. Scott Fitzgerald's <strong>THE GREAT GATSBY</strong> from April 24 - May 24, 2008. <br /><br />D.C.'s Big Read 2008 is presented by the <a href="http://www.wdchumanities.org/">Humanities Council of Washington, DC </a>and the <a href="http://www.dcarts.dc.gov/dcarts/site/default.asp?dcartsNav=">DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.<br /></a><br />This will be the 2nd D.C.'s Big Read for the co-presenters. In 2007, the city book was Zora Neale Hurston's <strong>THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD</strong>.<br /><br /><strong>SAVE THE DATES! Read the book!</strong><br /><br />For more information, contact the Humanities Council of Washington, DC at 202-387-8391.The Big Read - D.C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07831501709305369095noreply@blogger.com