Baton Rouge’s One Book, One Community read for 2017 is…drumroll please…we know it’s hard to pretend you hear a drumroll emanating from a blog post, but just go with it, for the sake of the children…Mark Twain’s Life on the Mississippi!
Mark Twain has shaped our views of who and what America is as a nation and of who and what we might become. We will kick off the series with an After-Hours Catfish and Mud Pie Party at the Main Library at Goodwood on Saturday, February 11, 2017, at 6:00 PM, complete with lively music, amusements, country-style refreshments and a visit from Mark Twain himself, as portrayed by Warren Brown. As a Mark Twain scholar, Brown received the Studs Terkel Humanities Service Award for his Chautauqua-style portrayal of Samuel Clemens. Warren Brown’s uproariously authentic characterization of Mark Twain’s stories and lecture series is guaranteed to entertain. Go to the OBOC 2017 infoguide to learn about the book, the author, and ways you can play along.
This year’s One Book, One Community celebrations will connect with our celebrations of Baton Rouge’s bicentennial! Check out the bicentennial website to find information about celebratory events at the library and throughout the parish, including a list of 200 things you can do to celebrate the city we call home.
Get reading, Baton Rouge!