Join the most humongous reading group ever: the nationwide Big Read featuring Jack London’s classic, The Call of the Wild. Come see actor Michael Oakes portray London at the kick-off event on Saturday, September 27 at 10:30 a.m. at the Friends’ Hall and Garden Terrace at the Huntington Library. Drop by Crowell Public Library’s table during the festivities, which are free and run until 5 p.m.
On Thursday afternoon, October 19, join us for a screening of the 1983 version of the Disney movie Never Cry Wolf, based on true story of a man coming to terms with nature on the tundra. The movie will be shown in Crowell’s Barth Community Room at 2:00 p.m. Admission is free.
Huntington curator Sue Hodson will speak at Crowell on Sunday, October 23 about Jack London’s work as a photojournalist. Hodson will show London’s photos of the Russo-Japanese War, the South Pacific, the cockneys of England, and the Mexican Revolution. This free event will take place in the Barth Community Room at 7 p.m.
For more information about the Big Read, which is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, check out the Huntington Library’s website: http://www.huntington.org/thebigread/index.htm. Or, call Denise Dobbs at Crowell Public Library, (626) 300-0777, extension 541.
