Saturday Feb 20
CROWNS HAT SHOW
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20;3 PM @ The Greene
It’s our ninth annual Crowns Hat Show! In observance of Black History Month and inspired by the African-American tradition of wearing extraordinary hats to church services, we have invited members of black churches in the Dayton area and other dignitaries to model their “Crowns.” The event will be emceed by SHARON HOWARD and WDTN-TV2’s JIM BUCHER. You won’t want to miss it. The hats are gorgeous!
The Crown Jewels of Dayton 2010 Calendar will also be featured, and the models pictured in it will be happy to sign your copies at this event. All profits from the calendar go to the Kettering Medical Center Foundation Women’s Wellness Fund, which pays for mammograms for women who can’t afford to have them.
Sunday Feb 21
THE BIG READ BEGINS
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21
Today is the official beginning of THE BIG READ, sponsored by The Dayton Daily News, Books & Co and other community sponsors. We encourage you to read this year’s selection, Dreamers of the Day by Mary Doria Russell and participate in the discussions that will take place at public libraries and Books & Co from now until April 10. Please check the discussion schedule at area libraries, Books & Co, and The Big Read webpage at www.bigread.org.
THE BIG READ culminates in a visit with MARY DORIA RUSSELL at Books & Co at The Greene on Saturday, April 10 at 1 pm and then with a festive dinner gathering with Mary that evening. More information about these two activities will follow in the March and April newsletters. Please save the April 10 date for The Big Read festivities. We don’t want you to miss them!
Thursday Feb 25
KIM HARRISON
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25; 7 -8 PM @ The Greene
KIM HARRISON will introduce Black Magic Sanction, the latest thriller in her bestselling Hollows paranormal series. In it, bounty hunter Rachel Morgan faces her toughest case yet—one where she has become the prey. For years, readers have been enthralled by watching this tough, sexy, bounty hunter go after vampires, werewolves, banshees and demons. Now in the 8th book in the series, she is the one being hunted...by her own kind. The book’s thrilling, climactic confrontation not only stretches Rachel’s courage, strength and supernatural powers to the limits, but also tests her convictions, forcing her to weigh the moral cost of winning her own freedom.
Kim Harrison has published eight thrillers, including Dead Witch Walking; White Witch, Black Curse; and Once Dead, Twice Shy, the first book in her new series for young adult readers.
