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DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO WEATHER\, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE 
 COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN LIBRARY'S MAIN BRANCH\, 96 S. GRANT AVE.
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\nWe're k
 icking of the Big Read in Columbus in style at the Columbus Metropolitan Li
 brary's Main Brand (96 S. Grant Avenue) on April 22 at noon. You'll learn a
 bout why the Big Read is important\, and you'll hear about all the fun and 
 educational events we have planned for our Big Read focusing on Amy Tan's T
 he Joy Luck Club.
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\nThis event will be the first for Columbus' 2009 Big 
 Read\, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with
  the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest. It is the l
 argest literature program in U. S. History. The Big Read in Columbus will t
 ake place from April 22 through May 23. The Big Read brings together partne
 rs across the country to encourage reading for fun and enlightenment by pro
 viding communities with the opportunity to read and discuss a single book o
 ver the period of a month. In this case that book is The Joy Luck Club by A
 my Tan. We are putting together a range of programs\, from book discussions
  to workshops that expand upon certain themes in The Joy Luck Club. The pro
 gram will begin with a kick off event here downtown on the State House lawn
  at noon on Wed.\, Apr. 22 and it will end on May 22 and 23 with a visit fr
 om Amy Tan.
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SUMMARY:Big Read Columbus Kick Off Event
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LOCATION:Columbus Metropolitan Library (Main)
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