{"id":856,"date":"2018-06-04T14:50:56","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T14:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cahcms.smca.ucf.edu\/bigread\/?page_id=856"},"modified":"2018-09-13T18:58:20","modified_gmt":"2018-09-13T18:58:20","slug":"big-read-2018","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/bigread\/big-read-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Read 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t
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NEA Big Read at UCF \u2022 January 8 \u2013 February 4, 2018<\/p>\n

NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture and to encourage citizens to read for pleasure and enlightenment.<\/em><\/p>\n

A program of the National Endowment for the Arts, the NEA Big Read broadens our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book.<\/p>\n

This year, UCF is one of 75 participating communities. The NEA Big Read at UCF is presented in partnership with Seminole County Public Library.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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We will celebrate The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears<\/i>, the debut novel of MacArthur Foundation Fellow Dinaw Mengestu. Events include an art exhibition and play, book clubs, lectures, artist talks, and book signing.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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Read the Press Release<\/a><\/p>\n

This January, UCF will celebrate\u00a0The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears<\/em>\u00a0in collaboration with the Seminole Public Library. Woven throughout these events is the goal of revitalizing reading as a shared community initiative.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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EVENTS<\/p>\n

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Kick-Off<\/p>\n

UCF Library \u2022 Monday, January 8, 12-3 p.m.
\nPick up a free copy of The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Finding Home: The Global Refugee Crisis<\/p>\n

UCF Art Gallery \u2022 January 8 – February 2
\nReception: January 18, 6-8 p.m.
\nInspired by the novel, artists contribute contemporary
\nresponses to the global refugee crisis.<\/p>\n

Poetry Reading by Obi Nwakanma<\/p>\n

UCF Art Gallery \u2022 Tuesday, January 16, 12 p.m.
\nReading by Nigerian-born poet, journalist, and literary critic.<\/p>\n

Reading and Book-Signing by Dinaw Mengestu<\/p>\n

UCF Art Gallery \u2022 Thursday, January 18, 5 p.m.
\nFeaturing MacArthur Foundation fellow and author of The\u00a0Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears<\/em> and How to Read the Air<\/em>.\n<\/div>\n

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Pentecost<\/p>\n

Theatre UCF Main Stage \u2022 January 25 – February 4
\nThis powerful play by Tony Award-winner David Edgar won the Evening Standard Award for Best Play of 1995.
\nPentecost Talk Back<\/strong> \u2022 Saturday, January 27, 10 p.m.
\nJoin Christopher Niess, director of Pentecost<\/em>, and Margaret Ann Zaho, associate professor of art history, for a discussion immediately following the January 27 performance.<\/p>\n

Staged Reading of The Refugee Plays<\/p>\n

UCF Art Gallery \u2022 Friday, January 26, 5 p.m.
\nDirected by Mark Brotherton, this series of short plays explores the experiences of refugees and undocumented immigrants.<\/p>\n

Lecture by Gu\u0308nes Murat Tezcu\u0308r<\/p>\n

UCF Art Gallery \u2022 Tuesday, January 30, 4:30 p.m.
\nTezcu\u0308r, a social scientist and the Jalal Talabani Chair of Kurdish Political Studies at UCF, will present a lecture, \u201cThe \u2018Orient\u2019 of the \u2018West\u2019 and Beyond: Reflections on Contemporary Refugee Politics.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gallery Talk with Lauren Greenwald and Casey McGuire<\/p>\n

UCF Art Gallery \u2022 Thursday, February 1, 4 p.m.
\nTwo artists featured in Finding Home: The Global Refugee Crisis<\/em> lead an in-depth discussion of their work, research, and process.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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“After seventeen years here,
\nI am certain of at least one thing:
\nthe liberal idea of America
\nis at its best in advertising.”<\/p>\n