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27th International African-American Read-In
Venue
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Homewood
Date
02/06/2016
Time
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Event Type
Reading
Genre
Multigenre
Sponsor
United Black Book Clubs of Pittsburgh
Cost
$0.00
Description and Reader Names: The Twenty-Seventh National African American Read-In
“Celebrating Our Roots”
Saturday, February 6, 2016 United Black Book Clubs of Pittsburgh (UBBCP) is sponsoring The Twenty-Seventh National African American Read-In. The event will be hosted by Terrance Hayes and his wife, Yona Harvey, both international award winning poets and educators.
The afternoon’s theme of the selected works to be read is “Celebrating Our Roots.” The readings will include children’s books of all genre written by African, African-American, African-Caribbean and all writers of the Diaspora.
The event is a part of the international African-American Read-In and will be an afternoon-long story reading to the children of our community at the Homewood Branch of the Carnegie Library, on Hamilton Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15208.
This News Release is a call out to the greater Pittsburgh community to participate. This special day will be a celebration inclusive of every neighborhood from the east, west, south and the north sides. We are seeking adults, young adults and teenagers of the community to volunteer their time to sit down and read one book to the children. Each reading will take no longer than ten (10) minutes.
Take an active role in the enrichment of the lives of children in the Pittsburgh community by volunteering as a reader on this special day. If you would like to volunteer, please contact UBBCP at ubbcp@gmail.com to sign up. If you have a favorite children’s book you would like to read, please include the title.
We also ask that you share this event with family and friends. Please encourage all to bring their children to enjoy an afternoon filled with reading, refreshments and fun.
Saturday, February 6, 2016. 1 p.m. Main Floor, Homewood Library
Help put Pittsburgh’s Homewood Library on the world roll call by contributing
to this historical event to kick off Black History Month.
More Event Information
Primary Contact Person
Bonita Penn
Primary Contact Email
ubbcpgh@gmail.com
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Number of readers on program
Is this an open mic event?
No
Is this a book signing?
No
Will author's books be for sale?
No
More Venue Information
Address 1
7101 Hamilton Ave
Address 2
Address 3
City
Pittsburgh
State
PA
Zip
15208
Days/Hours of Operation
Su - closed M 10-7 T 10-5 W 10-7 Th 10-5 F– closed Sa 10-5
Primary Contact Person
Primary Contact Email
homewood@carnegielibrary.org
Telephone
412.731.3080
Website
http://www.clpgh.org/locations/homewood/
Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/CLPHomewood
Twitter
http://twitter.com/#!/clp_tweets
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Author
Bonita Penn
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