On Thursday April 17 from 7 to 8:30 pm at the Summit Barnes & Nobles, the Samford After Sundown Poetry Workshop will read their poems written in response to Kathryn Tucker Windam's photo exhibit at the BMA. There will be also an Open Mic. '

Thurday is also Poem in Your Pocket Day. Come and celebrate National Poetry Month.

Tonight at the Alabama Theatre: To Kill a Mockingbird

Special appearance by Mary Badham, who played Scout in the 1962 film.

Tickets $4.00 per person (entitles the holder to popcorn & soft drink). Tickets can be purchased at any of the 39 Jefferson County public libraries, as well as at the door beginning at 6 p.m. Movie begins at 7 p.m.

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On Wednesday April 2nd at 12:30PM, the SaS poetry workshop will be presenting for the Brown Bag program at Emmet O'Neal library in Mountain Brook(Crestline).  In correspondence with the Project Mockingbird, the reading will include the students' poems prompted by Kathryn Tucker Windham's photography currently at the BMA, as well as their original works and poems by leading poets.  This is a public event.

Birmingham Public Library has created podcasts of readings and reflections from To Kill a Mockingbird.

http://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2008/03/to-kill-mockingbird-podcasts.html

On the Trail of Justice: Montgomery, Monroeville, Selma A Bus Tour of the Old South (April 24&25, May 1&2, May 8&9, May 15&16)

This specially planned overnight tour of historic Alabama sites has been designed to enhance programming for our county's Big Read activities. The cost for this trip is $105 per person. Your payment and registration must be received no later than April 10, 2008.

Just to let you know the first 2 dates for the trip are going fast, but there is still plenty of space for the last 2 dates. There are 35 spots are available for each trip.

If you need help to Read it Forward, view this video: A Caveman Reads It Forward. Thanks to Richard Manoske at Five Points West Regional Library

Discover the Secrets of Project: Mockingbird for yourself...

I first read To Kill a Mockingbird when I was in my early twenties. I knew that it was my elder sister's favorite book and I liked it a lot. Now that I am in my mid-forties, I am listening to it. Sissy Spacek is the narrator and she does an excellent job. Her southern accent is just right.

Check out our store at http://www.cafepress.com/projectmkbird

The Spring issue of the Reader is out. It contains articles about Project Mockingbird, instructions for the Mockingbird Online Scavenger Hunt, and the To Kill a Mockingbird Puzzle.

The Reader is the Newsletter of the Public Libraries of Jefferson County. It comes out 4 times a year. You can read it online at http://www.jclc.org/Reader/.