The Great War & Peace* Read Aloud of 2024, October 5, 2024 10:00AM
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Date
October 5, 2024 10:00AM
Location
Litowitz Atrium
Name
The Great War & Peace* Read Aloud of 2024
,Description
In 1812, a comet streaked across Russian skies. In 1869, Leo Tolstoy wrote the literary classic War & Peace. In 2012, composer and playwright Dave Malloy adapted 70 pages of the book into the musical Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812. On October 5, 2024, Writers Theatre, the Glencoe Public Library, and the Woman’s Library Club of Glencoe team up for a marathon community read-aloud of those 70 pages.
Featuring special guest readers and community members, attendees are welcome to participate as a reader and/or listener and to come and go over the course of the event. Food and beverages will be available for purchase. To get more information about signing up to read, fill out this form: https://forms.office.com/r/vsf58pCLEN
The Read-Aloud is drop-in and free of charge. Feel free to register if you’d like an event reminder.