Join us at 7:00 PM at the newly renovated Bohm Theater to celebrate our Big Read leaders, our town, and the work of books in our world with Rita Williams-Garcia. Coretta Scott King Award Winner, NAACP Image Award Finalist, and National Book Award Finalist, Ms. Williams-Garcia will be talking about the power of books to help us remember and recover our past and to help us live more joyfully, more ethically, more fully in the present.

For her most recent Coretta Scott King Award acceptance speech, please visit http://www.hbook.com/2016/06/news/awards/2016-csk-author-award-acceptance-by-rita-williams-garcia/

This event is entirely free and open to the public. We hope you will celebrate with us!