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Celebrating Station Eleven

What is the Big Read? According to the NEA website, “A program of the National Endowment for the Arts, NEA Big Read broadens our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book. Managed by Arts Midwest, this initiative offers grants to support innovative community reading programs designed […]

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Traveling Classical Music

Station Eleven chronicles the journey of roving actors and musicians as they share their talents with survivors starved for something more than the basic necessities of life. This is in keeping with the NEA’s Big Read which brings FREE cultural, educational and informative events to the city of Attleboro, eliminating barriers to access, such as […]

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2017 Big Read title is…Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Attleboro’s 1ABC (1 Adventure, 1 Book, 1 Community), a committee of local agencies organized by the Attleboro Free Public Library, has been awarded a National Endowment for the Arts/The Big Read grant for a community-wide reading project this fall. The announcement of this year’s title before the Attleboro Municipal Council took place at Attleboro City […]

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