From Karen Kleppe Lembo at the Caldwell, N. J. Public Library:
Saturday, September 1, 2007 through Saturday, November 3, 2007 - "The
Age of Innocence" on display Stop by the BORDERS @ Wayne Town Center and check out the display showcasing "The Age of Innocence" as well as other Edith Wharton offerings. If you returned your library book already, and now want a copy of your own, take advantage of the discount BORDERS is sharing with our BIG READ community on this Pulitzer Prize winning work.
Saturday, September 15, 2007 - EARLY A.M. BOOK GROUP - @ 8 a.m.
Remember to enter through the children's room - and join us for a
discussion of our BIG READ choice: Edith Wharton's The Age of
Innocence. The fall of 2007 marks the beginning of this group's fourth
year of reading and discussing - and we are still going strong. Please join us!
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - WEDNESDAY MORNING BOOK CLUB - @ 10:00 a.m.
Have you read The Age of Innocence but aren't a member of a book group?
Would you like to be part of a facilitated discussion? If so, please
join us for coffee and croissants and an extremely rewarding morning.
Free and open to the public.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - ALYSIA REINER & DAVID ALAN BASCHE PRESENT:
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE. Professional actors, Alysia Reiner and David Alan
Basche, will be sharing their dramatic reading of portions of The Age
of Innocence with James Caldwell High School and Mount Saint Dominic
Academy students reading this Wharton Pulitzer Prize winning novel as
part of Caldwell Public Library's BIG READ! (Check out:
www.alysiareiner.com and www.davidalanbasche.com).
Tuesday, September 25, 2007 - TUESDAY AFTERNOON BOOK CLUB - @ 2:00 p.m.
Have you thought of joining a book club, but just can't decide? Have
you read Wharton's Pulitzer Prize winning classic, and wish to discuss
it prior to touting it to your own book club? Do you simply love Edith
Wharton and wonder what is going on with this BIG READ? Join us at the
Caldwell Public Library for a cup of tea and a facilitated book
discussion of The Age of Innocence.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 - TUESDAY EVENING BOOK CLUB - @ 7:30 p.m. Is
your class or book group reading The Age of Innocence but you want some
other perspectives on the classic? Are you in search of a book group,
since your life just doesn't accommodate joining one at the moment?
Please be part of our BIG READ this evening at the Caldwell Public
Library for what promises to be a lively facilitated book discussion. Free and open to the public.
Friday, October 5, 2007 - JENNINGS LIBRARY BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP - @
12:00 noon. Meet at the Jennings Library on the campus of Caldwell
College where the Jennings Library Book Discussion Group, in
conjunction with the Caldwell Public Library's BIG READ program, will
read and discuss Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence.
Sunday, October 7, 2007 - Caldwell Public Library and the BIG READ will
be a part of The Rotary-Kiwanis Caldwell 17th annual Street Fair from
noon until
5 p.m.
The Street Fair is a perfect venue for sharing information about our
community's participation in the BIG READ! Bloomfield Avenue is closed
to traffic as craft and new merchandise vendors line the roadway, in
addition to vendors selling food and drinks. The Caldwell Public
Library's banner-draped table at the Fair, provided by their BIG READ
partner, the Kiwanis Club of Caldwell-West Essex, will provide BIG READ
reader's guides and flyers listing all activities, as well as sell
copies of Edith Wharton's
book: The Age of Innocence.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007 - BORDERS hosts a BIG READ discussion of The
Age of Innocence - @ 7:00 p.m. Come to the BORDERS in the Wayne Town
Center for a facilitated discussion of Wharton's Pulitzer Prize winning
novel, meet some special guests, and buy a copy of The Age of Innocence
if you don't yet have one.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007 - Join us to discuss The Age of Innocence
at the West Caldwell Public Library @ 2:00 p.m. A facilitated book
discussion of Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize winning novel will take
place in the West Caldwell Public Library's meeting room.
Friday, October 12, 2007 - Join us at 7:30 p.m. when the Caldwell
Public Library celebrates its 90th birthday in a BIG READ way! The
Library celebrates its 90th birthday with a re-dedication by Mayor
Susan Gartland as well as a dedication of the "Gene and Kathryn Collerd
Local History Resource Room." A community reception will follow the
unveiling of an exhibit derived from the late Gene Collerd's
photographic works, followed at 9:00 p.m. by a "public read" of The Age
of Innocence by 34 readers - each reading one chapter of the Pulitzer
Prize winning Wharton novel. Our "public read" will be recorded to
share with our BIG READ partner - the Museo de Arte de Ponce, in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
Saturday, October 13, 2007 - Continue celebrating our 90th in a BIG
READ way, and return at 9:00 a.m. for the continuation of our "public
read;" we will pick up wherever we left off at midnight last night. The "public read"
of The Age of Innocence will continue, with a different reader for each
chapter of the Pulitzer Prize winning Wharton novel. Our "public read"
will be recorded to share with our BIG READ partner - the Museo de Arte
de Ponce, in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007 - Join us to discuss The Age of Innocence at
the West Caldwell Public Library @ 7:00 p.m. A facilitated book
discussion of Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize winning novel will take
place in the West Caldwell Public Library's meeting room.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007 - BIG READ Keynote Presentation by Dr. Carol J.
Singley @ 7:00 p.m. - Caldwell College - Alumni Theatre. Keynote
presentation about "The Age of Innocence" to be presented by Edith
Wharton scholar, Dr. Carol J. Singley, Associate Professor of English,
Rutgers University-Camden. A question and answer period as well as a
book signing will follow. Caldwell College's Alumni Theatre will be the
setting for this captivating program, which will be recorded for the
benefit of our BIG READ Wharton partner - the Museo de Arte de Ponce, in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Dr.
Singley has written extensively on Edith Wharton, and is a long-time
member, and past President, of the Edith Wharton Society. (While this
program is free and open to the public, it is suggested you arrive
early as we anticipate a SRO crowd!)
Saturday, October 20, 2007 - AMERICAN GIRLS' TEA PARTY @ 12:30 p.m. -
American Girl "Samantha Parkington" was growing up during "The Age of
Innocence" time period. What better way to celebrate the book or Edith
Wharton than with a tea party. Girls - feel free to bring your dolls to
tea as well! Free and open to the public, but, we suggest you let us
know you are coming by Wednesday, October 17th (edith@caldwellpl.org)
so we have enough tea cups.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - Another "not to be missed" BIG READ event
will take place at 12:30 p.m. when Edith Wharton scholar and author,
Dr. Eleanor Dwight, will present: "At Home and in the Garden with Edith
Wharton," at the Caldwell-West Caldwell Women's Club. Former Professor
at the Bard Graduate Center and the New School for Social Research,
Dwight is the author of Edith
Wharton: An Extraordinary Life. She will present an illustrated talk on
Wharton's life and the experiences that shaped her life and writing, as
well as introduce the audience to Wharton's non-fiction writing on
garden and home design - "Italian Villas and Their Gardens" (1904) and
"The Decoration of Houses" (1897).
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 - MISCHIEF NIGHT meets the BIG READ @ 7:00 p.m.
Children of all ages are invited to celebrate "Mischief Night" at the
Caldwell Public Library by joining us for some dramatic readings from
"The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton." Not for the feint hearted!
Thursday, November 1, 2007 - The third and final Wharton scholar
presenting to our community thanks to our BIG READ grant will be Dr.
Linda Costanzo Cahir. Join us in the James Caldwell High School auditorium at 7:00 p.m.
Come for a presentation of clips from the 1993 Martin Scorcese's film
version of "The Age of Innocence" with an introduction and commentary
provided by Dr. Costanzo Cahir, an Assistant Professor of
English/Education at Kean University. Cahir, who is also a contributing
editor to Literature/Film Quarterly, a co-editor of The Edith Wharton
Review and the author of Literature Into Film: Theory and Practical
Approaches will address the complicated task of turning this vivid
novel of the 19th century into a modern film.
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