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Annapolis Alive! News - April 25, 2008
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Big Read events this weekend and more
Saturday, April 26 - Annapolis Book Festival
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Key School, 534 Hillsmere Drive
Now in its sixth year, the Annapolis Book Festival – a free community event – is an interactive, intergenerational celebration of the written word, fostering literacy and a love of reading in Anne Arundel County.
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Sunday, April 27 - Sunday, May 11 - “Americana” Art Exhibition
McBride Gallery, 215 Main Street
Opening Artists' Reception, Sunday, April 27, 1 - 3 p.m.
Featuring artists
Carol Dyer and
Lou Messa
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Check out these Annapolis Big Read of The Great Gatsby as Annapolis celebrates the spirit of the 1920s!
Saturday, April 26 - Gatsby Jazz "Swing into Spring" at the Powerhouse
7 p.m., Loews Annapolis Hotel, 126 West Street
The Gatsby age knew jazz. Join Joe Byrd, one of Annapolis' best jazz cookers, for an evening of top notch jazz entertainment. Piano great Stef Scaggiari and vocalist Sue Matthews will join Joe and Steve Abshire on guitar for a great evening, performing a variety of tunes from the Roaring Twenties.
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Sunday, April 27 - The Mayor's Weekly Read
9:30 - 10 a.m. - WNAV Radio, 1430 AM
This is the last of Mayor Ellen Moyer's seven-program weekly Big Read conversations on WNAV and the City PEG channel. The 30-minute conversations will include readers, local and national writers and others who have read and been influenced by The Great Gatsby.
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Sunday, April 27 - Maryland Avenue Spring Festival: Gatsby on the Avenue
11 a.m. - 6 p.m., Maryland Avenue
Bring the family to Maryland Avenue to celebrate Annapolis 1920s style. Jazz Age music and dancing on the street.
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Sunday, April 27 - Ella's Big Chance: A Jazz Age Reading for Children
11:30 a.m., The Annapolis Bookstore, 68 Maryland Avenue,
A Jazz-Age Cinderella reading for children.
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Sunday, April 27 - The Big Read in Spanish - El Gran Dia de Leer
2 - 5 p.m., Chesapeake Children's Museum, 25 Silopanna Road
A reading and outreach to the Spanish speaking community in Annapolis.
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Check our website for full details about these events and the entire Annapolis Alive! all-year celebration: annapolisalive.org.
Chuck Weikel
Annapolis Alive! Committee
P.S. Don't forget our radio show every Tuesday at 2 p.m. on 1430 WNAV to stay up to date.
