What's new at the Mu? Party to kick off 2024 Big Read
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The Massillon Museum will launch the 2024 NEA Big Read at 1 p.m. April 6 with a free event.
The public is invited to pick up a complimentary copy of this year’s book selection, “Homegoing,” by Yaa Gyasi. The Massillon Public Library, MassMu’s leading Big Read partner since the program’s inception in western Stark County, will park its Bookmobile outside the museum so guests can visit during the kickoff. The EN-RICH-MENT of Stark County drum line will perform at 2 p.m. in Gessner Hall.
Highlights
Three new exhibitions that complement the NEA Big Read will be on view during the kickoff: Home Again: The Embodiment of Africa through Art and Fabric in the main gallery; Monica Jane Frisell and Adam Scher: Portrait of US in Studio M;and Family Means to Me in the Fred F. Silk Community Room Gallery. Other MassMu exhibitions can also be seen.
MassMu’s NEA Big Read 2024 includes more than two dozen corresponding events and the distribution of 1,100 free copies of Homegoing. Among the events are book discussions, film screenings, art classes, original one-act plays, and the live keynote by author Yaa Gyasi via Facebook. A bookmark listing dates and details is included in each copy of the book. Additional information can be found at MassillonMuseum.org/bigread.
Community partners that will host events this year include Massillon Public Library, Soroptimist International of Canton/Stark County, Strauss Studios, Lions Lincoln Theatre, Women’s Impact, BeYoutiful Weirdo, and Perry Sippo Branch of Stark County District Library.
Why attend?
An initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest, the NEA Big Read broadens our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book. In addition to the NEA grant, support is provided by One Tiger, Massillon Rotary Foundation, John and Karen Maguire, and Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Cincinnati. The Massillon Museum receives operating support from the Ohio Arts Council and ArtsinStark to augment its local funding by the citizens of Massillon, as well as marketing support from Visit Canton.
Details
WHAT – MassMu’s 2024 NEA Big Read Kickoff
WHEN – 1 to 3 p.m. April 6.
WHERE – Massillon Museum, 121 Lincoln Way East, downtown Massillon
MORE – MassillonMuseum.org or 330-833-4061
This article originally appeared on The Alliance Review: Massillon Museum party to kick off 2024 Big Read
