Join us in a discussion of our community's Big Read: The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. We will discuss the book's characters and themes as we explore how The Namesake fits with our own experiences.
NEA Big Read 2019
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Events at Champaign Public Library:
• Feb 3, NEA Big Read: An Afternoon with Samrat Upadhyay, 3 pm
• Feb 14, NEA Big Read Book Club: The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, 1:30 pm @ Douglass
• Feb 18, The History of Henna, 6:30 pm (reservations required)
• Feb 21, NEA Big Read Book Club: The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, 1:30 pm
• Feb 24, In Concert at CPL: Classical Indian Music and Dance, 2 pm
• Feb 28, Trivia Night: Big Read Battle of the Books, 6:30 pm
Part of the NEA Big Read Champaign-Urbana, a partnership among the Spurlock Museum, the International & Area Studies Library, the Urbana Free Library, the Champaign Public Library, and the Art Theater. The NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. go.illlinois.edu/TheNamesake
Main Library, Robeson Pavilion Room C
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