"Grab your glad rags and get your wiggle on" The Pennyroyal Arts Council hosts "The Big Read," a program of the National Endowment for the Arts and Arts Midwest. Hopkinsville was one of 77 counties across the country to receive the grant, celebrating literacy in events spanning six weeks. Kate Lochte speaks with Council director Margaret Prim about The Maltese Falcon, private eye lectures, film noir, arts classes, music, classroom projects, and more, on Sounds Good.
Events will center around The Maltese Falcon by DashiellHammett and the life and times of Hopkinsville in the 1920s and 30s. Events take place from October 2 through November 15. Part of the grant program is to distribute books throughout the community, distributed to schools and the library. Downtown Hopkinsville was bustling in the 1920s. Photos and artifacts from the time period will be on display at The Museums of Historic Hopkinsville and in Alhambra Theatre.
More about The Big Read Program
