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The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest.

Orange Reads and this Web site are presented by OLA, the Orange Library Association, serving the seventeen member libraries of Orange County, New York.

Here's our calendar, with details on all of our upcoming events.

Artists Wanted!

OLA is currently seeking submissions from local artists (young and old) to display at venues throughout the county to promote Orange Reads Poe 2010. Contact Debbie Hurd at Newburgh Free Library via telephone at 563-3601 or via email to dhurd@rcls.org.



Orange Reads Poe 2010
Kickoff Weekend
October 1-3, 2010
Lycian Centre, Kings Highway, Sugar Loaf, NY




David Keltz
 as Edgar Allan Poe
Friday, October 1, 2010
7:30pm

"Murder By Poe:" A Play
Directed by Annmarie Paoli, Library Assistant, Florida Public Library
 Saturday, October 2, 2010, 8:00 pm


Keynote Address: Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
by Anne Sandor, Writing Consultancy Coordinator, SUNY Orange
 Sunday, October 3, 2010, 3:00 pm