First Lady Laura Bush, Honorary Chair

First Lady Laura Bush

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Sponsors

Big Read - D.C. sponsors

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Jazz Age Stories of the Rich and Scandalous

by Kim Roberts

Special Thanks Mayflower Hotel

The Big Read - D.C. 2008 Community Partners:

The Art Deco Society of Washington, DC, The Arts Club of Washington,Barnes & Noble Booksellers,Busboys and Poets,Chapters Literary Arts Center; Cultural Tourism DC, DC Center for the Book @ DC Public Library, DC Department of Parks and Recreation, DC WritersCorps, Inc., DC Public Schools, Friends of the Library, Gottaswing.com, Hurston/Wright, Literacy Volunteers and Advocates, National Music Center, PEN/Faulkner Writers In Schools, Smitsonian's National Museum of American History, SpeakeasyDC

THE BIG READ - D.C. April 24 - May 24, 2008 Washington, D.C. Is Reading The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Coming Up!

Link to Complete Schedule of Events Read more about The Big Read - D.C. on our Blogspot. Download The Great Gatsby Discussion Guide and Teacher Guide (for classrooms). Did you participate in a Big Read program? Take the Nationwide Survey for The Big Read and tell us what you think. Find out more and visit all the Big Read communities at
www.neabigread.org

About The Big Read

The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts, designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. The NEA presents The Big Read in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and in cooperation with Arts Midwest. The Big Read brings together partners across the country to encourage reading for pleasure and enlightenment.