Washington, D.C. is reading THE GREAT GATSBY for THE BIG READ - D.C. Get a glimpse of the world F. Scott Fitzgerald lived in and chronicled in THE GREAT GATSBY by viewing the great houses of the Dupont Circle and Kalorama neighborhoods of Washington, D.C. and their "infamous" stories and residents. The 2-hour tour will be led by literary historian and poet Kim Roberts. Note: Sites with stairs are included on the tour. A self-guided tour will be available to download from www.wdchumanities.org/bigread.
Tour limited to 30 persons. Reserve by email at dcbigread@wdchumanities.org or call 202-387-8391.
The month-long city read of F. Scott Fitzgerald's THE GREAT GATSBY is presented by the Humanities Council of Washington, DC and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities as part of THE BIG READ, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and Arts Midwest. For more information about The Big Read - D.C. visit www.wdchumanities.org/bigread.Tickets: http://www.wdchumanities.org/bigread
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Added by spongecellevents on April 12, 2008