"The Big Read” is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. Metropolitan Library System and Rose State College have partnered and chosen one of 16 books to share in the community. Our Big Read will be Ray Bradbury’s classic, Fahrenheit 451.

The event will kick-off during National Banned Books week, September 27-October 4. Other events devoted specifically to the book such as discussion groups, readings, and film screenings of the 1966 movie version, starring Julie Christie, will continue throughout October.

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.