THIRD WORLD PRESS 40^th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Third World Press, one of the nation’s oldest and most highly respected Black-owned publishing houses, has been dedicated to publishing culturally progressive and politically insightful works of fiction and nonfiction since 1967.
The afternoon of celebration will feature a talk and book signing by Dr. W. D. Wright, author of Crisis of the Black Intellectual.

Downtown Library

Saturday, February  9, 2008, 1 p.m.

The Bluest Eye

Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison’s heart-wrenching masterpiece is a haunting and tragic portrait of a black girl’s coming of age in the racially turbulent 1940s.  Eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove prays for her eyes to turn blue so that she will be beautiful, so that people will love her, so that her world will be different.

BOOK CLUBS: Reserve a set of Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” in person or by calling 860-695-6295.

Hartford Public Library
Downtown Book Club

Join friends and neighbors to share your impressions of, and reactions to, the book.
Light refreshments.

Downtown Library

Saturday, February 9, 2008, 2 p.m.

MEET THE PLAYERS

Director Eric Ting and actors from Hartford Stage preview scenes of “The Bluest Eye.”  Q&A session will answer your questions about the production and theater in general.   

Downtown Library

Saturday, February 9, 2008, 12 p.m.

Hartford Stage PERFORMANCES

The Bluest Eye

See this powerful adaptation that brings Morrison’s rich language to the stage in a bold vision, exploring the crippling toll that a legacy of racism has taken on a community, a family and an innocent girl. Adaptation by Lydia Diamond. Directed by Eric Ting. Call 860-527-5151 or purchase tickets online.

February 21, 2008 - March 23, 2008