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One Book/One Philadelphia: "There There" Community Discussion
Feb
16
4:00 PM16:00

One Book/One Philadelphia: "There There" Community Discussion

Celebrating Indigenous Voices

 

Join us for our first theme weekend of 2020, celebrating Indigenous Voices and One Book/One Philadelphia's 2020 Book, "There There" by Tommy Orange.


Sunday 02/16 @ 4 pm: Join us for a discussion of "There There" by Tommy Orange, the 2020 One Book/One Philadelphia choice. We’ll be using the wonderful discussion guide created by The Free Library to dive in the book’s characters and structure. Talked about the book before? Come and learn more. Haven’t quite finished yet? ‘S okay - we’ll be using specific passages so you can join in too!

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One Book/One Philadelphia: "Smoke Signals" Community Watch
Feb
15
7:00 PM19:00

One Book/One Philadelphia: "Smoke Signals" Community Watch

Celebrating Indigenous Voices

 

Join us for our first theme weekend of 2020, celebrating Indigenous Voices and One Book/One Philadelphia's 2020 Book, "There There" by Tommy Orange.


Saturday 02/15 @ 7pm: Join us for a showing of the film "Smoke Signals," which was the first movie to be made with an entirely Native cast and crew.


Sunday 02/16 @ 4 pm: Join us for a discussion of "There There" by Tommy Orange, the 2020 One Book/One Philadelphia choice

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One Book/One Philly: Reel Injun Community Watch
Feb
15
3:00 PM15:00

One Book/One Philly: Reel Injun Community Watch

Celebrating Indigenous Voices

 

Join us for our first theme weekend of 2020, celebrating Indigenous Voices and One Book/One Philadelphia's 2020 Book, There There by Tommy Orange.

Saturday 02/15 @ 3 pm: Join us for a showing of the documentary "Reel Injun" and explore the realities and distortions of Native lives and cultures in movies


Saturday 02/15 @ 7pm: Join us for a showing of the film "Smoke Signals," which was the first movie to be made with an entirely Native cast and crew

Sunday 02/16 @ 4 pm: Join us for a discussion of "There There" by Tommy Orange, the 2020 One Book/One Philadelphia choice

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