Colbert, Bray, Eustis & More Celebrate 50th Anniversary of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' 4/28

A collection of authors and actors including Stephen Colbert, young adult novelist Libba Bray (winner of the 2010 Printz Award for Going Bovine), Artistic Director of the Public Theater Oskar Eustis, novelist Jayne Anne Phillips (National Book Award finalist Lark & Termite) and novelist and Studio 360 host Kurt Andersen read from and discuss the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill A Mockingbird at Symphony Space's Thalia Book Club on April 28 at 8:00 p.m. The event, which takes place on the 84^th birthday of author Harper Lee, marks the 50^th anniversary of the watershed work. The evening will include readings, discussion and an audience Q&A. Tickets are $24, $20 for members.

One of the most taught-and banned-books of the last 50 years, To Kill a Mockingbird tells a story of racial injustice and loss of innocence in a small Southern town. The novel has sold over 30 million copies worldwide, won a Pulitzer Prize in its 41^st week on The New York Times bestseller list, was adapted into a well-received 1962 film starring Gregory Peck and garnered author Harper Lee a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007. It was voted "Best Novel of the Century" by Library Journal in 1999.

Since opening in 1978 with a 12-hour marathon concert called Wall to Wall Bach, Symphony Space has earned its place as an innovative, multi-disciplinary cultural center in the heart of New York City's acclaimed Upper West Side neighborhood. In its two performance spaces, diverse programs bring great actors, musicians, writers, and dancers together with the public in a unique melding of world-class artistry in an informal and intimate setting.

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