Centre Daily Times

The 2009 Centre County Reads Persepolis program ended with a Happy Nowruz gathering at Barnes and Noble on Sunday, March 22. There were beautiful Persian rugs and delicious cookies. The kids painted eggs and stamped greeting cards for Spring. Everyone had a great time. Now it is time to move on to our Spring reading!

By the way, there will be a Persepolis book group at the Centre County Library in Bellefonte tonight from 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Centre County Reads will show the academy-award-nominated animated film Persepolis at the State Theatre this Sunday (the 22nd) at 1 p.m. Admission is only $1. This event is sponsored by State College’s branch of the AAUW. http://www.aauwstatecollege.org/ Thank you to them!

Did you like Persepolis? What did you think about reading a graphic novel? How did you like the character of Marji? Has reading Persepolis changed what you think about the country of Iran?

Now is your chance to talk about Persepolis with other people in the community. Schlow, Bellefonte and Centre Hall Libraries are going to be having a bunch of book discussion groups so you’ll have lots of opportunities to attend one.

In the sequel to Persepolis (Persepolis 2), Marji goes to school in Vienna and begins to understand how being Iranian is really important to her identity. Even though she decides not to live in Iran, because she can not have the kind of life she wants there, she never forgets where she comes from.

Hiya! Remember me? I'm your old friend the public library. In the Centre Region you can call me Schlow. I'm known all over the country by different names, though, and when things are going well, people tend to forget about me. That's ok. I'm still here when things get tough. Just like that childhood friend that you may only have contact with through holiday and birthday cards, I'm waiting to hear from you with open arms when things seem to be going terribly wrong (like today's economy)! Drop in to visit. I don't keep track of when the last time you visited was.