Wayne County Reads will continue its “season of reading” with two book discussion sessions on Tuesday, Feb. 3.
Liz Meador, a retired Wayne Community College (WCC) English instructor, will lead the exploration of the literary merits of this year’s book selection, “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life” by Barbara Kingsolver. Members of WCC’s Agriculture and Natural Resources Department will take turns leading the conversation about its content; Instructor Kathy Pfleger will present at the mid-day event and Department Chair Gabe Mitchell will direct the evening talk.
The discussions will be held in Weil Auditorium at the Wayne County Public Library on Ash Street in Goldsboro at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. A light lunch will be provided at the 11 a.m. session but participants should bring their own beverages.
The public can also view the “Lexicon of Sustainability” show of 24 “information artworks” that illustrate various concepts of sustainable agriculture. The works will be on display at the library Feb.2-6 then will move to a new location in the county each week in February in this order: Wayne County Museum, Gov. Charles B. Aycock Birthplace Historic Site, and Moye Library at the University of Mount Olive.
Other programs related to the book will follow this event every Tuesday in February.
Those events are:
“A Seat at the Table: N.C. Farming and Foodways Then and Now” Panel Discussion with Cheryl Alston, Wayne Food Initiative; Marisa Benzle, Center for Environmental Farming Systems; June Hoyle, Wayne County Master Gardener; Gabe Mitchell, Wayne Community College; Jessica Strickland, Wayne County Cooperative Extension; and moderated by Shorlette Ammons, NC A&T State University/CEFS – Tuesday, Feb. 10, 7 p.m., Wayne County Museum
Book Discussion, Brown Bag Book Club – Wednesday, Feb. 11, Noon, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base Library
Tuesday Tasting with Ed Cogdell – Local Food in Practice – Tuesday, Feb. 17, 7 p.m., Ed’s Southern Foods and Spirits, Goldsboro (Due to limited space, participants will be chosen by drawings from attendees at each of the activities prior to it.)
“Exploring the Local FoodScape: An Evening of Agriculture” Panel Discussion featuring Dr. Sandy Maddox, Director of the University of Mount Olive Agri-Business Center, and Ed Olive, Assistant Director of the center – Tuesday, Feb. 24, 7 p.m., Moye Library, University of Mount Olive
Details about the events will be posted under the Wayne County Reads tab at www.wcpl.org.
All Wayne County Reads activities are free and open to the public with no registration required.
“Animal, Vegetable, Miracle” has won numerous prizes including the Book Sense Book of the Year Award and the James Beard Award for Writing and Literature. It can be borrowed from local library branches or purchased from the Wayne Community College Bookstore and Books-A-Million.
Since it started in 2004, Wayne County Reads’ selections have included “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, “Big Fish” by Daniel Wallace, “Night” by Elie Wiesel, “Walking Across Egypt” by Clyde Edgerton, “Blood Done Sign My Name” by Tim Tyson, “Blackbeard: America’s Most Notorious Pirate” by Angus Konstam, “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury, “Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace … One School at a Time” and “Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan” by Greg Mortenson, “The Pleasure Was Mine” by Tommy Hays, “Bless Me, Ultima” by Rudolfo Anaya, and “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien.
The 2015 Wayne County Reads Partners are the Center for Environmental Farming Systems, Mount Olive College, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base Library, Wayne Community College, Wayne County Extension and Community Association, Wayne County Public Library System, Wayne County Public Schools, and many dedicated individuals.
For more information on Wayne County Reads, contact Tara Humphries at (919) 739-7002 or tarah@waynecc.edu.
Wayne Community College encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing accommodations or have questions about access, please contact the college’s Disability Services Counselor at (919) 739-6729 or lbcowan@waynecc.edu.
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