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"You
don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people
to stop reading them." Events
FAHRENHEIT 451
By Ray Bradbury
October 7 – November 15, 2002
Continue to check onebook.msu.edu for complete details and additional programming.
Admission to all events is free unless otherwise noted.
Although this program is sponsored by the City of East Lansing and Michigan State University, residents of Lansing and the greater mid-Michigan area are cordially invited to participate.
Event locations
How to get there: transportation options for
students attending off-campus events
OCTOBER 7
“Get Fired Up!” Kick-Off Event
MSU Union Building, 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Hosted by Jane Aldrich (anchor, WLNS NewsCenter 6), with special guests,
previews of coming events, exhibits, Sparty, and refreshments. Students:
get a free copy of Fahrenheit 451 while supplies last (student
identification required).
OCTOBER 8
Celebrity Book Reading: A Benefit for the Capital Area Literacy Coalition
East Lansing Hannah Community Center, 7:00 p.m.
$4.51 donation suggested
Local celebrities, including city and university leaders, media personalities,
and MSU student-athletes will read excerpts from the novel.
Readers:
- Robert Duncan (dean of MSU's Eli Broad College of Business)
- Kathleen Lavey (columnist and reporter, Lansing State Journal)
- Christie Brandau (state librarian, State of Michigan)
- Jeff Smoker (MSU football player)
- Brady Burrill (MSU baseball player)
- Rick Pluta (reporter, Michigan Public Radio)
- Dick Estell (WKAR Radio Reader)
- Sheri Jones (anchor, WLNS NewsCenter 6)
- Wendy Wilkins (dean of MSU's College of Arts and Letters)
- AddiAnn Hinds (Lansing-area actress)
- Matt Clayson (co-chair of MSU's ASMSU Academic Assembly)
Refreshments ("hot"-themed candy and soft drinks) will be
provided. Bring your copy of "Fahrenheit 451" and get it signed
by the celebs!
OCTOBER 9
Reading group (drop-in) Barnes & Noble
East Lansing
11:00 a.m.
For discussion: Part One, The Hearth and the Salamander
“Some Like It Hot” All-You-Can-Eat Special Dinner
McDonel Hall, East Shaw Lane, MSU campus, 4:00-7:00 p.m.
Tickets cost $6 (MSU students can use their meal cards); special menu,
book discussion.
OCTOBER 11
Reading group (drop in) Barnes & Noble East Lansing
7:00 p.m.
For discussion: Part One, The Hearth and the Salamander
OCTOBER 15
“Censorship and the First Amendment in the 21st Century”
Panel discussion moderated by James Spaniolo (MSU College of
Communication Arts and Sciences), featuring Henry Silverman (MSU Department
of History), Kevin Saunders (MSU-Detroit College of Law), Berl Schwartz
(City Pulse), Bill Allen (MSU Department of Political Science) and Sue
Carter (MSU School of Journalism).
MSU Union, Gold Room A and B, 7:00 p.m.
OCTOBER 16
Reading group (drop-in): Barnes & Noble East Lansing
11:00 a.m.
For discussion: Part Two, The Sieve and the Sand
OCTOBER 17
“Imagination, Biography, and Censorship: Ray Bradbury’s
Fahrenheit 451”
Garyn Roberts, authorized biographer of Ray Bradbury and
professor of English, Northwestern Michigan College
East Lansing Hannah Community Center, 7:00 p.m.
Lecture, audience discussion, exhibit of rare Bradbury material
OCTOBER 18
Reading group (drop-in): Barnes & Noble East Lansing
7:00 p.m.
For discussion: Part Two, The Sieve and the Sand
OCTOBER 21
Reading group (register by calling 351-2420): East Lansing
Public Library, 10:00 a.m.
OCTOBER 22
Reading group (register by calling 351-2420): East Lansing
Public Library, 7:00 p.m.
OCTOBER 23
Reading group (drop-in): Barnes & Noble East Lansing
11:00 a.m.
For discussion: Part Three, Burning Bright
Gala Film Showing of François Truffaut’s Fahrenheit
451 (1966)
East Lansing Hannah Community Center
Hosted by the East Lansing Film Society and the East Lansing High School
Film Club
- Film showing, 7:00 p.m.
- Special presentation by the MSU Department of Theatre with audience participation
- Panel and audience discussion, 9:00 p.m. Moderated by Patrick O’Donnell (MSU Department of English), featuring Doug Noverr (MSU Department of American Thought and Language), Robin Swartz (Lansing State Journal) and Gary Hoppenstand (MSU Department of American Thought and Language)
OCTOBER 24
“Out of the Ashes: Readings from Banned and Burned Books”
East Lansing Public Library, 7:00 p.m.
Sign up to read by calling 351-2420.
OCTOBER 25
Reading group (drop-in): Barnes & Noble East Lansing
7:00 p.m.
For discussion: Afterword & Coda
OCTOBER 28
“Exploring Other Worlds: A Workshop in Science Fiction Research”
Sponsored by the Honors College and the MSU Science Fiction Genre Evolution
Project: An interactive event where participants become science fiction
researchers. Come prepared to read, think and engage in lively discussion
and debate. Led by Lister Matheson (MSU Department of English and Clarion
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop) and Anne Edison-Swift
(MSU Science Fiction Genre Evolution Project)
207/208 Eustace-Cole Hall (Honors College), 7:00 p.m.
OCTOBER 29
“Science Fiction: Past, Present, and Future”
East Lansing Hannah Community Center, 7:00 p.m.
Panel discussion featuring Gary Hoppenstand (MSU Department of American
Thought and Language), Lister Matheson (MSU Department of English),
Tami Voss (East Lansing High School), Catherine Haluska Shaffer (Science
Fiction Author, Ann Arbor)and Anne Edison-Swift (MSU Science Fiction
Genre Evolution Project).
Special presentation by the MSU Department of Theatre with audience participation.
OCTOBER 30
Reading group (drop-in): Barnes & Noble East Lansing, 11:00
a.m.
“Words on Fire Day” at East Lansing High
School
Related activities in many classes
NOVEMBER 1
Reading group (drop-in): Barnes & Noble East Lansing, 7:00
p.m.
NOVEMBER 4
Ken Wachsberger, editor of the four-volume
Facts On File Banned Books Series (Facts On File, 1998) and its paperback
edition, 100 Banned Books (Checkmark Books, 1999). East Lansing Public
Library at 7 p.m.
NOVEMBER 6
Reading group (drop-in): Barnes & Noble East Lansing, 11:00
a.m.
“Some Like It Hotter” All-You-Can-Eat Special Dinner
Wonders Hall, Birch Road south of West Shaw Lane, MSU campus, 4:00-7:00
p.m. Tickets cost $6 (MSU students can use their meal cards); special
menu, book discussion.
NOVEMBER 7
“Out of the Ashes: Readings from Banned and Burned Books”
MSU Main Library, North Conference Room (Fourth Floor –West),
7:00 p.m. Sign up to read here
NOVEMBER 8
Reading group (drop-in): Barnes & Noble East Lansing, 7
p.m.
NOVEMBER 13
“The Fate of Reading in a Multimedia Age”
East Lansing Public Library, 7:00 p.m.
Panel discussion moderated by Stephen Arch (MSU Department of English)
featuring David Gift (MSU Office of Libraries, Computing and Technology),
Annette Weinshank (The Reading Clinic), Doug Noverr (MSU Department
of American Thought and Language), Sylvia Marabate (East Lansing Public
Library), and Rich Wiggins (MSU Computer Lab).
Special presentation by the MSU Department of Theatre with audience participation.
NOVEMBER 15
Fahrenheit 451 Finale
Barnes & Noble East Lansing, 7:00 p.m.
- "Out of the Ashes: Readings from Banned and Burned Books” Sign up to read.
- Winners of Barnes & Noble essay contest read their essays.
- MSU Union Building
Corner of Grand River Avenue and Abbott Road, on the Michigan State University campus; (517) 355-3460 - East Lansing Hannah Community Center
819 Abbott Road, East Lansing; (517) 333-2580 - Barnes & Noble East Lansing
333 East Grand River Avenue, East Lansing; (517) 324-3926 - East Lansing Public Library
950 Abbott Road, (517) 351-2420 - MSU Library
West Circle Drive, on the Michigan State University campus; (517) 353-8700 - Eustace-Cole Hall
West Circle Drive, on the MIchigan State University campus; (517) 353-8700 - McDonel Hall
East Shaw Lane, on Michigan State University campus; (517) 355-8247 - Wonders Hall
Birch Road south of West Shaw Lane, on the MSU campus; (517) 355-2391
Transportation to "One Book" Events
Thinking about attending an event at the East Lansing Public Library or the Hannah Community Center? CATA can get you there!
The northbound 26 bus ("Abbott-Chandler") leaves the Shaw and Farm Lane Boarding Area every 10 minutes from 7:20 a.m. to 6:10 p.m., and then every 40 minutes until 10:10 p.m. Southbound (back to campus) buses run until approximately 10:00 p.m. For detailed route and time information, visit http://www.cata.org/route_info/26/index.html
The northbound 24 bus ("Abbott-Lake Lansing") leaves the
Shaw and Farm Lane Boarding Area every 40 minutes from 6:40 a.m. to
6:00 p.m., and then every 80 minutes until 10:00 p.m. Southbound (back
to campus) buses run until approximately 10:25 p.m. For detailed route
and time information, visit http://www.cata.org/route_info/24/index.html.
Continue to check www.onebook.msu.edu for new and updated information.