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Come see Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 presented by the Theatre & Performance Studies program. Visit centertickets.net or call 708-235-2222 to reserve your seat today.

Visit www.govst.edu/bigread for a complete list of dates and times.

The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

Join us as we celebrate our new library's 1 year anniversary and Banned Books Week with a fabulous book sale with food vendors, fun & a fire truck! What if we were burning books instead of selling them? All participants will be entered into a raffle to win the Fahrenheit Flame Basket & FREE tickets to the GSU live play production on November 7th & 8th.

Between September 28 - October 3, 2015, stop by and see the library's annual Banned Book Week display with a special feature this year of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 to celebrate our partnership with GSU's Big Read.

As part of Banned Books Week, GSU's Theatre and Performance Studies program participants present a mini-play (a scene) from Fahrenheit 451, only it's 2015. Imagine if technology was banned? The audience will be invited to participate in the discussion afterwards.

The Intellectual Life Committee invites you to a discussion of the Big Read book Fahrenheit 451 in the Hall of Honors, just prior to the film presentation at 5:30. The discussion facilitators will begin with a brief overview of the book, but the book is available as a free download on Google for those who would like to read it before the discussion. The book's themes of censorship, social influence, government control, and the power of relationships to make change are as relevant now as they were when the book was written. We hope you will join us for this interesting discussion.

Please join the GSU community as they view the film, Fahrenheit 451 and have a discussion about the film with members of the GSU Fahrenheit 451 cast.

Join us as the little ones learn about fire safety with a great story, a coloring craft, and red-velvet cupcakes. All participants will be entered into a raffle to win the Fahrenheit Flame Basket & FREE tickets to the GSU live play production on November 7th & 8th.

Between September 28 - October 3, 2015, stop by and see the library's annual Banned Book Week display with a special feature this year of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 to celebrate our partnership with GSU's Big Read.

Join us for a graphic novel introduction of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, where a fireman is forced to burn books. Would you burn a book? All participants will be entered into a raffle to win the Fahrenheit Flame Basket & FREE tickets to the GSU live play production on November 7th & 8th.

Join us during Fire Prevention Week on Wednesday, October 7, 2015 for our Fire Safety Story Time. Share stories about fire trucks and fire safety. We will talk about fire safety rules to use at home and some about being outdoors. We will also create an Easy Shapes Fire Truck Craft to take home and enjoy.

Can you imagine living in a dystopian society here in America where books were banned and "firemen" burned any books that were found? That is the premise of the classic book Fahrenheit 451. We invite you to check out and read this amazing book and then join us to watch the movie.

Join us as we watch the movie rendition of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. Snack on popcorn, flaming red hot Cheetos and red juice. All participants will be entered into a raffle to win the Fahrenheit Flame Basket & FREE tickets to the GSU live play production on November 7th & 8th.

The Crete Public Library's monthly book discussion group will discuss the classic Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, as part of the library's partnership with Governors State University's Big Read.

This program is designed for children ages 3-5 years.

Join us as the teens reenact their own understanding of censorship and Fahrenheit 451 through play scenes and spoken word expressions. Pictures will be posted on the library's website! What if you had to give up your mobile device? What, no cell phones?!? All participants will be entered into a raffle to win the Fahrenheit Flame Basket & FREE tickets to the GSU live play production on November 7th & 8th.

GSU professors Rashidah Muhammad and Josh Sopiarz will lead “found poems” workshops and readings. This event will provide attendees with opportunities to engage with Fahrenheit 451 in creative and interesting ways.

This is designed for the Boys Club, 2nd-5th grade.

GSU professors Rashidah Muhammad and Josh Sopiarz will lead “found poems” workshops and readings. This event will provide attendees with opportunities to engage with Fahrenheit 451 in creative and interesting ways.

In a writing career over 75 years, Ray Bradbury became the "literary papa" of many of today's finest writers. This presentation by local author (and former CMHS teacher!) Mort Castle celebrates the powerful "Bradbury influence" in literature and on readers throughout the world.

The Crete Public Library is participating in GSU's Big Read of Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. This is just one of several events influenced by the book. For more information, call the library at 708-672-8017 or register online.

Join us as the teens express Fahrenheit 451 through art and poetry, which will be proudly displayed on the walls of the library for all to see! All participants will be entered into a raffle to win the Fahrenheit Flame Basket & FREE tickets to the GSU live play production on November 7th & 8th.

This program series will provide an opportunity for the GSU community to unlearn myths, stereotypes, and fallacies about various subject matters, relearn the truth and learn ways to shape their understanding that will aid in bridging cultural divides in the campus community. Participants will be exposed to current cultural issues as well as challenge the GSU community to realize the benefits of living in a multicultural world. The topic for this Unlearn, Relearn, Learn is Censorship. For more information, call ext. 4551.

A keynote address will be given on November 4th at 6 p.m. in Engbretson Hall, delivered by authorized Ray Bradbury biographer, Sam Weller.

Weller, who resides in Chicago, wrote The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury, which became was a Los Angeles Times best seller, winner of the 2005 Society of Midland Authors Award for Best Biography, and a Bram Stoker Award finalist. He has given over 250 talks worldwide, and currently teaches in the Department of Creative Writing at Columbia College Chicago.

The companion book, Listen to the Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews, was published by Melville House/Stop Smiling Books in 2010. With Mort Castle, Weller co-edited the anthology Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury (William Morrow Paperbacks, July 2012), winner of the Bram Stoker Award for “Superior Achievement in Anthology.”

Weller is the former Midwest Correspondent for Publishers Weekly magazine. He has written for the Paris Review, the National Public Radio Program All Things Considered, and Slate magazine. His short fiction has appeared in numerous books and journals. Weller is a frequent lecturer on the life and legacy of Ray Bradbury. He has given over 250 talks worldwide. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Creative Writing at Columbia College Chicago.

Presented by GSU's Theatre and Performance Studies program, this powerful theatrical drama brings Ray Bradbury's gripping science fiction masterpiece to life on stage. This visionary look at a society gone awry showcases the danger of censorship and weaves a tale that is both disturbing and poetic.

This is an Arts in Education event for local school field trips. All teachers and educators will receive pre- and post-performance curriculum materials from The Big Read. Selected low income schools will receive books as well as complimentary tickets.

Post-show discussion with audience members and the cast of Fahrenheit 451.

Presented by GSU's Theatre and Performance Studies program, this powerful theatrical drama brings Ray Bradbury's gripping science fiction masterpiece to life on stage. This visionary look at a society gone awry showcases the danger of censorship and weaves a tale that is both disturbing and poetic.

Presented by GSU's Theatre and Performance Studies program, this powerful theatrical drama brings Ray Bradbury's gripping science fiction masterpiece to life on stage. This visionary look at a society gone awry showcases the danger of censorship and weaves a tale that is both disturbing and poetic.

This interactive art exhibit is designed to elicit a response from the viewer.