FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 28, 2005
Contact: , Austin Public Library, (512) 974-7528
Fax: (512) 974-7442

Finale Event for the Mayor's Book Club Scheduled for Wednesday, September 28, with music, storytelling and film at City Hall Plaz

Perhaps you’ve read this year’s book club selection—Writing Austin’s Lives: A Community Portrait, or you’ve attended one of the many special events and discussion groups over this summer, and you’ve listened to stories of Austin come alive. Now here’s one more opportunity to experience the book that 124 Austin citizens wrote, at the conclusion of the fourth annual Mayor’s Book Club campaign. Additionally, at Wednesday’s event Mayor Wynn will announce a new program and opportunity for Austin citizens to tell their story!

WHO:
Mayor Will Wynn
Brenda Branch, Director of Libraries, Austin Public Library
Mary Welch & Los Curanderos
Local Actors from Zachary Scott Theater
East Austin Stories, short films—a collaboration between East Austinites and University of Texas filmmakers.

WHAT:
An evening and celebration of FREE music, storytelling and film as the 2005 Mayor’s Book Club campaign comes to an end. Bring a picnic dinner or purchase a dinner from a local food vendor.

WHERE:
City Hall Plaza at City Hall 301 W. Second St. (free parking available in the City Hall garage—entrance off Lavaca Street)

WHEN:
Wednesday, September 28 music starts at 6:15 p.m.

About the Mayor's Book Club

The Austin Public Library, in conjunction with the mayor’s office, launched its fourth annual citywide reading campaign in April 2005 to develop a community experience through reading and discussion of a shared book. Since the launch, the book has been checked out over 1,000 times by library customers and bookstores have reported good sales throughout the 6 month program. The City of Austin and the Austin Public Library would like to thank the sponsor of this year's Mayor's Book Club, Texas Gas Service, and our media partners, the Austin American-Statesman Inside Line, the Austin Chronicle. Additionally, we thank our partners who have been with the program since the beginning, The University of Texas Humanities Institute, the Austin Public Library Foundation, the Friends of the Austin Public Library and area bookstores.

Visit our previous Mayor's Book Club resource guides online:
Spring 2002: Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
Spring 2003: Holes by Louis Sachar
Spring 2004: All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy

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