Houston Public Library: To Kill A Mockingbird - Anniversary

50th Anniversary Celebration
Thursday, July 15 | 1 PM – 8 PM
Central Library | 500 McKinney
Concourse Meeting Room
Join us for an afternoon and evening of events celebrating the 50th anniversary of To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee’s classic coming of age novel that tells the touching story of injustice and compassion in the fictional, small town of Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression.

 

Film Viewing | 1 PM – 3:15 PM
Watch an Academy Award-winning film starring Gregory Peck as a wise and just lawyer in a small town, who defends a poor, black man falsely-accused of rape.

Documentary Film Viewing | 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM
Watch a selection of the documentary film Hey, Boo, directed by Mary McDonagh Murphy, author of Scout, Atticus, and Boo: A Celebration of Fifty Years of To Kill a Mockingbird.

Book Discussion | 5 PM – 6 PM
Discuss Harper Lee’s critically-acclaimed, award-winning classic, To Kill a Mockingbird. Refreshments will be provided.

Local Author Panel Discussion | 6 PM – 8 PM
Join us for a special visit from local authors Katherine Center and Gwendolyn Zepeda, who will talk about the influence Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird has had both on their writing and on their lives. Refreshments will be provided