Iola Reads chooses new project

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January 29, 2014 - 12:00 AM

The re-appearance this week of bright yellow tubs in a dozen places around town signals the beginning of the latest Iola Reads project.  The current Iola Reads selection is “The Miracle Worker,” a play by William Gibson.  The book was selected to coincide with the performance of “The Miracle Worker” at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center on Feb. 22.  Iola Reads will run through Feb. 27.
Copies of the Iola Reads book should be passed on to someone else or returned to one of the tubs.  Those who wish to keep their copy may do so, but a $2 donation is requested.
Several programs, other than the play at the Bowlus, will be presented as part of Iola Reads.  On Thursday, Ellen Foshag of Pittsburg will present “My Life With Alternative Eyes.”  Foshag is blind and is now also losing her hearing, and she will speak about her experience.  
A traveling art exhibit called “Through Different Eyes: Achieving a New Perspective” will be on display in the Iola Public Library meeting room from Feb. 7 to 12.  The exhibit features works by blind and disabled patrons of the Kansas Talking Books Service.  The exhibit will have its premiere in Iola.  Hours for the exhibit are Feb. 7 from 6 to 8 p.m.; Feb. 8 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Feb. 9 from 2 to 4 p.m.; Feb. 10 from 10 a.m. to noon; Feb. 11 from 3 to 8 p.m.; and Feb. 12 from 3 to 8 p.m.
Along with the book “The Miracle Worker,” readers may wish to read one of two biographies:  Helen Keller, by Dorothy Herrmann or Beyond the Miracle Worker (about Annie Sullivan), by Kim Nielsen.   Multiple copies of both books are available to check out at the library.  Anyone who reads one of these is encouraged to come for a biography discussion night on Feb. 27 at the Flewharty-Powell Annex to Iola Public Library.  Rose Mary Riley is serving as the discussion leader.
Iola Reads is a cooperative project of USD 257, Iola Public Library, Allen Community College Library, and the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.  Community volunteers also serve on the Iola Reads Committee.  The current project is funded largely by the Sleeper Family Trust.

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