Living Literature to perform at the Weaver Library
Weaver Library welcomes Living Literature actors in a readers theatre presentation of Bryan Stevenson???s Just Mercy:?? A Story of Justice and Redemption on Monday, March 6, 2017 at 7pm.
Just Mercy, the 2017 selection of Reading Across Rhode Island, Rhode Island???s only statewide reading program, is an unforgettable true story about the redeeming potential of mercy. Author Bryan Stevenson was a gifted young attorney when he founded Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending the poor, the wrongly condemned, and those trapped in the furthest reaches of our criminal justice system. Three professional actors from Living Literature bring selected aspects of Stevenson???s powerful story to the stage.??
Reading Across Rhode Island (RARI), which runs each January through May, is a program of the Rhode Island Center for the Book at the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. Now in its 15th year, RARI is made possible by a vibrant collaboration of librarians, teachers, book group leaders and readers from across the state and with support from the Humanities and the Legacy of Race and Ethnicity in the United States grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.??
Weaver Library is located at 41 Grove Avenue, East Providence, RI 02914.?? Questions? Call 401-434-2453.??
This program is free and open to all.