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What if all of Gainesville read the same book at the same time…again? This is the question behind Gainesville’s fourth annual community literary project, One City, One Story. Join us in reading the New York Times bestseller, Nickel and Dimed on (not) getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich and participate in events surrounding the book throughout the month October. Millions of Americans work full-time, year-round, for poverty-level wages. But how can anyone survive, let alone prosper, on six to seven dollars an hour? Journalist Barbara Ehrenreich decided to find out. She moved from Florida to Maine to Minnesota, taking the cheapest lodgings available and accepting work as a waitress, hotel maid, house cleaner, nursing home aide, and Wal-Mart salesperson. Her findings, which reveal low wage America in all its tenacity, anxiety, and surprising generosity, were recorded in the New York Times bestseller and Notable Book of the year Nickel and Dimed on (not) getting by in America. Stop by your favorite local bookstore or library today to pick up a copy of the book. Throughout the month of October, you are invited to attend community events that surround the themes of the book. As with the past three years of One City One Story, at the center of these events will be a stage adaptation of the book at the Hippodrome State Theatre, a professional regional theatre in downtown Gainesville. The stage adaptation by Joan Holden runs October 15-November 7. |
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The following events are centered around the book selection, Nickel and Dimed on (not) getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich. These events are free and open to the public unless stated otherwise. Month of October Shelley Fraser Mickle will discuss Nickel and Dimed in the Gainesville Sun’s Sunday column, “Novel Conversations.” E-mail her your comments on the book: Shelleyfm@aol.com October 6 The Anti-Racism Coalition Booktalk group will discuss Nickel and Dimed at Books Inc. on NW 13th Street at 7:30 p.m. October 10 The Sunday Service at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 4225 NW 34th Street, features a talk by Dr. Leonard Beeghley, professor of Sociology at University of Florida, on "The Working Poor." Other elements of the service will include readings from Nickel and Dimed and special related music. October 11-29 Hoggetowne Middle School is collecting the following items for donation to the St. Francis House: baked beans, razors, blankets and towels. Please bring items to Hoggetowne Middle School, 3930 NE 15th Street, Gainesville, Florida 32609. Questions? Call Hoggetown Middle School at 367-4369. Oct. 15-Nov. 7 The Hippodrome State Theatre’s stage adaptation of Nickel and Dimed on (not) getting by in America by Joan Holden. For ticket prices and reservations, call 375-4477 or go to www.thehipp.org. Oct. 13 - Nov. 7 unseenamerica, the national project that gives cameras, lessons and exhibitions to the scores of people who are invisible in our society, exhibits the work (photos and text) of 6 women who currently reside in four of the area’s shelters. Hippodrome State Theatre Art Gallery Oct. 17, 24, 31 & Nov. 7 Talkback with members of the Hippodrome’s artistic team following the 2:00 p.m. matinee of Nickel and Dimed on the Hippodrome State Theatre’s mainstage. |