2023 Five Towns: One Book to explore the life and work of Lorraine Hansberry

The Coalition for Understanding Racism through Education (CURE), in partnership with The Lorraine Hansberry Coalition (LHC) and five Westchester public libraries, will host the third annual “Five Towns: One Book,” a series of free events featuring a discussion on Feb. 11, with Soyica Diggs Colbert author of “Radical Vision, A Biography of Lorraine Hansberry,” followed by four events that run from March through April 15. Five Towns: One Book will draw on the life and work of Lorraine Hansberry, most noted for her play, “A Raisin in the Sun,” about a Black family, which opened on Broadway to great success. Bringing our communities together for this series of discussions, each of which will ignite an exploration of timely themes. The Rye Free Reading Room will host Five Towns: One Book “Hansberry: Civil Rights and Freedom Practices”, on Thursday, March 2, 7 p.m., in the Meeting Room.

The program will feature a discussion with Director John Collins, conceiver/actor Greig Sargeant and actress April Matthis of “Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge”, which recently ran at The Public Theater. For details and to register, go to www.learnwithcure.com/events. For more information, go to www.ryelibrary.org or call 231-3161.

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