The Ridgefield Playhouse announced that it has received a Connecticut Humanities grant, in partnership with the Ridgefield Library, to support The Big Read project in Ridgefield.
The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts, in partnership with Arts Midwest, designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture and to encourage citizens to read for pleasure and enlightenment. Connecticut Humanities is a non-profit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities that funds, creates and collaborates on hundreds of cultural programs across Connecticut each year.
The Big Read in Ridgefield will focus on The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and The Ridgefield Playhouse will kick off the townwide initiative with the Cab Calloway Orchestra playing the music from the Gatsby era on Friday, Oct. 10. For more information, visit ridgefieldplayhouse.org and ridgefieldlibrary.org.