Live reading of ‘Great Gatsby’ kicks off events marking 100th anniversary

To celebrate the th anniversary of The Great Gatsby on Thursday a handful of F Scott Fitzgerald enthusiasts will read the entire novel aloud at the Minnesota History Center in St Paul Published on April Gatsby is the St Paul native s best-known work and widely regarded as one of the greatest novels of all time Scheduled to run from to p m the live reading is one of several events planned by the Friends of the St Paul Community Library commemorating Gatsby s centennial in its author s hometown that will revisit the book and consider how its themes apply in the modern day the organization s website says Upstairs in the History Center s Gale Family Library several Fitzgerald-related items from the collection of the Minnesota Historical Society are on display Later on that evening Storyline Books will host a Gatsby -themed cocktail party at Eating House in Union Depot Celtic Junction in Midway will host a Gatsby Speakeasy Dance on Friday night complete with a live jazz band The Friends series of Gatsby events will continue throughout the rest of the year and include these events April A book club discussion of The Great Gatsby A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Katherine Woodman Maynard at Urban Growler in St Paul May to May Books from Minnesota women authors of the s will be on display at George Latimer Central Library in St Paul Sept to March Gatsby at an exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Art in Minneapolis Sept to Sept The Last Flapper a one-woman show by William Luce based on the writings of Zelda Fitzgerald performed by Monette Magrath at Landmark Center in St Paul Nov Teaching The Great Gatsby an online panel discussion with teachers from around the United States A full schedule of events can be ascertained on the Friends website at thefriends org fitzgerald Related Articles Marion the Librarian -year-old St Paul woman gets her first Minnesota library card Demolition continues on the Hamline-Midway Library in St Paul Tom Goldstein Challenging the official narrative Prepare to be maligned Literary calendar for week of Feb Celebrations for Gatsby Kao Kalia Yang and more St Paul Demolition begins on Hamline-Midway Library