The Friends of Petworth Library is joining up with Petworth Citizen for a special happy hour to raise funds for the Library on Tuesday, March 21st from 5-7pm. There will be a raffle for some excellent books, and five locals will be reading their choice selections from authors who have March birthdays. Petworth Citizen will donate 10% of the alcohol sales during Happy Hour (5 -7pm) to the Friends group.

So come out and drink and listen to excerpts of the celebrated authors as read by local peeps -- including me reading from Rabbit, Run by John Updike.

Readers include:

Brandon Todd, Ward 4 Councilmember, reading Ralph Ellison at 5:15 pm
Drew Schneider, Petworth News, reading John Updike at 5:30pm
Jonny Grave, Jonny Grave and the Tombstones, reading Jack Kerouac 6:00pm
Kristen Barden, FaPL and Adams Morgan Partnership Business Improvement District, reading Gabriel Garcia Marquez at 6:15pm
George Morgan, Petworth resident extraordinaire, reading John McPhee at 6:30pm

Each reader will explain why they chose their book and passage and read for about 5 minutes.

You can learn more at the Friends' Facebook Event page.

Raffle tickets are $1 each, or 7 for $5 and you could win:

Ezra Jack Keats - Louie
Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss) - Green Eggs and Ham
Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
John McPhee - Coming Into Country
Gabriel Garcia Marquez - El Ontono del Patriarca
Robert frost - Various poems
Tom Wolfe - The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flaked Streamline Baby
John Updike - Rabbit, Run
Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Various poems
Ralph Ellison - Invisible Man
Jack Kerouac - On the Road

See you at Petworth Citizen!

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