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SUMMARY:Page to Stage Book Club
LOCATION:Northeast Neighborhood Library\nNortheast Neighborhood Library
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DESCRIPTION:Read and discuss the books that inspired Broadway musicals\, e
 nriching understanding and enjoyment of both! This month's selection is "F
 un Home" by Alison Bechdel..\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/6213220
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The Page to Stage Musical reads and discus
 ses the books that inspired Broadway musicals\, enriching our understandin
 g of both!</p>\n<p>We typically meet the fourth Thursday of the month at t
 he Northeast Neighborhood Library at 6:30pm in the Mezzanine Conference Ro
 om.&nbsp\;This month we will meet virtually due to the ongoing health emer
 gency.&nbsp\;Please click&nbsp\;"Register"&nbsp\;or email Jeff at&nbsp\;je
 ffrey.gluckman@dc.gov&nbsp\;for link to virtual meeting room.&nbsp\;&nbsp\
 ;</p>\n<p>To see past and upcoming&nbsp\;Page to Stage Book Club&nbsp\;sel
 ections and more about the book club\, check&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.dc
 library.org/node/69049/" title="Page to Stage Book Club ">here</a>!&nbsp\;
 </p>\n<p>This month\, we are reading <strong><em>Fun Home: A Family Tragic
 omic&nbsp\;</em></strong>&nbsp\;by Alison Bechdel\, an autobiographical gr
 aphic novel about the author's early family life running their family fune
 ral home business\, relationship with her father\, and their sexualities t
 hat they could barely discuss with each other. It is a both humorous and w
 renching window into Bechdel's process of making sense of her family histo
 ry.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Alison Bechdel is a famed lesbian graphic noveli
 st and cartoonist\, widely known for her long lasting comic strip\, <stron
 g>"Dykes to Watch Out For."</strong>&nbsp\;A widely used measure of repres
 entation of women in fiction and film in the particular\, the "<a href="ht
 tps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_test#History" title="Bechdel Test">Bec
 hdel Test</a>\," is named after her\, as an early iteration of the test wa
 s discussed by characters in her comic in 1985.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong><em
 >Fun Home</em></strong>&nbsp\;was adapted into a musical of the same name 
 Off-Broadway in 2013 and brought to Broadway in 2015\, with music by Jeani
 ne Tesori and Book/Lyrics by Lisa Kron. It is the first Broadway musical w
 ith a lesbian protagonist to win a Tony Award for Best Musical. It also wo
 n for Best Book of a Musical\, and Best Original Score.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\
 n<p></p>\n<p>Copies of <strong><em>Fun Home</em>&nbsp\;</strong>will be av
 ailable at the Northeast Library\, or you can place a hold yourself from t
 he&nbsp\;<a href="https://catalog.dclibrary.org/client/en_US/dcpl/search/r
 esults?qu=&amp\;qu=%22Fun+Home+%22&amp\;qu=-dykes&amp\;qu=-strength&amp\;q
 u=AUTHOR%3Dbechdel+&amp\;h=1" title="catalog">catalog</a>.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>
 &nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Use your library card to access supplemental materials:</p
 >\n<ul>\n<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5AFGIJPkr24d8opOLh
 Lz5y?promo=21630" title="Listen"><strong>Listen</strong>&nbsp\;</a>to the 
 original Broadway cast recording of <strong>"Fun Home"</strong></li>\n<li>
 <a href="https://dclibrary.kanopy.com/video/paper-mirror" title="Watch"><s
 trong>Watch</strong></a> <b>"The Paper Mirror"&nbsp\;</b>on Kanopy\, a sho
 rt documentary chronicling Bechdel's writing process of the follow up to&n
 bsp\;<em><strong>Fun Home</strong></em>\,&nbsp\;<em><strong>Are You My Mot
 her.</strong></em></li>\n<li><a href="https://catalog.dclibrary.org/client
 /en_US/dcpl/search/results?qu=&amp\;qu=AUTHOR%3Dbechdel+alison+&amp\;h=1" 
 title="Read"><strong>Read</strong> </a>other works by Alison Bechdel.&nbsp
 \;</li>\n</ul>\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/6213220
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