Book Club Meets

June 18 at

McConico Library

The June Book Club selection is Harper Lee's beloved classic, "To Kill a Mockingbird." Come join the group for a lively discussion and light snacks every 3rd Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM.

We are proud to announce that the Jack McConico Library in Selmer has agreed to host all future club meetings in their conference room just off the main entrance. The Library is located at 225 Oak Grove Rd, in Selmer, between McNairy Regional Hospital and Home Banking Company. Special Thanks to librarian Norma Humpheries for her hospitality and help with promoting the AiM Book Club.

The June gathering will be important since the group will be discussing the summer and fall reading list. Please attend to give you input. There is no charge for participating in the club. Anyone is welcome to attend. Contact Literary Arts Chair, Leanne Emmons at (731) 646-3851 for further details.

Starmites Are Coming

This Weekend!

The 2008-09 Arts in McNairy theatre season will conclude with three performances of the Broadway musical Starmites June 19-21. Friday (6/19) and Saturday (6/20) evening performances are scheduled for 7:30 PM and a Sunday (6/21) matinee is scheduled for 2:00 PM. All performances will be at the McNairy Central High School Little Theatre and tickets will be available at the door for $5.00 (student) and $8.00 (adult).

Starmites was nominated for six Tony Awards when it first debuted on Broadway in 1989 and has since become a favorite of community theatre and performing arts groups. The show has an all local cast of about 30 young performers. It is part musical sci-fi adventure, part love story, part superhero drama and all fun. It tells the story of the shy teenager Eleanor who withdraws into the fantasy world of her science fiction comic books only to be drawn into an epic battle with the fate of the earth hanging in the balance. Is it real or all in Eleanor's imagination? You will have to stay till the climactic, “mind bending” conclusion to discover the answer.

Starmites is adapted from a book by Stuart Ross and Barry Keating and is being produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. New York, NY. Music and lyrics are by Barry Keating with vocal arrangements by Dianne Adams. Special thanks to Selmer artist Molly Weatherford for visual adaptations of Starmites. Local performances are under the direction of Jared A. Walters and the show is appropriate for all ages. Don’t miss it!