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\n\u201cWe love the idea of \u2018Read across America\u2019 and wanted to do something that would bring the community together,\u201d Patrick Bosley, manager of the Moonlite Bar-B-Q Inn, says.<\/p>\n
OWENSBORO, Ky., Feb. 15, 2017 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) \u2013- March 2 is designated \u201cRead Across America\u201d day by the National Education Association, and the Moonlite Bar-B-Q Inn is taking it one step further. It\u2019s partnering with the University Press of Kentucky and the Daviess County Public Library to host community reading events every Monday night in March.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWe love the idea of \u2018Read across America\u2019 and wanted to do something that would bring the community together,\u201d Patrick Bosley, manager of the Moonlite Bar-B-Q Inn, says.<\/p>\n
So, during each Monday night in March from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., the Moonlite Bar-B-Q Inn will host Kentucky authors:<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are all accomplished authors and editors and we\u2019re thrilled to have the ability to showcase them through this community outreach project,\u201d Bosley says.<\/p>\n
Wes Berry is the author of the \u201cKentucky Barbecue Book.\u201d He has feasted at more than 175 Kentucky barbecue places and judged competitions. He teaches American literature at Western Kentucky University and edits a blog \u201cWes Berry Living.\u201d<\/p>\n
Louis Hatchett is the author of \u201cDuncan Hines: How a Traveling Salesman Became the Most Trusted Name in Food\u201d and editor of two of Hines\u2019 classic cookbooks, \u201cAdventures in Good Cooking\u201d and \u201cThe Dessert Book.\u201d He is also editor of \u201cMencken\u2019s Americana\u201d and co-author of \u201cThe Continuing Crisis: As Chronicled for Four Decades by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mike Norris has been writing stories, poems and songs for more than 40 years. His songs have been recorded by country, folk and bluegrass musicians. Most recently he wrote, \u201cMother Goose Rhymes from the Mountains,\u201d and has won several national awards. He\u2019s also the author of two other children\u2019s books \u2013 \u201cSonny the Monkey\u201d and \u201cBright Blue Rooster.\u201d<\/p>\n
Deirdre Scaggs is associate dean of the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center and the author of \u201cWomen in Lexington\u201d and \u201cThe Historic Kentucky Kitchen.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stephen Vest is the publisher and editor of Kentucky Monthly, a magazine that celebrates and highlights the food, culture and people of the state.<\/p>\n
There will be a meet and greet with authors, signed copies of books available for purchase and other fun scheduled events. It\u2019s a free event and open to the public.<\/p>\n
\u201cMondays are also kids-eat-free night so we thought hosting this event on Mondays would make for a fun night out for families,\u201d Bosley says.<\/p>\n
For more information, check them out on Facebook:\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MoonliteBarBQ<\/a>\u00a0or visit:\u00a0http:\/\/www.moonlite.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n – Photo for Media: Send2Press.com\/wire\/images\/17-0215-authors-moonlite-300dpi.jpg OWENSBORO, Ky., Feb. 15, 2017 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — March 2 is designated “Read Across America” day by the National Education Association, and the Moonlite Bar-B-Q Inn is taking it one step further. It’s partnering with the University Press of Kentucky and the Daviess County Public Library to host community reading events every Monday night in March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6114,"featured_media":22717,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,37,134,524,197,260,278],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books-publishing-news","category-entertainment-news","category-general-editorial-news","category-kentucky-news","category-event-news","category-hospitality-news","category-travel-news","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":9930,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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