Harper Lee News

All four were in their mid-30s when the Clutters were brutally murdered. Their friendship would span decades.

In a world where most "hot reads" are past fancies within five years of their release, people still ponder Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" and its protagonist, Atticus Finch, 50 years later.

The Hutchinson News file photo Spectators line up at Finney County Courthouse, Garden City, to gain admission to district courtroom where Hickock and Smith are being tried.

The Western Stage is gearing up for its 2010 season, and here's an overview of the productions planned: July 2010 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1960 novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' and The Western Stage plans to celebrate the American classic early by opening its 2010 season with the ...

Please choose one so we can discuss it in the next post. "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee It is set in Alabama in the 1930s and is told from a child's viewpoint.

Racial tensions of the 1930s Deep South are the focus with Frostburg State University's Cultural Events Series presentation of the play based on Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee, "To Kill a Mockingbird," on Nov.

City Park Players will give two dramatic readings of the play based on Harper Lee's novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird," to go along with The Big Read in Rapides Parish.

In 2003, the American Film Institute ranked Atticus Finch the greatest movie hero of the 20th Century.

Christopher de Vinck is the language arts supervisor at Clifton High School. His latest book is a oeFinding Heavena .

Art, literature and theater will provide the lens for community reflection in Jasper, Ind., this month.

Editor's note: The murders of the Clutter family, 50 years ago this month, garnered nationwide headlines and caught the interest of author Truman Capote.

For more than a month, valley readers participating in The Big Read have been discussing, examining, and experiencing in various forms "To Kill a Mockingbird." In the process, Harper Lee's classic 1960 story has inspired conversation and reflections on racism and justice, childhood and innocence, tolerance and community, and the virtues and flaws ...

It's Friday night, and the pizza has just arrived. The kids race to claim their slices and load up on the homemade macaroni salad.

Most lawyers aspire to be Atticus Finch, from Harper Lee's classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird .

A half-century later the Pulitzer Prize-winning book "To Kill a Mockingbird" is still relevant.

Rosa Lee Merz has taken the concept of "One Book, One Community" to heart. She's read portions of the classic novel chosen for the program - Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" - all over Stillwater, carrying the book with her as she went about daily tasks.

Rapides Parish Library continues its 'Big Read' celebration of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' with a film screening of the documentary 'Fatal Flood' at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Oct.

" As the leaves begin to fall and thoughts turn towards finding excitement for families indoors, First Lady Jane Beshear this week announced her Top 10 Autumn Reads at Paul Sawyier Public Library as part of the First Lady's Reading Recommendations initiative and State Friends of Libraries Week.

Assistant professor of music and entertainment Lorne Bregitzer is assisted by recording arts graduate students Brandon Vaccaro and Nick Fletcher in his search for the a oeejecta button.

Vanessa Adams-Harris doesn't like the play she is directing for Muskogee Little Theatre opening at 8 p.m. today, but believes everyone should see it.