To Kill a Saturday

UPDATE 8:53pm – Due to circumstances beyond our control, we had to change hte location of the event. It will now be held at The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza, to whom I am grateful and personally indebted for their generosity and enthusiasm. All other details remain the same.

Hey everyone!

Expect a few posts over the next couple weeks as we prepare To Kill A Saturday.

I know what you’re thinking: Kevin, that is such an awesome name. And I say thank you, though I’m not sure if I came up with it or if it was the person helping to coordinate the event, Mary Darcy from All Over Albany.

“Enough already,” you exclaim. “Just tell us what it is!”

Alright, alright.

“To Kill a Saturday” is a marathon reading of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, which celebrates its 50th Anniversary this year.

In addition to recognizing one of our favorite books, the event will also raise funds and awareness for Literacy NY of the Greater Capital Region.

It goes down Saturday, November 6th 2010 and starts at 9:00am and continues until we’ve finished the book (until approximately 9:00pm).

And check out our list of readers:

• MARY DARCY (ALL OVER ALBANY)
• DEVON PONIATOWSKI
• HOLLY CARGILL-CRAMER
• MISSA BERGIN
• J. ERIC SMITH (INDIEALBANY.COM)
• GREG FLOYD (WRGB)
• KAITLIN RESLER (AOA, ALL THIS HAPPINESS)
• MAEVE MCENENY
• LAURA GLAZER (HELLO PRETTY CITY, WEXT)
• DAVID GUISTINA (WAMC)
• JENN BALAK
• JACK MCENENY (STATE ASSEMBLYMAN, ALBANY HISTORIAN)
• BENITA ZAHN (WNYT)
• ERIK DOLLMAN
• ED LASS
• CHUCK MILLER (TIMES UNION BLOGGER)
• KIM DUNHAM
• MARY ALICE MOLGARD (THE COLLEGE OF SAINT ROSE)
• ROGER GREEN (TIMES UNION BLOGGER)
• JAMES CRONEN
• BOB BOWNES
• BRIDGET MCGIVERN
• MEGAN GAILBRAITH
• JOHN GALLOGLY (MANVILLE CO-HOST; VOICE ACTOR)
• MEMBERS OF HELLIONS OF TROY ROLLER DERBY
• STEVE AMMERMAN (WTEN)
• LYDIA KULBIDA (WTEN)
• AARON HOLBRITTER (STAGE ACTOR)
• KATHERINE STEPHENS
• CHRIS ROONEY (WNYT)
• RON MARZ (COMICS SCRIBE)
• DAVID MARCIL (ACTOR)

Needless to say, I’m excited about this unique event and interested to see how it turns out. More importantly, it’s all for a good cause.

For more information, check out OUR BLOG or follow us on Twitter (@ToKillASaturday).

Special thanks to TiC?! blogger Erin Morelli for her wonderful design you see above!