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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;" align="center"><font
face="Bookman Old Style"><b style=""><span style="font-size:
14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";">Weeks
preceding Literary Arts Festival packed with activities</span></b><span
style="font-family: "Book Antiqua";"> <br>
</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><font face="Bookman
Old Style"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua";">“<i
style="">A Spring Literary Arts Festival: The Plot
Thickens</i>” in McArthur, Ohio
will begin days before the festival with several themed
activities. Most events
will be held at the Herbert Wescoat Memorial Library and many
are free to the public. <br>
</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><font face="Bookman
Old Style"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua";">“A
Careful
Examination of the Room,” an exhibit of the famous study of
Sherlock
Holmes’ flat at 221B Baker Street
and a framed poster display featuring mystery writers and
famous mystery and
detective characters from literature and film, will be on
display in the
meeting room of the library through Saturday, April 14. This
exhibit is sponsored in part by the Friends of the Library,
the Vinton County
Fair Housing Office, and Jim Wooddell of Remember
When...Antiques and More. <br>
</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><font face="Bookman
Old Style"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua";">There
will
be two evenings of dramatic adaptations of Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle’s “The
Painful Predicament,” “How Watson Learned the Trick,” and “The
Crown Diamond,”
performed by the Friends’ Community Players (FCP) in the
meeting room of the
library on Wednesday, March 21 and Monday, April 2 at 6:30
p.m.<span style=""> </span>Since seating is limited, free
tickets will
be available at the library’s circulation desk.<span style="">
</span>Two additional evenings of dramatic adaptations of
Agatha Christie’s
amateur spinster sleuth, Miss Jane Marple, in “The Tuesday
Night Club” and
“Death by Drowning” will be performed by the FCP in the
meeting room of the
library on Wednesday, March 28 and Wednesday, April 11 at 6:30
p.m. <br>
</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><font face="Bookman
Old Style"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua";">On
Monday,
April 9, at 6:30 p.m. in the meeting room of the library,
there will be
a special screening of the film <i style="">Murder by
Death</i>, a 1976 comedy film written by Neil Simon, that
spoofs the
traditional country-house whodunit. The cast includes Peter
Falk, Alec
Guinness, David Niven, Peter Sellers, Maggie Smith, and
several others.<span style=""> </span>This film is rated PG
and runs 1 hour and 34
minutes. <br>
</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style="font-family: "Book Antiqua";">
These
events are all free and open to the public. <br>
</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><font face="Bookman
Old Style"><i style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;
font-family: "Book Antiqua";">A Spring Literary
Arts
Festival: The Plot Thickens is sponsored by the Herbert
Wescoat Memorial
Library and the Friends of the Herbert Wescoat Memorial
Library in McArthur, Ohio.
Major events will begin on Monday, April 9 and the last
event will be held on
Sunday, April 15. For more information, contact the library
at 740-596-5691 or visit
the Friends of the Herbert Wescoat Memorial Library on
Facebook.</span></i></font></p>
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