BOOKS: Best-Selling Author Julia Alvarez visits The Heights

Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance, 

Community Association of Progressive Dominicans (ACDP), 

and The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center

presents

Best-Selling Author Julia Alvarez

as she shares her recent collection of books for children, The Tía Lola Stories,

and her classic novel, In the Time of the Butterflies

Monday, October 17, 2011

3pm: The Tía Lola Stories (Appropriate for ages 9-12 and families)

7pm: In the Time of the Butterflies Reading (Open to the community)

The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial & Educational Center

3940 Broadway (between 165 and 166 Streets)

Washington Heights, NYC

FREE – RSVP required: info@nomaanyc.org – 212.568.4396

Books will be available for sale!

NoMAA programs and services are possible thanks to the support of our funders and partners: Audubon Partnership for Economic Development; Bago Bunch; Boricua College; Columbia University Medical Center – Office of Government & Community Affairs; Community Association of Progressive Dominicans (ACDP); Con Edison; El Diario La Prensa; Ft. Washington Collegiate Church; Harlem Arts Alliance; Hispanic Federation; Hon. Robert Jackson, New York City Council, District 7 through the NYC Department of Youth & Community Development; Hispanic Society of America; Hudson Heights Owners Coalition; Isabella Geriatric Center; JPMorgan Chase Foundation; The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial & Educational Center; Manhattan Community Board 12; Manhattan Mini Storage; Manhattan Times; Moët Hennessy, USA; MoMA Community Program; New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA); NYC Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA); NYC Dept. of Parks and Recreation; New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA); NY Community Trust; NY Presbyterian Hospital; NY Restoration Project; Tides Foundation – advised by Lambent Foundation; Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone (UMEZ); Union Square Awards; Vantage Residential; Verizon; Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts; Washington Heights & Inwood Online; WorkSpace Offices & Studios; and local businesses, artists, and members of the community.