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Linn Area Reads encourages community conversation about mental health
Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA) - 3/8/2015
March 08--This year's Linn Area Reads selection is "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," the 1962 novel by Ken Kesey.
Linn Area Reads, a program of the Cedar Rapids, Marion and Hiawatha Public Libraries, encourages people across the county to read and discuss one book together each year.
Set in a mental ward, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" is a novel based largely on the author's experiences. It features the ward's inhabitants, especially the tyrannical Nurse Ratched and Randle Patrick McMurphy, the loudmouthed and fun-loving inmate who opposes her. The novel is told through the eyes of Chief Bromden, a seemingly mute half-Native American patient.
Related programming starts this week with The State We're In: A Picture of Mental Health in 2015 at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday at Cedar Rapids Public Library, Whipple Auditorium, 450 Fifth Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids. Learn what's changed in 50 years in our mental health system and support services. What challenges are we facing today? What improvements have been made? How far have we come and how far do we have yet to go? Hear from a panel of experts, moderated by KCRG's Ashley Hinson, including Unity Point Manager of Child/Adolescent Outpatient Programs & Behavioral Health Carol Meade, Linn County Supervisor Ben Rogers and Horizons Community Based and Mental Health Services Director Rosemary Ziskovsky.
Other upcoming events include:
l Moderated Book Discussion; 6:30 p.m.March 24; Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 333 Collins Road NE, Cedar Rapids. Discuss "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Refreshments provided.
l Movie Screening: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest;" 7 p.m.March 31; Cedar Rapids Public Library, Whipple Auditorium, 450 Fifth Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids. Directed by Milos Forman, this film version of the book won five major Academy Awards in 1975.
The State We're In: A Picture of Mental Health in 2015.
l What: Learn what's changed in 50 years in our mental health system and support services. What challenges are we facing today? What improvements have been made? How far have we come and how far do we have yet to go? Hear from a panel of experts, moderated by KCRG's Ashley Hinson, including Director of Behavioral Health for UnityPoint Kent Jackson, Linn County Supervisor Ben Rogers and Horizons Community Based and Mental Health Services Director Rosemary Ziskovsky.
l When: March 10, 6:30 p.m.
l Where: Cedar Rapids Public Library, Whipple Auditorium, 450 Fifth Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids
Moderated Book Discussion
l What: Discuss "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Refreshments provided.
l When: March 24, 6:30 p.m.
l Where: Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 333 Collins Road NE, Cedar Rapids
Movie Screening: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
l What: Directed by Milos Forman, this film version of the book won five major Academy Awards in 1975.
l When: March 31, 7 p.m.
l Where: Cedar Rapids Public Library, Whipple Auditorium, 450 Fifth Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids
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