Black To The Future:  A Community Reading Event Nov. 24

SARATOGA SPRINGS — A Community Reading Event will be held 1 – 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 24 at Frederick Allen Elks Lodge #609, 69 Beekman St., Saratoga Springs.

The project seeks to introduce the Saratoga Springs community to the literary field of richly diverse worlds and alternate realities penned by black science fiction and fantasy writers. 

The first “Community Read” discussion will be on Octavia Butler’s “Dawn,” the first book in her Xenogenesis Trilogy, “Lilith’s Brood.”  The story’s protagonist is called upon to rebuild the future of humankind after a nuclear war, in this post-apocalyptic narrative, deftly exploring gender and race through the eyes of characters struggling to adapt during a pivotal time of crisis and change.

Light refreshments provided. Attendance is free, registration requested with name and contact info to:  OurLodgeFoundation@gmail.com. Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man” will be featured in the next community read.