Operation Homecoming
July 18th, 2007 Posted in Film, North Shore, Visual Art
The American Shorts Reading Series presents The National Endowment for the Arts Operation Homecoming on Thursday, July 26, at the New Hazlett Theater on the Northside.
The evening features readings from the best-selling anthology, Operation Homecoming: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Front in the Words of U.S. Troops and Their Families, performed by local actors and military personnel.
As a part of the program, American Shorts will present a new short film by Shawn D. Bronson, a Pennsylvania National Guardsman who served as a gunner stationed at Camp Habbaniya and whose films have aired on The Discovery Channel. Special guest host will be Andrew Carroll, the founder of the Legacy Project and the editor of three New York Times bestsellers, including Letters of a Nation and War Letters, in addition to Operation Homecoming.
Doors open at 7 p.m., reading starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $7 and available at the door. For more information, please call 412.622.8866.