<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4"><b>SHAC Art of Reading Book Club: The Picture of Dorian Gray<br>Wednesday August 25 at 7 pm</b></font></div><div><font size="4"><b>Via Zoom</b></font></div><div><font size="4"><b>Free!</b></font></div><div><b><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-art-of-reading-book-club-presented-by-shaker-arts-council-tickets-153392991567">Register Here to Receive the Login</a></b></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:0.5px;font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;padding-top:0px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:0.5px;font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;padding-top:0px">About the Book Club</span><span style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:0.5px;font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"> The saying goes “A picture is worth a thousand words" so let’s explore that! Get copies of our art themed selections from your local library or favorite bookstore and then spend a cozy and casual evening discussing them virtually. Free and open to all art and book lovers regardless of location. Led by </span><a href="http://www.margaretreardonmarketing.com" style="font-size:16px;letter-spacing:0.5px;font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif">Margaret Reardon</a></div><div><div class="gmail-g-cell gmail-g-cell-1-1 gmail-g-cell-md-7-12 gmail-g-cell--no-gutters gmail-l-lg-pad-right-6" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;width:560px;box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;vertical-align:top;letter-spacing:0.5px;font-size:0.933333rem;line-height:1.25rem;font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><div class="gmail-g-group gmail-l-mar-bot-6 gmail-l-sm-mar-bot-4" style="margin:0px 0px 30px;padding:0px;font-size:0px;letter-spacing:0px"><div class="gmail-structured-content gmail-g-cell gmail-g-cell-10-12 gmail-g-cell-md-1-1" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 15px;width:560px;box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;vertical-align:top;letter-spacing:0.5px;font-size:0.933333rem;line-height:1.25rem"><div class="gmail-has-user-generated-content" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><div class="gmail-structured-content-rich-text gmail-structured-content__module gmail-l-align-left gmail-l-mar-vert-6 gmail-l-sm-mar-vert-4 gmail-text-body-medium" style="margin:30px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:0.933333rem;line-height:1.25rem"><font color="#000000"><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5rem"><span style="font-weight:700;padding-top:0px">About this Month's Book</span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5rem">"Wilde’s only novel, first published in 1890, is a brilliantly designed puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life and consequence. From its provocative Preface, challenging the reader to belief in ‘art for art’s sake’, to its sensational conclusion, the story self-consciously experiments with the notion of sin as an element of design. Yet Wilde himself underestimated the consequences of his experiment, and its capacity to outrage the Victorian establishment. Its words returned to haunt him in his court appearances in 1895, and he later recalled the ‘note of doom’ which runs like ‘a purple thread’ through its carefully crafted prose.</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5rem"><span style="font-weight:700;padding-top:0px">About the Organization<a href="https://www.shakerartscouncil.org/"> </a></span><a href="https://www.shakerartscouncil.org">Shaker Arts Council (SHAC)</a> is a volunteer nonprofit organization whose mission is to enrich the cultural fabric of Shaker Heights OH and the greater arts community. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, SHAC established Stay-in-Place Productions. This program offers theatrical and musical productions as well as a wide variety of art classes and webinars. SHAC is happy to be adding the Art of Reading Book Club.<br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5rem"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5rem"><br></p></font></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-g-group gmail-l-lg-mar-bot-6 gmail-l-md-mar-bot-4 gmail-l-pad-bot-6" style="margin:0px 0px 30px;padding:0px 0px 30px;font-size:0px;letter-spacing:0px"><div class="gmail-g-cell gmail-g-cell-10-12 gmail-g-cell-md-12-12" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 15px;width:560px;box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;verti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