The Big Read kick-off features a performance by legendary Las Vegas cowboy sculptor and poet Duke Sundt at the Highlands Student Center Ballroom, 800 National Ave., from 5 to 7 p.m. Highlands President Sam Minner will welcome the community, and there will be refreshments and cowboy-themed activities. Read more online here: https://www.nmhu.edu/highlands-kicks-off-nea-big-read-program-february-7/
As part of the Big Read program, Highlands will show a free screening of the John Wayne film version of “True Grit,” a 1969 blockbuster Old Western. This program is free and open to the public.