# Event Details - **Event Name**: Reading the Classics: The Wedding by Dorothy West - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 16 May, 2026 at 05:00 pm – Sat, 16 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Join us at Kindred Thoughts Bookstore for our flagship book club, Reading the Classics, now in its fourth year!About this Event https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/65b53f00-bef4-11f0-b012-77968f1f9f74-rimg-w740-h740-dc020202-gmir.jpg Join us at Kindred Thoughts Bookstore for our flagship book club, Reading the Classics, now in its fourth year!May introduces The Wedding by Dorothy West. Join us on Saturday, May 16 at 5pm as we discuss this classic as led by Cultural Historian, Michelle Black Smith. Don't miss this chance to connect over literature and share your thoughts on this iconic piece. See you there!About the book:In her final novel, “a beautiful and devastating examination of family, society and race” (The New York Times), Dorothy West offers an intimate glimpse into the Oval, a proud, insular community made up of the best and brightest of the East Coast's Black bourgeoisie on Martha’s Vineyard in the 1950s.Within this inner circle of "blue-vein society," we witness the prominent Coles family gather for the wedding of the loveliest daughter, Shelby, who could have chosen from "a whole area of eligible men of the right colors and the right professions." Instead, she has fallen in love with and is about to be married to Meade Wyler, a white jazz musician from New York. A shock wave breaks over the Oval as its longtime members grapple with the changing face of its community.With elegant, luminous prose, Dorothy West crowns her literary career by illustrating one family's struggle to break the shackles of race and class.Purchase the book here. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/bridgeport/reading-the-classics-the-wedding-by-dorothy-west/100001841263000199 - **Event Categories**: music, art, literary-art, entertainment, sports, workshops - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 2 hours - Location: Kindred Thoughts Bookstore - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Bridgeport - **state**: CT - **country**: United States - **location**: Kindred Thoughts Bookstore - **lat**: 41.178217 - **long**: -73.18934899999999 - **full address**: Kindred Thoughts Bookstore, 1001 Main Street, Bridgeport, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Reading the Classics: The Wedding by Dorothy West - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/923d7678ffef5c4c7ee996a5a826098e61a7446365ba1455df4d111923e96a0e-rimg-w1080-h1080-dc020202-gmir.jpg?v=1762861752 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Reading the Classics: The Wedding by Dorothy West being held? - **A:** Reading the Classics: The Wedding by Dorothy West takes place on Sat, 16 May, 2026 at 05:00 pm to Sat, 16 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm at Kindred Thoughts Bookstore, 1001 Main Street, Bridgeport, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Reading the Classics: The Wedding by Dorothy West? - **A:** Reading the Classics: The Wedding by Dorothy West is organized by Kindred Thoughts Book Club. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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