BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Library Market//iCal Export//EN BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Wednesday Night Readers UID:8871 DTSTAMP:20260423T033300Z DTSTART:20250416T233000Z DTEND:20250417T003000Z LOCATION:Byron Public Library District, 100 S Washington St., Byron, IL 61 010, United States ROOM: Classroom 1 DESCRIPTION:   A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an att ic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and in justice across American history.   Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom nam ed Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupt s in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name on paintin gs of the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he r eunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamour of any racetrack.    New York City, 1954. Martha Jackson, a gallery owner cele brated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters, becomes obsessed wi th a nineteenth-century equestrian oil painting of mysterious provenance.  Â   Washington, DC, 2019. Jess, a Smithsonian scientist from Australia, and Theo, a Nigerian-American art historian, find themselves unexpectedly connected through their shared interest in the horse - one studying the st allion's bones for clues to his power and endurance, the other uncove ring the lost history of the unsung Black horseman who were critical to hi s racing success.   Based on the remarkable true story of the record-bre aking thoroughbred Lexington, Horse is a novel of art and science, love an d obsession, and our unfinished reckoning with racism.  URL:https://www.byronlibrary.org/event/wednesday-night-readers-8871 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR