The Avalon Theatre, along with Impact60, is developing a new community experience creating cultural change one book at a time with A NEW CHAPTER; a book club with impact. 

Launching in September 2024, members are encouraged to register, and teams are encouraged to form, to tackle the book UNLEASHED by Richard C. Harwood of The Harwood Institute.  For only $25.00, members will receive a copy of the book, study guide, and a complimentary ticket to an author discussion and community question and answer session with Rich Harwood on Thursday, November 14, 2024. 

How can we unleash the innate potential of people, institutions and groups in communities to address our common challenges? And how can we do this by creating a civic culture in which people come together to shape their own lives and gain real hope? 

In Unleashed, Richard C. Harwood draws on his 30 years of experience working with communities to answer these two critical questions. 

Americans yearn to create a society that reflects the best of us, the best in us. In Unleashed, Harwood helps us see how we can create a more equitable, fair, inclusive and hopeful path forward.

A NEW CHAPTER will continue bi-annually in 2025 with two books with impact. Registration for this unique community experience will be available beginning Thursday, November 14, 2024 following our first author session.

During the reading period, the club will get together for a midpoint mixer and community building session and at the conclusion of reading each selection, The Avalon Theatre will host the author of each book for an author discussion and community question and answer session or a speaker event inspired by the book and its topic.