Olmos to kick off Big Read

Actor Edward James Olmos will be the keynote speaker at the Big Read kick-off event at Victoria Gardens Cultural Center on Oct. 2, said Library Director Robert Karatsu. The event will be the first of many still being planned for Rudolfo Anaya's "Bless Me, Ultima." The reading initiative, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, will correspond with National Hispanic Heritage Month.