The Shepherd University common reading This I Believe essay “Jazz is God Laughing” will be celebrated on the Scarborough Library front porch, today, Sept. 23 from 9 to 11 a.m. with a jazz combo directed by Kurtis Adams while the library serves a takeaway breakfast.

The event is co-sponsored by the Scarborough Library and the Shepherd One Book, One Community Common Reading Program. The event is free and open to the public.

For more information, contact Judi McIntyre at jmcintyr@shepherd.edu or 304-876-5396.