Maria by Michelle Moran
Monday March 30 2026 4:00PM
Griffith-Calumet Township
Event Description
Join us for a discussion of Maria by Michelle Moran.
Summary: "Maria von Trapp. You know the name and the iconic songs, but do you know her real story? This dramatic novel, based on the woman glamorized in The Sound of Music, brings Maria to life as never before. In the 1950s, Oscar Hammerstein is asked to write the lyrics to a musical based on the life of a woman named Maria von Trapp. He's fascinated to learn about this Catholic novice who was living quietly as an Austrian nun until her abbey sent her away to teach a widowed baron's children. When the assignment turned into a marriage proposal and the family was forced to escape the Nazis, it was Maria who taught them to survive by using the power of their voices and song."
When
4:00PM - 5:30PM
Monday March 30 2026
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Where
Meeting Room
Griffith-Calumet Township
1215 E. 45th Ave
Griffith IN
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