Fiscal Year: 2024

The Becket and Washington, Massachusetts communities will read The Bear by Andrew Krivak and engage in enriching and creative activities and conversations around environmental awareness - specifically the appreciation, respect,...

The United States Marshals Museum will present diverse public programming connected with the community-wide reading of Kao Kalia Yang's book, "The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir. Planned events will hosted...

Touchstone Theatre will highlight accessibility awareness through a series of programs focused around “Sitting Pretty” by Rebekah Taussig. All members of our community will be welcomed into programming, which will...

Museums and libraries celebrate the exchange of ideas and self-expression--Where We Live: In Curiosity, is a community collaboration by the Clark County Public Library and the Springfield Museum of Art,...

The Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association (PVMA) and Montague Public Libraries, with other libraries and organizations, will bring 61 Connecticut River Valley towns and cities together through creative programs to explore...

The Willa Cather Foundation and library partners invite residents of Webster County, Nebraska, and of neighboring communities in Nebraska and Kansas to read and discuss Cather's MY ÁNTONIA. A shared...

ArtReach will work with semi-rural & exurban libraries and other multi-disciplinary partners to present NEA Big Read in the St. Croix Valley. A month of programs will evolve around Kevin...

Inspired by Yang's The Latehomecomer to think about place both literally and metaphorically, we will provide a robust program including book discussions, writing prompts, public events, a writing retreat, and...

To present a youth production of the play The House on Mango Street adapted by Amy Ludwig, based on the book of the same name by Sandra Cisneros.

Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc. (AGAR) will conduct an NEA Big Read, "Exploring 'Homegoing' in Amherst County, Virginia." Community embers will read historical novel "Homegoing" by Yaa Gyazi, who has...