- The Lake County Library in Lakeport, California, will partner with a variety of local partners on programming for The Bear by Andrew Krivak, including the Audubon Society, Sierra Club, and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The area has experienced a number of devastating wildfires since 2015, and activities will explore the local environment while addressing disaster relief efforts and offering bereavement services related to the fires.
Lake County Library
Lakeport, CA
NEA Big Read
FY2024
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Write Out Loud
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CaliforniaTHE BEST WE COULD BE by Thi Bui will help teen and adult San Diegans understand more about what it means to be an immigrant here, through one family’s personal experience. Opportunities to explore immigration, displacement, family, one’s place in one’s community, war, and memoir will be provided in libraries and classrooms via book discussions, visual art and writing workshops, and other events.
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Teatro Visión
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FY2024
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FY2024
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Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
Shakespeare in American Communities: Schools
FY2024
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