The City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs

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• Write Out Loud

  NEA Big Read
  
  FY2024
  California

  THE 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.

• Teatro Visión

  NEA Big Read
  
  FY2024
  California

  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.

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  Lake County Library

  NEA Big Read
  
  FY2024
  California

  Inspired by Andrew Krivak's The Bear with its homage to earth, wilderness, and survival, our Big Read project will explore the theme of WHERE WE LIVE with programming that will honor our homeland of Lake County, California. With our community, we will explore our local resources, landscapes, and survival skills while turning to The Bear for meaningful discussions.

• Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum

  Shakespeare in American Communities: Schools
  
  FY2024
  California

  Since 1978, Theatricum Botanicum has performed Shakespeare's plays for primary and secondary school audiences from LA County. In 2024-25, through field trips and school assemblies, students will experience professional productions of the plays, living history presentations with actors portraying William Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth, and theatre workshops led by Theatricum's teaching artists.