{"id":679,"date":"2017-11-06T20:47:08","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T20:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cahcms.smca.ucf.edu\/bigread\/?page_id=679"},"modified":"2023-07-12T21:24:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T21:24:02","slug":"big-read-2017","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/bigread\/big-read-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Read 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron jumbotron-fluid bg-primary-lightest mb-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"text-center h1 text-uppercase font-condensed mb-4\">February 27 &#8211; April 14, 2017<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/neabigread.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Big Read<\/a> is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture and to encourage citizens to read for pleasure and enlightenment.<\/p>\n<p>In celebration of the 115th anniversary of John Steinbeck\u2019s birth, the University of Central Florida and Seminole County Public Library will host a series of events around his classic novel <span class=\"s2\"><em>The Grapes of Wrath<\/em>. <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Winner of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature, John Steinbeck (1902-1968) wrote twenty-seven books that explore themes such as fate, poverty, and injustice. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Activities, including book clubs, art exhibitions, lectures, film screenings, food drives, theatrical performances, and game jams will take place February 27-April 14, 2017.<br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron jumbotron-fluid bg-secondary mb-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"text-center display-4 mb-3\">Events<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"list-style: none;\">\n<li class=\"mb-4 lead\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/bigread\/?p=786\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big Read Kick-Off<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mb-4 lead\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/bigread\/?p=792\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Opening Reception \u201c&#8217;In the Eyes of the Hungry&#8217;: Florida\u2019s Changing Landscape&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mb-4 lead\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/bigread\/?p=796\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lecture \u201cEnvironmental Concerns and the Little Econ\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mb-4 lead\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/bigread\/?p=798\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Artist Talk: Cesar Cornejo<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mb-4 lead\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/bigread\/?p=800\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lecture and Book Signing: Dale Slongwhite, Fed Up: The High Costs of Cheap Food<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mb-4 lead\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/bigread\/?p=803\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lecture and Book Signing Cindy Hahamovitch, &#8220;The Fruits of Their Labor&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mb-4 lead\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/bigread\/?p=805\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Key Note Lecture: Susan Shillinglaw, \u201cThe Legacy of Steinbeck\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron jumbotron-fluid bg-primary-lighter mb-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<h3 class=\"text-center h1 font-condensed text-uppercase mb-4\">Book Clubs<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Seminole County Public Library<\/strong><span class=\"s2\">book clubs will read <\/span><em><span class=\"s3\">The Grapes of Wrath <\/span><\/em><span class=\"s2\">beginning in February and host discussions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"text-center h2 mt-5 mb-4\">Food For Thought Teen Book Clubs<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Seminole County Public Library<\/strong> is challenging teens to read a young adult fiction book with the theme of poverty, hunger, or homelessness. The Friends of the Library are donating funds to the SCPS Families in Need, as the teens meet the challenge. At Level One, a teen who reads a novel, and participates in one of the Food for Thoughts Teen Book Clubs will raise a $10 donation; at Level Two, a teen who reads and participates in the book club, and in addition to that, brings and shares an original creative piece (poetry, prose, visual art or video) will raise a $15 donation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullscreen.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-679","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/bigread\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/bigread\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/bigread\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/bigread\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/bigread\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=679"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/bigread\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1553,"href":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/bigread\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/679\/revisions\/1553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/bigread\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/bigread\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/bigread\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}