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2024 Long Beach Youth Poet Laureate Finals Ceremony
Please join us this Thursday 5/9 for the 2024 Youth Poet Laureate Finals Ceremony at the Edison Theater, 6-7:30 pm. The event will feature readings from the finalists before the new Youth Poet Laureate and poetry ambassadors are announced. Come out to support our talented, brilliant young poets!
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What the Constitution Means to Me
Playwright Heidi Schreck’s boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful, and achingly human play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the...
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Thomas Friedman: What in the World is Happening?
Bestselling author of The World is Flat and New York Times foreign affairs columnist Tom Friedman is renowned for his direct reporting and accessible analysis of complex issues shaping the world. According to Foreign Policy magazine, “Friedman doesn't just report on events; he helps shape them.”
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