KLS Presents Free Performance Of Live Oakes Educational Theater's 'Life Of Jack London'
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As part of The Big Read, Kosciusko Literacy Services presents a free performance of Live Oakes Educational Theater's "The Call of the Wild the Life of Jack London" at 6:30 p.m. April 14 at The Performing Arts Center of Warsaw Community High School.
"The Call of the Wild" is the book selection and free copies are available throughout Kosciusko County. Kosciusko Literacy Services invites the community to read the book and join the activities.
In this portrayal, actor Michael Oakes tells the greatest story Jack London ever wrote, London's own life story. From the age of 9, London toiled as a "wage-slave" factory worker, oyster pirate, sailor, writer, and rancher. In his 40 years, London roamed the globe from the Klondike to the South Seas and Asia. In 1897, stricken with gold fever, London sailed to join the Klondike Gold Rush. Later, London used the Yukon and Klondike as settings for his first successful stories. London twice ran for mayor of Oakland, and one party recruited him as a presidential candidate.
London wrote 52 books and more than 1,000 articles and essays. He gained fame for enduring classics such as "The Call of the Wild", "To Build a Fire" and "The Sea Wolf". His social writings, such as "The War of the Classes", "The People of the Abyss" and "John Barleycorn" provide insights into the great labor, suffrage and temperance movements of his day.
The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts, designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. The NEA presents The Big Read in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and in cooperation with Arts Midwest. The Big Read brings together partners across the country to encourage reading for pleasure and enlightenment.KLS's goals for The Big Read are to promote a sense of community, illustrate the 40 developmental assets, promote reading for pleasure, the love of literature, and life-long learning and increase literacy awareness.
The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest.
