{"id":19893,"date":"2024-03-26T20:07:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T00:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?post_type=wfsu-news&#038;p=19893"},"modified":"2024-05-21T14:41:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T18:41:21","slug":"leon-county-hosts-events-thanks-to-2024-big-read-grant-from-the-national-endowment-for-the-arts","status":"publish","type":"wfsu-news","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/leon-county-hosts-events-thanks-to-2024-big-read-grant-from-the-national-endowment-for-the-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Leon County hosts events thanks to 2024 Big Read grant from the National Endowment for the Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-19893-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2024\/03\/countybear032524s.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2024\/03\/countybear032524s.mp3\">https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2024\/03\/countybear032524s.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Leon County has won a 2024 Big Read grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The county chose a book called \u2018The Bear\u2019 for its themes of natural environment &#8212; and built a month-long series of events around it.<\/p>\n<p>So far this month, county residents have enjoyed a scavenger hunt, a writing workshop, a couple of stargazing events and a trail walk focused on local ecology at the Miccosukee Greenway.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enh\" data-align-center>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"OneColumnContainer\">\n<div class=\"OneColumnContainer-row\">\n<div class=\"OneColumnContainer-column\">\n<div class=\"PromoXS-content\">\n      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Monday was a virtual discussion with Andrew Krivak, the author of \u2018The Bear.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>County Learning and Workforce Services Manager Sally Mason says the county chose the book because of its themes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, \u2018The Bear\u2019 was a great book because the themes of nature, sustainability, history, story-telling were all things that we thought hit home for Leon County,&#8221; Mason said, &#8220;and we thought it featured really well with our environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This Saturday, the county will host a workshop at its main library with Misty Penton, a Tradition Keeper and Storyteller for the Muscogee Nation of Florida. &#8220;Keeping History Alive: The Power of Tradition and Storytelling&#8221; will be at the main Leon County Library at 200 West Park Avenue at 2 p.m. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2024 WFSU<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":19894,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[],"tags":[1137,1135],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.3 - 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