Even over Zoom, this year’s Get Lit poets brought passionate performances that managed to move students, teachers and staff. “I’m very new to this whole performing thing but you can be shy and be a ...

“Our idea [with the Classic Slam] is to use the power of all the people who have come before you and to engage with their wisdom – and then bounce off of that. From that point you’re already so ...

See more from the L.A. Times in Google Search. Set us as preferred The front rows of L.A.’s historic Wilshire Ebell Theatre were occupied Saturday by more than 20 high school students, clutching each ...

Every wall of the Los Angeles-based Get Lit office holds the power of art and words. "We just want our young people and our teachers to have the best. We want them to feel nourished here," said Diane ...

Seventeen year-old Virginia Villata feels like her life has come full circle. It’s been five years since she first stumbled upon the world of poetry, and she’s just hours away from the annual Get Lit ...

Mason Granger is the Deputy Director at Get Lit. Originally from Philadelphia by way of Willingboro, NJ, Mason is a poet with 19+ years of professional experience on stage & in classrooms across 49 ...

A daily chronicle of creativity in film, TV, music, arts, and entertainment, produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from November 2014 – March 2020. Host John Horn leads the ...

The film “Summertime” follows 27 young poets across LA in a single day. It’s the second feature by director Carlos López Estrada, who made his debut with “Blindspotting” in 2018. It stars and is ...

LOS ANGELES, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Get Lit – Words Ignite, the Los Angeles-based educational nonprofit whose mission is to increase literacy, empower youth, and energize communities through ...