{"id":29148,"date":"2012-04-24T10:56:50","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T17:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/?p=29148"},"modified":"2012-04-24T10:56:50","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T17:56:50","slug":"new-play-cafe-vida-addresses-hunger-in-la-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/2012\/04\/24\/new-play-cafe-vida-addresses-hunger-in-la-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"New Play, Caf\u00e9 Vida, Addresses Hunger in LA and Beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/DailyDigest-042412\/2012_04_24_vida.mp3\">this segment<\/a>  | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/DailyDigest-042412\/2012_04_24_uprising.mp3\"> entire program<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=right width=50% src=\"\/home\/graphics\/cafe_vida.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Overshadowed by concerns about the obesity epidemic in the United States is the growing problem of hunger. The 2010 census recorded the highest number of people ever to be found food insecure or hungry in the United States. The Census found that 14.5% of the population, which accounts for over 17 million people, or 1 in 7 Americans, were deemed food insecure. In Los Angeles, the LA Foodbank has found that the number of children receiving food aid has more than doubled since 2005.  Over 400,000 children are now going hungry in LA County, with over 50 percent of LAUSD school children receiving free or reduced price lunches. 1.4 million California residents received federal food stamps in 2010, which increased from 1.1 million the year before.  <\/p>\n<p>Using these alarming statistics as a jumping off point, Cornerstone Theater has created a project called \u201cThe Hunger Cycle\u201d to promote an awareness of food insecurity.  Cornerstone Theater has commissioned nine plays, a city-wide festival, community dialogues and panel discussions to take place between now and 2016.  Playwrights involved in the project include James McManus, Shishir Kurup and Larissa Fasthorse.  Award winning playwright Lisa Loomer is the author of the first play in the series called \u201cCaf\u00e9 Vida\u201d.  The play, being produced in collaboration with Homeboy and Homegirl Industries, focuses on the story of two rival homegirls, Chabela and Luz, who want to start a new life free from the violence of the streets at Caf\u00e9 Vida.  The play runs from April 26th to May 20th at the Los angeles Theater Center on South Spring Street.  <\/p>\n<p><em>GUESTS: Lisa Loomer, playwright of Caf\u00e9 Vida; Raquel Guti\u00e9rrez, Manager of Community Partnerships at the Cornerstone Theater; Lynette Alfaro, an actress who plays Chabela, in Caf\u00e9 Vida<\/em><\/p>\n<p>CAFE VIDA TIMES &#038; DATES<br \/>\nAPRIL 26 \u2013 MAY 20, 2012<br \/>\npreviews April 26 \u2013 May 4; opening night \u2013 Saturday, May 5<br \/>\nThursdays \u2013 Saturdays @ 8 p.m., Sundays @ 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>LOCATION:<br \/>\nLos Angeles Theatre Center (LATC) \u2013 Theatre 3<br \/>\n514 South Spring Street<br \/>\nLos Angeles, CA 90013<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cornerstonetheater.org\">www.cornerstonetheater.org<\/a> to learn more and purchase tickets. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to this segment | entire program Overshadowed by concerns about the obesity epidemic in the United States is the growing problem of hunger. The 2010 census recorded the highest number of people ever to be found food insecure or hungry in the United States. The Census found that 14.5% of the population, which accounts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-program"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29148\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}