As wildfires rip through the L.A. area, the Thomas Mann House and Villa Aurora, historic places of exile that now serve as cultural centres, are under threat.
Kerstin Zilm: Meanwhile, the Thomas Mann House fellows have gone to work. Heinrich Detering, who heads the Thomas Mann Research Center in Germany, is visiting the First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles ...
Every year, Villa Aurora and the Thomas Mann House awards up to twenty grants to artists working in the visual arts, film, and literature for a three-month stay at Villa Aurora in Los Angeles.