Dylan Thomas 100: Joe Praml will read the poetry of Dylan Thomas, culminating in A Child’s Christmas in Wales, as part of the worldwide celebration of the Centenary of Dylan Thomas, the great Welsh poet. On Saturday, December 13, 2014, 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., at the Westwood Public Library, 1246 Glendon Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024; tel: (310) 474-1739.

A Child's Christmas in Wales is Dylan Thomas’ remembrance of a day and night of a Christmas past. It is one of the best-known holiday readings, along with Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol,  O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi," and Clement Clarke Moore's "A Visit From St. Nicholas.”

During Dylan Thomas’ poetry reading tours of the United States, he attracted standing-room only crowds in New York and Los Angeles and was feted by Hollywood's elite.

Aside from A Child's Christmas in Wales, Dylan Thomas is best known for the voice play Under Milk Wood, and especially his poetry, including "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night,” "And Death Shall Have No Dominion," and "Fern Hill.”

Joe Praml, a performance reader of poetry and literature, was a London-based stage actor who also worked in TV such as BBC-TV's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Smiley's People with Alec Guinness. He compiles and reads poetry at theatres and libraries. He is an award-winning stage director, playwright, and tenants' rights advocate. He is on the Board of Directors of Coalition for Economic Survival, a tenants' rights organization, and was a key person in the development of CES’ Tenants' Rights Clinic, where tenants come for free legal advice. He is a former City of West Hollywood Rent Stabilization Commissioner. He is a Long-Service Member of British Equity, Screen Actors Guild, Dramatists Guild of America, the International James Joyce Foundation, and The Dylan Thomas Society of Great Britain.