In this episode, Connects affiliated scholar, Dr. Tiffany Kuo brings you "Opera in the Community," a Behind the Curtain mini-series that pairs each opera in our historic 40th Anniversary Season with an arts organization in Los Angeles. This episode pairs "West Side Story" with LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes. Their current immersive music exhibit, A Great Day in East LA, illustrates the heritage, rhythm, and struggle of East LA, the neighborhood that actually inspired the conflict in "West Side Story." Hear Tiffany Kuo and Karen Crews Hendon, Senior Curator of the museum, discuss A Great Day in East LA and don't miss West Side Story tickets are available now at LAOpera.org.