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2024 AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION ON “AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE ARTS”
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Upcoming Events
MARCUS MILLER’S DRUMS
Join the library for an interactive drum workshop that focuses on the importance of drums in our society, past and present. Participants are allowed to express themselves on a percussive instrument. The goal is to get total group interaction and stimulate (non-verbal) communication so that we learn more about each other and our cultures through the experience of drumming.
TELESCOPE NIGHT WITH SIDEWALK ASTRONOMERS
Come see the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Venus close-up through telescopes. Weather permitting, the Sidewalk Astronomers will set up telescopes outside the library for everyone to view the night sky. Bring your questions.
THE GREAT YES, THE GREAT NO
Marseille, 1941: A liner sails for Martinique with artists and intellectuals on board fleeing from Vichy France, including surrealist André Breton, anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, Cuban painter Wifredo Lam, Communist novelist Victor Serge, and exiled German author Anna Seghers. The journey mixes history with fiction, augments reality, and invites other celebrated figures to join this new kind of ark, an allegory of all past and present forced expeditions.
LAKECIA BENJAMIN & PHOENIX
One of the most sought-after and revered saxophonists of her generation, Lakecia Benjamin, was voted 2020 Downbeat Critics Poll Rising Star Alto Saxophonist and was nominated for three 2024 Grammy Awards. Benjamin is known for her charisma and ability to fuse jazz, hip-hop, and soul. This intimate onstage Jazz Club performance will be highlighted with selections from her four studio albums performed by her quartet, Phoenix.
The Crazy Superhero Vacation
The Crazy Superhero Vacation is a production by Ms. Neate’s class at Vena Avenue Elementary. Animation and editing are by Pieter Hardeman of Toy Story Lab. Southland Sings is a creative organization using the arts to unlock creative potential through live opera, musical theatre production, education assemblies, and music composition for all ages.