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Hip Hop Karaoke
This is a karaoke program to celebrate the different genres of music in black history over the past several decades. The genres will include Motown (R&B), disco, funk, house, and rap.
Saturdays, February 2 and 23 @ 3pm
Briarwood
85-12 Main Street
Movie Matinee
Join us Saturdays at 2pm for a special selection of movies that celebrate Black History Month. We will be showing "A Thousand Midnights - The Great Migration" (2/2), "Don't Shout Too Soon" (2/9), "Goin' To Chicago" (2/16) and "The City and the World" ( 2/23).
Saturdays, February 2, 9, 16, 23 @ 2pm
Seaside
116-15 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Rockaway Park
History of Soca
Davin McLeod traces the history of soca, both the music and dance, back to the "nature" cultures and traditions around the world.
Monday, February 4 @ 6pm
South Hollis
204-01 Hollis Avenue
Saturday, February 16 @ 3pm
South Ozone Park
128-16 Rockaway Boulevard
Saturday, February 23 @ 2pm
South Jamaica
108-41 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard
Monday, February 25 @ 6pm
Lefferts
103-34 Lefferts Boulevard, Richmond Hill
Digital Storytelling for Teens
Join us this February for a special Teen Techsplorers weekly program in celebration of Black History Month and the Queens-wide Traveling Shoes initiative. Each week, teens will learn about various contributions of the African diaspora to world culture and create digital stories to showcase what they've learned using tools like online outline and poster creation tools, stop motion animation, and more!
Tuesdays, February 5, 19, 26 @ 4:15pm
South Hollis
204-01 Hollis Avenue
Reader’s Theater
Join us at the South Jamaica Community Library for a celebration and commemoration of Black History Month focusing on black migrations. This Reader's Theater program will take our children through a memorable experience by reenacting some of the historic moments through theater play and virtual storymaking.
Tuesdays and Thursdays, February 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 28 @ 5pm
South Jamaica
108-41 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard
Teen Arts Club
In honor of Black History Month, our February Teen Arts Club will focus on black artists from around the world. Each week teens will be introduced to an artist or style of art and create their own artistic interpretation of the work.
Thursdays, February 7, 14, 21, and 28 @ 3:30pm
South Hollis
204-01 Hollis Avenue
