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Lee Palmer Storytelling Celebration

Lee Palmer Storytelling Celebration

The Library is excited to present its first annual Lee Palmer Storytelling Celebration – a two-day event consisting of a workshop for librarians and educators and a storytelling celebration for children and families. The Storytelling Workshop will take place on Friday, April 12th, at 1:00 p.m. in the Library’s Auditorium. This free workshop for adults, entitled “Off the Page: Storytelling Craft and Technique,” will be presented by storyteller Rachael Harrington. Refreshments will be available. This interactive workshop will equip you to bring favorite stories off the page to become oral storytelling experiences. Participants will explore story selection, methods of storyboarding,
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April 9, 2024 10:00 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Library News.
Tags: April 2024, Glenn Harper, Laconia Therrio, Lee Palmer, Lee Palmer Storytelling Celebration, Rachael Harrington, and storytelling.

International Women’s Day: Poetry

International Women’s Day: Poetry

Celebrating International Women’s Day: Poetry Sunday March 10th, at 2:00-3:30 p.m For: Adults Location: Auditorium The Library will be celebrating Women’s History Month with poetry from a diverse range of voices and cultures. The event will take place on Sunday March 10th from 2:00-3:30 p.m. The following writers will be presenting their work at the March 10th celebration: Deborah Hauser – Poet laureate of Suffolk County Susan Clarkson Moorhead – Librarian at New Rochelle Public Library & Pushcart nominee Q. Imagine – Emerging poet Claudine Nash – Award-winning poet Caroline Reddy – Librarian at White Plains Public Library & published
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February 27, 2024 11:57 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Library News.
Tags: International Women's Day, poetry, storytelling, and womens history month.

Celebrate African Dance, Drumming, & Storytelling

Celebrate African Dance, Drumming, & Storytelling

Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.: 7/20 Children, Teens, Families, Adults Library Plaza / Rain Location: Library Auditorium. West African dance tells a story. Chiku Awali African Dance, Arts & Culture, Inc. performs and teaches African dances. In all African cultures, dances are participatory. Chiku Awali will share the beauty and magic of these types of dances, and the audience is encouraged to join in these celebratory dances. Alongside the dancing, the griot will enchant the audience with tales of Anansi the Spider. Chiku Awali is a combination of Swahili and Ibo that means charterer and joy. Thus, the name represents the joy
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July 2, 2022 9:30 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Library News.
Tags: African Dance, Chiku Awali, dance, dance in white plains, music, music in White Plains, storytelling, and summer programs.

African American Tradition

African American Tradition

The African American tradition of storytelling helps bring together collective experiences and wisdom through well-known characters and stories as in the ones selected here. Enjoy these stories of hope, humor, kindness, cleverness, and more. Jump! The Adventures of Brer Rabbit, by Joel Chandler Harris “The folktales collected by Harris from former slaves at the end-of-the-century constitute a valuable contribution to African American folklore. The illustrations, full-page portraits of the character and their antics, are in pen-and-ink and watercolors. They match the text in humor and vigor.”—School Library Journal The Headless Haunt and Other African-American Ghost Stories, by James Haskins “A
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February 27, 2020 4:24 pm | by | No Comments
Categories: Authors & Books, Evergreen, Featured, Homepage Kids, Kids, and Library News.
Tags: african american tradition, black history month, children's books, folk tales, ghost stories, Observances and Celebrations, and storytelling.