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A Trip to Africa
Celebrate Black History Month
No Registration Required
Wednesday
February
19
10:30​am
South Creek Branch
(South Creek - Ask at Desk)
Event Category: Games & Activities
Discover the African culture through interactive stories and activities. Get creative with color as we play with shapes and patterns to make paper kente cloth.
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African American Film Festival
No Registration Required
Wednesday
February
19
2:00​pm
Orlando Public Library
(Albertson Room)
Event Category: Music, Movies, Live Performances
Join us for a series of films by Black directors and actors from all across the genre spectrum. 02/05: Shaft (2019) 02/12: Love & Basketball (2000) 02/19: Barbershop (2002) 02/26: Get Out (2018)
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Scoop!
Celebrate Black History Month
Registration Required
Wednesday
February
19
2:15​pm
Orlando Public Library
(Papa Bear)
Event Categories: History, Culture, Genealogy; Games & Activities
Get the scoop on African American inventors and discover common household items invented to make our lives easier, including Alfred L. Cralle's ice cream scoop!
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Masai Animal Masks
Registration Required
Wednesday
February
19
3:00​pm
Southwest Branch
Event Categories: Authors, Books, Writing; Arts & Crafting
Listen to a story and create original artwork based on Masai tribal costume masks. Recommended for lower and upper elementary.
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Motown Movin'
Celebrate Black History Month
Registration Required
Wednesday
February
19
3:30​pm
Winter Garden Branch
(Winter Garden - Children\'s Area)
Event Category: Games & Activities
Bring your family on down to Motown! Move and groove together with drop-in activities related to the first black-owned record company in the US. Recommended for lower and upper elementary.
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The Dances of Beyoncé
Celebrate Black History Month
No Registration Required
Wednesday
February
19
3:30​pm
Eatonville Branch
(Eatonville - Meeting Room)
Event Category: Games & Activities
Who run the world? Girls! Embrace your inner Beyoncé through dance and learn the iconic moves from some of Beyoncé’s most popular songs. Recommended for tweens & teens.
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To Be a Drum Celebration
No Registration Required
Wednesday
February
19
4:00​pm
West Oaks Branch Library and Genealogy Center
(Sarchet Community Room)
Event Category: Music, Movies, Live Performances
Be inspired by dancing and drumming as we hear the rhythm of the Earth through a storytelling performance of To Be a Drum by Evelyn Coleman. Recommended for families.
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Rock The Wrap: Headwrap Styling Workshop
Registration Required
Wednesday
February
19
6:30​pm
Alafaya Branch
(Alafaya - Meeting Room 1)
Event Categories: History, Culture, Genealogy; General Events
Rock the Wrap is an educational and interactive experience that provides step-by-step instruction of headwrap styling techniques. Learn about the history of headwrapping. Registration required.
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J is for Jazz
Celebrate Black History Month
Registration Required
Thursday
February
20
10:30​am
Winter Garden Branch
(Winter Garden - Program Area)
Event Categories: Music, Movies, Live Performances; Games & Activities
Learn about the lively rhythms and improv sound of jazz music through melodic stories, instrument play and more. Recommended for preschoolers.
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African American Collage Art
Celebrate Black History
No Registration Required
Thursday
February
20
3:30​pm
Eatonville Branch
(Eatonville - Meeting Room)
Event Category: Arts & Crafting
Study the works of famous African American artists like Romare Bearden then recreate art in the same style. Recommended for families.
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