Live Q&A: Wednesday, November 18 @ 4 – 4:30 p.m. EST Grades 9 – 12 In 2014, Flint, Michigan, was a cash-strapped city that had been built up, then abandoned by General Motors. As part of a plan to save money, government officials decided that Flint would temporarily switch its water supply from Lake Huron […]
A Yoga, Music and Mindfulness Mini-Class with Bari Koral! Beloved family music artist and pioneering kids yoga educator Bari Koral leads this highly interactive concert that blends imaginative songs, yoga poses, dance breaks and play. Ideal for any open space at home, this is the most fun you can have doing yoga guaranteed! No prior […]
During these unprecedented times, we all know someone who is an essential worker. Take a moment to honor the essential workers in your life and all of the sacrifices they have made during the pandemic. Join music therapist Victoria Smith for a fun, interactive Read Aloud of the picture book My Mommy is a Nurse! […]
Connect with poetry as we read two books from different authors. From rhymes and rhythms to outrageously funny and deeply profound, poetry can be thoughtful, exciting, and powerful. Learn to make a shape poem! This is a poem that takes on the shape of the thing you are writing about. You could write a poem […]
Nancy Pearl on The Writer’s Library: The Authors You Love on the Books They Love, Janet Skeslien Charles, The Paris Library: A Novel; Ray Baker, Director, Miami-Dade County Public Library System; moderated by Audrey Chapuis, Executive Director, American Library in Paris. Sponsored by
Elif Shafak’s 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World – shortlisted for the Booker Prize – explores the final thoughts of a dying woman. After she has been murdered and left in a dumpster outside Istanbul, Tequila Leila enters a state of heightened awareness. Her heart has stopped beating but her brain remains active for 10 […]
International bestselling author Larry Watson’s The Lives of Edie Pritchard – described by Publishers Weekly as a “riveting and tense examination of identity, violence, and female anger” – tells a multigenerational story of the West through the history of one woman trying to live life on her own terms, as multiple men attempt to categorize and own her. Joining him […]
About Carrie Sue Ayvar: Storyteller Carrie Sue Ayvar has been connecting people, languages and cultures in both English and Spanish for more than 40 years. A longtime advocate for the art of storytelling and arts education, she has performed in diverse venues from intimate café settings with small audiences to a National Park with several […]
Let's face it, kids' curiosity can get them into things they shouldn't – namely trouble. This is especially true over the past few months when accidental poisonings in the home have almost doubled. Review these helpful tips with your little ones to help remind them to stay away from some of the more toxic items […]
In Afropessimism, award-winning author, poet, and scholar Frank B. Wilderson III draws from autobiographical stories as well as works of philosophy, literature, film, and critical theory as he looks at Blackness through the lens of perpetual slavery. As he discusses how race seems to color almost every feature of our moral and political universe, Wilderson […]
Alex George’s The Paris Hours follows four ordinary people during a single day in 1927 in the City of Lights, and watches as their lives collide. When the quartet’s paths finally cross in an unforgettable climax, each discovers if they will finally find what they’re looking for. George examines his protagonists and their foibles with […]
In The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America, journalist Ellis Cose examines how one of the most essential rights in America – free speech – is crumbling under the combined weight of polarization, technology, money, and systematized lying. He’s joined by ACLU of Florida executive director Dr. Micah W. Kubic, a […]