4th Annual Black History Month Story Time

On February 18, 2023, Lil’ Miss Story Hour will host their opening community story time event of the 2023 season in collaboration with Poetry 719’s Black Voices Matter and Black Vendor Market event. We will celebrate Black History Month by honoring and elevating Black history, culture, and heritage through stories, art forms, crafts, special guest artists, and picture books! Explorations include but are not limited to writing, illustrations, mathematics, music, and social experiences.

Book selections will include “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me,” by Maya Angelou; and “Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black & White America” by Carole Boston Weatherford. Special guests will be DJ and life coach, DJ ChloeBeeBlessed; African Dance Instructor, Leona Abdullah-Ward; and visual artist, Kai Gaynor. This event WILL NOT be aired virtually.

Event Schedule

• 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. —– Black Vendor Market
• 1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. — Lil’ Miss Story Hour’s Story Time (RSVP/registration required)
• 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m. — Poetry 719’s Black Voices Matter