Feb 11, 2012
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Brooklyn Public Library
(between Flatbush Avenue and Eastern Parkway)
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Tel: (718) 230-2100
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Fri: 10 am – 6 pm
Sat: 10 am – 6 pm
Sun: 1 pm – 5 pm
The fifth-largest library system in the country, the Brooklyn Public Library serves more than six million people each year.
The famous Central Library, whose building resembles an open book, is the main reference center and the core of a boroughwide system with 58 branches in as many neighborhoods. Programming, including performances and events geared to children, take place in the Dweck Center auditorium.
The library's collections contain more than five million books, periodicals, records, videos, audiotapes, sheet music and compact discs. Foreign language collections in 70 different languages—from Arabic to Creole to Vietnamese—are tailored to the neighborhoods they serve.
Foreign-language ProgramsThere are language discussion groups and the central and branch libraries have vast resources of books and materials in other languages. Rough 10 events each year are conducted in other language, such as Chinese, Russian and Spanish. Materials and brochures are available in languages including Chinese, Spanish, Urdu and French Creole.
- Directions: Subway: 2, 3 to Grand Army Plaza or Eastern Parkway-Brooklyn Museum
- Disability Access: Varies according to branch
- Disability Assistance: For information, call (718) 236-1760 or TTY (718) 232-6849.
- On-Site Food: Cafe in main lobby
- On-Site Parking: Varies according to branch
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Saturday Family Programs: Jazz 4 Kids
Sat, Feb 11, 2012 An ensemble of world-renowned jazz musicians and vocalist/educator Lauren Hooker lead the audience through the origins of jazz, beginning the journey with a participatory African “Call and Response” song, slave songs and spirituals, and translating it into singing a “swing” tune, and moving to a calypso song.
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Saturday Family Programs: Feraba African Rhythm Tap Duet
Sat, Feb 25, 2012 Let's dance together, let's drum together, let's sing together. Join Ibrahima Kolipe Camara, a native from Guinea, West Africa and Irene Koloseus, dancer and choreographer, as they celebrate Black History month. The two perform dances, rhythms and songs from Guinea as well as honoring tap dance - an art form - created in America.
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Black History Month Reading Circle for Teens
Thurs, Feb 16, 2012 Bring your favorite poem, play, essay or novel by a great African-American writer, or a favorite speech by a great African-American political leader, to read out loud and discuss with the group. You are also welcome to share your own writings.
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