Free programs, concerts & movies at branches across the city
TORONTO (Thursday, January 26, 2012) – Toronto Public Library invites all Torontonians to celebrate Black History Month at branches across the city during February with drumming, poetry, films and music, and much more.
Program highlights this year include an educational series, Makers of Black History in Canada featuring four women of distinction, Rita Cox, The Honourable Jean Augustine, Rosemary Sadlier and Dr. Althea Prince. Fabulous free concerts are also planned with the award-winning duo, Diana Braithwaite and Chris Whiteley performing Sugar and Gold, their blues tribute to Canada’s African Diaspora.
Toronto Public Library is partnering this year with the National Film Board of Canada to present Mighty Jerome by acclaimed filmmaker Charles Officer, who will be on hand for screenings at libraries across the city.
And there's much more! Check out these free events at branches across the city:
- Visit with CBC News Toronto host Dwight Drummond
- Screening of the Best Canadian Feature from HOT DOCS 2010, Invisible City
- Mutadi will perform Heartbeat at five locations
- Concerts with Roger Gibbs, Vernal Banton and Tsingory Dance
- Stories with J. Nichole Noel, Sandra Whiting, Phyllis Walker and Adwoa Badoe
- Poetry with Dwayne Morgan and Michael St. George.
- Drumming with Njacko Backo, Muhtadi, Mystic Drumz and Fule Badoe
- And discover the richness of Toronto Public Library’s Rita Cox Black & Caribbean Heritage Collections, located in four convenient locations across the city.
Black History Month at Toronto Public Library is generously supported by RBC Foundation.
For more information and a complete list of all Black History Month events, pick up a Black History Month event guide and recommended reading list at any Toronto Public Library branch, call Answerline at (416) 393-7131, or check torontopubliclibrary.ca.
Toronto Public Library is one of the world's busiest urban public library systems. Every year, more than 19 million people visit our branches in neighbourhoods across the city and borrow over 33 million items. To learn more about Toronto Public Library, visit our website at torontopubliclibrary.ca or call Answerline at 416-393-7131.
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