CENTRAL LI BRARY ATLANTA CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL

10:30 A.M. – 2:30 P.M.

The Atlanta Children’s Film Festival will present their “Opening Day Celebration” at the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library (Central Library) on June 9, 2023 from 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. During this opening program children and teens (7-17) will be introduced to the world of filmmaking in KVC Media Career Fair in the morning from 10:30 – 12:30 p.m. Students will learn how to create a storyboard, different camera movements, and the editing process. Lunch will be served from 12:30 – 1:00 p.m.

In the afternoon there will be a showcase of films produced by youth and for youth by independent Atlanta adult filmmakers from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. This free film screening is for the entire family and will be in the auditorium; seating is limited so register early.

Parents and summer camps may register their students in the Children’s Department at the Central Library.

The Atlanta Children’s Film Festival is presented by Kids Video Connection, an educational media arts organization that specializes in teaching youth media literacy, communication skill and media production. For more information, you may visit https://kidsvideoconnection.org/ film-festival/.

Sing And Dance With Jennifer Daniels

JUNE 15 – 11:00 A.M.

Jennifer Daniels is a performing songwriter, author, and teaching artist out of Lookout Mountain, Georgia, who has released nine music albums, three novels, and a picture book. Her latest novel, The Elixir, is the #1 New Release on Amazon’s Teen and Young Adult Native American Fiction (under her married name, Jennifer Daniels Neal). But perhaps her biggest claim to fame with the younger crowd is that Jennifer gets to work with Eric Litwin (author of Pete the Cat, I Love My White Shoes). Come sing and dance with her as she performs interactive songs and stories for the whole family.

Storytime

EVERY WEDNESDAY // 11AM

The Storytime Central is to provide children with the tools needed to build a foundation of learning and growing in reading. Working closely with families and caretakers, encouraging reading at an early age, building the foundation of learning through reading, singing, rhyming and talking.

An Evening With Kwame Alexander

Kwame Alexander has written 36 books, three of them in a chair next to a fireplace at his neighborhood Panera Bread. For the past three years he wrote in a penthouse in London, where he lived. But, he missed the writing studio he built in Virginia so he moved back, and now his six foot daughter gets to go to high school in America. Some books you may have heard of like The Crossover and Swing and The Undefeated and Becoming Muhammad Ali, all New York Times Bestsellers, which his Dad likes to brag about in grocery stores and doctor’s offices.

Join us as he chats with us about his newest books!

Crafternoon Tuesday

EVERY TUESDAY // 11AM

Crafternoon Tuesday is a combination of crafts and storytime for families. It will provide an excellent opportunity for children to explore and engage in learning while enjoying making crafts.

Sharon Crumley Art Exhibit

MAY 1ST –

Sharon is a self-taught artist who creates mixed materials art in many genres. Sharon’s work is intricate, colorful and textural using a combination of textiles, paper, paint and found elements to create multi-dimensional art. Her art expresses a variety of subjects from modern abstractions and ethnic adaptations to feminine themes. Sharon is a member of the Atlanta Collage Society and the Alpha Arts Guild. She has taken many workshops and classes to improve her skill set and business acumen.

Visit Sharon’s online presence at sharoncrumleystudios.com. Join us for the open reception at Central Library on May 20th from 1 P.M. to 3 P.M.

The 3000 Lives Of Andr Benjamin

BY DR. REGINA N. BRADLEY

ONSITE PUBLIC LECTURE

SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 2023 // 3:30 PM

Auburn Avenue Research Library

101 Auburn Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30303

Honoring the 50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop and in collaboration with the Queens Public Library, the Gates Preserve, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services the Auburn Avenue Research Library will host Dr. Regina N. Bradley who will present her lecture “The 3000 Lives of André Benjamin”.

This compelling scholarly analysis will examine the evolution of Black Southerner creative André Benjamin of the iconic duo OutKast, who made marginalization the permanent framework for his positioning within the popular culture, exemplifying how Hip Hop could be countercultural while in the limelight of mainstream America. This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Dr. Regina N. Bradley is an alumna Nasir Jones Hip Hop Fellow (Harvard University, Spring 2016) and an Assistant Professor of English and African Diaspora Studies at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, GA. Her expertise and research interests include post-Civil Rights African American literature, Hip Hop culture, race and the contemporary U.S. South. Dr. Bradley is also the author of Chronicling Stankonia: The Rise of the Hip Hop South. The book explores how Atlanta, GA hip hop duo OutKast influences conversations about the Black American South after the Civil Rights Movement.