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SPECIAL EVENTS
Winter Reading Challenge [VIRTUAL]
Date: January 1 - 31 Ages: All Ages Cost: Free Location: SPL Website Registration on Beanstack required to complete reading log and be entered for prizes. Join the Library in reading during the month of January! Grab a new book, favorite book, or new to you book and spend some time reading. Be sure to check on your progress in the campaign on Beanstack to gain badges and be entered into a drawing for a prize!
Black History Month
Throughout the month of February, the Library will be hosting unique events to celebrate Black History Month. Our regular monthly programming, such as storytime, will focus on Black voices and Black history.
Black and Super: Real Heroes of Science [VIRTUAL + KIT]
Date: Tuesday, February 9 Time: 2:00 - 3:00 PM Ages: Family Cost: Free Location: SPL YouTube & Facebook Registration required. Not every hero wears a cape; some wear lab coats! Learn about some African American scientists and their amazing contributions that changed the world! We will be celebrating Dr. Willie Hobbs Moore, the first African American woman to get a Ph.D. in physics, by performing a psychics experiment with paint. Registrants will be able to pick up their materials at their chosen location prior to the air date.
Black and Super: How to Make Comics & History of Black Creators [VIRTUAL + KIT]
Date: Wednesday, February 10 Time: 6:00 - 7:00 PM Ages: Family Cost: Free Location: SPL YouTube & Facebook Registration required. Interested in the history of African American comics? Join us to learn about comic creators and their impact on the comic industry. Also, grab a kit with additional information on comic creators and materials to start making your own comic! Registrants will be able to pick up their materials at their chosen location prior to the airing.
Black and Super Live Talks: Artists and Creators [LIVE]
Date: Friday, February 12 Time: 6:00 - 7:00 PM Ages: 12+ Cost: Free Location: SPL Online Registration required. Bring your questions and join us for a live talk with local African American artists and creators. Registrants will receive an e-mail prior to start time with the live meetup link.
Black History Month (cont.)
Lift Every Voice: Black Musicality [LIVE]
Date: Friday, February 19 Time: 6:30 - 7:30 PM Ages: 18+ Cost: Free Location: SPL Facebook Join us for Open Your Eyes Part II, an evening of Poetic Reflections with Nathan Richardson, Sylvia Bond, and Kween Yakini. This will be a night to talk about Black language, music, and how that has been reflected in poetry and beyond. We will discuss Ma Rainey by Sterling A. Brown and The Revolution Will Not Be Televised by Gil Scott-Heron. This program is part of the Lift Every Voice: Why African American Poetry Matters, a national public humanities initiative of Library of America, presented in partnership with The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture with generous support from The National Endowment for the Humanities, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Emerson Collective. Open Your Eyes will premiere live on the Suffolk Public Library Facebook page. Registration is not required.
Date: Thursday, February 25 Time: 6:00 - 7:00 PM Ages: 13+ Cost: Free Location: SPL YouTube & Facebook The Library of Virginia reference archivist, Cara Griggs, discusses researching African American genealogy before 1870.
Black Business Ownership Q&A [LIVE]
Date: Friday, February 26 Time: 6:00 - 7:00 PM Ages: 18+ Cost: Free Location: SPL Online Registration required. There are 30.2 million small business owners in the United States. According to the 2018 Annual Business Survey, Black Americans owned 124,004 businesses nationwide. Are you looking to start your own? You are invited to a discussion about how to navigate the challenges of starting your own business from the perspective of local Black business owners.
IconiCon
IconiCon will be held throughout the week with a mixture of in-person, virtual, and live online events! This year will be all about Fantasy! Grab your wands, throw on your elf ears, and don your favorite fantasy cosplay while we enjoy some food, crafts, and adventure! Be sure to look at the calendar for details of each event and to register for any live events or Virtual2Go kits!
Join us for cosplay contests, Mario Kart tournaments, crafting, trivia, cooking, and riddling!
