Thursday
Feb 9
Craft Time
10:30 am

 
Southeast
School Age, Preschoolers, All Ages

 
The History of Hip Hop
3:30 pm

 
East
All Ages

 
Hip Hop with Onya Williams
4:00 pm

 
Edgehill
All Ages

 
Nyama Drum Ensemble
6:30 pm

 
Goodlettsville
All Ages

Friday
Feb 10
Anansi the Spider
9:30, 10:30, 11:30 AM
Location: Children's Theater

Marionette Show
 
Main
All Ages

Saturday
Feb 11
Anansi the Spider
9:30, 10:30, 11:30 AM
Location: Children's Theater

Marionette Show
 
Main
All Ages

 
Wishing Chair Productions Presents Ellingtown
10:30 am

 
East
All Ages

 
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
2:00 pm

Movie
 
Madison
Adults

 
Nyama Drum Ensemble
2:30 pm

 
Hadley Park
All Ages

 
Stories of Africa
1:30 pm

 
Richland Park
All Ages

 
Nyama Drum Ensemble
1:00 pm

 
Bordeaux
All Ages

 
Film Festival: The Wiz
2:00 pm

 
Green Hills
All Ages

 
Wishing Chair Productions Presents Ellingtown
3:00 pm

 
Old Hickory
All Ages

 
Happy, Healthy, Heart Day
11:00 am

 
North
All Ages

 
Separate Can Never Be Equal
11:00 am
Location: Conference Center

 
Main
All Ages

 
Reflecting on Special Moments in Black History
2:00 pm

 
Hermitage
All Ages

Monday
Feb 13
Nyama Drum Ensemble
10:30 am

 
Old Hickory
All Ages

 
Wishing Chair Productions Presents Ellingtown
10:30 AM

 
Richland Park
All Ages

Tuesday
Feb 14
Starlite Story Time
6:30 PM

Starlight Story Time. Ages 2 - 6, families.
 
Bordeaux
Preschoolers

 
History of Carter G. Woodson
4:30 pm

 
Pruitt
All Ages

 
Muammar al-Qaddafi: Revolutionary, Terrorist, or Autocrat?
3:30 pm

 
Watkins Park
Adults

 
Valentines Galore Crafts
4:00 pm

 
North
All Ages

 
Love Grows
10:30 AM

for Preschool Children (ages 3 - 6)
 
Bordeaux
All Ages

 
Blast from the Past: Motown Karaoke
4:30 pm

 
Madison
Teens

Wednesday
Feb 15
Story Time: Red Light, Yellow Light, Green Light
10:00 am, 11:00 am

10:00 am Lapsit Storyhour Ages 3 and under 11:00 am Preschool Storyhour, Ages 3 through 5
 
Bellevue
Preschoolers

 
An Evening of Poetry
4:00 pm

 
East
All Ages

 
Hip Hop with Onya Williams
10:30 am

 
Hadley Park
Preschoolers

 
Hip Hop with Onya Williams
3:30 pm

 
Main
Teens, All Ages

 
Stories of Africa
10:30 am

 
Thompson Lane
School Age, Preschoolers

Thursday
Feb 16
Craft Time
10:30 am

 
Southeast
School Age, Preschoolers, All Ages

 
Black History Trivia
4:00 pm

 
East
Teens

 
Hip Hop with Onya Williams
4:00 pm

 
Old Hickory
All Ages

 
Movie Night: The Pursuit of Happiness
5:00 pm

 
Bordeaux
All Ages

Friday
Feb 17
Anansi the Spider
9:30, 10:30, 11:30 AM
Location: Children's Theater

Marionette Show
 
Main
All Ages

Saturday
Feb 18
Anansi the Spider
9:30, 10:30, 11:30 AM
Location: Children's Theater

Marionette Show
 
Main
All Ages

 
Hip Hop with Onya Williams
2:00 pm

 
Richland Park
All Ages

 
Live Hip Hop with Drenico
1:00 pm

 
Bordeaux
Teens

 
Wishing Chair Productions Presents Ellingtown
3:00 pm

 
Hermitage
All Ages

 
Film Festival: Dreamgirls
2:00 pm

 
Green Hills
Adults, Teens

 
Black History House
2:00 pm

 
Main
Teens

 
Nyama Drum Ensemble
2:00 pm

 
Hermitage
All Ages

 
Mancala Mania - CANCELLED

 
Edmondson Pike
School Age

 
Spirit of the Quilts
11:00 am

 
Hadley Park
All Ages

 
Wishing Chair Productions Presents Ellingtown
10:30 am

 
Inglewood
All Ages

Tuesday
Feb 21
Starlite Story Time
6:30 PM

Starlight Story Time. Ages 2 - 6, families.
 
Bordeaux
Preschoolers

 
Egyptian Pharaoh Masks
4:00 pm

 
Edgehill
School Age

 
Perfectly Amazing Pinkneys
10:30 AM

for Preschool Children (ages 3 - 6)
 
Bordeaux
Preschoolers

 
Make Your Own Black Heroes Posters
4:30 pm

 
Madison
Teens

 
Nelson Mandela: Paragon of African Unity and Politics or Mere History Accident?
3:30 pm

 
Watkins Park
Adults

 
Racism – An Open, Honest Discussion
4:30 pm

 
Pruitt
Adults, Teens

Wednesday
Feb 22
In The Garden with Dr. Carver
2:00 pm

 
North
All Ages

 
Story Time: Love Potato Chips?
10:30 am

 
Thompson Lane
School Age, Preschoolers

 
Healthier Eating for African American Families
2:00 pm

 
Looby
All Ages

 
Story Time: Get the Scoop!
10:00 am, 11:00 am

10:00 am Lapsit Storyhour Ages 3 and under 11:00 am Preschool Storyhour, Ages 3 through 5
 
Bellevue
School Age, Preschoolers

Thursday
Feb 23
Craft Time
10:30 am

 
Southeast
School Age, Preschoolers, All Ages

 
Egyptian Pharaoh Masks
4:00 pm

 
Edgehill
School Age

 
Is Racism Still an Issue?
3:30 pm

 
East
Adults, Teens

 
Hip Hop with Onya Williams
4:00 pm

 
Madison
All Ages

 
Hip Hop with Onya Williams
6:00 pm

 
Bordeaux
All Ages

Saturday
Feb 25
Hip Hop with Onya Williams
12:30 pm

 
Pruitt
All Ages

 
Nyama Drum Ensemble
2:00 pm

 
Main
All Ages

 
Film Festival: Sister Act
2:00 pm

 
Green Hills
All Ages

 
Think Like A Man…?
11:00 am

 
North
Adults

 
National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM)
2:00 pm

 
Hadley Park
Adults

 
Nyama Drum Ensemble
11:00 am

 
Bellevue
All Ages

 
Wishing Chair Productions Presents Ellingtown
10:30 am

 
Goodlettsville
All Ages

Monday
Feb 27
Lunchtime Blues Concert: Nick Nixon James “Nick” Nixon
12:00 pm

 
Edgehill
Adults

Tuesday
Feb 28
Shaka Zulu: Visionary or Myopic King?
3:30 pm

 
Watkins Park
Adults

 
All about George Washington Carver
5:00 pm

 
Pruitt
All Ages

 
The Twenty-Third National African American Read-In
4:30 pm

 
Madison
Teens

 
Moroccan Belt Weaving
4:00 pm

 
Edgehill
School Age

Wednesday
Feb 29
Story Time: Anansi the Spider
10:30 am

 
Thompson Lane
School Age, Preschoolers

 
Nyama Drum Ensemble
2:00 pm

 
North
All Ages