Volume 11 Number 1, Winter 2000

In This Issue: The Year of the Branch The Director’s Journal Library fundraisers Forthcoming exhibitions Treasures of the Library Library Celebrates African-American History Month African-American History Month Celebration Calendar Library holds awards ceremony Have a reference question? Grants support valuable services and programs Friends grants top $14,000 Friends install new officers Friends set dates for Book Sale; need volunteers

Library Celebrates African-American History Month Exhibition African-American Firsts: Lest We Forget, an exhibition curated by Mary Teasley and Deloris Walker-Moses. Second-Floor Gallery Through March 4 J A N U A R Y 13 Martin Luther King, Jr., Annual Lecture presented by Rev. Dr. William D. Watley, Senior Pastor of St. James AME Church of Newark. Centennial Hall; 6:30pm Rev. Dr. William D. Watley 22 Hooray for Children program: Sharon McGruder, from the McCarter Theatre, shares the richness of the African-American culture through songs, dance, tales, myths, and stories in “Raps, Rhymes and Reasons.” Centennial Hall; 2pm F E B R U A R Y 2 Frances E.W. Harper Literary Society remembers the Civil Rights Movement with special guest speaker Catherine Peppers. Centennial Hall; 6:30pm 3 Opening Reception for African-American History Month programming and exhibition. Keynote address by Viola H. Sanders. Centennial Hall; 6:30pm 5 Wincey Terry and Troupe in a family program entitled “African Discovery Through Music.” Centennial Hall; 2pm 8 Black America on Stage: The African Globe TheatreWorks presents August Wilson’s Fences. Centennial Hall; 6pm Cast members from August Wilson's Fences 10 An extraordinary lecture on James Brown, the celebrated librarian and community leader, presented by Amiri Baraka. Centennial Hall; 6pm James Brown, celebrated librarian and community leader 15 Black America on Stage: An encore performance of August Wilson’s Fences by The African Globe TheatreWorks. Centennial Hall; 6pm 17 The male chorus of First Timothy Baptist Church of Newark presents a lively evening of inspirational music. Centennial Hall; 6:30pm 19 Celebrate the music of Black composers with soprano Jacquie Myers in concert. Centennial Hall; 2pm Soprano Jacquie Myers 22 Black America on Stage: The Black Spectrum Youth Theatre presents two performances of The Mystery of Phillis Wheatley. Centennial Hall; 1:30pm and 6pm 26 Hooray for Children series presents Julie Pasqual in “African and Afro- American Folktales.” Centennial Hall; 2pm Julie Pasqual 29 The Arts High School Drama Club presents excerpts from “The Black Museum.” Centennial Hall; 6:30pm Programs are free and open to the public; for more information, call the James Brown African-American Room at 733-5411 or the Program Hotline at 733-5643, or access the Library’s Home Page at www.npl.org. Funding for these programs was provided in part by a Community Development Block Grant/HUD, administered by the City of Newark.

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