African American Legacies
Diversity AAHM
Hear stories of the early Las Vegas African American community and make a story quilt remembrance to take home.
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| Library |
Day |
Time |
| West Las Vegas |
Saturday, February 21 |
2:00 p.m. |
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California Theatre Center's production of Most Valuable Player
Diversity AAHM
Witness the internationally acclaimed drama about the life of Jackie Robinson. Through a series of moving flashbacks that chronicle Jackie's life from childhood to his professional career, the play celebrates the life of an extraordinary man fighting a tough battle against prejudice to become the first black major league baseball player. Come along as Jackie faces bitter confrontations on the way to one of his greatest moments of triumph - receiving the Most Valuable Player award for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1949. For grades 3 and up.
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| Library |
Day |
Time |
| West Las Vegas |
Sunday, February 08 |
3:00 p.m. |
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Jazz for Children
Diversity AAHM
This program takes us on an hour-long journey through the roots, rituals and reasons of jazz, as well as exploring its future. Through music, visual arts, dance, singing and storytelling, jazz idol Woody Woods has shaped a cornucopia of sight and sound that tells a proud history of our country's indigenous art form. Sponsored in conjunction with the Las Vegas Jazz Society, Inc. and held in recognition of African American History Month.
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| Library |
Day |
Time |
| Sunrise |
Tuesday, February 24 |
1:00 p.m. |
| Summerlin |
Wednesday, February 25 |
1:00 p.m. |
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| Library |
Day |
Tame |
| West Las Vegas |
Thursday, February 26 |
1:00 p.m. |
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