Moonlight Tales: Caribbean Sounds

February 24, 8-10PM, Fort Lauderdale Women’s Club (adjacent to Main Library), Register

Enjoy an evening of outdoor storytelling and live music for adults at Moonlight Tales, with performers from the Caribbean Diaspora sharing stories and songs from their ancestral lands.

Moonlight Tales 2023 Featured Performers

- Lucrèce Louisdhon-Louinis is a storyteller, dancer and Director of the Louinès Louinis Haitian Dance Theater and Dance-A-Story. Her performances include Haitian, Caribbean and African folklore and songs.

- Louinès Louinis, founder and artistic director of The Louinès Louinis Haitian Dance Theater, has taught, performed and choreographed Haitian dance for over 50 years.

- The Jamaican Folk Revue, founded in 1975, continues a rich heritage of Jamaican folkloric traditions, sharing folk music of the Caribbean and Afro-American songs and spirituals.

- Derek Burrows is a musician and master storyteller in the oral tradition of the Bahamas. He has shared tales of Afro-Caribbean and African Diaspora nationally and internationally for 30 years.

- Bobby Gonzalez is a multicultural motivational speaker who draws on his Native American and Latino roots to offer a unique performance celebrating his indigenous heritage.

Health & Wellness Featured Events

Flowers of Love: An Introduction to Aromatherapy
February 13, 5-6PM, Online
Learn how to use aromatherapy to enhance self-esteem and inspire love and passion in yourself and in others.

Mobile Health Care Center at Carver Ranches Branch
Walk-ins welcome or call 954-276-5552 for an appointment.
February 15 and February 22, 9AM-Noon

Joe DiMaggio Children’s Mobile Health Center at Carver Ranches Branch
February 20, 9AM-4PM

Yoga with Friends - We offer fun and relaxing yoga classes for all ages and levels. To find classes at a library near you, visit our Online Events Calendar, enter "yoga" in the search box and select your desired date range.

Movies in Honor of Black History Month

Ethnic Notions, adults/teens
February 11, 11AM-1:30PM, Pompano Beach Library and Cultural Center
Critically acclaimed film tracing the roots of stereotypes that have fueled anti-black prejudice.

Heroes of 1,000 Faces: Barrington Irving, adults
February 13, 5:30-7PM, NSU-Alvin Sherman Library
Documentary exploring the life of Irving the youngest person, and the first Jamaican-American, to circumnavigate the globe. Q&A session after the film with Captain Barrington Irving.

Double Victory: The Tuskegee Airmen at War, adults/teens
February 16, 4-5:30PM, NSU-Alvin Sherman Library
Rare archival materials and original interviews with WWII veterans tell the story of the heroic Tuskegee Airmen in their own words.

Till, adults/teens
February 16, 5-7:30PM, Lauderdale Lakes Branch Library/Educational and Cultural Center
The heartbreaking story of Emmett Louis Till, and his brave mother Mamie Till who pursued justice for her lynched son.

Color Adjustment, adults/teens
February 18, 11AM-1:30PM, Pompano Beach Library and Cultural Center
Documentary examining 40 years of race relations through the lens of prime-time entertainment, including television's racial myths and stereotypes.

A Raisin in the Sun, adults
February 18, 2:30-4PM, Beach Branch
A penetrating psychological study of a working-class black family on the south side of Chicago in the late 1940s, starring Sidney Poitier and Ruby Dee.

Video Discussion: NEA Big Read: Infinite Country
Author Patricia Engel and Library Director Allison Grubbs talk about this year’s featured NEA Big Read title, Engel’s novel Infinite Country. Learn more about our community-wide NEA Big Read 2023 at Read.Broward.org