16th Annual Langston Hughes Literary Arts Festival
Black Heritage
16th Annual Langston Hughes Literary Arts Festival
Join the 16th Annual Langston Hughes Literary Arts Festival!
Schedule:
12pm: Bob McNeil - Writer/Spoken Word Artist with Keyboardist Isaiah Dunkley
1pm: Diane Richards discusses her new novel “Ella” with Eartha Watts-Hicks
2pm: Banned Books: conversation with Emily Drabinski, immediate past president of ALA, and Kings Bay Branch Manager, Rakisha Kearns-White
3:30pm: Literature to Life mini-performances: “If Beale Street Could Talk” & “I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter”
Register here: http://queenslib.org/lhlitfest24
Funded by the Library Action Committee of Corona-East Elmhurst, Resorts World Casino, NYS Education Department, Special Legislative Grants from Assemblyman Jeffrion L. Aubry, discretionary funds from NYC Coalition of Theaters, CM Francisco Moya, and Queens Borough President Donovan Richards.
This program is part of the Freedom to Read Day of Action; learn more at: https://www.queenslibrary.org/about-us/news-media/blog/3331