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Free February Vacation Week/Black History Month Activity

Join Citi Performing Arts Center's Education Department to participate in empowering interactive readings of Kadir Nelson’s “I Have A Dream” picture book inspired by the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during February School Vacation Week from February 15 to February 22.  The free Interactive Readings: Stories Alive! will take place at local community centers, Boston Centers for Youth and Families (BCYF) sites and Boston Public Library branches across the city. Led by Citi Center’s Teaching Artist Toni Bee, the activities include readings of Kadir Nelson’s “I Have A Dream” with audience performance interactions, poetry workshops and take-home activities. Attendees of the readings will have an opportunity to win a copy of Kadir Nelson’s book, “I Have A Dream.”

All workshops are free and are appropriate for all ages. No registration is necessary. For more on Citi Performing Arts Center’s year-round community outreach and education programs, visit citicenter.org/education.

Saturday, February 15
Quincy’s Place in Quincy’s Marketplace, Faneuil Hall at 11am
TUFTS Floating Hospital, Chinatown at 2pm (for patients and their families only)

Tuesday, February 18
Boys & Girls Club of Dorchester, Denney Center at 10am
Boys & Girls Club of Dorchester, Daniel Marr Clubhouse at 12pm
BCYF Holland in Dorchester at 2pm
BCYF Nazzaro in the North End at 4pm

Wednesday, February 19
Community Arts Center in Cambridge at 10am
Margaret Fuller House in Cambridge at 11am
Cambridge Public Library, Main Branch at 2pm
BCYF Jackson-Mann in Allston at 4pm

Thursday, February 20
BCYF Paris Street at 11am
Boys & Girls Club of Chelsea, Jordan Center at 1pm
BCYF Charlestown at 3pm

Friday, February 21
Boston Public Library, Dudley Branch in Roxbury at 10am
BCYF Tobin at 11:30am
Boston Public Library, Central Branch at Copley Square at 2pm
BCYF Quincy in Chinatown at 4pm

Saturday, February 22
Quincy’s Place in Quincy’s Marketplace, Faneuil Hall at 11am
Boston Public Library, Lower Mills Branch in Dorchester at 1:30pm

I HAVE A DREAM Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., text copyright © 1963 by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., copyright renewed 1991 by Coretta Scott King, and the Heirs to the Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr. Jacket art and interior illustrations copyright © 2012 by Kadir Nelson



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