Memorial-Nottingham Library celebrates Black History month
The Memorial-Nottingham Library, on Lakeshore Blvd. held two events in February, in celebration of Black History month.
On Monday, February 13th, a group of children from the Salvation Army's Learning Zone (an afterschool program for grades K-6), attended the "Black History to the Beat" program, where they "received an introduction to digital music composition and learned the art of writing poetic lyrics," said librarian Alfonzo Daniels.
Cleveland's own Edward "Phatty" Banks, helped the kids create a musical composition of their choice about African American heroes from Cleveland. They started recording their CD, and hope to finish it next month, on March 12th.
On Tuesday, February 14th, The Passport Project--a group of diverse musical artists and dancers-- performed exciting African Drum music, to the delight of the group of students and adults in attendance.
The group uses "the rhythm that connects us all," in their music and metallic-sounding drumbeats. They perform at free community events in Cleveland, S. Euclid/Lyndhurst and Shaker Heights.
For information about upcoming library events, call: 216-623-7039
Jeanne Coppola is a lifelong resident of the Collinwood neighborhood and is pleased to be able to write for "The Collinwood Observer," and to offer her comments and opinions in this exciting community-written newspaper.
Jeanne Coppola
Jeanne Coppola is a life long resident of the Collinwood neighborhood, and is interested in art and writing. She graduated from Collinwood High School, and attended Cleveland State University (CSU). She worked at Woolworth's in Severance Center, and Higbee's in Tower City. She also took clases at Cuyahoga Community College, where she was a staff writer for the student newspaper The Spectrum. In 2006, she returned to Cleveland State University to finish her degree, and wrote for the student newspaper, The Vindicator. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree, in Liberal Studies, in May 2007.
Jeanne is pleased to be able to write for "The Collinwood Observer", and offer her comments and opinions in this new and exciting community newspaper.