Summer Fun Continues At The Library With Aztec Dancer Today

June 22, 2010

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Summer reading programs are continuing at libraries across the area, including a program with storyteller and dancer John Jaramillo today at the Century Branch Library.

Jaramillo will  perform traditional Aztec dances from Mexico. He has performed regionally, nationally and internationally since 1983. His Pueblo Indian Native American heritage inspired his concept for Old Man Kokopeli – a masked theatre and puppetry production that was featured as part of the famed NYC International Fringe Festival in 1997.

Jaramillo has performed at the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian in New York City, Popejoy Center for the Arts at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, The Circle (theatre) at the American Indian Community House in New York City, Historic Christ Church in Philadelphia, the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque and the Institute of American Indian Art Museum in Santa Fe.

Fans of the summer reading programs at the Century Branch Library will remember Jaramillo from a 2008 appearance.

The “Make A Splash” summer reading programs are going on each week at Century, Jay and Atmore libraries.

Schedules are listed below for each.

The Century Branch Library invites children to celebrate with summer library programs each Tuesday at noon.

  • June 22 – John Jaramillo, storyteller and dancer
  • June 29 – David Stephens, puppetry
  • July 6, Ross Mudge, sing patriotic songs
  • July 13, Beau Broomall, magician

For more information, contact the Century Branch Library at (850) 256-6217.

The Atmore Public Library, will celebrate summer reading with six weeks of fun and reading. All programs listed below will be at 10 a.m.

  • June 25 – Pirate Day
  • July 1 – Balloon Artist Day
  • July 9: Awards Day

For more information, call the Atmore Public Library at (251)  368-5234.

The Jay Library will present their “Make a Splash – Read” summer programs each Monday (except July 5) continue through July 19 at 11 a.m. for 3-5 years old that are able to attend without a caregiver and at 1 p.m. for students who have completed K-5th grade.

  • June 28 – Under the Sea for preschoolers; Shark Tales for K-5
  • July 5 – Library closed for Independence Day
  • July 12 – Surf’s Up for preschoolers; Island Luau for K-5
  • July 19 – Rainy Days and Muddy Mischief for preschoolers;  The Little Mermaid performed by Jacksonville State Unversity’s Children’s Theater for K-5

For more information, contact the Jay Library at (850) 575-6293.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Archive