Chương trình & Lớp học

Join us for our Lunar New Year celebration at Midland Library! Enjoy lion dance from the White Lotus lion dance team, learn calligraphy, see a fashion show, music and more.

欢迎来 Midland 图书馆一起庆祝农历新年！白莲舞狮队将带来精彩的舞狮表演，我们还准备了书法学习、时装秀、音乐表演等丰富多彩的活动。
欢迎大家一齐来庆祝龙年元宵节，图书馆提供的节目包含舞狮、书法、手工艺等活动，现场并有红包及甜点招待。

This New Year, celebrate by making your own sticker, t-shirt or bag design. Learn how to use a Silhouette Cameo vinyl cutting machine and a heat press to print your favorite New Year patterns. Other creative materials and 3D pens will also available.

Made possible by gifts to The Library Foundation, a local nonprofit dedicated to enhancing our library's leadership, innovation and reach through private support.

Celebrate the beautiful geometric designs for Black History Month. Children will learn about the meaning and folktale origins of this amazing and vibrant textile. Getting to design their own with block motif stamps with traditional paint colors and dyes. Participants will get to take home their one of a kind tote bag at the end of the event as well as a Black History Month swag.

Portland’s favorite clown is back with a storytime that is a culturally creative blend of picture books infused with sounds and activities for all.

Participation is encouraged, and all ages are welcome!

This dance group, formed in 1995 at Oregon State University, will share some of the drum and dance traditions of indigenous Mexica. 

Join Portland Parks and Recreation’s Urban Forestry for a broom making craft. We’ll create beautiful hand brooms using foraged tree materials – willow, magnolia, cypress, oak, camellia, and more. We can channel the matchless Zora Neale Hurston, who wrote: "The thing to do is to grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear."

Este grupo de danza, formado en 1995 en la Universidad Estatal de Oregón, compartirá algunas de las tradiciones de tambores y danzas de los indígenas mexicas.

Stones, Bones and Blacked-Eyed Peas presents: Family recipes, a seat at our family table, and the importance of Sunday dinner in the African American community. Join chef and owner of Finer Things Events and Catering, Michelle Guinn, along with her daughter, Sable Askew and take a trip back into history.

Cùng nhau vui chơi và làm thủ công! Hãy cùng chúng tôi làm những tấm thiệp đẹp cho Ngày Valentine!

Thư viện Midland

Ngày 8 tháng 2 , 2025

2g chiều -3g30 chiều

Ưu tiên cho quý vị đến trước.

Time for more craft and fun! Join us as we make beautiful cards for Valentine's Day.
First come first serve.

Con Maria y Ana Alvarado:

Ramo de flores para cualquier ocasión! Puedes hacer un hermoso ramo con flores de hilo, nailon o papel de tu elección. Para cualquier ocasión, tu elección personalizada para hacerlo con variedad de colores o un solo color. 

Yuki Martin will share seasonal origami designs with easy to follow diagrams (in English).

Enjoy the beautiful, intricate henna designs from skilled artists Ayni and Hanna. Experience natural henna's artistry and cultural significance in a relaxed and welcoming setting.

Join Portland Parks and Recreation’s Urban Forestry for a broom making craft. We’ll create beautiful hand brooms using foraged tree materials – willow, magnolia, cypress, oak, camellia, and more. We can channel the matchless Zora Neale Hurston, who wrote: "The thing to do is to grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear."

Enjoy the skill and culture of hoop dancing in this performance with Q & A after.

Cooper Nez represents the next generation of Indigenous hoop dancers. Cooper Nez is Irish and Diné (Kinłichii’nii, born for the Redhouse clan). He resides in Mesa, AZ and is from Kayenta, AZ, near the foothills of Black Mesa. Cooper the Hooper has been dancing for two years and enjoys dancing for family and the community.

Compartiremos nuestras recetas favoritas y hablaremos sobre la historia del maíz en las culturas indígenas de América, así como los beneficios para la salud del método tradicional de procesamiento del maíz, la nixtamalización.

Join Habiba, a native of Ghana, in learning stories about African history. Habiba offers an interactive, multicultural performance with authentic West African costume, spiced with singing and movement.

Stones, Bones and Blacked-Eyed Peas presents: The historical and cultural significance of black eyed peas. Join chef and owner of Finer Things Events and Catering, Michelle Guinn, along with her daughter, Sable Askew and take a trip back into history. Enjoy a cooking demonstration using traditional foods and recipes cooked by African Americans from the time of slavery, and explore their many modern interpretations.

Enjoy traditional music from many regions of China with The Orchid Trio, a string trio with violinist Siying Ge, violist Deborah Shuster, and cellist Quinn Liu.

Stones, Bones and Blacked-Eyed Peas presents: Our favorite African American children's books, and the recipes that go along with them. Join chef and owner of Finer Things Events and Catering, Michelle Guinn, along with her daughter, Sable Askew and take a trip back into history.

Disfrute de una tarde bilingüe en español de dibujo, narración de cuentos y conexión. Diana Marcela Cuartas y Marissa Perez de El Conocimiento Migrante dirigirán una sesión de dibujo inspirada en Solito. No se necesita experiencia ¡simplemente traiga su curiosidad para dibujar juntos nuestras historias!

People of African descent have lived and worked in Oregon since before the founding of the earliest English-speaking settlements in the Americas. Despite this, the popular narrative of our state's history excludes the experiences of African Americans before the mid-20th century.