The annual AISES (American Indian Science and Engineering Society) powwow will be held at Noon until 4 p.m. in the Quad next to Old Main at UNC Pembroke. Native art vendors will be set up in the Quad.
Storytellers from across North Carolina skillfully weave tales of cultural history, fiction, humor and life lessons through this age-old tradition. Presented by the NC Association of Black Storytellers. (For Young & General Audiences)
Thomas “Nephew Tommy” Miles stars in a monodrama of a man debating whether to go to his own birthday party. While he contemplates, he reviews, reminisces and reflects on life after reaching fifty. It’s a poignant, hilarious and insightful perspective based on Tommy’s experiences as a father, husband, and his personal health battles with Covid and cancer. Written and performed by Thomas “Nephew Tommy” Miles. (Celebrity Performance, General Audience)
Storytellers from across North Carolina skillfully weave tales of cultural history, fiction, humor and life lessons through this age-old tradition. Presented by the NC Association of Black Storytellers. (For Young & General Audiences)
Thomas “Nephew Tommy” Miles stars in a monodrama of a man debating whether to go to his own birthday party. While he contemplates, he reviews, reminisces and reflects on life after reaching fifty. It’s a poignant, hilarious and insightful perspective based on Tommy’s experiences as a father, husband, and his personal health battles with Covid and cancer. Written and performed by Thomas “Nephew Tommy” Miles. (Celebrity Performance, General Audience)
In Telling Our Stories Through Poetry African American youth storytellers weave together familiar African American cultural experiences through poetry, prose, songs, chants, and movements. The collection tells how slaves were snatched from our Africa and degraded yet held onto Hopes and Dreams while insisting that this is not a Lost Generation. These cultural experiences joined together become one moving and heartfelt story. (Family Programming, Ages 5 and up)
