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Join us for an afternoon of folktales with award-winning storyteller and actor John Steven Crowley. Mr. Crowley will share tales from the African American tradition with stories, songs, and drums. Each family that attends will go home with a copy of the book The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton.

Special thanks to the Grand Rapids Public Library Foundation and the Wege Foundation for their support of this program.

Black Folktales with John Steven Crowley
Saturday, February 28, 2026, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Main Library – 111 Library St NE

Únase a nosotros para una tarde de cuentos populares con el galardonado narrador y actor John Steven Crowley. El Sr. Crowley compartirá historias de la tradición afroamericana con historias, canciones y tambores. Cada familia que asista se irá a casa con un ejemplar del libro The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales de Virginia Hamilton.

Este programa cuenta con el apoyo de la Fundación de la Biblioteca Pública de Grand Rapids y la Fundación Wege.

Cuentos populares negros con John Steven Crowley
Sábado, 28 de febrero de 2026, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Biblioteca principal – 111 Library St NE