Louisiana Creole Celebration
Sunday, September 27,  5 – 10pm
Presented by NW Zydeco Music and Dance Association

5:00pm - BAYOU BLAST playing French Creole and Zydeco tunes from the Bayou with Emcees Georgia McDade and Mary Lee Lykes, from LYKES to Dance
6:00pm - MARDI GRAS LINE/PARADE with beads music and more
6:30pm - Free samples of outrageous gumbo from the KING CREOLE Restaurant and gumbo-making demonstration 
7:30pm - Sample Louisiana culture through face painting, Rub board playing,  All about Accordions workshop, and Zydeco dancing downstairs

Book Discussion Group
Thursday, Sept 24 – 6:30pm

Jolie Blon’s Bounce by James Lee Burke
Columbia Branch Library (4721 Rainier Ave S)
Discussion leader Georgia McDade

Books available at no charge at Bookworm Exchange (4860 Rainier Ave S) in Columbia City. Call (206) 722-6633 after August 1 to pick up your book.

Asian Tales of Shadow & Light
Saturday, October 24,  6 – 9 pm
Presented by Eth-Noh-Tec, San Francisco’s acclaimed
Asian American Kinetic Story Theater

6:00pm - Dramatized traditional and modern ghost tales from the dark side and audience-involved story workshop
7:30pm - Pan Asian hors d’oeuvres from Kawali Grill
8:00pm - Mask-making workshop with Saya Moriyasu

Film Discussion Group
Thursday, October 22 – 6:30pm

Kwaidan, Ghost Stories from Japan
Rainier Valley Cultural Center (3515 S Alaska St)       
Discussion following movie

Odunde Festival:
An African Harvest Celebration for Families
Fri – Sun, November 6, 7 and 8
Presented by Adefua Cultural Education Workshops

Rainier Valley Cultural Center
3515 S Alaska St, Seattle 98118

Friday, Nov 6
5–10pm - African Marketplace
6:00pm - Interactive workshop
6:30pm - Food sampling
7:00pm - Adefua African Drum and Dance Ensemble performance of Message from our Ancestors
8:00pm - Thione Diop & Yeke Yeke performance

Saturday, Nov 7
12-10pm - African Marketplace
12:30-2pm - Drum Workshop, Adeyemi Harris
2:30-4pm - Dance Workshop, Afua “Iyalaje” N’Diaye
4:30-5:30pm- Dance Workshop, Ugandan Orphans Choir
5:30pm - Community Potluck hosted by Black Starline
7:00pm - All City African Drum/Dance Youth Ensemble
7:30pm - Ugandan Orphans Choir
8:30pm - Griot and Master Kora Player Balla Tonkara, from Mali

Sunday, Nov 8
Northwest African American Museum
2300 S Massachusetts St, Seattle 98144

2- 6pm - Capacity building workshops - “Inform - Strategize - Get Involved"

Arts Gumbo Book Discussion Group 
Thursday, Nov 5 – 6:30pm

Everything Good will Come by Sefi Atta
Columbia Branch Library (4721 Rainier Ave S)