Dates to Remember

SEPTEMBER

Classical Music Month

Cello Fury • Garden State Percussion Trio  • Phoenix Woodwind Quintet • PROJECT Trio • Villalobos Brothers

OCTOBER

Character Education Month

Catskill Puppet Theatre (The Town That Fought Hate) • David Gonzalez (Mad Dog & Me: Bullying and the Power of Kindness and Aesops Bops) • David Harrell • George Street Playhouse (Anytown) • Yearning to Learn (A Seat for Rosa)

National Arts & Humanities Month

ANY Young Audiences Programs

National Hispanic Heritage Month

123 Andres • David Gonzalez • Mexico Beyond Mariachi • Samba to Salsa • Villalobos Brothers

NOVEMBER

American Indian Heritage Month

Catskill Puppet Theatre (Hiawatha) • Rob Aptaker (Ways of the Lenape) • Thunderbird American Indian Dancers

International Drum Month

Garden State Percussion Trio • Ginga Brasileira • Junk Jam Band • Poetry Meets Percussion • Samba to Salsa • Rockcreek Steel Drum Band • Taikoza

DECEMBER

Universal Human Rights Month

Catskill Puppet Theatre (The Town That Fought Hate) • David Harrell • Hip Hop Fundamentals (Civil Rights Movements) • TAHIRA (Freedom Stories) • Yearning to Learn (A Seat For Rosa)

Kwanzaa

TAHIRA (Kwanzaa Tales) • The Seventh Principle (Share the Kwanzaa Spirit)

JANUARY

Arts Appreciation Month

ANY Young Audiences Program

FEBRUARY

American History Month

Anne Pasquale • Curtis Blues (The African Roots of American Music) • Dave Fry (Voice of the People: A History of American Folk Music) • Hip Hop Fundamentals (The Principles of Hip Hop: Peace, Love, Unity, and Having Fun) • Jeannine Osayande and Dunya • Pat Cannon’s Foot & Fiddle Dance Company • RockRoots • Seth Reichgott (The Appalachian Tale) • Soul Steps • Thunderbird American Indian Dancers • Yearning to Learn (A Seat for Rosa)

Black History Month

Charlotte Blake Alston • Gwendolyn Briley-Strand (Harriet Tubman) • Hip Hop Fundamentals (Civil Rights Movements) • Jeannine Osayande and Dunya • Soul Steps • The Seventh Principle • Ssuuna • TAHIRA • Yearning to Learn (A Seat for Rosa)

Chinese New Year

Catskill Puppet Theatre (Willow Girl) • Dance China New York • Hua Hua Zhang • Li Liu

MARCH

Music in the Schools Month

ANY Young Audiences Music Program

National Dance Month

ANY Young Audiences Dance Program

Youth Arts Month

ANY Young Audiences Visual Arts program

St. Patrick’s Day

Darrah Carr Irish Dance • Pat Cannon’s Foot & Fiddle Dance Company

Women’s History Month

Anne Pasquale • Gwendolyn Briley-Strand (Harriet Tubman) • Yearning to Learn (A Seat for Rosa)

National Nutrition Month

Hip Hop Fundamentals (Hip Hop 4 Health)

APRIL

Earth Week / Science Month

Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble (Ah-HA! Amazing Inventors and Their Extraordinary Inventions) • Box of Light • Curtis Blues (Creative Up-cycling! Turning Junk into Musical Instruments from Africa to America) • The Junk Jam Band • Sciencetellers

Holocaust Remembrance Day

Catskill Puppet Theatre (The Town That Fought Hate) • Rebecca Kelly (I Never Saw Another Butterfly: Poetry Art, and Stories of the Holocaust)

I-Love-to-Read Month

ANY Young Audiences Theatre, Language Arts, or Literary Arts Program

National Poetry Month

Poetry Meets Percussion • Red Sneaker Productions (Poetry in Motion)

MAY & JUNE

Asian Pacific-American Heritage Month

AATMA Performing Arts • Catskill Puppet Theatre (Willow Girl) • Dance China New York • Hua Hua Zhang • Li Liu • Ramya Ramnarayan • Taikoza

Cinco de Mayo

Mexico Beyond Mariachi • Villalobos Brothers (Fusión Mexicana)

End of Year Celebration

AATMA Performing Arts (Colors of India) • Ball in the House • Catskill Puppet Theatre • Cello Fury • Dave Fry • Freestyle Repertory Theatre • Ginga Brasileira • The Gizmo Guys • Hip-Hop Fundamentals (The Principles of Hip Hop: Peace, Love, Unity, and Having Fun) • Li Liu • Pat Cannon’s Foot & Fiddle Dance Company • PROJECT Trio • Rockcreek Steel Drum Band • RockRoots • Samba to Salsa • Taikoza