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Super Saturday: Kidworks "African American History...Live!"

Family-friendly performance
2026-02-21 11:00:00 2026-02-21 11:50:00 America/Chicago Super Saturday: Kidworks "African American History...Live!" Ages 4 and older with a caregiver. Travel through 400 years of history with African drumming, dancing and stories of American heroes led by Kidworks. TR Main Library - Lake Cook Room

Saturday, February 21
11:00am - 11:50am

Add to Calendar 2026-02-21 11:00:00 2026-02-21 11:50:00 America/Chicago Super Saturday: Kidworks "African American History...Live!" Ages 4 and older with a caregiver. Travel through 400 years of history with African drumming, dancing and stories of American heroes led by Kidworks. TR Main Library - Lake Cook Room

Main Library

Lake Cook Room

Ages 4 and older with a caregiver. Travel through 400 years of history with African drumming, dancing and stories of American heroes led by Kidworks. TR

Come travel through 400 years of history...from the West Coast of Africa to America...as Kidworks leads the children on a journey highlighting the heroes of American History...come escape slavery with Harriet Tubman, free the slaves with Abraham Lincoln, sit on the bus with Rosa Parks, and march with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This 50 minute performance is loaded with audience participation and educational information

TR = Ticket registration. Limit: 100. Free tickets distributed 30 minutes before the program on a first-come, first-served basis at the Youth Services Desk. 

AGE GROUP: | All Ages |

EVENT TYPE: | Youth | Special Events | Cultural Program |

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