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ArtLit 2025 - Free, All-Ages Library Festival​ - Reg​​ister

Saturday, February 8, 10:30AM​-3​:30PM​​
North Regional/Broward College Library, 1100 Coconut Creek Blvd., Coconut Creek, FL 33066

A Celebration of Art, Culture and Stories that Connect Us​​

Take part in hands-on cultural, creative and artistic interactive experiences along with this year's NEA Big Read book selection, To Live by Yu Hua, and Director's Book Club January 2025 selection, Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See.

Enjoy live music and dance performances, Chinese crafts and games, food trucks, giveaways, vendors, photo ops, book discussions and more, including free face painting, a puppetry activity and other activities just for kids. Admission, parking and all ArtLit 2025 activities are free, but registration is requested.

​ArtLit 2025 Highlights
  • Traditional Chinese music by Echoes of Nature
  • Games: Ping pong and mahjong
  • Crafts: Scroll painting, paper folding
  • Demonstrations: Pottery, Chinese dance
  • Live visual art experience
  • Writing workshop
  • Asian art exhibit
  • Kids' facepainting, crafts and activities
  • Book discussions

Sponsors

Sponsors for ArtLit 2025 include The National Endowment for the Arts; Broward College; Broward College Student Life; Friends of the North Regional/Broward College Library; City of Coconut Creek; City of Coconut Creek Police Department; Coral Springs Chinese School; Chinese Association of Science, Education and Culture of South Florida; and the Coconut Creek Multicultural Circle.



Media​​
Press Release "Library's ArtLit 2025 Festival Celebrates Chinese Art & Culture," 11/12/2024


ArtLit 2024
ArtLit 2024 was held at Lauderhill Central Park Library and the focus of Caribbean cultures of Jamaica, Haiti and Trinidad-Tobago​​


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