Be the Music! Cumbe Dance Workshops at the Ocean County Library

TOMS RIVER – Absorb rhythms of Africa and let them move you. In honor of Black History Month, the Ocean County Library is pleased to offer Traditional West and Central African Dance and Drumming by the Cumbe Center for African and Diaspora Dance at four branches in February:

• Lacey Branch – 2 PM Saturday, February 1, 10 East Lacey Road, Forked River, (609) 693-8566
• Little Egg Harbor Branch – 2 PM Saturday, February 8, 290 Mathistown Road, (609) 294-1197
• Berkeley Branch – 2 PM Saturday, February 15, 30 Station Road, Bayville, (732) 269-2144
• Point Pleasant Borough Branch – 2 PM Saturday, February 22, 834 Beaver Dam Road, (732) 295-1555

Feel the energy, joy and vitality of rhythms that originated half a world away in the all-ages performance workshops. Come away with artistic and cultural nourishment and new levels of understanding, relatability, connectivity and confidence.

Based in Brooklyn, NY, donation-based Cumbe celebrates African and Diaspora culture as a vibrant legacy for people of African origin and as a source of spirit and knowledge for everyone, with a commitment to worldwide racial equality.

Please register at https://tinyurl.com/OclCumbe for the program at the branch of your choice. For more information, stop by or call any participating OCL branch or visit the Library’s online Calendar of Events.

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