Saturday, April 3
| 10:30AM
American Canyon Library
300 Crawford Way | American Canyon
Admission-free. Entrada gratuita.
All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Feel the beat! Drummers Philip Agyapong and Kwaku Manu bring the rhythms and stories of West Africa to the library. Kids will learn, play, and dance in this high-energy program for the whole family.
MusicTime in the Library is a Festival Napa Valley Arts for All program, supported in part by the Napa County Library.
Este programa cuenta con el apoyo y los fondos de Arts for All del Festival Napa Valley y la Biblioteca del Condado de Napa.
Performers
Philip Agyapong is a dance educator, choreographer, and arts administrator specializing in African traditional, Afro-Pop, and contemporary African dance. As Programs Coordinator at the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts, Philip supports youth arts education, student development, and programming across dance, music, and theater.
Kwaku Manu is a master Ghanaian movement artist, percussionist, and educator with over 30 years of experience dedicated to the preservation and contemporary evolution of West African performing arts. Deeply rooted in the traditional music and dance styles of Ghana, his work bridges ancestral oral histories with modern global realities.
Venue
300 Crawford Way, American Canyon
The American Canyon Library opened on August 14, 2012, in the newly remodeled Crawford Building, a location used previously as the American Canyon City Hall. Originally established in 1959, the community had been served by a leased storefront location and the Napa County bookmobile prior to that.