Janice the Griot uses historical stories to take audiences through Emancipation, Jim Crow, Civil Rights up to Black Lives Matter. Relive an escape from slavery. Walk a picket line. Sing […]

Join us for a poetry reading event featuring selections from “Kin: Rooted in Hope”, the 2025 One Maryland One Book selection by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Jeffery Boston […]

We invite you to join the Quince Orchard Library Poets as we share poems inspired by this year’s One Maryland One Book, Kin Rooted in Hope by Carole Boston Weatherford.

Book Discussion

Join us to discuss this year’s Maryland Humanities One Maryland One Book selection, Kin: Rooted in Hope by Carole Boston Weatherford.

Join us to discuss this year’s One Maryland One Book selection, “Kin: Rooted in Hope”, by Carole Boston Weatherford with art by Jeffery Boston Weatherford. Free copies of the 2025 […]

Join a thoughtful conversation about the 2025 One Maryland One Book selection: “Kin: Rooted in Hope” by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Jeffery Boston Weatherford. Share your insights, hear […]

We will explore stories about genealogy, the importance of having many stories, and how one artist shows us if art can amend stories in history.

Hybrid in form, and even more expansive in what it has to say, “Kin: Rooted in Hope” is a book created by, and about, a Black family and its generations.Poet […]

Join us to discuss this year’s Maryland Humanities One Maryland One Book selection, Kin: Rooted in Hope by Carole Boston Weatherford.

Join us for casual conversation and coffee. Share stories and reminisce about the past through prompts and activities.

Join us to discuss this year’s One Maryland One Book selection, “Kin: Rooted in Hope”, by Carole Boston Weatherford with art by Jeffery Boston Weatherford. Free copies of the 2025 […]