NSU Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

Live at the Sherman: Free Family Concert with 3-time GRAMMY Nominee Brady Rymer!

We invite you to join us for a special livestreamed concert Sunday, September 13, 2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. on the NSU Alvin Sherman Library’s Facebook page — where individuality is celebrated and kindness wins the day. Brady Rymer’s rootsy, accordion-laced pop and rock music regularly wins critical acclaim and national awards including three Children’s GRAMMY nominations as well as numerous Parents’ Choice Gold and NAPPA (National Parenting Publications) Gold Awards, and has garnered him a growing fan base of enthusiastic families. Find out more about Brady on his website: www.bradyrymer.com LIVE @ the Sherman! explores the excitement of interactive fine-arts through music, theater and dance; recommended for ages 6 and up. This free series for children and families is generously funded by the Rockley Family Foundation. Can’t join us live? No worries! For your convenience, concerts are available for 1-month after the event.

Save the dates for our next Live at the Sherman family concerts! For more info on all our free programs for children, teens and adults, please visit lib.nova.edu/plsvirtual
Sunday, October 18, 2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.: Matthew Sabatella’s Great American Folk Song Singalong
Saturday, November 7, 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.: Family Concert with GRAMMY Winner Tim Kubart

 

Photo credit: Jayme Thornton

 

Live at the Sherman: Matthew Sabatella’s Great American Folk Song Sing-Along
Take a trip into America’s past as we sing folk songs together and hear stories about the people who created them on Sunday, October 18, 2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Enjoy this special pre-recorded performance featured on the NSU Alvin Sherman Library’s Facebook page – www.facbeook.com/AlvinShermanLibrary — and YouTube channel. Matthew Sabatella will play a variety of instruments and sing songs that were born in the United States from the mix of people who came from around the world to live here. Learn more about the artist: www.ramblingstringband.com 
LIVE @ the Sherman! explores the excitement of interactive fine-arts through music, theater and dance; recommended for ages 6 and up. This free series for children and families is generously funded by the Rockley Family Foundation. Can’t join us live? No worries! For your convenience, concerts are available for 1-month after the event.

Save the date for our next Live at the Sherman family concert! For more info on all our free programs for children, teens and adults, please visit lib.nova.edu/plsvirtual
Saturday, November 7, 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.: Family Concert with GRAMMY Winner Tim Kubart

 

Photo credit: Arlin Geyer

 

 

Live at the Sherman: Family Concert with GRAMMY Winner Tim Kubart
Tim Kubart, GRAMMY award winning musician and host of the only live morning show for preschoolers, “The Sunny Side Up Show,” on NBCUniversal’s Sprout channel, has written songs for Sesame Street, played tambourine for Postmodern Jukebox, performed at thousands of sold-out shows across the country and stars in a 30-minute concert filmed exclusively for the NSU Alvin Sherman Library. Hailed as a kindie breakout star and known for infusing children’s music with a pop sensibility and heartfelt sound that moves your feet and touches your heart, Tim won the 2016 GRAMMY Award for Best Children’s Album.

This special pre-recorded concert will be featured on the NSU Alvin Sherman Library’s Facebook page – www.facebook.com/AlvinShermanLibrary — and YouTube channel.
LIVE @ the Sherman! explores the excitement of interactive fine-arts through music, theater and dance; recommended for ages 6 and up. This free series for children and families is generously funded by the Rockley Family Foundation. Can’t join us live? No worries! For your convenience, concerts are available for 1-month after the event.

For more info on all our free programs for children, teens and adults, please visit lib.nova.edu/plsvirtual

 

 

Full STEAM Ahead presents My First Fine Arts: Latin GRAMMY Nominee Sonia De Los Santos

Join us on Saturday, September 26, 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. as Latin-GRAMMY nominee Sonia De Los Santos shares songs in Spanish and English in a special pre-recorded concert for preschool children (ages 3 – 5 years) exclusively for the NSU Alvin Sherman Library via our YouTube channel and Facebook page: www.facebook.com/AlvinShermanLibrary  Sonia is inspired by various Latin American rhythms including son jarocho, cumbia, gaita, currulao and huayno hailing from Mexico, Colombia and Peru as well as the North American folk traditions from the United States. Messages of joyful community music making and cultural bridge building will inspire and excite children and grown-ups of all backgrounds. Click here for a sneak peek of Sonia’s sound with her Sonia en Casa series. My First Fine-Arts is generously funded by PNC Bank’s Grow Up Great initiative. This series is designed for children ages 3 – 5. Can’t join us live? No worries! For your convenience, concerts are available for 1-month after the event.

Save the date for our next My First Fine Arts event! For more info on all our free programs for children, teens and adults, please visit lib.nova.edu/plsvirtual
Saturday, October 24, 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.: Music and Art – música y arte – with Mi Amigo Hamlet

Photo Credit: Krysta Brayer

 

Full STEAM Ahead presents My First Fine Arts: Music and Art – música y arte – with Mi Amigo Hamlet
On Saturday, October 24, 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. visit the NSU Alvin Sherman Library’s Facebook page — www.facebook.com/AlvinShermanLibrary —  to enjoy a bilingual enrichment program for early childhood that incorporates Spanish and English songs to explore music and art with Mi Amigo Hamlet, a Guatemalan-born artist, producer, songwriter and musician. Hamlet will curate a multimedia experience around his song, Azul, introducing the primary colors. Hamlet’s sound, a unique integration of Latin and world music influences, and his years of experience in the fields of early childhood and fine-arts, make him uniquely qualified to introduce preschool-age children to art, music and more.

 

My First Fine-Arts is generously funded by PNC Bank’s Grow Up Great initiative. This series is designed for children ages 3 – 5. Can’t join us live? No worries! For your convenience, concerts are available for 1-month after the event. For more info on all our free programs for children, teens and adults, please visit lib.nova.edu/plsvirtual

 

 

Photo Credit: Conrad Quitoviera

Canciones y Cuentos, Songs and Stories

Every Thursday this fall, families explore a joyous blend of traditional and original songs and new interpretations of folktales in English and Spanish with award-winning, internationally-touring family musician and teaching artist Alina Celeste in a special livestream performance on the NSU Alvin Sherman Library’s Facebook page: www.facebook.com/AlvinShermanLibrary  This program will align with Sunshine State Standards for Music and World Languages for kindergarten through 3rd grade, and Alina will suggest extension ideas that will align with visual arts standards (among others) as well. Learn more about the artist: www.alinaceleste.com This program is made possible with the generous support of the Erwin and Barbara Mautner Charitable Foundation.

Can’t join us live? No worries! For your convenience, these videos will be available after the event on the NSU Alvin Sherman Library Facebook page. For more info on all our free programs for children, teens and adults, please visit lib.nova.edu/plsvirtual

Photo Credit: Conrad Quitoviera