Dec 23, 2024 Discover the World Next Door – International Fair – Saturday, January 4, 1PM – 4PM @ HMMPL, Zionsville Branch
The Discover Your World Next Door – International Fair will be held Saturday, January 4 from 1 to 4pm at the Zionsville Branch of the Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library, the event celebrates our beautiful and diverse community by exploring our neighbors’ cultures and creativity.
Drop by the Zionsville Branch at 250 E. 5th Street between 1 PM and 4 PM and find the following amazing activities:
- Event passports – As you visit the booths, get your passport “stamped”
- 10+ nation booths staffed by HMMPL patrons showcasing their countries’ heritage, traditions, and cultural treasures
- Music and dance performances by local cultural groups celebrating life through music, rhythm, and movement (see the schedule and locations below)
- Create a luminary symbolizing light and togetherness that will be featured at the evening’s Luminary Walk at Overley-Worman Park, presented by the Zionsville Parks and Recreation Department
- Enjoy a Discover Your World Next Door cookie, while supplies last
Here is the schedule for the performances:
- 1:30- 2:00 PM in the Lora Hussey Room
Indiana Association of Chinese Americans (IACA) Lion Dance Team presents a Traditional Lion Dance - 2:00 – 2:30 PM in the Mayfield Rooms
Griot Drum, entertaining and enlightening local audiences through West African and Disapora storytelling and drumming - 2:30 – 3:00 PM in the Lora Hussey Room
El Marimbaso, a musical performance of ethnic music from Colombia, Mexico, and Nicaragua, using the indígena wood keyboard, La Marimba
Join us in celebrating what makes us uniquely us!
Please register to let us know you are coming!