Atlantic City’s rich Latin music heritage will be on display starting Nov. 19 with a new long-term exhibition, “Latin Rhythms by the Sea”, on view at The Atlantic City Experience, located in the lobby of the iconic Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall. The exhibition opens with a special Latin pipe organ concert at 12 p.m., followed by a reception at 1 p.m. with light refreshments. Admission and parking at Boardwalk Hall will be free. Click here to learn more.
The Atlantic City Free Public Library will celebrate Native American Heritage Month in November with a special program - The Strength of Song & Dance - on Thursday, Nov. 20, from 5-7 p.m. at the Main Library. The Lenapehoking Reestablishment Project will drum, sing and perform various exhibition dance styles - including intertribal dances used at pow wows and tribal gatherings. 
Great resources on African-American topics, history available
Are you working on a report or project related to African-American history? Do you want to learn more about the key people, moments and issues that have impacted African-Americans? A list of many of these resources is available on the library’s website, www.acfpl.org. Click on the Learn tab and then choose African-American Studies. One of those great resources — the Oxford African American Studies Center — is available online 24 hours a day, seven days a week if you have an Atlantic City Free Public Library card. Also, those who visit the Main Library or Atlantic City Library Express can access it using a public computer.
The Oxford African American Studies Center combines the authority of edited reference works with sophisticated technology to create the most comprehensive collection of scholarship available online to focus on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture.
The center features thousands of articles by top scholars, images, video clips, maps and charts.
To learn more about the library’s great array of African-American resources, please call the Reference Department at (609) 345-2269; or, submit a help request.
