Activist Maulana Karenga and his wife Tiamoya celebrating Kwanzaa in 2000. Karenga created the holiday in 1966 as an opportunity for Black Americans to reaffirm their African roots and strengthen ...

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I love practical crafts for adults and this one from Alice & Lois—a homemade hanging shelf that gets high marks for both form and function—is well worth the effort. Easy to construct and ...

Chabad of Coconut Creek’s Chanukah Celebration will have a menorah lighting, music, jelly donuts and kids’ crafts at 5 p.m ... during Spady Museum's 2023 Kwanzaa celebration.

On Thursday, the museum celebrated Kwanzaa with various events, including holding a story time, creating a kinara or candleholder, looking at quilt symbols, studying the principles of Kwanzaa and ...

As a child, Kellee White Whilby celebrated Kwanzaa a few times with her family ... After dancing with other children, playing drums and creating crafts, Leo wanted a nap. Wolman, who lives in ...

Kwanzaa, a week-long celebration of African-American culture and heritage that starts on Dec. 26, offers a beautiful opportunity to express community, creativity and unity through style. As family ...

Westbury Arts Gallery also had an area with handcrafted gifts that were completed by children, teens and adults. This event was hosted by Marcia Odle-McNair, author of Kwanzaa Crafts.

Kwanzaa, which honors African American and Pan-African culture and traditions, is celebrated from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1, The seven-night celebration stretches across millions of homes and communities ...

In fact, Odle-McNair is somewhat of a Kwanzaa expert: she wrote a book in 1998 called "Kwanzaa Crafts: Gifts and Decorations for a Meaningful and Festive Celebration" that is still on sale on ...