NEW YORK
Spring Valley
Juneteenth Celebration Saturday, June 19, 1999 10:00am - 2:00pm Spring Valley, NY Sponsored by: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Nyack & Spring Valley NAACP Branches Celebration Includes: Family Workshops Youth Talent Showcase Proud Community Parade JOIN US!! For information, call: (914) 354-8591 (914) 358-1497 (914) 362-8846
Long Island
The Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington, Long Island, NY sponsors an annual Juneteenth celebration. '98 was our third. They just keep getting better and better. We look forward to our '99 festivities -- food, music, fabulous people. And not incidently, what may be the most integrated event held on Long Island all year!
Flushing
JuneteeJuneteenth Freedom Music Festival Saturday, June 19th Noon-4:00pm Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of Music 42-76 Main Street, Flushing NY 11355, 718-461-8910 Enjoy an afternoon of free performances, musical instruction and learning of the celebration of Juneteenth.
Brooklyn
Brownsville Heritage House invites you to its second Juneteenth celebration promoting the theme "Looking Back, Moving Forward, Letting Go." Events will include collected artwork, works by local artists, poetry, gospel music, dancers, garden tours and slavery exhibits. Schedule: Saturday, June 19th, 12:30 p.m. and Sunday, June 20th, 2:30 p.m. Brownsville Heritage House 581 Mother Gaston Boulevard (Corner of Dumont Avenue) (Upstairs over the Stone Ave. Branch Library) Brooklyn, NY 11212, Contact: Patricia Deans, (718) 385-1111
New York
" Juneteenth Heritage Walk" June 19, 1999. Beginning at 116th Street between 7th and Lenox Avenues at 10am. The Jeenteenth Heritage Walk is sponsored by The Passage Institute is an organization dedicated to building youth leadership through literacy in New York. For more information contact The Passage Institute (212) 961-9638 or email gwen@freshair.org