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Storyteller Barbara Aliprantis participates in: Immigrant History Week, a city-wide celebration that honors the experiences and contributions of immigrants in New York City. Established by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2004 and coordinated by the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, this week-long celebration is aimed at cross-cultural understanding between diverse New Yorkers.
Barbara will be telling at Queens Library @ Broadway: 40-20 Broadway, LIC
MONDAY, April 16, at 3:30 P.M.
Coming to America: My Story, Your Story, Our Stories
Storyteller Barbara Aliprantis shares stories of her Greek-American immigrant experience played out on the concrete sidewalks and stoops of Brooklyn up to her adult life in the borough of Queens, the undisputed multilingual, multiethnic capital of the world. This interactive presentation, celebrating universal themes and family gatherings, will be followed by a dialogue during which audience members will be invited to share their stories. www.barbaraaliprantis.org
Preregistration required: 718.721-2462
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About Me
- Barbara Aliprantis
- New York, NY, United States
- “I was born in a two-room house, in a small fishing village on the Island of Paros. In my village community, as I remember it, there was a yiayia – a grandmother – in every house, and I thought they were all mine. When my mother, Margarita, 9 year old brother Yanni, 3 l/2 year old sister, Calypso and my 2 l/2 year old self, departed our Greek Island home, bound for America, to join my father, Anastasios, I left with vivid images of teary-eyed village folks, young and old, lining narrow, winding village streets, waving goodbye. While I was only 2 l/2, I remember that day as though it were yesterday…thus began my journey as a story teller, story listener…”
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