EVENTS

NEW UP COMING EVENTS

PAST EVENTS

Featuring Artist Kween Yakini

OPEN MIC HOSTED BY POET KWEEN YAKINI

KWEEN YAKINI GIVES AN ENGAGING POETRY PERFORMANCE AT THE HAMPTON STORYTELLING FESTIVAL ON JULY 19TH, 2025 AT THE HAMPTON MUSEUM

BOOK SIGNING

BOOK SIGNINGS

A POETIC EXPLORATION OF BLACK MUSIC

RUSSELL MEMORIAL CHESAPEAKE LIBRARY FEBRUARY 18, 2023

AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC MONTH CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH

June 19, 2022,  Featured Performance by Kween Yakini

Sponsored by:  Virginia Beach History Museums & Virginia Beach Arts

TRACING BLACK MUSIC TO THE ROOTS:  BOOK RELEASE

April 23,  2022,   Hosting & Performing Artist Kween Yakini

HIDDEN HISTORY: THE BANJO

June 19, 2021,  Featured Performance by Kween Yakini

Sponsored by:  Virginia Beach Public Library, Virginia Beach Arts,

 & The Zeiders American Dream Theater

Rhymes & Rhythm with Kween Yakini

Sponsored by the Suffolk Library

Online event June 14, 2021

READ WRITE LOCAL AUTHOR FAIR

July 2020, Online Event , Sponsored by the Slover Library

LIFT EVERY VOICE: BLACK MUSICALITY

February 19, 2021, Featured Performance by Kween Yakini

Sponsored by:  The Suffolk Library – Online Event

OPEN YOUR EYES

October 16, 2020,  Featured Performance by Kween Yakini

Sponsored by:  The Suffolk Library – Online Event

AFROMANIA

MACARTHUR MALL

February 29th, 2020,  Featured Performance by Kween Yakini

Hosted By: The Tidewater African Cultural Alliance

THE 400th COMMEMORATION OF THE FIRST AFRICAN LANDING CONCERT AT THE HAMPTON COLISEUM

August 24th, 2019,  Featured Performance by Kween Yakini

Sponsored by:  The City Of Hampton

A CASUAL EVENING OF POETRY AND JAZZ

Hosted By:  NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY

February 2018 & 2019 Featured Performance by Kween Yakini

AMERICAN EVOLUTION STORY HOUR

Sponsored By:  ZEIDERS AMERICAN THEATER

May 3, 2019,  Featured Performance by Kween Yakini

I treasure every experience no matter how big or small, and I always give it 100%