Inspired by the Jules Verne novel of adventure and discovery, we invite you to an entertaining, enlightening, and free event at your local Library branch.
Saturday, March 23 from 11 am to 2 pm (note the time change!)
Allegra Westbrooks Regional Library
Featuring the Community Read theme — food as connector — and Library favorite Shef Shaun at 12 noon and SHAE Movement African Arts with West African drumming, dancing and song at 1:00 pm (NEW TIME)!
Grab a free Library “passport” and register it for Lowe’s and other gift card drawings, enjoy a fun scavenger hunt created by Library staff, and experience the new Main Library with an exclusive virtual reality tour
This event is generously sponsored by Lowe’s
…and be entered to win a Lowe’s gift card! Winners are announced during the event.
Shaun “Shef” Williams
Shaun “Shef” Williams was born in Cleveland, OH, where he first got his taste of phenomenal food. Both of his Grandmothers were very instrumental in teaching him how to prepare excellent homecooked meals and desserts. They made everything from scratch and often with no written recipes. The secret ingredient to making everything taste so good was definitely “Love”.
At the age of 19, Shef Shaun moved to Leonia, New Jersey, where he would finish school and find a job in the Big Apple, New York City. He started out as an intern for Russell Simmons’ Phat Farm & Baby Phat by Kimora Lee Simmons and worked his way up to the head of marketing for the children’s division. Throughout his marketing journey, he worked on countless marketing events with many celebrities and entertainment executives. Producing special events was always one of his favorite activities to promote the lifestyle clothing brand. With that said, catering was always one of the most important aspects of these events. This was also very influential in his love for food.
After working in marketing for over ten years, Shaun decided to open his own Catering/Events company, 4th Course, where he is currently the sole proprietor; serving as CEO, personal chef and cookbook author. He currently resides in the wonderful town of Mint Hill, North Carolina, where he is working on his second cook book and planning to open a restaurant.
SHAE Movement African Arts
SHAE Movement African Arts perform and teach traditional West African dance, drum and song from West Africa including Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal and Mali. Through dance, they bring the rich heritage of African performance to children, teens, adults, and seniors of all levels and abilities. Whenever possible, they nurture and expand contacts between the African dance community in Charlotte, NC and other enthusiasts of African dance across the world.
To learn more about this dynamic group, visit their website HERE.
