Events
Upcoming Events
We offer a variety of in-person, virtual, and on-demand programming for adults, children, and families.
Lewis Latimer 177th Birthday Celebration
Celebrate Lewis Latimer’s 177th birthday with family-friendly STEAM activities, performances, music, and more!
ReVer(b)sions Poetry Lab: The Praise Poem
Join us online for ReVer(b)sions Lab—an interdisciplinary experimental and speculative poetry workshop.
34th Ave Open Streets
Construct a motor-propelled electric car from simple crafts that zooms off with the press of a button.
S.T.E.A.M Saturday: Music Video Zoetropes
Explore design and physics by creating spinning zoetropes!
Magic Hours: Engineering Lighting for Cinema
Explore the influence of lighting in filmmaking and celebrate Latimer’s contributions to the light bulb at the Museum of Moving Image!
34th Ave Open Streets
Come explore free hands-on STEAM activities at 34th Ave Open Streets!
ReVer(b)sions Poetry Lab: Designing Freedom
Join us for ReVer(b)sions Lab—an interdisciplinary experimental and speculative poetry workshop.
34th Ave Open Streets
Come explore free hands-on STEAM activities at 34th Ave Open Streets!
S.T.E.A.M Saturday - Keepin' It Cool
Join us for STEAM Saturday, where we’ll be creating sustainable city buildings using cardboard!
34th Ave Open Streets
Come explore free hands-on STEAM activities at 34th Ave Open Streets!
Juneteenth Family Festival
Celebrate Black innovation and culture at our Juneteenth Family Festival, hosted in collaboration with Cool Culture!
Writing on Race & Immigration: An Afternoon of Memoir
Join us for an afternoon of storytelling, featuring 8 Queens writers from Lewis Latimer House's Memoir Workshop on Race and Immigration!
Make It Glow!
Experiment with different colors and textures to create glow-in-the-dark slime!
Memoir and Autobiographical Writing Workshop: Session 6
Learn more about our ongoing six-session memoir writing workshop, focusing on themes of race and immigration!
S.T.E.A.M Saturday - Spirals and Patterns
Observe and use patterns found in natural objects as inspiration for vibrant watercolor cards!
Mini Family Textiles
Experiment with colors, symbols, and shapes to design mini family quilts!
Memoir and Autobiographical Writing Workshop: Session 5
Learn more about our ongoing six-session memoir writing workshop, focusing on themes of race and immigration!
Climate Arts Festival
Celebrate Earth Month with us at the Queens Botanical Garden’s Climate Arts Festival!
Memoir and Autobiographical Writing Workshop: Session 4
Learn more about our ongoing six-session memoir writing workshop, focusing on themes of race and immigration!
S.T.E.A.M Saturday - Building Justice: Lego Printmaking
Celebrate National Fair Housing Month and Earth Day at the Lewis Latimer House through graphic design and Lego printmaking!
Memoir and Autobiographical Writing Workshop: Session 3
Learn more about our ongoing six-session memoir writing workshop, focusing on themes of race and immigration!
Young Inventors Workshop
Discover your inner inventor with educators from Lewis Latimer House!
Memoir and Autobiographical Writing Workshop: Session 2
Learn more about our ongoing six-session memoir writing workshop, focusing on themes of race and immigration!
A Labor of Love: Sharing Our Stories
Join educators from the Lewis Latimer House at QPL, St. Albans to to design a mini family quilt!
Memoir and Autobiographical Writing Workshop: Session 1
Learn more about our ongoing six-session memoir writing workshop, focusing on themes of race and immigration!
S.T.E.A.M Saturday - Video Games in Stop Motion
Create and then animate your own video game with cardboard, wire, and stop motion animation!
Black Historic Sites in Conversation: Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
Discover how a museum, a shelter, and community are working towards reparative justice through remembrance, space and time.
Lunar New Year Celebration
Join educators from the Lewis Latimer House at the Lunar New Year Celebration for a 3D Anaglyph Art activity!
S.T.E.A.M Saturday - LED Pop-Up Cards
Create and illuminate pop-up cards to share with friends and family, just in time for Valentine’s Day!
Black Historic Sites in Conversation: Frederick Douglass Memorial Park
Join us online to learn about the historic Frederick Douglass Memorial Park, and the many ways its leaders have been preserving and honoring African American history and cultural heritage!
2025 Memoir and Autobiographical Writing Workshop Applications Due
Apply to join our six-session writing workshop on memoir and autobiographical writing focusing on themes of race and immigration.
Rent Our Space
The historic Landmark home and welcoming garden are perfect locations for your next event. Learn more about our rental spaces.
Partner with Us
Interested in partnering with the Lewis Latimer House to host an event? Email us at education@lewislatimerhouse.org to learn more.