For teachers, educators, and PBS programmers, there is always a Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi episode that fits with any topic! Below is a calendar of Monthly Thematic Programming to share with your viewers and students in celebration of monthly cultural themes and topics - feel free to use as a guide in your teaching and programming!
JANUARY - New Year Celebrations
106 – Hogmanay in Scotland (Edinburgh & Glasgow, Scotland)
*703 - Aotearoa Part 2 (Auckland, New Zealand)
FEBRUARY - Black History Month
208 – Harlem, USA
209 – Little Brazil
210 – Little Haiti
212 – Nuyorican Barrios
306 – Morocco
401 – Carnival in The Guadeloupe Islands PART 1
402 – Carnival in The Guadeloupe Islands PART 2
501 – Black Voices
502 – Cubanos
506 – Open Stages
601 – Empower NYC
603 – Garifuna (The Bronx)
606 – Little Caribbean (Flatbush, Brooklyn)
*704 - Havana, Cuba
*707 – Lafayette, Louisiana
FEBRUARY – Lunar New Year
201 – Manhattan’s Chinatown
505 – Flushing, Queens
*708 – Taiwan PART 1
*709 – Taiwan PART 2
FFEBRUARY/MARCH - Carnival/Mardi Gras (depending on the year)
108 – Waltzing in Vienna (Vienna, Austria)
401 – Carnival in The Guadeloupe Islands PART 1
402 – Carnival in The Guadeloupe Islands PART 2
606 – Little Caribbean (Flatbush, Brooklyn)
FEBRUARY – MICKELA’S BIRTHDAY!
MARCH - Women’s History Month
OVERALL “BARE FEET” PROGRAMMING WITH AWARD-WINNING FEMALE HOST!
MARCH - Irish-American Heritage Month & St. Patrick’s Day
*Mickela hosts the St. Patick’s Day Parade LIVE from Dublin, Ireland (on Create)
307 – Dublin & County Clare, Ireland
308 – Wild Atlantic Way, Ireland
*701 – Wild Atlantic Way North, Ireland
*705 – Northern Ireland
*706 – Belfast, Northern Ireland
MARCH 11-APRIL 12 – Garifuna-American Heritage Month
603 – Garifuna (The Bronx)
APRIL - Arab-American Heritage Month
306 – Morocco
605 – Arab-American
APRIL 25TH – DNA Day
*ALL OF SEASON 3 EPISODES ARE BASED ON MICKELA’S DNA MAP!
101 – Dancing in My Italy (Minturno, Italy)
APRIL 29th – INTERNATIONAL DANCE DAY
BARE FEET DANCE AROUND THE WORLD MARATHONS!
MAY – Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPI)
103 – Jeju Fire Festival (Seoul & Jeju, South Korea)
109 – Malaysia Part 1 (Western Malaysia)
110 – Malaysia Part 2 (Eastern Malaysia)
111 – Dancer of the Year (The Cook Islands)
201 – Manhattan’s Chinatown
206 – Celebrating India
503 - Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI)
505 – Flushing, Queens
604 – Little Sri Lanka
*708 – Taiwan PART 1
*709 – Taiwan PART 2
JUNE – LGBTQIA+ Pride Month
601 – Empower NYC
506 – Open Stages
*710 – Accessibility in the Arts (U.S.A.)
JUNE – Caribbean-American Heritage Month
210 – Little Haiti
212 – Nuyorican Barrios
401 – Carnival in The Guadeloupe Islands PART 1
402 – Carnival in The Guadeloupe Islands PART 2
502 – Cubanos
606 – Little Caribbean (Flatbush, Brooklyn)
*704 - Havana, Cuba
JULY – Disability Pride Month (ADA Day is July 26th)
107 – Montreal Then & Now (Montreal, Canada)
506 – Open Stages
601 – Empower NYC
*710 – Accessibility in the Arts (U.S.A.)
AUGUST – Summer
104 – Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast (Dubrovnik, Croatia)
111 – Music City (Nashville, Tennessee)
113 – Where Asia Meets Europe (Turkey)
309 – French Basque Country
312 – Uzbekistan
606 – Little Caribbean (Flatbush, Brooklyn)
*704 - Havana, Cuba
3RD SATURDAY IN SEPTEMBER – NATIONAL DANCE DAY
SEPTEMBER 11TH
601 – Empower NYC
SEPT 15-OCT 15 – Hispanic Heritage Month
102 – It Takes Two to Tango (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
203 – Viva La Mexico!
211 – Bolivian Pride
212 – Nuyorican Barrios
303 – Girona, Spain
310 – Seville, Spain
311 – Utrera, Spain
502 – Cubanos
602 – LatinX Communities
*704 - Havana, Cuba
OCTOBER – Italian-American Heritage Month
101 – Dancing in My Italy (Minturno, Italy)
301 – Puglia, Italy
OCTOBER (date changes annually) – Diwali
206 – Celebrating India
OCTOBER – Indigenous People’s Day
105 – Lumbee Dance of the Spring Moon (Lumberton, North Carolina)
110 – Malaysia Part 2 (Eastern Malaysia)
111 – Dancer of the Year (The Cook Islands)
503 - Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI)
601 – Empower NYC
*702 - Aotearoa Part 1 (Auckland, New Zealand)
*703 - Aotearoa Part 2 (Auckland, New Zealand)
*708 – Taiwan PART 1
*709 – Taiwan PART 2
OCTOBER 31/NOV 1 – Halloween & Day of the Dead
203 – Viva La Mexico!
NOVEMBER – Native American Heritage Month
105 – Lumbee Dance of the Spring Moon (Lumberton, North Carolina)
601 – Empower NYC
DECEMBER – Holidays
213 – Jewish Roots