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Press Release: 09/15/08 |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE/OPPORTUNITY FOR COVERAGE TO: All News Directors MEDIA CONTACT: |
COMMUNITY FOLK ART CENTER (CFAC) Westcott Street Cultural FairDate: September 21, 2008 Syracuse, NY - Calling all creative kids, visit the CFAC Creative Arts Tent for papermaking, art stamping, collage and whole a lot more! Come for crafts and stay for the book signing by local illustrator London Ladd. Scholastic Publications has generously donated copies of March On! The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World for this special event. Artist London Ladd will be at the CFAC Creative Arts Tent at 3:00 p.m. to sign copies of this wonderful children’s book. March On! written by Christine King Farris, commemorates the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s historical "I Have a Dream" speech on August 28 1963. The book is filled with beautiful, vivid illustrations chronicling the 24 hours leading up to Dr. King delivering the speech that changed the world through the eyes of his older sister, Christine King Farris. Limited copies are available. Get to the tent early to claim your signed copy! The Westcott Street Cultural Fair is an annual, one-day celebration of the diversity and uniqueness of the Westcott neighborhood through its culture: visual and performing arts, food, service organizations and activities geared to families and Syracuse and LeMoyne students returning to the neighborhood. The fair attracts more than 8,000 people annually to the Westcott Business District in mid-September for a day filled with great sounds, sights, tastes and more! |
The Community Folk Art Center is a program of the African American
Studies Department in the College of Arts & Sciences at Syracuse University and |
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