Just Added! TERRY MCMILLAN - LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENT

The 25th Annual
Celebration of Black Writing Festival
"Writing for Our Lives"
May 20-23, 2009
www.artsanctuary.org

TERRY MCMILLAN added as Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

2009 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD CEREMONY ~ MAY 22, 2009

Greetings!

Art Sanctuary is excited to announce that bestselling author Terry McMillan (How Stella Got Her Groove Back) will received the 2009 Celebration of Black Writing Lifetime Achievement Award on Friday, May 22, 2009 @ 6:30pm. Admission to this event is $20.

Ms. McMillan will join three additional honorees: scholar Dr. Houston Baker, Jr. (Betrayal), youth author Walter Dean Myers (Hoops) and illustrator Jerry Pinkney.

Get your tickets TODAY for this exciting award ceremony celebrating the 25th anniversary of the writing festival and Art Sanctuary's 10th anniversary.

Ms. McMillan will also be present at the Saturday May 23rd in/outdoor festival!

Check out www.artsanctuary.org for complete festival schedule.

GET YOUR AWARD TICKETS NOW!

Live Radio
Broadcast
May 20, 2009

Join us on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 from 5-7pm at Moonstone Arts Center (formerly Robin's Bookstore), 110A S. 13th Street, for an evening filled with discussion and performance.

Hosted by Al Butler of WURD 900AM, Art Sanctuary features a panel discussion featuring President, A. Bruce Crawley (Millennium 3 Management, Inc.), Managing Editor, Michael Days (Philadelphia Daily News) and Managing Editor, Irv Randolph (Philadelphia Tribune). They will will answer the questions how has a book saved a life and how can great writing help our community?

Come and be a part of our live radio audience and tell us what book has changed your life. Then, stay for a performance by Nigerian-born spoken word artist and HBO Def Poetry alumn Bassey Ikpi.

If you can't join us in person, tune into 900AM WURD or call in at 215.634.8065 or 866-361-0900.