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From the Executive Director
Please visit the WVIA ArtScene Events Calendar for the broadest listing of cultural events in the region over the next couple of weeks.
We remind all venues to post their events to the calendar. It's easy - all you have to do is go to the Events Submission page and put in your stuff!
RiverFest 2008 is with us at last. We hope to see you on Public Square on Friday night, and in Nesbitt Park on Saturday - fun for all!
We hope you will take a the time to look at some of the items highlighted in the article below: Arts and Economic Development.
Mike Burnside |
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RiverFest 2008
For the first time, Wyoming Valley RiverFest is a 3-DAY event! Beginning on Friday evening on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre, where there will be music by George Wesley and fun for all ages - a scavenger hunt, RJG Latino Multi-Cultural Dancers, kids painting a Mural of the River, and more! The events continue in Nesbitt Park on Saturday from 1-5pm.
Also on Friday night, with thanks to WVIA, Movies14 will be screening Looking to the River, a documentary on the Susquehanna, at 8pm and it's FREE! Thanks to WVIA & Movies14! By the way, this is the "director's cut" - over 20 minutes longer than what has been shown on TV.
Nesbitt Park is between the bridges and on the river side of the levee system. The easiest way to be there is to park near the end of the Market Street or the Veterans Memorial bridge in Kingston and walk up onto the dike. You'll see where the action is!
Here's a list of events, but again, FUN FOR ALL AGES!
Music by Don Shapelle and others
Pony Rides - Woodland Stables
Moon Walk
Kayaking Demo
Art of the River - the Cultural Council of Luzerne County and
Sue Hand
Rock Climbing Wall - Army National Guard
Penn State Kids Tree Climb
Pest or Guest - PSU Master Gardeners
Native Leaf Rubbing - PSU Master Gardeners
Make a Bird Feeder - PSU Master Gardeners
4-H Fly Tying Demo - Penn State
Guided Nature Hikes - WB Riverfront Parks Com.
Wetland Wonders - Luzerne Conservation District
Bike Safety - Free Kids Helmets - WB Health Dept.
Solistice Tile Mosaic and AMD Tie-Dyed River Quilt -EPCAMR
Children's Field Games - WB YMCA
Fire Safety for Youth - WB Fire Department
A Closer Look at Backyard Mammals - Second
Chance Wildlife Center - 2:00 pm Live Program
Live Birds of Prey Program - Carbon County Env.
Education Center - 3:30 pm Live Program
As you can see, there will be music, food, and environmental exhibits, artists, and kayaks - LOTS of kayaks arriving mid-afternoon from their sojourn downriver from Harding. At last count, 200 are signed up - it's going to be quite a sight!
On Sunday, there's another kayak sojourn from Nesbitt Park down to Hunlock Creek.
Click HERE for all the details! |
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Third Friday Features
Oh, my - What a Third Friday! In addition to all of the RiverFest-related excitement, don't forget all the great venues on the east and west sides - something for everyone! I wish I could be two, no three, places at once!
Here are two that are definitely on my list!
Paper Kite Press Studio & Gallery
443 Main Street, Kingston Collected Worksby Kelly Olszyk Exhibit Reception 6 - 8 Featured Poet Diane Lockward at 8:30 p.m. followed by Open Mic Refreshments served. Arrive early to sign up for the open mic.
Schulman Gallery at Luzerne County Community College
1333 S. Prospect Street, Nanticoke, PA
7-9pm opening reception
A Woman's Touch - an ehibit by area women artists
I counted seventeen area artists in this exhibit - definitely not to be missed!
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The Arts & Economic Development
I don't know if it's coincidence, but in the last month a number of items have appeared in the press or in the public record related to the impact of the arts on economic development. We at CCLC believe strongly that a vital arts & cultural community contributes not only to quality of life, but also to economic development of a region. A recent study by Americans for the Arts shows that, for every dollar of public funding, non-profit arts organizations & individuals generate $16 of economic growth - not a bad return!
We've created a page on our web site that collects these articles (one of which is mine, I'll admit). We hope you'll take a look at them.
Here's just one paragraph from Philip Horn, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts:
For years we have heard the statistic that arts organizations outdraw live attendance at professional sporting events. Critics attack this measure of popularity noting the millions
of people who watch sports on television. But is there a mayor anywhere who would prefer having fellow citizens watching a game on TV at home over having them join with
the neighbors at a live event downtown? Furthermore, the revenues generated by these two activities could not be more distinct. Local arts organizations spend locally. They largely employ local people, be they artists or others who work in the cultural sector. These employees spend locally, recycling these revenues throughout the local economy.
Once again, here's the LINK:
If you agree that a vital arts & cultural community is worthy of public support - send us an email and let us know! Then forward this to a like-minded friend! | |
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The Cultural Council
