[Press Release] : Poet & performer Matt Mason at the Festival of the Arts

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
Contact: Kay McCarthy, Cultural Program Specialist - (573) 874-6387

Poet & performer Matt Mason at the Festival of the Arts

COLUMBIA, MO (September 22, 2008) - Fifty live performances will be
featured at the 17th annual Columbia Festival of the Arts at the Boone
County Courthouse Square and surrounding streets in downtown Columbia
Sept. 27-28, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. The festival is free and open
to the public. 

A highlight of the literary and performing arts schedule is Matt Mason,
a touring poet and featured performer of the Mid-America Arts Alliance
(MAAA) from Omaha, Neb. Mason will perform his original work on the
Literary Arts Stage on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. and on the Courthouse
Square Stage on Sunday at 2:45 p.m. 

To fund Mason’s performances, the city’s Office of Cultural Affairs
received a grant from the MAAA. The grant is also supporting poetry
workshops at both Hickman and Rock Bridge high schools that Mason will
facilitate on Monday, Sept. 29. 

MAAA’s programming focuses on enriching communities through cultural
experiences throughout America’s heartland. Their funding includes
underwriting from the National 
Endowment for the Arts, the Missouri Arts Council and foundations,
corporations and individuals throughout Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri,
Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas.

For specific performance times and stage locations, consult the special
insert in the Columbia Daily Tribune’s Sept. 25 issue, call the Office
of Cultural Affairs at (573) 874-6386, e-mail Festival at GoColumbiaMo.com
or log on to www.GoColumbiaMo.com (search: arts festival). For more
information on MAAA, call (816) 421-1388.

The Columbia Festival of the Arts is a program of the City of Columbia
Office of Cultural Affairs. Financial assistance has been provided by
Boone County National Bank, CenturyTel, Columbia Convention & Visitors
Bureau Tourism Development Fund, Columbia Daily Tribune, Columbia Home
and Lifestyle Magazine, Commerce Bank, Dave Griggs’ Flooring America,
Days Inn and Travelodge, Deck the Walls, KBIA 91.3, KOMU 8 and
Mid-Missouri CW, MFA Oil, Missouri Arts Council, Mid-America Arts
Alliance, National Endowment for the Arts and the Regency Hotel
Downtown.

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