[Press Release] : Parks and Recreation Presents Family Fun Fest: Creative Kids!

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
Contact: 	Tammy Miller, Parks and Recreation, 874-7465
	Marie Nau Hunter, Office of Cultural Affairs, 874-7512
	Sarah Skaggs, Office of Cultural Affairs, 874-6386 


Parks and Recreation Presents Family Fun Fest: Creative Kids!

Don’t miss out on the fun!  The next Family Fun Fest will be held
from 6-8 p.m. on September 16 at Flat Branch Park (4th and Cherry and
Locust). 

September 16: Creative Kids!
Featured sponsor: the city's Office of Cultural Affairs and the
Missouri Arts Council
 
This celebration of the arts will feature two stages of performances of
music, dance, theater and puppetry, including appearances by local arts
organizations the Missouri Contemporary Ballet, Performing Art in
Children's Education (PACE) and Theater Reaching Young People & Schools
(TRYPS). Free visual art activities like chalk drawing,
build-a-box-city, make-a-magnet, shaving cream art and newspaper hats
will be offered, with local arts organizations Access Arts and the
Columbia Art League providing additional participatory art activities,
and noted sculptor and Columbia resident Larry Young on hand at his
"Marathoners" sculpture. Literary art offerings will include an
interactive magnetic poetry wall and the Daniel Boone Regional Library's
Bookmobile.

The Fun Fests are held the third Wednesday of each month through
October.  The Family Fun Fest series is sponsored by KPLA 101.5,
Columbia Convention & Visitors Bureau, Columbia Home & Lifestyle
Magazine and KOMU 8. The September Creative Kids Fun Fest is a
collaborative effort with the city's Office of Cultural Affairs, with
financial support from the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency. 

The Fun Fests feature a new theme each month. Each one will be held
from 6-8 p.m. and is free. Entertainment for the entire family will
feature music, special performances, art activities, balloon-animals,
face painting and guaranteed fun for all ages. Also, don’t miss out on
the City of Columbia’s very own firetruck.

For more information call 874-7460 or check www.GoColumbiaMo.com.


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