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The 2008 Capital District Convention will be held this year from Thursday, August
14 through Sunday, August 17th in Richmond Virginia at
the Downtown Marriot and the Richmond Convention Center,
just
a few blocks from the State Capitol. Hosted by the Heart
of Virginia Region of the Capital District, this year's
theme is "Prescription For Success,” and one of the big highlights-not
to be missed-is Friday night's Birthday Party at the Marriott
to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the District Convention. East
Baltimore Club Presents Kiwanis in "International Village"
by Jerry Hoskins
The Kawinis Club of East Baltimore in partnership with the Creative Alliance and the Highlandtown Merchants will present SalsaPolkaLooza on Saturday July 26th from 11am to-5pm Admission is free!
The Club will have a booth presenting Kiwanis Information, selling coloring books and Instant Bingo. All funds raised will go for the support of Kiwanis projects at Hampstead Hill Academy.
The annual, free neighborhood-loving, amazingly international, hands-on, family friendly festival, indoors and outdoors and on two stages at The Patterson. Featured acts inc1ude: "Hot Merengue from La Firma", "Bouncin' Polka by Tommy Thomas Trio", and "St. Veronica's Youth Steel Orchestra"! Attendee's will be able to learn to salsa with "Dancing with Grace's Hugo Badillo" and to Polka! There will be free art-making activities for kids-"Arte en Estambre with Francisco Loza", "Pysanky with Halyna Mudryj", Papel Picado with Kay Broadwater! 'Looza Beer and World Crafts & Cuisine in the Marketplace! There will be lots of free prizes.
Francisco Loza is returning with Huichol artist Macario Carrillo, traveling from Mexico to exhibit their spectacular Arte en Estambre, a technique developed by the Huicholes in the Sierra Madre mountains, pressing brightly colored yarn onto beeswax-covered boards. Loza's yarn paintings reflect the Huichol culture and images from Mexican life. Incorporating colorful beads, Carrillo's pieces narrate Huichol mythology and present-day prophecies. New artistic visions by local youth in Loza's workshops, and art from the Baltimore American Indian Center's Youth Program, facilitated by Ashley Minner, bridge native and Latin American cultures. On view during SalsaPolkaLooza, our neighborhood international Streetfest!
The East Baltimore has truly become an "International Village" with almost every nation represented in its inhabitants, restaurants and stores. What on earth unites them as Americans? Only freedom can work such miracles.
