[UHNA] World Culture Fest Update

From: "Donnelly" <Donnelly@xxxxxxx>
To: <uhna@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <bettinadschmid@xxxxxxxxx>, <donnelt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <bridgy87@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08:50:07 -0400
UPDATE: World Culture Festival Oct. 2: This Saturday!


News from NKU...

For immediate release...

UPDATE: Parking for the World Culture Festival is now FREE! The event will be 
held rain or shine. Rain location is inside the University Center. A full list 
of performers, activities, craft & food vendors can be found at 
http://worldfest.nku.edu.


HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - The inaugural Northern Kentucky University World 
Culture Festival will take place on the NKU plaza (if it rains, it will take 
place in the University Center) on Saturday, October 2, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. 

Join the campus and regional community for this day-long celebration of people 
and their cultures in a smorgasbord of world culture. NKU's plaza will be lined 
with colorful booths offering international arts and crafts. Tantalizing scents 
from local ethnic restaurants will envelop the World Food Court, creating a 
global taste of the tri-state. World music and dance will be performed in 
traditional attire on stages as people admire and purchase authentic world folk 
art and craft items while strolling between the food court and outdoor stages. 

Children's activities are scheduled in addition to presentations for all ages 
by NKU faculty at NKU's Museum of Anthropology and Haile Digital Planetarium. 

A fashion show presented by NKU international students will feature the 
clothing of their homeland.

Sponsored by Lafarge, Bartlett, The Friedlander Family Fund, WNKU and several 
NKU colleges and departments, this exciting new event will feature non-stop 
professional performances of world music from Africa, Asia, Latin America and 
Native America. 

Among the performers are Latin band Orquesta Kandela, the Midwest's only 
all-female salsa band; the multiple Nammy-winning Native American flute artist 
Douglas Blue Feather; and the local world-beat fusion band Eclipse. 

Pancarribean will dazzle with their steel drum expertise, while East African 
music expert James Makubuya and Wamidan will demonstrate music and dances of 
cultures from different parts of the globe. 

There's something for everyone, from the Cincinnati Indian Children�s Choir 
(directed by Kanniks Kannikeswaran) and the Indian and Middle Eastern music of 
Mohenjo Daro to the Panamanian dance stylings of Que Lindo Es Panama. 

This family-friendly, open-to-the-public festival provides an on-campus glimpse 
of cultural beauty not easily found in our community and rarely seen in one 
location. 

Admission to the NKU World Culture Festival is free with a $3 parking charge.

For more details visit http://worldfest.nku.edu. 

Thanks/Wadah,

(in English, American dialect/in Cherokee, Snowbird dialect)

Sharlotte 

Sharlotte Neely Donnelly, Ph.D.

Professor of Anthropology

Anthropology Coordinator & Native American Studies Director

230 Landrum

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY 41099

859-572-5258 or 5259 (telephones)

859-572-6086 (fax)

neelys@xxxxxxx (email)

http://www.nku.edu/~neelys (web page)

 

The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences. 
Ruth Benedict
[UHNA] World Culture Fest Update

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