Storyteller headlines Hispanic festival
By Joanne Fox, Journal staff writer | Posted: Sunday, September 07, 2008
ORANGE CITY, Iowa -- Award-winning storyteller Antonio Sacre will visit Northwestern College for a Hispanic Festival, Sept. 16 through 20.
Sacre is an internationally-known bilingual writer, storyteller and solo performance artist. He has encouraged embracing diversity through performances at the Kennedy Center, the Library of Congress' Festival of the Book, and Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art.
On Sept. 17, Sacre will perform at 10:05 a.m., in Northwestern College's Christ Chapel. He will also give a public performance at 7:30 p.m. that day in the same venue.
Sacre will also present workshops for area teachers, parents and students involved in English Language Learners programs Sept. 16 and 17 in Denison and Orange City.
The public is invited to Northwestern College's central campus (north of Zwemer Hall) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sept. 20, for the Hispanic Festival.
In addition to authentic Mexican food, the festival will include Hispanic children's games and activities from 10 a.m. to noon, storytelling, and performances by a mariachi band and Estrellas de Jalisco, a children's Mexican folk dancing troupe.
For more information about Saturday’s Hispanic Festival, contact event planner Barbara Turnwall, (712) 707-7040 or turnwall@nwciowa.edu. The rain location is the DeWitt Theatre Arts Center.
Sacre is an internationally-known bilingual writer, storyteller and solo performance artist. He has encouraged embracing diversity through performances at the Kennedy Center, the Library of Congress' Festival of the Book, and Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art.
On Sept. 17, Sacre will perform at 10:05 a.m., in Northwestern College's Christ Chapel. He will also give a public performance at 7:30 p.m. that day in the same venue.
Sacre will also present workshops for area teachers, parents and students involved in English Language Learners programs Sept. 16 and 17 in Denison and Orange City.
The public is invited to Northwestern College's central campus (north of Zwemer Hall) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sept. 20, for the Hispanic Festival.
In addition to authentic Mexican food, the festival will include Hispanic children's games and activities from 10 a.m. to noon, storytelling, and performances by a mariachi band and Estrellas de Jalisco, a children's Mexican folk dancing troupe.
For more information about Saturday’s Hispanic Festival, contact event planner Barbara Turnwall, (712) 707-7040 or turnwall@nwciowa.edu. The rain location is the DeWitt Theatre Arts Center.
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