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SUMMARY:The 2011 7th Annual African Arts in the Park at Point Sate Par
 k, Downtown Pittsburgh
DESCRIPTION:The 2011 7th Annual African Arts in the Park Festival appe
 als to people of all backgrounds and the performance and presentation 
 of African Art is a strong contribution to the cultural district of Pi
 ttsburgh. The Main Stage will be filled with African and African Diasp
 ora music and dance. Attendees can bring their chairs and blankets and
  hear live bands. They will be entertained by such dance genres from t
 he African countries of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, t
 he Republic of Guinea, and Senegal. Various music genres include Brazi
 lian samba, Gospel, Jazz, and R & B. Performers are locally based and 
 include Afrika Yetu, Balafon West African Dance Company, Deryck Tines 
 Gospel Singers, House of Soul, Kevin Howard, Mehira Raqs, Spirit Fille
 d Ministries, Tam Tam Magic, and Timbeleza.\nThe Culture Hut will offe
 r interactive demonstrations such as Batik Making by Saihou Njie, a le
 sson on West African Masks and Stools by Umoja African Arts Company, A
 frican Drum Making and Storytelling by Temujin, African Dance by Elie 
 Kihonia, and North African belly dancing. New this year is the Lest We
  Forget Traveling Slavery Museum from Philadelphia, which will exhibit
  slavery artifacts. The Health Hut, sponsored by Central Blood Bank, w
 ill present informational sessions which focus on diseases that affect
  the African & African-American community in Pittsburgh. Topics includ
 e, but are not limited to AIDS/HIV and medical coverage for women in p
 rison.\nWe encourage a visit to our Children's Hut. There will be PNC 
 Grow Up Great, Spanish & French Arts & Crafts, Children's Museum activ
 ities, African storytelling & mask making, jewelry making, face painti
 ng, tattoo artists, petting zoo, and a bounce house. New this year wil
 l be a showcase of the Hear Me Project sponsored through Carnegie Mell
 on Universities Robotics Institute. The Ulaji Mart (Swahili for food a
 nd drink) will serve a variety of American and international food. The
  Soko (Swahili for marketplace) will have several vendors from \"I Mad
 e It Market\" selling crafts, art, and clothing.\n\nFor more informati
 on visit https://jazzburgher.ning.com/events/the-2011-7th-annual-afric
 an
DTSTART:20110813T100000Z
DTEND:20110813T180000Z
CATEGORIES:public, event
LOCATION:Point State Park in Downtown Pittsburgh
WEBSITE:http://www.africanartsinthepark.org
URL:http://www.africanartsinthepark.org
CONTACT:412 224 4086
ORGANIZER:Umoja African Arts Company
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