Advance Evening News
Welcome to Friday evening! Tonight we highlight the coming Black Arts Festival in November, introduce the Living Legacies project, and share a public hearing notice.
Black Arts Festival, More, This November
By Martin Davis
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
The Fredericksburg Area Museum announced today the return of the Fredericksburg Area Black Arts Festival on November 2. The festival, wrote FAM Vice President of Programs and Interpretation Gaila Sims in an email, is a “descendant of the Harambee 360º Black Arts Festival founded by Mr. Clarence Todd here in Fredericksburg in the 1970s.” It will happen on Saturday, November 2nd from 12-7 p.m. in Market Square and Riverfront Park. But the festival is just the start! Learn what else is in store.
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