City of Rochester
News Release
(Friday, Aug. 22, 2014) – Tomorrow, Saturday, Aug. 23, will feature two City Art/Life performances, one at 2 p.m. at the Ontario Beach Park Bandstand with Banyok Guimilere Afro Cuban Music and the next at 7 p.m. outside the Ibero Family Center, 777 Clifford Ave., with #Self-E School No. 19 students and Avenue D Afro-Caribbean Dancers presented by the Rochester Latino Theatre Company.
Art/Life is an initiative produced in cooperation with the Multi-Use Cultural Community Center (MuCCC) and Young Audiences that brings family-friendly “pop-up” performing arts experiences into neighborhood parks and playgrounds throughout July and August. Over the course of eight performances, many types of performing arts will be represented including storytelling, dance, theatre, wildlife exhibits, DJ’ing and more. All performances are free.
“We are blooming as a City of the Arts,” said Mayor Warren. “It is my mission to deliver artistic experiences to the residents of our neighborhoods. Improving the vitality of our neighborhoods improves the health of our city.”
Art/Life’s dynamic experiences aim to decentralize the concentration of performing arts in Rochester’s Center City, pushing art beyond the walls of established institutions and rendering it more accessible to people throughout each of the city’s quadrants.
The final Art/Life performance will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 28 on the University of Rochester Pedestrian Bridge of the Genesee River Trail near the university’s River Campus with FuturPointe Dance. The performance will coincide with the University of Rochester’s Wilson Day, an occasion to foster connections between UR’s incoming students and the Rochester community.
Art/Life is sponsored by Young Audiences, Ibero American Action League, the Puerto Rican Parade Committee, Rochester Latino Theatre Company and Mood Makers Bookstore.
For more information, visit www.cityofrochester.gov/artlife.
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News Media: For more information, contact Press Officer Jessica Alaimo, 428-7135.