‘City Thinks 2009′ Events Coming to Tower Square
by Bill Dusty
SPRINGFIELD – Tower Square will be the locale for three events scheduled for Friday, October 16, 2009, as part of a collaborative effort between the Pan African Historical Museum (PAHMUSA), the Springfield Public Forum, and Springfield City Library. The ongoing discussion series City Thinks 2009: Education, Poverty and a Call to Action, which runs through the month of October and into November (see schedule here), includes events at locations scattered throughout the city. The three events slated for Friday at Tower Square include:
- Kids Cook, 12:00 – 12:30pm (Center Court): Watch, learn and taste African American cuisine, as students from Rights of Passage School prepare a delicious traditional dish to be shared with the audience.
- Helen’s Heavenly Edibles, 12:30 – 1:00pm (Center Court): Helen Johnson will top off the cooking demonstration by showing how to make a delicious yellow velvet cake using her special recipe.
- Shanae Williams Lecture & Museum Tour, 1:00 – 2:00pm (PAHMUSA – upper level): Shanae Williams, Development Instructor for the Institute for International Cooperation (IICD), will share insights about her recent trip to Angola, and efforts being made there as well as throughout Africa, Central America and South America to develop stable communities by volunteers trained through IICD. Williams’ lecture will be followed by a tour of the Pan African Historical Museums.
The October events lead up to a November lecture featuring Geoffrey Canada, the CEO and President of the Harlem Children’s Zone, scheduled for November 4th at 7:30pm at Springfield Symphony Hall.
All events are free to the public. Anyone seeking more information on these events or the organizations involved, including the Pan African Historical Museum, can contact LuJuana Hood at PAHMUSA at (413) 733-1823.
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