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Arts & Entertainment

Community Arts Festival

The Community Arts Festival will be on Saturday, October 2, 2010. It is free, open to the public and will be a great opportunity for the community to come together to see and interact with the vast arts & cultural resources available to them. The activities begin at 11am and include: music & theatrical performances, art exhibitions, information booths for different programs, demonstrations, talks, hands-on arts activities, raffles and/or door prizes, registration/ticket sales areas, light refreshments, and more. Activities incorporate something for all ages.

TCC members – Creative Arts, Colonial Chorus Players, Reading Civic Concert Band, Reading Community Singers, Reading Symphony Orchestra, Reading Community TV, Reading Art Association, Reading Cultural Council, Reading Garden Club, Reading Public Library, Reading Technology & Education Foundation, Reading Society of Craftsmen, The Arc of East Middlesex, and Quannapowitt Players – will all participate!

Details of the day will be continually updated online at www.WeTeachCreativeArts.org and www.TheCulturalConnection.info.


Other cultural, arts or community groups are encouraged to participate! Sponsorships and vendor booth opportunities are also available for local businesses. Volunteers are needed to help in the planning and to help with day-of activities. Anyone interested in participating should contact Creative Arts at info@WeTeachCreativeArts.org or 781-942-9600. Special thanks to sponsors to date: Reading Co-operative Bank, The Celebration Trust Fund, and the First Congregational Church, Reading .

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