For Immediate Release
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Contact: Beth Spezia, WSIU Educational Outreach Coordinator, (618) 453-5595, beth.spezia@wsiu.org; Jennifer Sarver, Director of Education, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, (618) 242-1236, ext. 224, jennifer@cedarhurst.org
Area Families Invited to the Neighborhood of Make Believe
Free event coming to Cedarhurst in Mt. Vernon on April 20
Carbondale, Ill. -- WSIU Public Broadcasting, the public media arm of Southern Illinois University, and Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, with support from Old National Bank-Southern Illinois Branches and Southern Illinois Healthcare (SIH), invite the general public to join them in the Neighborhood of Make Believe.
The family-friendly event is free and open to the public, and will be held on Saturday, April 20 from 12pm-3pm at Cedarhurst, 2600 Richview Road in Mt. Vernon, Illinois.
Area families are invited to visit Salley Mavor's embroidered fabric art exhibit, “Pocketful of Posies: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes”; take a trolley ride through the Cedarhurst grounds (weather permitting); read nursery rhymes with Mother Goose; create a keepsake book and character mask; try group crafts; watch videos of the PBS KIDS television series Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood; meet Daniel Tiger and SIH mascot Filo the Fox; fly a kite; take a nature hike through the sculpture garden; and enjoy PBS KIDS activities and game apps for mobile devices.
WSIU will distribute free Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood stickers and placements while they last, among other giveaways. Guests also will have the opportunity to enter a prize drawing by completing an event survey.
Guests are asked to bring their own cameras and mobile devices. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
For more information about the event, contact Beth Spezia at (618) 453-5595, beth.spezia@wsiu.org or Jennifer Sarver at (618) 242-1236, ext. 224, jennifer@cedarhurst.org.
About WSIU Public Broadcasting
WSIU Public Broadcasting is licensed to the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University and is an integral part of the College of Mass Communication & Media Arts on the Carbondale campus. The WSIU stations reach more than three million people across five states and beyond through three digital public television channels, three public radio stations, a radio information service, a website, and an education and community outreach department.
WSIU's mission is to improve the quality of life of the people they serve. The WSIU stations partner with other community organizations to promote positive change and to support the academic and public service missions of Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Learn more and get the latest station news online at wsiu.org and on WSIU's Facebook and Twitter pages.
WSIU's programs and services are partially funded by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.
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