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Media Advisory for 4/26/14 - Curiosity Day Family Event

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Media Advisory

For Saturday, April 26, 1-4pm

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

Curiosity Day at Cedarhurst is This Saturday, April 26

Free Family Event From 1-4pm at Cedarhurst, Mt. Vernon, Ill.

Carbondale, Ill. -- Reporters, camera crews, and photographers are invited to cover Curiosity Day at Cedarhurst, a FREE Curious George-themed family event to be held on Saturday, April 26 from 1-4pm at Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, located at 2600 Richview Road in Mt. Vernon, Illinois.

Sponsored by WSIU Public Broadcasting, the public media arm of Southern Illinois University, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, the SIU Credit Union and Modern Woodmen of America, the event invites area families to celebrate curiosity and explore art, science, and the outdoors.

Guests will enjoy photo opportunities with PBS KIDS costume characters Curious George and the Man With the Yellow Hat, outdoor painting, making and flying kites, music and sound sculptures in the Sculpture Garden, planting seeds, making Curious George masks, building with Citi Blocks, watching Curious George videos, reading Curious George and other PBS KIDS books, the children's art exhibit Art Rocks!, and more.

All families will receive a free book after completing an event survey and will receive WSIU giveaways.

Interview opportunities include:

* Beth Spezia, Outreach Coordinator, WSIU Public Broadcasting

* Jennifer Sarver, Education Director, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts

* Representatives of the SIU Credit Union & Modern Woodmen of America

* SIU Student and Community Volunteers

* Event Guests

For more information about Curiosity Day at Cedarhurst, contact Beth Spezia at (618) 453-5595, beth.spezia@wsiu.org or Jennifer Sarver at (618) 242-1236, ext. 224, jennifer@cedarhurst.org.

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