Arts in Action: The 10 Weeks Festival—Week 2
Arts in Action: The 10 Weeks Festival kicked off this past weekend with, well—hating to sound cliché but going to anyway—a BANG! Within a mere two days of asking event attendees for just $1 at Springfield Symphony, Little Theatre, Swan Repertory Theatre and Skinny Improv performances, The 10 Weeks Festival raised $1,384.46.
To break it down, that means over the weekend the arts community helped raise $692.23 for the new Arts in Education Fund to help area arts organizations take their programs into area schools and $2,768.92 for the Care to Learn Fund, thanks to a generous 3-to-1 match set up by local business leader Doug Pitt with help from the Jolie-Pitt Foundation (yes, the Jolie-Pitt Foundation), Jim D. Morris, Wal-Mart and St. John's.
And there are still nine more weeks to go. Yep—nine whole weeks of the best cultural events Springfield has to offer to raise money for artistic and basic needs for our area school children. All you have to do is attend an event and place $1 is the Arts in Action donation box at the participating venue.
The following events are featured during Week #2 of The 10 Weeks Festival:
ACTS (Arts Community Transforming Springfield) - New Works Fellowship and the Springfield Little Theatre
The Landers Theatre
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at 7 p.m.
“War of the Worlds/The Lost World” - L.A. Theatre Works
Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts
Wednesday, March 18 at 7:30 p.m.
Beauty and the Beast - Evangel University
Barnett Theatre
March 19, 20, 21 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
The Boys Next Door - Springfield Little Theatre
Landers Theatre
March 19,20,21 at 7:30 p.m.
March 22 at 2:30 p.m.
The Skinny Improv Mainstage Show
The Skinny Improv Theatre
March 20, 21 at 7:30 PM and 10 p.m.
If you want more info including event descriptions, visit the festival’s brand-new website, the10weeks.com. Won’t be in town this weekend? No worries—you can now give your $1 donation via the website.
Leah Hamilton Jenkins, Arts Sustainability Coordinator for the Arts Programming Sustainability Initiative (APSI) a.k.a. Arts in Action
