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The 6th Annual Unity Resource Festival is this Sunday

6th Annual Unity Resource Festival

Sunday, March 11 from 1-5 p.m.

Virginia Avenue Park

2200 Virginia Avenue

The 6th Annual Unity Resource Festival will take place this Sunday, March 11 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Virginia Avenue Park.

This year’s festival theme, A Cultural Infusion, celebrates the many cultures represented in the City of Santa Monica through music, dance, and culinary arts. The festival will also highlight information on city, business, and non-profit agencies that strengthen the community with supportive resources.

Free entertainment will be featured throughout the day including live dance music.

A multi-media theatrical presentation by actor Gerald C. Rivers and MOA Movement of Agape dance, featuring jazz saxophonist Cal Bennett, will stir our memories and imagination on the theme of “unity” as expressed by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Teen poet and hip hop artist Miles McAliley will also rock the stage.

For more information, visit www.vapark.smgov.net or call 310.458.8688.

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