Community Corner
A Free Fashion Show and Kids Jazz Concert Series
What's happening in Newark this weekend
La Casa De Don Pedro will be hosting a free fashion show Friday from 5 to 9 pm at the Robert Treat Hotel, 50 Park Place. “Dress to Impress, Dress to Protect” is intended to raise awareness of AIDS in honor of National Latino Awareness Day.
Newark’s Berkeley College Fashion Club designed the outfits primarily from condoms and representatives from HIV/AIDS focused nonprofit agencies will model the designs. Nonprofits include the African American Office of Gay Concerns, Inc., Cura, Inc., Hyacinth AIDS Foundation, Newark Community Health Centers, Rutgers Medical School, Save Latin America, Inc. and St. James Social Service Corporation. The event also includes live musical and artistic performances, raffles, food, information tables, health screenings and more.
This is a free event and is open to the public. To learn more visit http://www.lacasanwk.org/news-and-events/national-latino-aids-awareness-day/ or call 973.624.4222.
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Also this weekend, WBGO will be hosting its free kids jazz concert series this weekend with events at the Newark Museum and Newark Symphony Hall. For more information, visit www.wbgo.org/kids.
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