CAC is free today in honor of Worlds AIDS Day

[justa bill]

On World AIDS Day (December 1), the CAC will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. In the lobby, visitors can enjoy music and entertainment by Jay Love from Cincinnatis The BUZZ, 1230 AM, and catch a glimpse of the CACs upcoming exhibition Black President: The Art and Legacy of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, which opens on December 18.


The CAC, AVOC and Caracole are joining forces to raise awareness and celebrate life. Please join us!


Throughout the day, visitors can enjoy:
Refreshments
Afrobeat music from DJ Offbeat
Proclamation from the City of Cincinnati
Hands-on art project in The UnMuseum

[ahart2001]

Just a question . . . .

I am glad to hear that CAC is celebrating World AIDS Day . . . but how does looking at art and hearing a DJ play music and drinking some drinkies raise awareness about AIDS? Are there going to be some informative materials presented? Just seems kinda silly and crappy to exploit AIDS awareness to gain attendance. DOn't get me wrong, I LOVE free stuff, but I am just curious.

[justa bill]

Yeah, I don't think the CAC is trying to take advantage of World AIDS Day... There's a couple of reasons they're doing this:

1) The show that's opening is about Fela Kuti--the composer, musician, polititian. He died in 1997 of AIDS-related reasons and heart failure. And he was, of course, African.

2) AIDS is, of course, a huge matter facing Africa especially--whole generations are being lost.

http://biochem.chem.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~endo/EAFela.html