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    2008 Roots & Heritage Festival
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    Join us for the 20th Annual Roots & Heritage Festival, September  5 - October 11, 2008 in Lexington,Kentucky
    SATURDAY, AUGUST 30

    Heritage Football Classic
    Kentucky State University v. Lane College
    Contact: Scherer Boyd @ 859.333.8153
    7:00 pm
    Kentucky State University
    Frankfort
    Tailgating starts at noon

    THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4

    Consolidated Baptist District Laymen
    Men in White Service

    7:00 pm

    Shiloh Baptist Church
    237 E. Fifth Street


    AFFRILACHIAN POET'S REUNION
    September 4 September 5 September 6
    7:00 pm
    Affrilachian Poet New Member Induction Reading
    Carnegie Center
    251 W. Second Street
    7:00 pm
    Affrilachian Poet Reunion Reading
    featuring First and Second Generation Members
    Al’s Bar
    Limestone and Sixth Street
    Noon - 5:00 pm
    Poetry and Prose Workshops
    led by Dr. Kelly Ellis (poetry)
    and Crystal Wilkinson
    author of Blackberries, Blackberries (prose)
    Central Library
    140 E. Main Street


    September 4-6
    13th Annual
    African-American and Hispanic/ Latino
    Leadership Conference on HIV/AIDS
    Contact: Beverly Mitchell @ 800.420.7431 or
    visit our Website @
    www.aahlc.com

    SATURDAY/SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 & 7

    Camp Nelson Civil War Days Event
    Contact: Michael Crutcher @ 859.797.9700
    or visit our Website @
    www.campnelson.org

    Gates open Saturday & Sunday at 9:00 am



    Golf Tournament -- Lexington Swingers
    Lakeside & Tates Creek Golf Courses
    Contact: Marty McKee @ 396.8032
    or visit our Website @
    www.lsgolfclub.org

    7:30 am Shotgun Start

    September 11 - October 5

    Play: Constant Star
    by Tazewell Thompson
    Contact: 859.225.0370
    or visit our Website @
    www.actorsguildoflexington.org

    Ticket Available through the LexArts Box Office 859.225.0370
    or at www.tix.com
    Ticket Price: Adult $25, Seniors 65+ $18, & Students $15
    Group Rates and Student Rush Tickets Available
    Showtimes: Friday & Saturday 8:00 pm; Sunday Matinee 3:00 pm
    (Thursday Preview at 7:30 pm)
    Pay-What-You-Can Performances
    are the final Thursday Preview and first Matinee


    SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

    Body and Soulfest Health Fair
    Contact: Camille Watson @ 859.288.2332

    1:00 – 4:00 pm
    Douglass Park
    726 Georgetown Street
    Health and Wellness information, screenings,
    exercise demonstrations, door prizes,etc.


    EMANCIPATION CELEBRATION
    September 19 September 20
    Noon - 5:00 pm
    Portfino
    249 East Main Street
    Reservations are $50.
    Velma Maia Thomas, historian,
    author and curator of the
    Black Holocaust Museum in Atlanta.
    She will be ‘singing’ and signing her book -
    Lest We Forget: From Africa to Slavery and Emancipation.

    5:00 8:00 pm
    Central Library
    140 E. Main Street
    Forever Free:
    Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation

    10:00 am – 4:00 pm
    Emancipation Celebration
    Lexington History Center and
    Cheapside Park
    215 W. Main Street