Learn Latin when Main Street Comes Alive with the Music and Art of the Americas

9/25/2008 12:00:00 AM

Press Release

MÚSICARTE DE FORT WORTH – A CELEBRATION OF THE AMERICAS!

Learn Latin when Main Street Comes Alive with the Music and Art of the Americas

FORT WORTH, Texas— Expect street closures in downtown Fort Worth starting at 6 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 2 and get ready to feast the senses on sights, sounds and flavors of Latin America in Músicarte de Fort Worth 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 3-4 in Sundance Square.

Main St. will be closed between 2^nd and 5^th streets starting at 6 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 2 for set-up and staging of the event, a celebration of the Americas; 3^rd Street will be closed between Houston and Commerce streets beginning at 6 a.m. Friday, Oct. 3; 4^th Street will be closed between Houston and Commerce streets beginning at 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 3. All streets will reopen at 6 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 5.

Free admission is the passport to fine food and wine, music and dance, and the work of juried fine artists at Músicarte de Fort Worth. Eat and drink, then browse and buy works of art in a street scene that pulses with Latin music and dance.  

Músicarte de Fort Worth is produced by the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with Downtown Fort Worth’s business and cultural community and is coordinated by the same team that produces MAIN ST. Fort Worth Arts Festival.

It’s your chance to learn Latin--Latin cuisine, Latin dance, Latin art and the many variations on the theme of Latin music at Músicarte de Fort Worth.

Opportunities for coverage include:

Learn Latin art

Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School art teacher and painter Maria Patino makes her art show debut as an exhibitor at Músicarte de Fort Worth and will let that be a lesson for her students. Patino, who this spring supervised youth curators of the Art on Tour exhibit of work shown and purchased at MAIN ST. Fort Worth Arts Festival, encourages her art students to go to area festivals to study art and artists there. This is the first time she'll be among the exhibitors she hopes will inspire her students.  Preview all the artists exhibiting at http://www.musicartefw.com/Artists/Artists-Gallery.aspx.

Learn Latin music

Salsa is hot, but Latin music runs the gamut from jazz to rock and folk music. Preview the entertainment line-up, including headliners Tito Puente, Jr., Grupo Fantasma, and North Texas favorites like Latin Express, Latin Breed and Grupo Sueño at http://www.musicartefw.com/Entertainment.aspx.

Learn Latin dance

So you think you can dance? Watch and learn Latin steps like salsa and tango at Músicarte de Fort Worth.

Learn Latin cuisine

The great chefs at Ocho Rios Jamaican and Caribbean Grill and Cantina Laredo will serve up good tastes for Músicarte de Fort Worth, preparing familiar as well as unexpected pleasures for a public hungry for Latin fare.

Músicarte de Fort Worth is produced by the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, which is dedicated to creating, promoting and enhancing economic opportunity and prosperity for the Fort Worth Hispanic business community, in collaboration with Downtown Fort Worth Initiatives, Inc., and the team that produces MAIN ST. Fort Worth Arts Festival. Sponsors include Sundance Square, Coors Distributing Company, State Farm Insurance, American Airlines, the Star-Telegram, D Magazine, Univision and TeleFutura, Coca Cola Bottling Company of North Texas, The T, Downtown Fort Worth Initiatives, Inc., Devon Energy, Green Mountain Energy, General Motors, and DFW Professional Musicians Association. Hotel sponsor is Courtyard by Marriott/Blackstone Hotel.