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NCPB Press Kit
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PRESS CONTACTS
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Contacts for journalists and reporters only. For information about contacting KQED, please visit the Contact Us page. Please send press releases or news story ideas directly to KQED Radio Programs contacts.
Scott Walton, Executive Director of Communications
415.553.2145
swalton@ncpb.com
Meredith Gandy, Publicist
415.553.2116
mgandy@kqed.org
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| Children, Parents, Families and Communities to Join KQED in Celebration of "Dia de Los Niños /Dia de Los Libros" |
KQED Education Network to Honor Traditional Latin Holiday with Family Day of Fun, Fantasy and Creativity
Fourth Annual Celebration to be Held Sunday, April 27th at Dolores Park
San Francisco, April 7, 2003 -- For the second consecutive year, KQED is partnering with local community-based organizations to celebrate Dia de Los Niños /Dia de Los Libros a celebration of children and books (that's the English tag line) on Sunday, April 27 from 1-4 p.m. at Dolores Park. All events and activities are free and open to the public. More information is available by calling the KQED Education Network information line toll-free, 1-800-723-ELMO (3566).
A day to celebrate children and reading will include enchanting and amazing dance and musical performances by Flying Angels Chinese Dance Company, Kucheza Ngoma Dance Company (Senegalese and Congolese Dance) and Loco Bloco a multigenerational Afro-cuban percussion ensemble , as well as bilingual storytelling. Art activities provided by KQED, Bay Area Discovery Museum, Museum of Craft and Folk Art and Zeum, promise to make this a wonderful family event.
Sponsors of Dia de Los Niños /Dia de Los Libros include the Bay Area Discovery Museum, Children's Book Press, KQED Public Broadcasting, Mission Learning Center, San Francisco Department of Children, Youth and Their Families, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco Unified School District, University of San Francisco, and Zeum.
EdNet, KQED's education and outreach division, works to ensure that programs have a life beyond broadcast, extending the impact of KQED's resources into the community through a range of media-making opportunities, workshops, teacher trainings, public forums and community events.
KQED Public Broadcasting operates KQED Public Television 9, one of the nation's most-watched public television stations during prime-time, and KQED's digital television channels, which include KQED HD, KQED Encore, KQED World, KQED Life and KQED Kids; KQED Public Radio, the most-listened-to public radio station in the nation with an award-winning news and public affairs program service (88.5 FM in San Francisco and 89.3 FM in Sacramento); KQED.org, one of the most visited station sites in Public Broadcasting; and KQED Education Network, which brings the impact of KQED to thousands of teachers, students, parents and media professionals through workshops, seminars and resources.
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