Sister Cities hosted a banquet for visiting Tlaquepaque ArtsFiesta! musicians and their home-stay host families. The all-female Mariachi Femenil Nuevo Tecalitlan performed at the banquet, along with an unrehearsed song with Springfield’s JRB Band.
St. Louis Osuwa Taiko energized festival crowds in the Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden, Springfield, MO at the 2009 Japanese Fall Festival with dramatic performances of Japanese drumming and choreography.
Joaquín Zihuatanejo, a featured artist at the Missouri Literary Festival, is a spoken word artist, award-winning teacher, HBO Def Poet, 2008 Individual World Poetry Slam Champion, and 2009 World Cup of Poetry Slam Champion.
Short video clip recorded at the Missouri Literary Festival — slam poet champion Joaquín Zihuatanejo speaks of the value of poets.