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Governor Schwarzenegger, Mayor Villaraigosa, 350 School Kids, Celebs and More to Attend Grand Opening Celebration of "COOL GLOBES: HOT IDEAS FOR A COOLER PLANET"

Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:30pm EDT
 
Public Art with a Purpose EARTH DAY CELEBRATION

Exposition Park Rose Garden, Wednesday, April 22 at 11 am
--(Business Wire)--
Cool Globes:

 WHAT:         Official Los Angeles 
               Grand Opening       
               Celebration of "Cool 
               Globes: Hot Ideas   
               for a Cooler        
               Planet," a national 
               public art exhibit  
               featuring more than 
               50 vibrant, super   
               -sized globes       
               designed by local   
               and national artists 
               to convey different 
               messages about what 
               ordinary citizens   
               can do to combat    
               global warming.     
                                   
               11:00 AM news       
               conference to be    
               followed by         
               unveiling of six new 
               globes designed by  
               local artists,      
               including the       
               students of Manual  
               Arts High School and 
               A Place Called Home 
               youth center. This  
               event is free and   
               open to the public. 
               Live entertainment  
               and refreshments    
               will be provided.   
               More than 350 local 
               elementary school   
               children will attend 
               this Earth Day      
               celebration, and    
               participate in a    
               field trip focused  
               on environmental    
               education.          
                                   
 WHO:          ● Governor Arnold   
               Schwarzenegger      
               ● Los Angeles Mayor 
               Antonio Villaraigosa 
               and Councilwoman    
               Wendy Greuel        
               ● Wendy Abrams,     
               founder Cool Globes 
               ● Laurie David,     
               producer "An        
               Inconvenient Truth" 
               and global warming  
               activist            
               ● Amber Valletta,   
               actress/model and   
               environmental       
               activist            
               ● 350 elementary    
               school children     
                                   
 VISUALS:      ● 50 colorful large 
               globes depicting    
               solutions to global 
               warming             
               ● Los Angeles school 
               children            
               participating in    
               environmental       
               education field trip 
               ● Mini Globes       
               designed and signed 
               by celebrities such 
               as Bill Clinton, Tom 
               Hanks, Samuel       
               Jackson, Blair      
               Underwood, Robert   
               Redford, Oprah      
               Winfrey, Kobe Bryant 
               and many more (mini 
               -globes can be      
               brought in studio   
               early morning or day 
               before event with   
               notice)             
                                   
 WHEN:         Public Grand Opening 
               Celebration: Earth  
               Day - Wednesday,    
               April 22, 2009 at   
               11:00 a.m.          
               Exhibit: April 22 - 
               July 23, 2009       
                                      
 WHERE:        Exposition Park,    
               Rose Garden         
               701 State Drive, Los 
               Angeles             
               Behind California   
               Science Center      
                                   
               TV STATIONS: LIVE   
               TRUCKS WILL BE      
               POSITIONED IN ORDER 
               OF CONFIRMATION     
                                      


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LPI Communications for Cool Globes
Melody Parrette, 858-361-9731
melody@lpicommunications.com



Copyright Business Wire 2009



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