There is a move to bring Culturama back to Fort Frances.
The event was a showcase of the area’s cultures for more than two decades before coming to an end in 2003.
Newly minted Fort Frances Museum curator Kayleigh Speirs says a steering committee has been formed with the goal of an event in August.
“We are focusing more on having the event to be outdoors and focusing on having a variety of different venues as opposed to just having it in one indoor location,” says Speirs.
Speirs says the group has applied for funding and is reaching out to other groups for assistance and advice.
“We’re definitely still having it focused on like being an arts and culture festival. We will be reaching out to different groups to act as performers, or to have booths where they can sell food or items or just display things representative of their cultures.”
The timing for Culturama to return seems right.
Fort Frances and the surrounding area have welcomed several new residents in recent months with diverse cultural backgrounds.
Speirs says the event can help promote and celebrate that.
“This is a way that we’re hoping to bring people together to really remind people of the diversity that exists just outside their front doors and to be able to come together and celebrate,” says Speirs.
The group is still in the early planning stages.
Speirs says they are looking at holding an event in August.
Anyone with an interest or who has ideas can call her at the museum.
