The Lower Highlands Historic Downtown Neighborhood Association held its third annual "Arts Around the Block" event along Purchase Street on September 21, 2008. Local artists and musicians lined two blocks of Purchase Street from Franklin to Cherry Streets to show their wares and entertain the crowds. Performances included the Buggies rock band, the Daemones and friends, and Abby and Jay Michaels of The Harper and The Minstrel playing Celtic music. The event was entirely free and included lots of hands-on events for children, including sidewalk chalk drawing and face painting. To read the Herald News article about the event, click here. To see pictures of last year's event, click here.  For more information about the event or the Neighborhood Association, contact Steve Camara at 508-678-1463.
 

(Top row, left) Fall River Auxiliary Police Officer Eric Pacheco directs Miladys Leblanc to parking near the Purchase Street event. (Top row, center) Kuss Middle School student Troy Rhodes works on a chalk painting. (Top row, right) Melissa Comstock and Brenda LaPage of Towne House display some of their artwork. (Middle row, left) At the Fall River Children's Museum table ten-year-old John Machado, III, tries painting with a magnet through a paper plate while eight-year-old Avery Boulay watches. (Middle row, right) Good friends Janet Tavares and Kate Barboza stroll by the various artists along Purchase Street. (Bottom row, left) Eric Manzoli and Roseanne St. Pierre dance to the music of the Buggies. (Bottom row, center) Lower Highlands Historic Downtown Neighborhood Association co-chair Steven Camara welcomes Joel and Maria Sotomayor to the event.  (Bottom row, right) Mark T. Small of the Daemones sings with Monica "The Blues Lady" Ambroziak.