AURORA | The Cherry Arts Festival at Stanley isn’t the only dash of cultural potpourri hitting northwest Aurora this month.
Stanley Marketplace, north Aurora’s forthcoming gastronomic and cultural bazaar on Dallas Street, will host a benefit Sept. 24, set to feature music, food and art, for local nonprofit Project Worthmore.
Deemed “Our Neighbors, Ourselves,” the benefit will raise funds through ticket sales and by asking attendees to purchase local, galleried art. All proceeds will go to Project Worthmore, a nonprofit on Galena Street that provides a slew of healthcare, nutritional and educational services to refugees.
Now in it’s fourth year but first at Stanley, the benefit will feature music from Tom Hagerman of Denver-based group DeVotchKa, as well as performances from members of Denver-based hip-hop group Flobots. Lucas Chandler and Jeff Webb, former chefs at Denver’s Il Posto, will be dishing plates.
Frank Anello, who founded Project Worthmore with his wife, Carolyn, in 2011, said he aims to raise $30,000 at this year’s event. In 2015, the benefit netted about $23,000 for the local nonprofit, according to Anello.
