The APEX Museum’s annual Kwanzaa Festival for the entire family will take place on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2013 from 6 to 8 p.m. The museum is located 135 Auburn Ave.

The program will include a candle lighting ceremony, affirmation of Nguzo Saba, Call & Response, pouring of the Ancestral Libation, and more. The APEX Museum’s Kwanzaa Festival is a community event and all drummers, dancers, singers, rappers, story-tellers, poets, film makers, visual artists, and other positive performers and artists are welcome to attend.

For more information, visit apexmuseum.org.

Collin Kelley is the executive editor of Atlanta Intown, Georgia Voice, and the Rough Draft newsletter. He has been a journalist for nearly four decades and is also an award-winning poet and novelist.