(METUCHEN, NJ) -- There will be a Grand Opening Festival Benefit for the mignolo arts center in Metuchen on Saturday, September 18 from noon to 8:00pm. The event includes dance and musical performances, films, visual art, vendors, wine tasting, and a silent auction.

The afternoon begins with a ribbon cutting at noon, followed by mignolo's Manifested Destiny (film) at 12:30pm.

Live music will be provided by Cold Weather Company, Teddy Hyde, Fiscal Cliff, Sharon Goldman, Danny Adlerman and the Just Cause, and RememberSB; Visual art by Mark Harris, Andrew Lackland, and Juan Valdez; and dance performances by mignolo dance and past resident artists.

Tickets and more information is available here. mignolo arts center is located at 272 Lake Avenue in Metuchen, New Jersey.

mignolo arts is a 501-c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to forging connections between artists of all forms and backgrounds