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This Saturday, Arts in River Park features music, artists and vendors. Held at the Scottish Rite Masonic Center at 6151 H Street, the fifth annual festival will feature some unique family fun including Afro-Cuban dance and percussion, Mediterranean food from Crest Cafe, and the traditional Chinese medicines acupuncture and qigong (pronounced "chee-gong"). It all began when funding was cut from the California Arts Council (CAC), putting many arts organizations out of business in 2003. Brenda Waters, winner of the 2003 CAC Director's Award, felt that the best way to help artists was to bring them together to show off their diversity and promote them at the same time. So in 2003 she helped