Durham street fair to support mural

On the heels of winning a $7,000 Kansas State Arts Commission grant to help pay for a new mural, Durham will sponsor a day of food, culture, and hobby events Saturday to raise the remaining $3,000 needed to commission the mural.

Booths with homemade lemonade and baked goods, a motorcycle swap meet, a flea market that includes Coleman lanterns and antiques, and a gun and ammunition display will set up on Main Street from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Vendors will donate part of their earnings to the mural project.

Brook Bradford will have a pie auction at 1:30 p.m. And the Main Street Café, which has donated its north wall for the mural, will sponsor a breakfast buffet from 7 to 10 a.m.

The grant requires community gatherings to support the arts, organizer Ginger Becker said.

Visitors will receive cards seeking their input on imagery of Durham to be illustrated in the mural which will be painted by Newton artist Ellamonique Baccus.