This just in: Broward 100 - Celebrating the Art of Community is delighted to announce that its yearlong centennial celebration is about to get underway. On Thursday, October 16, Broward 100 will begin during the annual event, The Block Party. Organized by Broward College, Florida Atlantic University and Nova Southeastern University, this bash, to celebrate higher education, will occur from 5 to 8PM along Las Olas Boulevard, between Andrews and Second avenues in downtown Fort Lauderdale, and Broward 100 will be celebrating right along with it!

In collaboration with the area's higher-education institutions and the NSU Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Broward 100 @ The Block Party will feature art exhibitions, live music and performances, live graffiti painting, family activities, and, of course, food trucks at several event areas.

Guests can view live graffiti painting and listen to music at NSU Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale's outdoor plaza. John Wai Kung Fu Academy Lion Dance Performance Team will perform and guide attendees to and from the various activity areas.

A children's area will be available featuring fun, historical and educational activities. Live music and performances will be held on the stage at the Entertainment Plaza.

Crowning the event is special guest and Broward native Catherine Hickland, best known for ABC's One Life to Live & Broadway's Les Miserables fame, who will serve as the Master of Ceremonies. Each participating education institution will provide information booths along Las Olas Boulevard.

And Broward College, in collaboration with FAU, will reveal its Inside Out Broward installation which features a large-scale black-and-white collage of student headshots. This fun and expressive collage is part of the global Inside Out Project street art movement invented by JR, the French artist of 2011 TED Talk International fame.

Broward 100 @ The Block Party brings together the County's brightest resources, education and culture, and the team behind Broward 100 - Celebrating the Art of Community is pleased to join this massive celebration brought to you by the area's educational institutions. The public is invited to attend for free. It all begins on Thursday, October 16 from 5 to 8 PM.

For additional details visit Broward100.org.