ART AND SOUL NOHO HOSTING ANNUAL FESTIVAL.Byline: Lisa M. Sodders Staff Writer NORTH HOLLYWOOD - The 11th annual NoHo Theatre & Arts Festival An arts festival or art fair is a festival that focuses on the visual arts, but which may also focus on other arts. Arts festivals in the visual arts are exhibitions. gave children a chance to transform themselves into everything from frogs to rock stars. ``It makes my mind free and it feels like I'm dreaming when I'm singing,'' said Maria Reyes, 14 of Inglewood, who sang Coldplay's ``Yellow'' for the crowd in the Kids Kourt area. For families who missed the festival Saturday, it continues today on Lankershim Boulevard, between Chandler and Magnolia. Activities today will run from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., with evening performances at selected NoHo theaters beginning at 7 p.m. Festival organizers estimated there were 15,000 people there by Saturday afternoon. Admission to all festival events and daytime theater performances is free; discounted admission to regularly scheduled evening theater performances is available at the Theater Booth during festival hours. More than 75 theater performances have been scheduled. Jessie Flower Jessie Flower (born August 18, 1994 in Indiana) is an American actress. Most recently, she has been voicing Toph in . In the first season, she voiced in the episode "The Fortuneteller". , 8, with a bright yellow top and matching hair ribbon, eagerly bounded onstage at the Kids Kourt and demonstrated how a frog hops during the Reader's Theatre Reader's Theater is a style of theatre in which the actors do not need to memorize their lines. Rather, they either go through their blocking holding scripts and reading off their lines, or else sit/stand together on a stage and read through the script together. Project performance by the Children's Museum of Los Angeles The Children's Museum of Los Angeles is a museum specifically catered to children whose purpose is to educate, entertain and enrich children's lives in the greater Los Angeles area. It was modeled from the children's museums in Boston, Indianapolis and Brooklyn. troupe. After Jessie's demonstration, the troupe donned oversized o·ver·size n. 1. A size that is larger than usual. 2. An oversize article or object. adj. o·ver·size also o·ver·sized Larger in size than usual or necessary. frog feet and frog heads to bring a children's book about frogs to life. ``What we're really trying to do is to get kids interested in reading,'' said Frank Pittarese, 43, of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , with the Reader's Theater Project. ``We're trying to help teachers do their job by putting excitement into literacy, into books.'' ``It's pretty fun,'' said Jessie, who's also done television commercials and shows. ``I like that I get to perform. There's tons of stuff to go to, and you can see shows.'' Performers said they hope that by exposing people to live performances, and particularly young children who may not be exposed to theater in school, they will create a new generation of people who appreciate and support the fine arts. ``I can't live without it,'' said Michele Elfendahl, 22, of Northridge, a California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an , theater arts manager who hopes to become a professional stage manager. ``It's important that children be able to express themselves in ways that help them grow,'' Elfendahl said. ``It helps them express things within them.'' Besides the live theater and musical performances, visitors could purchase Japanese dishware, jewelry, carved wooden signs, or candles. There were unicorn stick horses that made a galloping sound when you pressed an ear and gossamer fairy wings that were the must-have accessory for a group of little girls in tutus. Food items for sale included candied can·died adj. Permeated, covered, encrusted, or cooked with sugar: candied sweet potatoes. candied Adjective coated with or cooked in sugar: apples, shish kebob ke·bob n. Variant of kebab. , tropical drinks served in whole pineapples, egg rolls, Thai barbecue and kettle corn Kettle corn is a sweet-and-salty variety of popcorn that adds granulated sugar, salt, and oil. In the 1700s, kettle corn was introduced to colonial palates in the United States. . Dressed in a full-length black gown, Sherman Oaks actress and singer Danielle Barbosa entertained the crowd with ``Sabor a mi,'' a Spanish classic that was a huge hit for singer Eydie Gorme. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color) Salim Rahmaan sells bottles designed for burning incense at the North Hollywood Theatre & Arts Festival on Saturday. At top, Adrianne Jackson of Los Feliz has her face painted, one of the many activities at the annual festival, which concludes today. (3) Readers' Theatre Project performers Kimberly Evans and Jennifer Lettelleir pat Jere Jon on the head while entertaining children at the NoHo Theatre & Arts Festival on Saturday. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer |
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