KIDS' BEAT\Telling the story.Byline: Barbara Wood Barbara Wood (b. June 30, 1947 in Lancashire, England) is an American writer of historical -romance novels. Biography Barbara Wood was born June 30, 1947 in Lancashire, England. Her family moved to California where she grew up. Black History Month celebrants can take center stage with actors from the interactive theater group We Tell Stories at 11 a.m. Saturday. Costumes and props will make it fun for families to portray various characters from African-American literature and folklore folklore, the body of customs, legends, beliefs, and superstitions passed on by oral tradition. It includes folk dances, folk songs, folk medicine (the use of magical charms and herbs), and folktales (myths, rhymes, and proverbs). during this production of "The Soul of the Story." Other dates for this show are Feb. 10, 17 and 24. The free performance is part of a series of children's plays that will run from February through May at the Ivy Substation, 9070 Venice Blvd., 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. . For more information, call (213) 256-2336. Valentine pardners Western aficionados can mosey mo·sey intr.v. mo·seyed, mo·sey·ing, mo·seys Informal 1. To move in a leisurely, relaxed way; saunter: moseyed over to the club after lunch. 2. on up to the craft table to learn how to create their own western-style valentine pop-up cards from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Autry Museum of Western Heritage. Participants can craft cards and other items from doilies, paints and other materials. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays; the museum is closed Mondays. Admission is $7.50 for adults, $5 for senior citizens and students with ID, and $3 for children ages 2-12.For information, call (213) 667-1462. American Indian American Indian or Native American or Amerindian or indigenous American Any member of the various aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, with the exception of the Eskimos (Inuit) and the Aleuts. game Gathering bone tokens and colored sticks is part of the centuries-old American Indian tradition of "Handgames" at 1 and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Kidspace Museum in Pasadena. American Indian Steve Edmonds from the Caddoan Federacy fed·er·a·cy n. pl. fed·er·a·cies Archaic An alliance; a confederacy. [Short for confederacy.] will play the drums and teach children how to play the game. Museum hours are 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays, 12:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Admission prices are $5 for adults and children 3 and older, $3.50 for senior citizens, and $2.50 for 1- and 2-year-olds; children younger than 1 and museum members are admitted free.Kidspace Museum is at 390 S. El Molino Ave., Pasadena. For information, call (818) 449-9143. Etc. Anyone who ever has wondered where the furniture in their house came from or what took place in order for that dining room set to be made can find the answer, via a children's video. The new, live-action video "Timberrr! From Logs to Lumber lumber, term for timber that has been cut into boards for use as a building material. The major steps in producing lumber involve logging (the felling and preparation of timber for shipment to sawmills), sawing the logs into boards, grading the boards according to " stumbles through the Wisconsin backwoods and a local sawmill sawmill, installation or facility in which cut logs are sawed into standard-sized boards and timbers. The saws used in such an installation are generally of three types: the circular saw, which consists of a disk with teeth around its edge; the band saw, which with the host, Mac. Mac shows viewers how the big machinery works in the sawmills. The 30-minute video is geared toward children ages 3-8, and sells for $12.95, plus $3.95 for shipping and handling. To place an order for the video, call (800) 409-6225. |
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