NOHO PUTTING ON QUITE A SHOW.Byline: Lori Moody Daily News Staff Writer North Hollywood is about to throw a mammoth block party, all in the name of the arts. Lankershim Boulevard between Magnolia Boulevard and Weddington Street will close to traffic Saturday and Sunday so local artists can celebrate the fourth annual NoHo Theatre and 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. . Everyone is invited to the free event, which will feature more than 50 theater performances, music, dance, activities for children, fine art and crafts vendors, and food. ``There are a lot of artists in the area contributing their time, talent and resources to put this together,'' said Edmund Gaynes, festival co-chair and president of the Valley Theatre League. The event is aimed at bringing attention to the NoHo Arts District
The Arts District , which is roughly bounded by Hatteras Street to the north, Sarah Street to the south, Cahuenga Boulevard to the east and Tujunga Avenue to the west. The NoHo Arts District emerged in 1992 among community leaders as a way to turn around the declining commercial area by promoting it as a performing arts center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. . The first NoHo Theatre and Arts Festival was held the following year in the plaza of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Last year, organizers got permission to close Lankershim Boulevard and move the festival to the street. The event attracted an estimated 5,000 people, organizers say. ``The area has totally changed North Hollywood around,'' said Gaynes, producing artistic director of Two Roads Theatre in Studio City. ``It has found an identity as an arts district and brought in an infusion of artistic, energetic people who have turned some of these buildings that have been abandoned or not really used for anything significant into lofts, art studios. It's totally revitalized the area.'' Debra Sakacs, executive director of the Universal City-North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, said she is still surprised that many people are unaware of the existence of the arts district. ``There are 18 theaters in and around my office on Lankershim,'' she said. ``You don't have to go downtown to go to the theater.'' The festival's emphasis is on theater, as evidenced by this year's theme, ``See the Show at NoHo.'' Eight theaters in the area will serve as stage sites for the various productions that will run throughout the two-day event. And an eclectic mix it is, ranging from an old-time radio  This article or section may deal primarily with the U.S. and may not present a worldwide view. comedy
presented by American Renegade Theatre Co., to the court drama ``Thugun
& Natasha'' performed by members of Synthaxis Theatre Co.,
to the kids' show ``Bubble Science'' offered by Fun-Da
Mentals.
Visitors can find a schedule of the performances at various sites during the festival, then pick up the free tickets at the Valley Theatre League booth. ``These are small theaters,'' Gaynes said. ``We don't want people waiting for a show and finding out there is no room to get in.'' A red British double-decker bus A double-decker bus is a bus that has two levels. While double-decker long-distance coaches are in widespread use around the world, double-decker city buses are less common. will be available to shuttle visitors during the festival. This year, the festival will kick off with a pancake pancake, thin, flat cake, made of batter and baked on a griddle or fried in a pan. Pancakes, probably the oldest form of bread, are known in different forms throughout the world. breakfast from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday. Tickets are $2.50 a person and proceeds will be donated to the YMCA's Youth Camp Programs. For further information, call (818) 763-5126. For the first time there will be a royal court. The members, chosen for their contributions to the community, will act as representatives of the area. The festival queen and king are actress Betty Garrett, a founding member of Theatre West actors workshop whose credits include the TV sitcom ``Laverne and Shirley'' and several MGM MGM in full Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. U.S. corporation and film studio. It was formed when the film distributor Marcus Loew, who bought Metro Pictures in 1920, merged it with the Goldwyn production company in 1924 and with Louis B. Mayer Pictures in 1925. musicals, and Bruce Spiegel, co-owner of the Jewelry jewelry, personal adornments worn for ornament or utility, to show rank or wealth, or to follow superstitious custom or fashion. The most universal forms of jewelry are the necklace, bracelet, ring, pin, and earring. Factory in North Hollywood. The prince and princess are North Hollywood High School North Hollywood High School, originally called Lankershim High School when it opened in 1927, is a secondary school in North Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. The school mascot is the husky, and the school colors are blue, white, grey. students David Perez and Debbie Lazo. In addition to the stage productions, there will be a tent set up for other entertainment, including the Bob Baker Marionettes Bob Baker and his Bob Baker Marionette Theater have been a fixture in Los Angeles since 1961. This puppeteer has been entertaining children with puppets for his entire life. Charles Phoenix performed a tribute to the 81 year old puppet master on July 23rd, 2005. , dance acts and a magic show. There has been an effort to upgrade the fine arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. that will be sold during the festival. There also will be arts projects for children, such as a sidewalk chalk
For the second year in a row, the Valley Theatre League will sell a discount ticket book containing 10 passes to participating theaters in the area. The discount books sells for $40. Individual theater passes also will be available for $5. THE FACTS What: NoHo Theatre and Arts Festival. Where: Lankershim Boulevard, North Hollywood. The street will be closed between Magnolia Boulevard and Weddington Street. When: Saturday and Sunday. Hours: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, noon to 8 p.m. Sunday. Admission: Free. Information: Call the Universal City-North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce at (818) 508-5034. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: The fourth annual NoHo Theatre and Arts Festival's f ree theater events include ``The Magnificent Pasquini,'' with John Hugo, left, and Ken Magee at the Actors Alley El Portal El Portal may refer to different places in the United States:
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