WEEKEND FESTIVALS GET A JUMP ON HALLOWEEN IN CALABASAS.Byline: Fred Shuster Staff Writer Want to try out your cowboy costume almost a full month before Halloween? The third annual Calabasas Cultural Festival is just the place for a trial run. Saturday's free day of activities takes in music, dance, and 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. at the three-acre site of the historic Leonis Adobe, an authentically preserved ranch built around 1844. Entertainment includes dance, classical guitar, Latin pop, folk and cowboy music. Demonstrations of pottery and art, wildlife and farm animals, as well as Old West skills such as lassoing and livestock feeding will be offered. Also, prizes to be awarded for best Western outfit. So expect to see a cowboy or two on the Old Town Calabasas boardwalk. CALABASAS CULTURAL FESTIVAL: Leonis Adobe Museum, 23537 Calabasas Road (next to the Sagebrush sagebrush, name for several species of Artemisia, deciduous shrubs of the family Asteraceae (aster family), particularly abundant in arid regions of W North America. The common sagebrush (A. Cantina can·ti·na n. Southwestern U.S. A bar that serves liquor. [Spanish, canteen, from Italian, wine cellar.] ), Calabasas. 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. No charge. Call (818) 878-4242, Ext. 270. Also happening this weekend: LITHUANIAN DAYS: Dine, dance and experience the largest Lithuanian fair in the country. St. Casimir's, 2718 St. George St., Los Feliz. 11 a.m. Saturday, 11:30 a.m. Sunday. $6 adults, $4 seniors. Call (818) 782-1248. NOHO NOHO North Of Houston Street (neighborhood in Manhattan) NoHo North Hollywood Arts District (North Hollywood, California) CHILDREN'S ART & POETRY: Free theater arts workshops for kids. Parking lot, 5220 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood. 10 a.m. Saturday. No charge. Call (818) 779-2101. AVOCADO FESTIVAL: The Woodstock of avocado celebrations. Dogs not allowed, except for guide dogs for the blind This article is about the guide dog school in the United States. For the British charitable organization, see The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association. Guide Dogs for the Blind . 900 block of Linden Avenue, Carpinteria. 4 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. Call (805) 684-0038 or www.avofest.com. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2) For your musical entertainment, enjoy performances by Bandidos The Bandidos Motorcycle Club is a one percenter motorcycle club with a worldwide membership. The club was formed in 1966 by Don Chambers in Texas. Its slogan is We are the people our parents warned us about. de Amor, above, and Guillermo Rios today at the Calabasas Cultural Festival. |
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