tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745503768275295017.post7302715753696157821..comments2023-12-18T23:02:16.704-08:00Comments on L.A. Story: Puppet theater pulls (heart)strings in L.A.L.A. Storyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02992083991838666654noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745503768275295017.post-25887682064270415622008-12-10T09:29:00.000-08:002008-12-10T09:29:00.000-08:00Good to know about the Leavitt Pavilion event. Tha...Good to know about the Leavitt Pavilion event. Thanks for the tip, Mike. Also liked your pictures ... and wonder if C would be intrigued and/or creeped out too.L.A. Storyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992083991838666654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745503768275295017.post-3486790077865477162008-12-10T00:48:00.000-08:002008-12-10T00:48:00.000-08:00Bob Baker's puppets do a free show every year at P...Bob Baker's puppets do a free show every year at Pasadena's Leavitt Pavilion, as part of the weekly children's night. We went in 2006: http://franklinavenue.blogspot.com/2006/09/master-of-puppet-theater.html<BR/><BR/>Actually, the Leavitt Pavilion's free summer concerts are a perfect spot to pack a picnic dinner and bring the kid, especially on children's night. (But any night will suffice -- jazz, etc.)Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02875189395744272760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745503768275295017.post-42081462149025335662008-12-03T18:11:00.000-08:002008-12-03T18:11:00.000-08:00Mea culpa. Pat's right. The L.A. Times has an inte...Mea culpa. Pat's right. The L.A. Times has an interesting and newsy take on the financial crunch origins of the story itself.L.A. Storyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992083991838666654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745503768275295017.post-50780629263590354672008-12-03T14:46:00.000-08:002008-12-03T14:46:00.000-08:00Well, technically, the LA Times reported on it on ...Well, technically, the LA Times reported on it on Nov. 22 -<BR/>http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-la-marionette22-2008nov22,0,5663814.story<BR/> - but perhaps the NY Times does a better job of highlighting things. And Jennifer has a good sense of what's interesting in L.A.<BR/>I used to go there for birthdays all the time as a kid, and I'm talking early 1960s! I also went to a lot of parties at Traveltown and at the late lamented Beverly Park, where the Beverly Center is now.Pat Sapersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11301459337765753609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745503768275295017.post-55166675116470571552008-12-03T12:02:00.000-08:002008-12-03T12:02:00.000-08:00Bob Baker had his own float at the Hollywood Santa...Bob Baker had his own float at the Hollywood Santa Parade. He and his family made a dozen marionettes dance and wave from a fire-engine red truck. The crowd went crazy as they drove by!Ian Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08406544482391247700noreply@blogger.com