Spotlight Theatre Family Festival & Puppet Shows with Food & Beer Vendors

1381 Riverside Drive,Tulsa OK 74127

06 November, 2021

Description

Various family activities & kid-friendly events with food trucks & Goff-themed beer tasting by Good Cause Brewing Saturday, November 6 is filled with various activities and festivities at the Spotlight Theatre from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. A children’s architectural-themed crafting workshop, face painting, mini-golf and other kid-friendly events with food trucks and Goff-themed beer launch by Good Cause Brewing will take place on the Spotlight’s lawn. Throughout the day in the theater will be live puppet shows by Tulsa Artist Fellow, Karl Jones. Karl Jones is a writer, editor, performer and visual artist. Originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma he now lives in Brooklyn, New York making performance and visual work while writing and editing children’s literature for Penguin Random House. He has appeared at NYC venues such as Dixon Place, Roseland Ballroom, Magnet Theatre, The Tank, THNK 1994 Museum, House of Yes, and the Pyramid Club, as well as cultural institutions throughout the United States including the Hirshorn Museum (DC), the San Francisco LGBT Center (SF), and the Walters Art Museum (Baltimore). Prior to living in Brooklyn, he curated and performed at nightlife and museum events in the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore region working with artists and musicians including Taylor Mac, Erin Markey, ellen cherry, Dynasty Handbag and Leslie Hall. His most recent project, the Karl Marks Children’s Hour is a community art-making project featuring collaborative crafting and interactive storytelling. Tulsa Artist Fellowship, located in the heart of Oklahoma’s Green Country, is an initiative of the George Kaiser Family Foundation (GKFF). Using evidence-based practices, GKFF invests in a culturally vibrant and economically robust Tulsa with the belief that a thriving community will afford high quality opportunities for all residents. With GKFF’s strong belief that the arts are essential to a diverse and engaged city, Tulsa Artist Fellowship was established in 2015 as a program dedicated to addressing the most pressing challenges in artistic communities and serving as a globally recognized model for mobilizing communities with the transformative power of art.