Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2005 Puppets on the Rooftop
2005 Press Releases
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The 2005 Yerba Buena Gardens Festival Presents
Puppets on the Rooftop
Saturdays in August - 12 noon & 1:30 pm
Children's Rooftop Garden FREE
28 July, 2005, San Francisco, CA. Saturdays at Yerba
Buena Gardens rooftop are for kids, with puppet performances
by audience favorites, the Caterpillar Puppets who will
perform Saturdays on August 6,13 & 20 at 12 noon
and 1:30 p.m. All performances take place at the Children's
Rooftop Garden located between Howard & Folsom Streets.
Entrance is from skyway across Howard St, or stairs
on Howard Street next to Carousel.
The star of the Caterpillar Puppets show is a rainforest
monster whom the audience must help sing peacefully
to sleep. They'll also aid a baby orangutan puppet in
playing his favorite copycat game. The Three Little
Bla-bla-blas start off the show with a fresh version
of the well-known pigs and wolf story.
Caterpillar Puppets, the creation of Joe and Ronna Leon,
have been the "house" puppeteers for Marine
World/Africa U.S.A., the California State Fair, and
the San Francisco Symphony for the annual Deck the Halls
show at Davies Symphony Hall.
The Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, which takes place
from May through October, features over 150 events,
including classical and jazz concerts, opera, performance
art, international music concerts, dance performances,
children's programs, theater, visual arts, puppet shows,
cultural festivals, and special events.
All performances and events are free and open to the
public, drawing an audience of San Francisco and Bay
Area residents, tourists, and convention attendees that
numbers more than 100,000 each year.
Free Artistic and Cultural Programming in Yerba Buena
Gardens is made possible through the generosity of The
San Francisco Redevelopment Agency; The Creative Work
Fund; The Bernard Osher Foundation; The James Irvine
Foundation; The JPMorganChase Foundation; The National
Endowment for the Arts; The San Francisco Arts Commission;
The San Francisco Foundation; The WA Gerbode Foundation,
The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation; The Zellerbach
Family Foundation; and individual contributions. We
gratefully acknowledge pro-bono contributions from MJM
Management Group; Steefel, Levitt, and Weiss; Latino
Entertainment Partners; LaserCom Design; Moisa &
Associates; Pro Piano; The San Francisco Marriott; Sony-Metreon;
San Francisco Chronicle; San Francisco Downtown Magazine;
and San Francisco Bay Guardian.
Yerba Buena Arts & Events, producer of The Yerba
Buena Gardens Festival is located at 760 Howard Street,
San Francisco, CA 94103. Phone (415) 543-1718; Fax (415)
543-1755; website: http://www.ybgf.org.
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Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
produced by Yerba Buena Arts & Events
760 Howard Street
San Francisco CA 94103
Phone: 415 543 1718
Fax: 415 543 1755
info@ybgf.org
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