COOL TWEEN EVENTS!
February 28th, 2008, 3:37 pm · 1 Comment · posted by Julia Zolondz
Get ready for a ton of cool events!
Head to the Mesa Arts Center to see “Holes,” a play adapted from Louis Sachar’s book about a boy trapped at a juvenile detention camp. He meets new friends and digs.. you guessed it.. HOLES! 4:30 p.m. Saturday, March 1 is the Target Family Matinee with $1 admission for the first 100 guests age 12 and younger.
Are BOATS more your speed? Join the Chandler Desert Breeze Police Department (251 N. Desert Breeze Blvd.
Chandler) and learn to build a cardboard boat for the Rotary River Rally’s Great Cardboard Boat Regatta in April. RSVP required. 480-905-5944
Have you read the teen thriller ”Wake?” Meet the author Lisa McCann at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 5 at Borders (1361 S. Alma School Road, Mesa)
Your last chance to see “Jim Henson’s Fantastic World,” featuring Muppets, arts, props and more is NEXT SUNDAY, March 9! Check it out at Arizona Museum for Youth, (35 N. Robson, Mesa) Get in the Muppet Mood early and watch “Muppets Take Manhattan” at 2:30 p.m. Saturday March 1 at Southeast Regional Library (775 N. Greenfield Road, Gilbert)
From 10am to 3pm, Friday March 7, grab your mom (or dad!) and meet up at Garage Boutique (2nd floor at the mix shops,7107 E. Stetson Dr., Scottsdale) for a trunk show with face painting, snacks and a dj! This place is EXTRA awesome and I’ll be running a store profile next week with pictures of its tasty Candy Bar and cool fashion like the Alter Ego bracelets above! (Photo from www.alteregojewelry.net)
From 9pm to 12am NEXT SATURDAY, March 8, get to smashing with a SuperSmash Brothers Brawl tournament with The Game Truck at Gamestop (1320 w. Elliot Rd., Tempe)
Attention Nightmare Academy fans! At 2 p.m. Saturday, March 8, Author Dean Lorey visits Changing Hands Bookstore (6428 S. McClintock Drive, Tempe) Note to cool parents: Lorey is the screenwriter and co-executive producer of Arrested Development.
If you’re a fan of “Twelve,” you’ll want to peek into Changing Hands at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 8 as New York Times best-selling author Lauren Myracle discusses Thirteen, the latest book in her Winnie Perry trilogy.
ok, this may not be an ACTUAL event, but there are only TWO MORE DAYS to enter to win a disneyland vacation at Disney.com. I’ve been entering all month, and I’ve been squirrling some of the free desktop accessories. Click to download a High School Musical 2, Hannah Montana or Pirates of the Caribbean clock for your computer!
March 3rd, 2008 at 2:40 pm
‘Holes’ review:
You’ll Dig This! It’s a ‘Hole’ lotta fun! My family and I went to see ‘Holes” this past weekend and we loved it.
Kids who have read the award-winning novel by Louis Sachar will love seeing Camp Green Lake materialize before their very eyes.
If you are fan of the Disney movie, you are probably wondering how the cast digs those holes on stage? Well thanks to the ingenuity of Director and Scenic Designer Paul Sannerud, the stage at MAC was extended over the orchestra pit to create the depth needed for the actors to dig the holes in ‘Holes’. And the backdrop has a sky full of holes where the vignettes take place.
Poor Stanley Yelnats has been stricken by his families bad luck curse all because of his “no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather!”
Gus Hines, of Mesa, AZ makes his debut as the wonderfully likeable Stanley Yelnats IV. Hines’ scenes with Nick Hill, who is magical as Zero, are so genuine they make you want to root for the underdogs!
And Cody Davis, as X-Ray, is very effective in his role as the leader of the camp bullies.
As for the heroine of the show, Mary Donnelly really rallies the audience behind her when she owns the role of the Wild-West outlaw Kissin’ Kate Barlow. An honorable mention goes to Andrew Nunemacher who is hilarious as Elya.
Mesa Arts Center has partnered with Lowell Elementary School to bring a a much loved book to life this year. Older children will get to see the play and read “Holes” by Louis Sachar.
If you need any more convincing let the seal of approval from the Mesa Public Schools be your guide.
Unfortunately it is a short run and ends March 9th so enjoy the show! We certainly did.