Text Box: GLEN ECHO PARK ACTIVITIES Text Box: ADVENTURE THEATRE The Secret Garden June 2-July 8 Weekends at 1:30 and 3:30 Tickets: $8.00 Call 301-320-5331 Text Box: THE PUPPET THEATRE Jack and the Beanstalk Through May 31 Wednesday through Friday, 10:00 & 11:30 Saturdays & Sundays, 11:30 & 1:00 Tickets: $8.00 Call 301-320-6668 Text Box: EVENTS AT THE PARK 27TH ANNUAL WASHINGTON FOLK FESTIVAL Saturday & Sunday, June 2 & 3 beginning at noon This free festival offers seven stages with 450 performers, including a participatory dance program in the Spanish Ballroom, a storytelling stage, and music for family audiences. Local artisans will demonstrate and exhibit their crafts. Text Box: “BEST STUDENT ARTISTS SHOW” AT YELLOW BARN STUDIO The Sixth Annual High School Art Exhibition, will be held on May 19 & 20, at the Yellow Barn Studio & Gallery located in Glen Echo Park. The exhibition is open to the public, from noon to 5:00 p.m. May 20. The annual competition is sponsored by the Friends of The Yellow Barn, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the visual arts. It is open to all high school Juniors and Seniors from Montgomery County. The awards ceremony will take place at 7:00 p.m.on Sunday, May 20/ Student work will be judged by Jackie Jouvenal, a Yellow Barn teacher. Cash prizes of two $500 awards, one each of $250, $150 and $100 will be awarded to the top five winners. An additional 35 artists will receive $35 gift certificates for art supplies. “This competition brings out the best student work in the county,” says Yellow Barn founder and artist-in-residence Walt Bartman, “This is one of the most important art events in Montgomery County.” Text Box: PARK NEWS The National Park Service is making plans for its centennial celebration in 2016. If approved by Congress, the centennial initiative will provide additional funding to improve services and facilities at parks across the country. Among the proposals discussed were an exhibit on Glen Echo Park’s civil rights history (to be housed in the recently restored Candy Corner), and the re-furbishing of the barn adjacent to the Clara Barton House as an administrative building and information center (including an ADA-compliant rest room). Although the Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture (GEPPAC)’s co-operative agreement (which governs the operations of the Park) does not expire until 2015, efforts are already underway to revise and amend the agreement, according to Glen Echo Park site manager Kym Elder. NPS wants to ensure that it has the authority to supervise future construction projects that take place in the park (which is owned by NPS). Major Beers indicated that the town would also want to ensure that the co-operative agreement reflects the interests of the town and its residents. ___________________ GEPPAC is currently reviewing proposals for new artists to occupy two additional studios within the newly restored Yellow Barn. --Tom Helf