The Spanish Trail amphitheatre and then Casbah Coffee are the places to be Nov. 5 when what organizers hope will be an annual north Okaloosa County festival of performing and visual arts premiers.
The arts festival will be followed later that afternoon by a theatrical performance highlighting the inadvertent humor often found on the Crestview Word of Mouth Facebook page.
“We want to host visual artists, crafters, performers, musicians and food vendors,” Art in the Park organizer Sarah Hawkins said.
The theatrics continue at 5 p.m. with a “Crestview Word-of-Mouth Anthology” presented at Casbah Coffee by the Tip Jar Theatre. The show is drawn from the Facebook site that, while providing a forum for locals to find services, restaurants and shops in Crestview, also attracts lots of wry commentary and some generally misinformed rumors and complaints.
“It’s a comedy celebrating Crestview culture,” the show’s director, Erin Brush, said.
The arts festival is an outgrowth of the Crestview Community Theatre Troupe, which organized earlier this year under Mayor JB Whitten’s Cultural Series. Faced with the financial challenges of mounting a full-scale theatrical production for its debut, “we’re taking baby steps for now,” Ms. Hawkins said.
For its first event, the troupe is instead combining visual, performing and culinary arts for a fall arts festival, and invites artists and food vendors to submit applications before Oct. 24. There is no charge to apply or exhibit.
Art in the Park applications can be found at forms.gle/p1TnR3ezMnohus1h8. For further information, email Ms. Hawkins at hawkthebuffartist@gmail.com.
Both events are free. Donations to both groups are gratefully accepted.
FALL ARTS NOV. 5 EVENTS
Art in the Park fall arts festival
WHEN: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5
WHERE: Spanish Trail Park amphitheatre, enter off Stillwell Boulevard
HOW MUCH: Free to exhibit and attend, donations welcome
NOTES: Festival of visual, performing and culinary arts organized by the Crestview Community Theatre Troupe, a Mayor’s Cultural Series program.
Crestview Word-of-Mouth Anthology
WHEN: 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5
WHERE: Casbah Coffee Company, 196 W. Pine Ave., Crestview
HOW MUCH: Free, donations welcome
NOTES: “A comedy celebrating Crestview culture” from posts on the popular Facebook page, presented by Tip Jar Theatre.
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