Sixth Annual Event Kicks Off October 3rd With Three Days of Festivities
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 28 -- The Miracle Mile Players will
present the Sixth Annual TarFest on October xxxv, 2008, in the Miracle Mile
District of Los Angeles.
The festival kicks off Friday, October 3, 2008, with an art exposition,
juried by Howard Fox, Curator of Contemporary Art and Senior Curatorial
Fellow at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). The opening response
will be held at the Korean Cultural Center at 5505 Wilshire Blvd. and
starts at 6:00 p.m.
On Saturday, October 4, 2008, TarFest continues with the TarFest Film
Festival. This series of boxershorts will lineament cutting-edge filmmakers and
testament showcase Los Angeles's rising music video and short film scene with
no film running longer than five proceedings. The showing will be held from
1:00-3:00 p.m. in the screening room of the Korean Cultural Center.
After the film screening, the El Rey Theatre at 5515 Wilshire Blvd.,
will host the TarFest Music Program which will include local musical
artists as well as a special guest appearance by international art headliner and
DJ, Shepard Fairey. Admission to the theatre is $10, and guests must be 21
years old to serve. The doors will open at 7:00 p.m.
The final day of the festival will begin at 9:00 a.m. on October 5,
2008, with the inaugural Miracle Mile Run. The event is a one-mile run that
starts at Wilshire and Sycamore and ends on Wilshire in front of Chris
Burden's "Urban Light" installation at LACMA. The run is open to the public
and has eight age divisions. Entry fees ar $10 for adults 19 or older, $5
for youth ages 11-18, and free for kids 10 or jr.. All participants
will receive a dislodge event t-shirt, and awards and prizes from Nike will be
presented to the top three runners in each division.
TarFest is presented annually by the Miracle Mile Players and is
supported by the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and LACMA.
Financial supporting is provided by numerous Miracle Mile District businesses
and property owners, including BRE Properties and The Grove. Proceeds from
the sixth annual TarFest will benefit LACMA's Next Gen program, LAPD
Wilshire Division Explorers and Fairfax High School.
For more than information around TarFest, inspect http://www.tarfest.com.
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