Best Bets: India Independence parade, String & Shadow puppets, ‘Urinetown,’ ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost,’ Merola Grand Finale, Opera in the Vineyard in Livermore

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According to Local News Matters’s linked report, Best Bets: India Independence parade, String & Shadow puppets, ‘Urinetown,’ ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost,’ Merola Grand Finale, Opera in the Vineyard in Livermore, Freebie of the week: Nothing says summer like a family-friendly puppet show presented free on a gorgeous, warm evening in a scenic Alameda park. The puppets belong to String & Shadow Puppet Theater, an Olympia, Washington-based troupe known for fanciful and lighthearted productions presented each summer in a traveling tour. This year’s show is titled “Night at the Grand Opera”; it likely runs closer […] The post Best Bets: India Independence parade, String & Shadow puppets, ‘Urinetown,’ ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost,’ Merola Grand Finale, Opera in the Vineyard in Livermore appeared first on Local News Matters .

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