Carnival

Good morning, readers. Today is Thursday, July 26, 2012. A 9-year-old Sherman Oaks resident is headed to the White House. What's the honor? Creating a soup recipe. Sean Reichbach and dozens of other young chefs are traveling to Washington, D.C. next month as part of Michelle Obama's healthy eating initiative. Daily News T he Supreme Court won't review a case in which a North Hollywood man shot his ex-girlfriend and two other people at a carnival . The man tried to argue that the incident occurred "under the weight of his demons.

BURBANK TEMPLE EMANU EL CELEBRATES PURIM Burbank Temple Emanu El had a Purim Carnival on March 4 at the temple, 1302 N. Glenoaks Blvd., Burbank. The story of Esther was celebrated with children's activities including a petting zoo, carnival games, face painting, arts and crafts, magic and prizes. For more information, call (818) 845-1734. ARTIST WILL DEMONSTRATE WESTERN OIL PAINTING Burbank Art Assn. will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the City Hall Annex, 301 E. Olive Ave., Room 102. The guest artist will be Patrick Harper, who will be demonstrating a painting of a cowboy and horse in oil. Harper has been painting since an early age. After college his interest broadened into commercial art and took him into the advertising business.

'Lulu' opens Tuesday at The Victory Theatre BURBANK -- Vox Humana Productions begins previews Friday of "Lulu" at The Little Victory Theatre. It is directed by Jerry Kernion. Veering crazily between sex farce and bleak tragedy, "Lulu" is Peter Barnes' carnival-tinged adaptation of Frank Wedekind's proto-modern classic of sex, obsession, deception and death. Inhabiting the shadowy world of tents and trailers in a circus carnival-on-the-edge, Lulu is a woman blessed and cursed with the instinctive ability to appear the object of fantasy.

Paul Clinton MEDIA DISTRICT WEST -- When the holidays roll around and charity requests begin to pour into Warner Bros., they inevitably find their way to Anna Parra's desk. Parra, the studio's community relations representative, gets letters from all over -- Burbank, Minnesota and even countries abroad. The letters deluge her with requests for food, toys, clothing, videos and other Warner Bros. merchandise. Some just ask for money. The studio can't answer all the requests, of course.

The longer 11-year-old Jonathan Lee stayed at the Ralph Emerson Elementary School Art Fair on Friday, the stranger he looked. "I'm a girl and a moose," Jonathan announced, having put on a tutu and a moose mask. Five minutes later, the Emerson student had morphed into what he characterized as "a Jedi moose with a light saber." The fair had the same effect on many of the students, who collected paper bag hats, giant cardboard slices of pizza and face masks as the afternoon continued.

Leadership Burbank offers training program BURBANK -- Applications for Leadership Burbank, a 10-month leadership training program, are being accepted through Thursday. Only 20 spaces are available. The program seeks to bring together a diverse group of participants who either live or work in Burbank. Sessions will explore the elements of the Burbank community including infrastructure, economic viability, police and fire services, social justice, safety and the environment.

Gary Moskowitz MEDIA CITY CENTER -- The 2001 Burbank International Children's Film Festival has daily events scheduled for Burbank youths until Nov. 3. Film festival screenings and workshops will begin at 10 a.m. today at the AMC Media Theatre 8 and will run all day until 5 p.m., beginning with a set design workshop at 10 a.m. Film festival headquarters will be housed next to Macy's department store on the third level...

"It's Magic!," a show starring internationally renowned award-winning magicians, returns Friday for a three-day engagement at The Alex Theatre in Glendale. Dale Hindman is directing this show featuring Mark & Jinger, David and Dania, Ed Alonzo, Jason Latimer, Nick Lewin and James Dimmare, in magical acts ranging from sleight of hand to mind-boggling stage illusions. Mark Kalin & Jinger (Jinger Leigh) won the Magician of the Year award in 1998 from the Academy of Magical Arts.

The Glendale Branch of the Music Teachers' Assn. of California will present a benefit recital Sunday, featuring Glendale Branch members and pianists Rosanna Marzaroli and Natalie Ross. A silent auction kicks off the event at 3 p.m., followed by the recital at 4 in the Brand Library Recital Hall, 1601 W. Mountain St., Glendale. The program is Etudes (Op. 10, Nos. 2, 3, 5, 8 and Op. 25, Nos. 1, 6) by Chopin, Preludes (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair, and Minstrels)

The summer swim season begins today at McCambridge Recreation Center pool and Verdugo Park pool. The pools will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday and 1 to 4 p.m. weekdays. The McCambridge pool will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. on the Fourth of July, but the Verdugo pool will be closed. McCambridge will be closed for recreational swimming on Aug. 13 when it hosts the annual Water Carnival Day. The last day of swimming is Aug. 31 at Verdugo, and Sept.