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SOMERVILLE COPY CAT FESTIVAL

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    Check out photos—and some of the featured cat videos—from the Somerville Copy Cat Festival which took place Sunday at the Center for the Arts at the Armory. The event was sponsored by the Somerville Arts Council.

    Clockwise left to right: Kayana Szymczak/Boston Globe; Pat Greenhouse/Boston Globe; Kayana Szymczak/Boston Globe; Jamie Byrne

    SOMERVILLE COPY CAT FESTIVAL

    Check out photos—and some of the featured cat videos—from the Somerville Copy Cat Festival which took place Sunday at the Center for the Arts at the Armory. The event was sponsored by the Somerville Arts Council.

    Clockwise left to right: Kayana Szymczak/Boston Globe; Pat Greenhouse/Boston Globe; Kayana Szymczak/Boston Globe; Jamie Byrne

    Cat enthusiasts watched a slideshow of the cat videos during the festival.

    Kayana Szymczak/Boston Globe

    (Left to right) Sunny Marcus, 11, Bruce Marcus, and Rowan Marcus, 13, watch the cat-inspired stage show.

    Kayana Szymczak/Boston globe

    Festival-goers watched a cat named Livvy Ferocia paw the air in the video “Jazz Hands" by Jamie Byrne.

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    still from video by jamie byrne

    Iris Evich (left), 11, and Raphaella Plumb, 10, make cat masks.

    Kayana Szymczak

    "Animated Cats" by Erika Rew Hapke was another video at the festival.

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    Erika Rew Hapke

    Jef Czekaj, a Somerville cartoonist who served as emcee for the event, read from his book "Cat Secrets" onstage.

    Kayana Szymczak/Boston Globe

    Yet another video enjoyed at the festival was Henri 5, "The Worst Noel" video by HenriLeChatNoir.

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    HenriLeChatNoir

    Teyah Suarez, 6, had her face painted like a cat at the festival.

    Kayana Szymczak/Boston Globe

    The cat "Pellburn Jacoby Stealin' Home" made an appearance onstage.

    Kayana Szymczak/Boston Globe

    Some cat lovers dressed up for the affair. (Left to right) Robert Smyth, Heather Balchunas, and Rachel Strutt attended the festival.

    Kayana Szymczak/Boston Globe

    Another video at the festival was “Peanut Butter Breath Episode 2: Altar of the Death Cat” by Mike Shea.

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    Video still by Mike Shea

    Raphaella Plumb (left), 10, and Iris Evich, 11, hung pictures of their cats on a cat photo clothesline featured at the festival.

    Kayana Szymczak/Boston Globe

    “Christmas Card” was submitted by Paul Villanova.

    Paul Villanova

    Steph Hammell put on cat ears she made at the festival.

    Kayana Szymczak/Boston Globe

    Elizabeth R. Stone mans her face painting table.

    Kayana Szymczak/Boston Globe

    Kids wore cat masks. Here is Teyah Suarez, 6, wearing hers.

    Kayana Szymczak/Boston Globe

    Before the festival, Czekaj posed with his cat Tucker.

    Pat Greenhouse/Globe staff

    Rachel Strutt, left, and intern Vera Vidal posed with Strutt’s cat, Coco. Strutt is the program manager for the Somerville Arts Council, which sponsored the Somerville Copy Cat Festival.

    Pat Greenhouse, Globe staff

    Strutt’s cat Coco sits atop a cabinet, one of her favorite spots.

    Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
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