When teachers noticed that children in Oakland preschool and kindergarten classrooms were not engaging in imaginative play or interacting with each other as much after the pandemic, staff at ...

Dracula the Puppet Play, Hystopolis Productions, at Red Hen Productions. Why have the uneven puppeteers at Redmoon become Chicago’s darlings when there’s a company like Hystopolis in town? This ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. Puppetry is more than just child’s play at Children’s Fairyland, Oakland’s iconic ...

Thanks in part to the genius of Jim Henson, many people think of puppets merely as child’s play. The same puppets that entertain children challenge adults. They ask them to look deeper, suspend their ...

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This year, the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival claims that the city will become ‘the puppetry capital of the world’. This is not a reference to hedge fund managers and Mayor Lori ...

WHEN: 7 p.m. Friday, May 23 (in English); 2 p.m. Saturday, May 24 (in Spanish, with English description); for workshop dates, visit tcataos.org WHERE: Taos Center for the Arts, 145 Paseo Del Pueblo ...

Cattywampus Puppet Council has brought big puppet magic to the city for over a decade. In addition to bringing its puppets to events around town, the nonprofit also offers a UT course, hosts workshops ...