For the next ten days Chicago is the puppet capital of the world
by Tony Adler Spring 1988. The Spanish puppet company Comediants is onstage at Park West and a 26-year-old Blair Thomas is in the audience having a revelation. “I saw that […]
Weekend Passport: Ukrainian Music And Iranian Puppets
Each week global citizen Nari Safavi usually helps listeners plan their international weekend. This week, we look ahead to the Chicago Puppet Festival, which begins next week. One of the […]
Puppet theater show ‘steps’ onto Beverly stage
by Jessi Virtusio The “delight” of puppetry is that audiences understand the characters on stage are not real and yet they behave in a way that appears to be alive, said […]
Chicago stages await international puppet invasion
by Hedy Weiss Puppet theater is an ancient art form that some sources date back to the 5th century B.C. in Greece. But in recent decades it has been reborn as […]
Chicago Children’s Theater Finds Home in Former Police District
By Janet Davies After twelve years of bouncing around from place to place, the Chicago Children’s Theater has a permanent home at the former 12th District Police Station in […]
10 Best Things to Do in Chicago in January 2017
by Mommy Nearest The holiday chaos may have cleared, but there is still plenty to do around Chicago! Kick off the new year by viewing Kohl Children’s Museum’s newest exhibit, attending […]
38 exciting openings in Chicago in January
by Grace Perry It’s officially January in Chicago, when the fresh potential of a new calendar year is paired with the bitter cold of the post-holiday lull. It’s easy to cozy up […]
Steinberg: Pouty about 2017? We have lots to look forward to.
by Neil Steinberg, Chicago SunTimes Well look at this! A shiny New Year — 2017 apparently, though that’s almost hard to believe. The numerals look strange. Were it suddenly 2077 or […]
Puppet fest entertains both young, old
by Joan Dittmann, Post-Tribune If you’ve ever used your hands to cast shadows of shapes on the wall, you’ve literally tried your hand at one of the world’s oldest forms of puppetry. […]
Meet the Puppet Master of the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival
By Kim Campbell The 2nd annual Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival is about to be unleashed upon Chicago just in time to distract us from the deep freeze of winter. […]
I Gave My Kids The Talk Using Puppets
by Kathleen Thometz, Western Springs Journal There has been a lot of breast-beating and angst about how bad 2016 was and many are happy to have it behind them. The beauty […]
Chicago International Puppet Festival is back in January
by Morgan Greene The Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival will return this January to venues all over Chicago with performances from more than 25 artists from seven different countries. International acts […]
