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Puppet theater show ‘steps’ onto Beverly stage

January 14, 2017 No Comments

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

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Chicago stages await international puppet invasion

January 13, 2017 No Comments

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

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Chicago Children’s Theater Finds Home in Former Police District

January 13, 2017 No Comments

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

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10 Best Things to Do in Chicago in January 2017

January 11, 2017 No Comments

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

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38 exciting openings in Chicago in January

January 11, 2017 No Comments

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

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Steinberg: Pouty about 2017? We have lots to look forward to.

January 11, 2017 No Comments

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

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Puppet fest entertains both young, old

January 11, 2017 No Comments

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.

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Meet the Puppet Master of the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival

January 11, 2017 No Comments

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.

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I Gave My Kids The Talk Using Puppets

January 11, 2017 No Comments

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

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About the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival

The Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival advances the art of puppetry by presenting sophisticated programs vital to the cultural life of Chicago. Engaging and inspiring the largest and most diverse audiences for puppetry possible, the Festival is the biggest event dedicated to puppetry in North America and traditionally offers more than 100 activities annually including performances, workshops, artist instensives, free neighborhood events and symposia to audiences up to 14,000 over 11 days each January. The organization is also home to other key initiatives, including the Chicago Puppet Studio and Chicago Puppet Lab, that nurture the development of puppeteers and deepen the field locally, nationally and internationally with the ultimate goal of promoting peace, equality, mutual understanding, and justice locally and globally.
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