With help from fellow performers, Zhou Banghui (middle) sets up a shadow puppet theater stage in downtown Xining, Qinghai province.[Photo by Qi Zhiyue/Xinhua] The curtain hangs lightly, its white ...

The 8th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival is fast approaching, so get set for 12 straight days of incredible stories told by puppet artists and companies from around the world playing all ...

The Wang Center’s theater in Stony Brook University glowed softly as Wrapped Presence unfolded, a spellbinding shadow puppet performance created by Caroline and Madeleine Borderies, with Andre ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Though the characters in Appleseed Avenue’s “Election Day” look fit for “Sesame Street,” the tone leans more adult ...

March 6-8 is packed with ways to get out of the house and try something new with your kids. Whether your family loves hands-on... Chicago Parent is Chicagoland’s trusted parenting hub since 1984. We ...

On Friday evening, a large sign propped on the sidewalk of South Boundary Street pointed beyond the tree line, down a small hill and toward a clearing. Laughter broke through the chirps of the ...

The Paperhand Puppet Project debuted its show, The Gift, just over a month after its studio in Saxapahaw flooded during Tropical Storm Chantal. Executive Director Donovan Zimmerman said the theatre is ...

Althea Clayton, a puppeteer with Paperhand Puppet Intervention, looks out from a river puppet during a rehearsal for the organization’s show, “The Gift,” on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, at the Forest ...

For Steelers Nation, the preseason opener against Jacksonville was supposed to be our first televised glimpse of rookie quarterback Will Howard in game action. That excitement has now been tempered by ...

Miles Kane is "open" to a Last Shadow Puppets reunion. The indie star formed the supergroup with Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner in 2007, and their last album was 2016's Everything You’ve Come to ...

Jeff has been hopping on Goombas and collecting Triforce shards since the late NES era. Today, he appreciates all things console games - with a slight favoritism towards his Nintendo franchises. He's ...