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A friend passes

Just a note to all the folks here on Puppet Hub -- Buffalo puppeteer Jim Menke passed away yesterday after a stroke earlier this month. His love for puppetry and theater was pretty much unmatched, and his talent was remarkable.

I had to chance to reconnect with him last year, and I will miss his emails and his correspondence. His enthusiasm and his love for this art helped rejuvenate me, and for that reason, I will miss him. Continue

Added by Pix Smith on August 29, 2010 at 1:47pm — No Comments

Pupperty of Oz

Something I have been fascinated with my entire life are marionettes and puppets. I remember seeing a production of Sleeping Beauty in grade school, performed entirely with marionettes, and simply loving it (I recently found out the production was done by Stevens Marionettes). Another time, my grade school class too a field trip to the Pabst Theatre in Milwaukee to see a production of Pinocchio, performed en

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Added by John Nickolaus on August 24, 2010 at 9:00pm — 12 Comments

Screenin of Elmwood Puppet Films!

Screening Sept 4th 2010!~

Jon Bristol and Elmwood Productions
At PARIS IN PLANTSVILLE!!!

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Added by Jon From Elmwood on August 11, 2010 at 1:21am — No Comments

Custom Puppets Services By California Puppets

California Puppets is a San Francisco Bay Area based company, we design and build… Continue

Added by californiapuppets on July 27, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Puppets changed my life:)

I am the only professional ventriloquist in Poland. I started a long time ago when no one knew here... what ventriloquism is. I am happy because of that all. I have met a lot of nice people who play with puppets and this all influenced my life as an actor and performer.
This is another place to meet great open minded people who are not afraid of playing with puppets even if the society wants them to become finally adult:)

PS. If you want to join my ventriloquism social network then… Continue

Added by Wojciech Glanc on July 19, 2010 at 8:15am — 2 Comments

Professional Orca Puppet By california Puppets

Check out orca, the laughing orca.This great
looking orca puppet will be a great addition to your show.… Continue

Added by californiapuppets on July 18, 2010 at 3:48pm — No Comments

BABY MONSTER raffle to help the O'neill Alumni Scholarship.

Hey Folks,

We are working on raising funds for the O'neill Puppetry Conference Alumni Scholarship.

So, we are selling raffle tickets for $10 a ticket to win a Baby Monster puppet built by Little's Creatures in the color of your choice.

This is a great chance to get a great puppet for little cost.

For more info go here

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Added by Jon Little on July 16, 2010 at 2:27pm — No Comments

Notable Achievements & Awards

Below you will find information on notable achievements and awards earned through our current and previous ministry endeavors.

2010
International Festival of Christian Puppetry & Ventriloquism; Bourbonnais, Illinois

- Puppetry Dream Team 2010: Gabriel Galdamez

- International Lip Synch Challenge: 2nd Place- Gabriel Galdamez

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Added by Gabriel Galdamez on July 16, 2010 at 3:11am — No Comments

Puppetry Festivals

it would be great if we could have a list of puppetry festivals around the world and comments about each one by people who have attended them. It will help a lot to know where to apply and what to expect from them. Anyone who has information to share?

Augusto.

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Added by Augusto Cabrera on July 15, 2010 at 4:54am — 1 Comment

Any suggestions for very cheap domain name or web hosting for hobbyist puppeteer?

Hello to all,

I would like to make a simple web page for my puppets and would like to know if anyone in the PuppetHub universe could suggest a cheap service for a simple web page?

My internet provider allows me 100 MB of space, which I am sure is plenty. I would like to register a domain and then transfer it to my site on my ISP's server.

Thanks for your help! -Terrence

Here's my blog if you are interested:
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Added by Terrence Burke on July 14, 2010 at 8:49pm — 1 Comment

Reverse monitors?

Hey there puppet land!

So, we're shooting a low budget puppet film this weekend involving my cat puppets (posted somewhere on my gallery) and we need reverse monitors - does anyone know where to get them? How to make them? Any resources at all?

The shoot will be taking place in San Francisco.

Cheers!
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Added by BlueHyena on July 14, 2010 at 3:33pm — No Comments

The origin of the word "puppeteer" found!

Check it out!

http://sonsofpunch.com.customers.tigertech.net/word-puppeteer-coined-in-chicago/

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Added by Tim Lagasse on July 7, 2010 at 11:31am — No Comments

Picnic July 11

Bring your own Soccer Mom Chair email at sawitek@gmail.com for details
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Added by Susan A. Witek on July 2, 2010 at 10:05am — No Comments

New online show series! Coming soon!

Ladies and gentlemen, I am currently in the middle of putting together a youtube channel. These videos will be posted here as well. But I am giving all of you first peek. It is called Rockwell's Bottom 5's, which will feature me and my little fuzzy red buddy, Ira. We will be discussing our least favorites of given categories and they will differ per episode. Another show in the works is Rockwell's Pointless Animation Show. Episode 1 features 5 animations that I made and now, I am wanting to give… Continue

Added by Rockwell on July 1, 2010 at 1:42pm — No Comments

hi there, i have just joined

I am a puppeteer based in Ireland, and i'm suffering a little from creative block at the moment.

I have created many shows in the past and last year i decided now was the time to create the adult show that has been going around my head for sometime now, but due to the way things have been going economically my plans were changed to work on another family show. Now that i have started working on this new idea, things from the adult show keep creeping in, and i'm on sure with what i'm left wit

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Added by Thomas Baker on July 1, 2010 at 8:07am — 1 Comment

Doko's Fourth Episode Posted!

Hey, everyone!
Just posted the fourth episode of Doko on my YouTube channel!
Come check out his adventures and let me know what you think!
Take care,
Tony
Doko - Episode 4
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Added by TijuanaTaxi on June 17, 2010 at 1:36am — No Comments

Doko's third episode posted!

Hey, everyone!
Almost forgot to post a link to the third episode of my puppet web-series, Doko! Check it out and let me know what you think!

Doko - Episode 3
Take care,
Tony
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Added by TijuanaTaxi on June 17, 2010 at 1:33am — No Comments

Visiting a puppet master

Today I went with some friends to visit Ohio's puppet master, Dr. George Creegan. Some of you that read this maybe familer with a book that he published back in 1966 entitled: "Sir George's Book of Hand Puppetry." For those of you who are not familer with his work. Dr Creegan is the founder of the Creegan Company in Steubenville, Ohio. His company not only made their own puppets back in 60's, but these days they make animatronics for companies such as Disney World, Sea World, Hershey Park, va

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Added by Yippee on June 4, 2010 at 7:05pm — 3 Comments

Holy poo, I made puppets

Ok, so my gallery on here is a bit sparse of hand puppets, made up for by an overabundance of costumes/body puppets.

But the punters asked, and I (finally) deliver.

Please check out the gallery, or my personal photos page to see the three cat puppets that I have made for a short film that will be shooting locally in the next month or two. I'll be back on board to oversee the puppetry and to manipulate one of them when filming starts - but in the meantime I talked

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Added by BlueHyena on June 3, 2010 at 4:37am — No Comments

Puppets for dolls... or doll puppetry?

Inspired by a lot of doll miniature stuff, my new shadow puppet is for
both the doll house types and the puppeteers. Shadow puppetry in
miniature!

More info here:
http://www.puppetsinmelbourne.com.au/shop.php/mini-marie-shadow-puppet