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April 2008 Blog Posts (23)

Somerville Open Studios

Hey everyone,

We will be having open studios this weekend in Somerville, MA it is on May 3rd and May4th from 12-6 both days.

We will have our Debut DVD for sale at open studios as well as lots of puppets. If you can make it we would love to meet you all.

For more info click here http://www.somervilleopenstudios.org/user/artist_profile.php?artistID=638

Thanks,
Jon

Added by Jon Little on April 30, 2008 at 2:19pm — No Comments

WE ARE GOING TO JAIL! HELP POST OUR BAIL!!

Help Arther D. Dragon get out of

Jail!

Dragon Theater Puppets Has

been accused of having a big

heart! Because of this we are

going behind bars on June 5th

to help raise money for the

Columbia-Willamette district of

Muscular Dystrophy

Association (MDA).

Our goal is make our bail of

$2,400 so we can send 10 of

'Jerry's Kids" to a MDA Summer

Camp, geared for their abilities.

We would like to bribe you… Continue

Added by dragontheater on April 29, 2008 at 5:04pm — 1 Comment

Summer schedule

Well I'm sick right now but also very happy we have quite a schedule

5/3 Downey Street Fair
5/10 Kids Day at Pk
5/13 Puppet show at long Beach
6/6 Orange county Puppet Guild performace
6/7 Beachside Summer Fest (Huntington bch pier outside amphitheater)
6/21 Holand back pkr

Boy I'm tried just writing this I have a lot to do! I want to build a couple of snails and some small people puppets.

Added by biblebetty on April 29, 2008 at 1:46pm — 2 Comments

Need to find a Puppet Builder and Puppeteer in Ontario, Canada for a character in S.E.X. (Star Explorer Xenolith)

Hi, I'm Travis Gordon and I produce online comedy web shows that have been seen over a million times in the last year, we're very popular on youtube

(http://www.youtube.com/user/tbonepearson)there's an alien in an upcoming episode of S.E.X. (Star Explorer Xenolith)

that was going to be computer animated but I thought I'd approach a local puppeteer and see if we could do it that… Continue

Added by tbonepearson on April 28, 2008 at 6:00pm — No Comments

My first foam puppet

I´ve only built regular fleece hand puppets. With some foam in the head to stuff it. Now I wanted to build a foam puppet. After good chat with Stewart1973, he showed me some patterns from him.

I started yesterday with the patterns. Cut it out and put it together. Im now wandering how I put the mouthplate into the head. Then I have to think about the look of the puppet. Maybe I´ll do some monster. I think it will be difficult to make some muppet… Continue

Added by stonemask on April 28, 2008 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Fabric Dye

Following the discussion in the forum on here the other day about fabric dye... it made me think so I made a little… Continue

Added by David Hellyer on April 25, 2008 at 11:42am — No Comments

My first blog about my first puppets

Hi!

My name is Denni, and I live in Iceland. My hometown is Isafjordur (google.com).

For many years I have thought about puppet building. And finally I started by myself, building puppets. First I looked around for materials for my first puppet. In my town is not so many craft stores.

I went to the city and bought fleece, stuffing, eyeballs and more. Googled everything about puppetbuilding. Many things are just crap or google didnt find the right stuff.

The first real thing… Continue

Added by stonemask on April 25, 2008 at 9:44am — No Comments

Ok guess I really need a hand

so as I try to fgure out this networking thing. I am trying to dress up my page and also I accidentally blocked some of my friends instead of deleting email I already read. took a bit of searching but I finally found how to unblock. My apologies to my (x)friends.. Pray I can get my ducks in a row, so I can blog like a normal person.

Added by Sleepylagoon on April 24, 2008 at 1:28am — No Comments

Let's give a big hand to . . .

Thanks for visiting and the invite.
This is my attempt at blog posting. Not much for social sites before so this is my first.
wish me luck

Added by Sleepylagoon on April 23, 2008 at 12:15am — No Comments

Another puppet related news article...Help find the puppets!

This story out of Canada via CBC News - let's watch eBay to see if the puppets turn up...

Mum's the word: ventriloquist searches for missing puppets

Agatha Christie might have dubbed it the Case of the Purloined Puppets, but a New Brunswick ventriloquist just wants to solve the mystery of her missing dummies.

Darlene Porter's two "silent partners" — Wally, a red-haired boy,… Continue

Added by Dave Goboff on April 22, 2008 at 8:41pm — No Comments

Another AJC article...this was the review!

Cinderella meets P.T. Barnum

By Wendell Brock | Friday, April 18, 2008, 12:19 PM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

THEATER REVIEW. Grade: A.

The genius of Jon Ludwig, so cannily on display in his new Cinderella-comes-to-the-circus marionette show at the Center for Puppetry Arts, is his ability to make adorable puppets operate with the same unprincipled guile as human beings.

This is not to say that there isn’t plenty of sweetness and charm… Continue

Added by Amyguru on April 21, 2008 at 10:20am — 1 Comment

Change the World - Perform an illegal puppet show. Go to Jail.

There's a guy named Dave Ridley in Manchester, New Hampshire who, on April 23rd, is going to challenge obsolete laws on that state's books by performing an illegal puppet show on the steps to the state capital in Concord. He's performing "The Night Thoreau Spent In Jail" .

Here's a link to a local newspaper article and the Blog with the whole story:…

Continue

Added by Dave Goboff on April 20, 2008 at 8:00am — 1 Comment

Hey Everyone

Hello Puppet Friends,

Many of you already know me. Many of you don't just started up my account here and wanted to say Hi. So feel free to throw me a message or what not.

Catch you all later,

Jon Little

Added by Jon Little on April 16, 2008 at 7:41pm — No Comments

FOW - Big Bad Wolf Puppet Pattern Giveaway - contest this week only

FOW (Found On Web) - Big Bad Wolf Puppet Pattern Giveaway - contest this week only

April 15, 2008 by lauraslefthook

http://lauraslefthook.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/big-bad-wolf-puppet-pattern-giveaway/

Added by Dave Goboff on April 16, 2008 at 9:56am — No Comments

At $4/each these would make great puppets...Now I need a duck show...

At $4/each these would make great puppets...Now I need a duck show...

http://graveyardmall.com/duhacof10.html

Added by Dave Goboff on April 14, 2008 at 5:01pm — 1 Comment

Blog Tab!

I finally figured out that I could add one. Click & enjoy!

Added by Puppet Hub Admin on April 14, 2008 at 2:30am — 2 Comments

Perhaps I'll try loading the Blog with interesting (to me) puppet news from 'round the net...

An interview with Paul Zaloom...

Speakeasy with Paul Zaloom

Political puppet show at Center for Puppetry Arts

For most of the 1990s, Paul Zaloom taught scientific principles through wacky experiments as "Beakman" on the hit children's show "Beakman's World." For most of his 37-year career, however, Zaloom has used puppetry to "teach" satirical political principles, and he brings his latest one-man comedy, The Mother of All Enemies, to the Center for Puppetry Arts from April… Continue

Added by Dave Goboff on April 9, 2008 at 9:30pm — 1 Comment

Cinderella Della Circus is in the Atlanta Journal Constitution!

So, the AJC had an article on Cinderella Della Circus (the show I'm currently in):

Click here to see pics from the show!

Have a great day!

-Amy

Added by Amyguru on April 6, 2008 at 5:26pm — 2 Comments

Puppet Hub is one month old!

Right at this very moment we have 129 real members (and two fictional ones) from, I think, seven countries. We've got many, many very cool and interesting photos and videos. We've got groups and blogs and discussions (oh, my).

Your friendly administrators, here, are really just very excited the site is growing like it is. It is so great to see people using it, as we intended, to share their work, meet new people, catch up with old friends, exchange ideas, etc, etc, etc.

In… Continue

Added by Puppet Hub Admin on April 4, 2008 at 12:11am — 3 Comments

Hellyer's Puppet Workshop

Hello there, thanks for checking out my page here on Puppet Hub!

My name is David Hellyer, I am a puppeteer and puppet builder. I make regular YouTube videos both about puppet building and also of short sketches with them. If you are interested I also have a blog at… Continue

Added by David Hellyer on April 3, 2008 at 1:38pm — No Comments