September 2011 Blog Posts (9)

HI All!

I am  K teacher and I am looking to interview other teachers who use puppets as a teaching tool.

I teach in Connecticut; all areas of the US are fine--I can email you.

Let me know.

Thanks!

Joanna

Neoprene users,

If you’ve recently purchased neoprene from the other supplier, I’m sure you got sticker shock.  Well, we offer four different rigidness formulas for $55 a gallon plus $12.50 shipping.  And if you order 2 gallons ($110) it’s free shipping!  Why pay $180 for two gallons when you can spend $110, that’s $70 you can spend on other materials.  We realize changing supplies can be a headache, not knowing if it’s going to be the same.  Well how about a pint of free…

Has anyone heard of this? It's an exuberant Greek coffeehouse/taverna shadow puppetry tradition. Apparently nobody does it in the US any more, now that the post WWII generation of ethnic puppeteers has faded to black.

The National Hellenic Museum in Chicago, now  in its new quarters, would like to revive the bumbling and none-too-bright Karagiosis, with his big nose…

Puppetry is an ancient art that has survived for thousands of years. Records from the fifth century B.C. describe religious ceremonies in Egypt involving puppets. The records suggest that puppetry was not a new phenomenon. In ancient Egypt, long before the pyramids were built, and also in Greece and Rome, puppets were incorporated into religious festivals. At these times, puppets were exclusively for adult…

A good puppet theater is an invitation to play. Climb in. crouch down. and put on a show. Your audience can see your puppets but they can’t see you! The Puppet Theater is actually the Lemonade Stand. Like the Lemonade Stand. it is a complex project and can take a few days of hard work to finish. You’ll need to decide what color to paint it, what cloth you’d like for the curtain…

I have posted a short review of Script Writing with Celtx Script on the iPad.  

Check out the post at this link.

If you are thinking about launching a Kickstarter project, I have posted a summary of what I learned on my unsuccessful project.

Check out the summary at this link.

One and all...

Our Chicago Guild has found an angel to redesign and perk up our site, now able to post many events and other items to a wider audience.

Please have a look at http://chicagopuppet.org/

If you have items of interest please send them along via the Contact page, and we'll be glad to post them!

TomL

For those unaware, Dragon*Con is a large pop-culture convention held here in Atlanta every Labor Day weekend for the past 25 years.  It's more than just a comic or sci-fi convention and still has a very "fan driven" vibe to.

Last year Beau Brown, who some of you may have met at the National Festival this summer MC-ing the Potpourri, and friends started doing some short puppet videos of 'Bob & Carl the Sci-Fi Janitors' that played around the convention on the convention TV…