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Puppets and Puppetry

  • Arts

    February 15, 2012

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice at Open Eye

    Puppeteers make magic happen

  • Calendar

    February 8, 2012

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Puppeteers make magic happen

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    Open Eye tackles 'Sorcerer's Apprentice'

    ​​For his first full-length, all-new piece of puppetry theater in five years, Michael Sommers has gone back to the same well that fueled his last one. In 2007, Sommers opened Open Eye Figure Theatre's new space with an adaptation of Goethe's  Prelude to Faust. This time, he picks one of the ... More >>

  • Arts

    January 18, 2012

    The Lion King at the Orpheum

    Play delivers on the hype

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2011

    Protesters blast Wells Fargo bonuses, political donations [VIDEO]

    Protesters decried big bonuses paid to Wells Fargo executives​About 40 protesters marched from Occupy MN's "People's Plaza" to the Wells Fargo center this morning to blast the bank. The protesters were accompanied by Michele Bachmann, John Kline and Erik Paulsen imitators, who stood behind th ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 14, 2011

    Trash Film Debauchery: Puppet Master

    Protesters decried big bonuses paid to Wells Fargo executives​About 40 protesters marched from Occupy MN's "People's Plaza" to the Wells Fargo center this morning to blast the bank. The protesters were accompanied by Michele Bachmann, John Kline and Erik Paulsen imitators, who stood behind th ... More >>

  • Arts

    August 17, 2011

    Joice Rejoice at Open Eye Figure Theatre

    Kevin Kling explores life, death, and return to the living

  • Calendar

    May 25, 2011

    Refreshments

    Kevin Kling explores life, death, and return to the living

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    tUnE-yArDs' Merrill Garbus talks puppetry, playfulness, and learning to use her voice

    ​I'm positive that Merrill Garbus didn't answer her phone the first time I called because she wanted me to hear her voicemail greeting. "Thi-iS iS m-m-E-rr-ilL l-E-a-V-e A m-esS-age," a creaking voice insists, while bounding up and down amidst an octave's worth of notes.

  • Arts

    March 30, 2011

    Avenue Q revamped at Mixed Blood

    More puppets being naughty

  • Calendar

    March 23, 2011

    Avenue Q

    More puppets being naughty

  • Calendar

    March 9, 2011

    Toy Theatre After Dark

    More puppets being naughty

  • Calendar

    February 16, 2011

    Rock the Cradle

    More puppets being naughty

  • Calendar

    December 8, 2010

    The Holiday Pageant

    More puppets being naughty

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    'Dark Matters' brings surreal puppetry to the Walker

    ​The first piece in the Walker Art Center's Adventures in New Puppetry series is going to be a tough act to follow. This weekend, dancer and choreographer Crystal Pite and her company Kidd Pivot Frankfurt RM will perform a piece that "explores the idea of undetectable forces at work in cosmolo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Quintron and Miss Pussycat at the Triple Rock, 6/26/10

    Photo courtesy of the artist​Quintron is famous for being an unrestrained type of genius, spreading his patented (literally) badass garage dance or swamp tech to all corners of the globe or at least America, organs and their Cadillac façade and soulmate and talking puppet stage in tow. Quintron a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2010

    Walker Art Center announces 2010-11 season

    Ralph Lemon at the Walker in September: a lonely road​I'm on the phone with Walker Art Center curator for performing arts Philip Bither; the topic is the 2010-11 season, and the man is clearly jazzed. "One of the major threads of this season is even further erosions between disciplinary lines," sa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2010

    "Puppetry Of The Penis" at Pantages: Dick tricks on a new level

    It's two dudes playing with their dicks. What more do you need?

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Jesse Ventura calls Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin puppets

    Joyce Behar gives Jesse Ventura all the room he needs for a body slam on performance artists Michele "my congresswoman" Bachmann and Sarah "she's a quitter" Palin. "These two are puppets," he says -- and more. Watch:

  • Calendar

    March 24, 2010

    Toy Theatre After Dark IV

    Joyce Behar gives Jesse Ventura all the room he needs for a body slam on performance artists Michele "my congresswoman" Bachmann and Sarah "she's a quitter" Palin. "These two are puppets," he says -- and more. Watch:

  • Calendar

    March 17, 2010

    Seeds

    Joyce Behar gives Jesse Ventura all the room he needs for a body slam on performance artists Michele "my congresswoman" Bachmann and Sarah "she's a quitter" Palin. "These two are puppets," he says -- and more. Watch:

  • Calendar

    February 10, 2010

    Erotic Valentines: A Shadow Show

    Joyce Behar gives Jesse Ventura all the room he needs for a body slam on performance artists Michele "my congresswoman" Bachmann and Sarah "she's a quitter" Palin. "These two are puppets," he says -- and more. Watch:

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    Mighty Boosh, Fraggle Rock & more: The best TV shows to watch stoned

    It's OK, you can come back to this when you're, um, a little less cloudy.

  • Calendar

    December 9, 2009

    La Natividad

    It's OK, you can come back to this when you're, um, a little less cloudy.

  • Calendar

    October 21, 2009

    Dia de los Muertos Celebracíon

    It's OK, you can come back to this when you're, um, a little less cloudy.

  • Calendar

    August 5, 2009

    Like a Virgin

    It's OK, you can come back to this when you're, um, a little less cloudy.

  • Calendar

    July 15, 2009

    East Harriet RoseFest

    It's OK, you can come back to this when you're, um, a little less cloudy.

  • Calendar

    June 3, 2009

    Stevie Ray's Comedy Troupe: Improv in the Park

    It's OK, you can come back to this when you're, um, a little less cloudy.

  • Calendar

    March 25, 2009

    Toy Theatre After Dark

    It's OK, you can come back to this when you're, um, a little less cloudy.

  • Calendar

    October 22, 2008

    Cinematic Titanic: LIVE!

    It's OK, you can come back to this when you're, um, a little less cloudy.

  • Calendar

    October 22, 2008

    The Tiny Jumbo Jolly Grim Show

    It's OK, you can come back to this when you're, um, a little less cloudy.

  • Calendar

    October 22, 2008

    Beakman LIVE!

    It's OK, you can come back to this when you're, um, a little less cloudy.

  • Calendar

    October 1, 2008

    archy and mehitabel, life in lower case

    It's OK, you can come back to this when you're, um, a little less cloudy.

  • Calendar

    August 20, 2008

    The Hobbit

    It's OK, you can come back to this when you're, um, a little less cloudy.

  • Calendar

    May 28, 2008

    Flint Hills International Children's Festival

    It's OK, you can come back to this when you're, um, a little less cloudy.

  • Calendar

    April 2, 2008

    Idigaragua/Massgraves featuring Kill the Vultures

    It's OK, you can come back to this when you're, um, a little less cloudy.

  • Calendar

    November 28, 2007

    The Moscow Ballet’s 'Great Russian Nutcracker'

    It's OK, you can come back to this when you're, um, a little less cloudy.

  • Arts

    July 12, 2006

    Spotlight: Ode to Walt Whitman

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  • Arts

    May 10, 2000

    Pulling Strings

    An unlikely production company called 3 Legged Race delves into the forsaken realm of puppetry, circus acts, and performance art

  • Arts

    April 26, 2000

    Torture for Tots

    Shockheaded Peter inflicts exquisite punishment on naughty children

  • Movies

    April 26, 2000

    Made in Taiwan

    Hou Hsiao-hsien's trademark is his cinematic search for a Taiwanese identity

  • Arts

    July 7, 1999

    No Strings

    Hou Hsiao-hsien's trademark is his cinematic search for a Taiwanese identity

  • Arts

    June 9, 1999

    Daily Bread, Humble Pie

    Theatre de la Jeune Lune's The Golem shapes a feast from clay; Guthrie Lab's Sweeney Todd makes mincemeat of paupers

  • News

    April 28, 1999

    Here Comes the Sun

    Help! I'm trapped inside a giant ant! Are you wearing clothes underneath that kale? What's that baby doing in the birthday cake? Tales of myth and magic from Minneapolis's May Day parade.

  • Feature

    March 1, 1999

    He's the Muppetry Man. He Made Things All Right

    The passion and gift of Jim Henson lives on

  • Feature

    January 6, 1999

    Haunting the House

    The passion and gift of Jim Henson lives on

  • Arts

    December 16, 1998

    Animal House

    The passion and gift of Jim Henson lives on

  • Arts

    November 18, 1998

    The Puppet Master

    After two decades as a theatrical jack-of-all-trades, Michael Sommers pulls the strings for his first full-length performance

  • Arts

    October 22, 1997

    I'm Your Puppet

    Rug Burn: Pakistani children rejoice in cheerful sweatshop in HOBT's Web Sight.

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