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Jimmy Smits on Patriotism, Politics and Hollywood
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:00:00 -0400
Acclaimed actor Jimmy Smits will host the 28th annual broadcast of A Capitol Fourth on PBS this July 4th. But before his primetime duties, the actor stops by NPR to discuss his television career and why he's proud to be an American. Smits also discusses the possibility of his own run for public office.
The Word On George Carlin
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:01:00 -0400
Linguist Geoff Nunberg reflects on the life and language of the late comedian George Carlin, who died last month. In the 1970s, Carlin observed: "There are 400,000 words in the English language, and there are seven of them you can't say on television. What a ratio that is: 399,993 to seven. They must really be bad." Then he proceeded to say them.
Revisting Carole King's 'Tapestry'
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:00:00 -0400
When Carole King's album Tapestry came out in 1971, it became one of the best-selling albums of all time and marked her as one of pop's most talented songwriters. King's masterpiece has been reissued as a 2-disc Legacy Edition by Sony. Music historian Milo Miles takes a look at the landmark work.

Guardian Unlimited: Culture Vulture

Culture Vulture: The last post
Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:39:13 -0000
If you're here on Culture Vulture and looking in bewilderment for one of our regular features - today's Readers recommend, for instance - then never fear. We've been making some exciting changes to Guardian arts online, among which are a...
Not just a pretty phrase
Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:10:55 -0000
Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer's one-man show is punchy and witty, but Lyn Gardner wonders what happened to the traditional deskbound, enigmatic author.
Best of the literary blogosphere
Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:22:03 -0000
The announcement of Orhan Pamuk's Nobel laureateship was greeted with a largely positive response from literary bloggers. "It's going to be harder to complain about this one than recent winners - we certainly can't," concedes The Literary Saloon, before...

 

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The Puppetry Home Page - Dedicated to international puppetry and lists puppetry information and resources.
Meta Description: [ The Puppetry Home Page is dedicated to international puppetry and lists puppetry information and resources. ]

Pageant - Scenes of Vermont review.

Axtell Expressions - Puppets, magic, and ventriloquist supplies. Learn basic ventriloquism online. Huge list of links to other puppetry and ventriloquism sites.
Meta Description: [ Amazing professional latex puppets for ventriloquists, puppeteers, magicians, clowns and children's ministry. Puppets & Magic with a creative twist! ]

Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry - Located at the University of Connecticut and containing one of the most comprehensive puppet collections in the US.

Can Titella - Puppetry links and information brought to you by two puppet fans.

Center for Puppetry Arts - Largest organization in the United States devoted to the art of puppetry. Information on museum and education programs; performances; 1999 Festival; membership information; job opportunities; links.
Meta Description: [ See a show, play with puppets in the hands-on museum, make a puppet souvenir to take home and shop for puppets til you drop in the museum store of the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, GA! ]

Columbia Association of Puppeteers - A puppetry guild in Portland, Oregon, USA with lots of puppet builders, teachers and performers. A Chartered guild of the Puppeteers of America since 1975.
Meta Description: [ A puppetry guild in Portland, Oregon, USA with lots of puppet builders, teachers and performers. A Chartered guild of the Puppeteers of America since 1975. ]

Dynamic New Animation - A performance company that uses puppetry to creates shows for children and adults, and teaches puppetry. Information about shows, education, history, and contact details.
Meta Description: [ Theatre Productions using puppetry, performance and animation for young and old. Issue based work for young people and a wide variety of workshops and training. Uk & International touring. ]

Greek Marionette Theater - All about marionettes in Greece and world wide. Videos, photos, links, and the marionette history.

I Burattini di Mario Magonio - Information about the Puppet Theatre of Mario Magonio, of Genoa, Italy. Includes directories and links to puppet theatres, museums and other resources from around the globe.

Il Teatro Calamari - Puppet and Mask Theatre - An international touring puppetry, mask and physical theatre troupe based in Saint Helena, California. Performs in street, schools, large and small venues. Offers workshops and residencies.
Meta Description: [ Il Teatro Calamari tours world-wide with exciting shows that use puppetry, mask and physical comedy. We also have unexciting shows for the weaker audience. Company is based in St. Helena, California. Small and large venues, schools and libraries. ]

Internationaal Poppentheater Festival - An annual puppet theatre festival held each summer in Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Includes program information and photos from previous years' events.

International Marionnette Institute - The International Puppet Institute of Charleville-Mézières was founded in 1981. Together with its National School of Puppetry (ESNAM), both with a world-wide concern, it represents an unparalleled set of means and activities dedicated to puppetry and its promotion. The Institute deals with many fields: education, vocational and continuous training, courses, meetings, publishing, research and documentation, exhibitions. Site in French and English.
Meta Description: [ L'Art de la Marionnette à Charleville-Mézières ]

New England Marionette Opera - New England Marionette Opera Theatre, Peterborough, NH, (90 minutes from Boston) America's only opera theater performed entirely with string operated marionettes. Classical puppet theater.
Meta Description: [ New England Marionette Opera Theatre, Peterborough, NH, (90 minutes from Boston) America's only opera theater performed entirely with string operated marionettes. Classical puppet theater. ]

Punch and Judy - A nice history of Punch and Judy.

Puppet Explorer - Building, scripts, festivals, links, muppet central, theatre, chat, custom, news, and tips.
Meta Description: [ Puppetry Explorer help find puppet scripts,festivals, puppetry products, custom puppets, and much much more. ]

Puppet Resources - Archive of free puppet skits, scripts and other resources.
Meta Description: [ This site is a huge archive of free puppet skits and other puppet resources. ]

Puppeteers of America - National Association of Puppetry. Festivals, membership information.

Puppetmongers - Ann and David Powell create entertaining plays of relevance for audiences of children, families and adults. Provides profiles of the artists, performance calendar, as well as a school and museum of puppetry. Based in Toronto, Canada.

404 Puppetry by Gail Lang - History of puppetry, a puppetry tale and an excursion into puppetry.

Puppets and Stuff - Virtual community for puppeteers or puppet enthusiasts from around the world. Free home pages.
Meta Description: [ Puppets And Stuff - A Community On The Web For Puppeteers Our members are puppeteers or puppet enthusiast from around the world. Puppets and Stuff endevours to bring the world of puppetry to the web. ]

Puppets at KBOB - Helps you get started with puppets and puppetry, using puppets in children's ministry, and building your own moving mouth puppets. Includes reviews of available puppets, and puppetry resources.

Puppets in Prague - Information about master classes and workshops on wooden marionette design and construction, taught by professional Czech puppet artists in Prague, Czech Republic.

Puppets2000 - An award winning, unique and highly interactive entertainment puppet site, containing Behind-the-Scenes and How To activities, as well as strong visual components with easy-to-use navigation.
Meta Description: [ Puppets2000 is a highly interactive, entertaining site with a unqiue educational ]

Push Puppets - An on-line gallery of both old and modern push puppets.

500 Reima's Puppet Ministry - Dedicated to puppetry in Christian ministry and education.

Scott Radke - Produces marionettes, drawings, and sand sculptures.
Meta Description: [ Marionettes and Drawings Scott Radke ]

500 The Great Shadow Play Nang Yai - An introduction to the classical Thai shadow play and the Nang Yai Conservation Project.

404 The Jim Henson Foundation - Founded in 1982 by Jim Henson to promote and develop the art of puppet theater in the United States, the Foundation awards grants to American puppet artists to develop new works of contemporary puppet theater.

The Mascot Organization: Mascot East - The Mascot Organization represents several artists dedicated to producing quality animal costumes props. Many of us are also experienced professional costume actors. At Mascot East, we've specialized a bit by offering realistic animal doubles for film video work. Featured is our Hollywood quality synthetic bear: Burtram
Meta Description: [ Animal doubles, Animal costumes, Animal Puppets for commercial, film and live-action ]

The Punch and Judy College of Professors - UK organisation of leading professional Punch and Judy performers.
Meta Description: [ Leading professional Punch and Judy performers tell you everything you want to know about the traditional Punch and Judy Show at its British best. , The Punch & Judy College of Professors at the heart of the art of Punch and Judy ]

The Puppeteers' Cooperative - Contains information on how to make giant puppets, parades, and pageants.
Meta Description: [ How to make giant puppets and parades. ]

The Puppetry Homepage - A puppet information resource including classifieds, events, workshops, techniques and construction.
Meta Description: [ The Puppetry Home Page is dedicated to international puppetry and lists puppetry information and resources. ]

UNIMA - USA, Inc. - American Chapter of UNIMA, Union Internationale de la Marionette, the world's oldest theatre organization. It is dedicated to promoting international friendship through the art of puppetry.
Meta Description: [ UNIMA-USA is the American Chapter of UNIMA, Union Internationale de la Marionette, the world's oldest theatre organization. It is dedicated to the art of puppetry. ]

404 University of Connecticut Puppetry program - The University of Connecticut offers the only Puppet Arts Training Program in the United States in which students can work toward BFA, MA or MFA degrees in the Puppet Arts.

Uwe Sörensen - Maker of character marionettes, portrait puppets based on photographs, and string puppets, located in Hamburg, Germany.
Meta Description: [ Tolle, realistische, handgefertigte Marionetten aus der Kuenstlerwerkstatt - Uwe Soerensen. Einzelstuecke nach Kundenwuenschen mit viel Liebe und Fantasie hergestellt. Portraitpuppen nach Foto. Einzelstuecke Unikate ]

World Wide Puppets - Photos and brief descriptions of works created for puppet theatre. See page two for information about Reocurring Dreams, and how to participate in this new work for puppet theatre.
Meta Description: [ These pages contain photos and descriptions of works created for Puppet Theatre. Information about upcoming projects can be found on page two. ]