The Baffo Box by Modern Times Theater
The Baffo Box by Modern Times Theater
Storrs, CT
Audiences are captivated throughout this one-of-a-kind show performed by Justin Lander and directed by Rose Friedman. Find out what happens when the Baffos, two slapstick chaps who keep the sun, moon, and everything else running, juggle their changing world. With classic hand puppetry, Dadaist vent…
Saturday, October 19 2024
11:00 AM
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3:00 PM
Wonderland Puppet Theater Symposium: Keynote Address and Film Screening of "In Black"
Wonderland Puppet Theater Symposium: Keynote Address and Film Screening of "In Black"
Storrs, CT
Join us for the kickoff of the Wonderland Puppet Theater Symposium with the keynote address by Wonderland Puppet Theater: Visions of the Beloved Community curator Dr. Paulette Richards. The keynote address will be followed by a screening of In Black, a documentary on African American puppeteers b…
Friday, October 25 2024
6:30 PM
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8:00 PM
Wonderland Puppet Theater Symposium: “'The Marriage Agreement': Women Artists Navigate Gendered Divisions of Labor" Panel
Wonderland Puppet Theater Symposium: “'The Marriage Agreement': Women Artists Navigate Gendered Divisions of Labor" Panel
Storrs, CT
“'The Marriage Agreement': Women Artists Navigate Gendered Divisions of Labor" with Dr. Nancy Naples (UConn Departments of Sociology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies), Dr. Alissa Mello (University of Exeter), and Jacqueline Wade (filmmaker and puppeteer). Early press for Wonderland Pupp…
Saturday, October 26 2024
9:30 AM
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11:00 AM
Wonderland Puppet Theater Symposium: "Residential Segregation" Panel
Wonderland Puppet Theater Symposium: "Residential Segregation" Panel
Storrs, CT
"Residential Segregation" panel with Dr. Stephen L. Ross (UConn Department of Economics), and Dr. Jeffrey Ogbar (UConn Departments of History and American Studies). Morris Milgram was the son of impoverished immigrants in New York City. Expelled from college for leading an anti-fascist protest, …
Saturday, October 26 2024
2:00 PM
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3:30 PM
Wonderland Puppet Theater Symposium: Exhibition Tour with Curator Dr. Paulette Richards
Wonderland Puppet Theater Symposium: Exhibition Tour with Curator Dr. Paulette Richards
Storrs, CT
Join us for the kickoff of the Wonderland Puppet Theater Symposium with a guided tour by curator Dr. Paulette Richards of Wonderland Puppet Theater: Visions of the Beloved Community. This tour will last 1 hour, after which there will be a dinner break. The “Wonderland Puppet Theater Symposium” is …
Friday, October 25 2024
4:00 PM
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5:00 PM
Wonderland Puppet Theater Symposium: "Children’s Media: Literature, Television, Theater" Panel
Wonderland Puppet Theater Symposium: "Children’s Media: Literature, Television, Theater" Panel
Storrs, CT
"Children’s Media: Literature, Television, Theater" with Dr. Vibiana Bowman (Rutgers University emerita), Dr. Katherine Capshaw (UConn Department of English), and Khalilah Brooks (Puppeteer, Aunty B’s House). In 1966 Alice Swann and Nancy Schmale began to perform their puppetry on live television.…
Saturday, October 26 2024
11:15 AM
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12:45 PM
The Loose Caboose by Harry LaCoste, featuring Good News Gus
The Loose Caboose by Harry LaCoste, featuring Good News Gus
Storrs, CT
Children perk up with curiosity and excitement throughout this interactive tale. Find out what happens when a train engineer finds his caboose has disconnected and is left stranded without an engine. With cheerful puppet characters and enchanting musical stories, this show will have audiences looki…
Saturday, September 21 2024
11:00 AM
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3:00 PM
2024 Celebrate Mansfield Workshops
2024 Celebrate Mansfield Workshops
Storrs, CT
The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut will once again offer fall community puppet-building workshops to design and build life-size and over-life-size puppets for a new pageant production—The Conference of the Birds—to be performed at the Celebrate Mansfield F…
Sat, Sep 14 2024
10:00 AM
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Sun, Sep 15 2024
5:00 PM
Puppet-Making with Feel Your Best Self
Puppet-Making with Feel Your Best Self
Mansfield, CT
Join Feel Your Best Self to explore how your family can incorporate simple, emotion-coping strategies in a joyful and fun way into your daily routine. Learn about the free online FYBS toolkit, which includes fun puppet videos, strategy cards, discussion tip sheets and more! Caregivers and kids will…
Friday, October 4 2024
4:00 PM
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5:00 PM
Sea Offerings, Wayang, and Me by Matthew Cohen
Sea Offerings, Wayang, and Me by Matthew Cohen
Storrs, CT
The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry is pleased to present Sea Offerings, Wayang, and Me, a lecture-performance by UConn Puppet Arts Professor Dr. Matthew Cohen, with video by artist Ben Hagari, on Monday, Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. at the Ballard Institute Theater, located at 1 Royce Circle in Downt…
Monday, November 4 2024
7:00 PM
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8:00 PM
