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| Detroit's PuppetART is family fun with strings attached - Detroit News Posted: 25 Apr 2010 10:59 AM PDT Donna Terek: Donna's Detroit | With video Detroit -- PuppetART Detroit Puppet Theater is nestled under a curve of the Detroit People Mover on an out-of-the-way corner of downtown Detroit. The little theater has about 70 seats, and every Saturday afternoon they are filled with kids and their parents waiting for the magic moment -- 2 p.m. -- when the lights dim and the puppets come to life. The plays are all original adaptations of folk tales and fables from around the world. Puppets are made on site and, after seeing a performance, kids and adults can take a workshop and make one of their own. The nonprofit PuppetART is also an informal museum with displays of all types of puppets. On weekdays, school groups visit for the combination of performance, puppetry workshop and museum tours. Advertisement Russian puppeteer Igor Gozman calls Detroit the "cradle of puppetry in the U.S." The city hosted the first North American conference of puppeteers, and Detroit's own Ed Johnson was one of the first to use puppets on television with his characters Willy Doit and the dragon Applesauce performing on "Milky's Party Time." So it was fitting that Detroit is where Gozman happened to settle down and found his own theater and puppet museum. "It became our obligation to bring puppetry back to Detroit," Gozman says. PuppetART is at 25 E. Grand River. Performances are 2 p.m. Saturdays, with a new show every month. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| 4/24: National Astronomy Day, Family Fun Day in Peoria - AZCentral.com Posted: 18 Apr 2010 04:58 PM PDT The stars must be aligned. National Astronomy Day coincides this year with Saturday's Family Fun Day at the Challenger Space Center in Peoria, creating a convergence of all things celestial. "It's an opportunity for children to get in free and see our programs," said Kari Sliva, the center's executive director. "We try to do something every month to encourage families to come out and enjoy the Challenger Space Center and our Family Fun Days." The tie-in to Astronomy Day is a natural for the center, which celebrates the exploration of outer space. "Space is naturally mysterious. It still has that aura and it always will," Sliva said. "And kids have that desire to discover. We're really committed to inspiring kids, to get them involved and show them that math and science can actually be very fun." Here are five things to check out at the Center on Saturday: • Challenger Traveling Space Experience Take a virtual reality trip through the solar system in this mobile unit, checking out the topographical features of other planets and their moons. The exhibit is geared primarily for children from 7 through 13. Time: All day. • Rendezvous with a comet The Center will be conducting a couple of its regular "space missions" Saturday. The missions, which are appropriate for older children and adults, last about two hours. After a briefing on the mission's goal - on Saturday, a rendezvous with a comet - the ersatz astronauts and mission controllers go to separate simulators. Then, after a post-mission briefing, they switch roles. "That way everybody gets to be an astronaut for a while," Sliva said. Time: 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Additional cost: $17.50 ($15 for students and seniors). Reservations required. • Solar gazing Enjoy a safe, close up look at our nearest star through a telescope equipped with a special sun filter. "There has been a nice amount of solar activity (lately)," Sliva said. "We should be able to see sunspots and maybe even some solar flares." Time: 10 a.m.-noon. • StarLab Planetarium show Learn about some of the planets and constellations visible this time of year with Tony and Carole LaConte, of Stargazing for Everyone. The planetarium program is suitable for everyone from preschoolers to retirees, Carole said. Time: 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Additional cost: $4. • Stargazing Take in a multimedia presentation of the nighttime sky with the LaContes on the center's south lawn. "Hundreds of years ago, people were much more aware of their natural surrounding, more in tune with the sky. We're trying to bring some of that awareness back," Tony said. Along with information on some of the astronomical objects currently visible, the LaContes will discuss compelling related trivia such as Jonathan Swift's surprisingly accurate description of the Martian moons, which he wrote more than a century before they were first seen. During the program visitors will enjoy telescopic views of Saturn, the moon, galaxies and star clusters. Time: 7-9:30 p.m. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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