KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Paul Mesner romps around his studio in shorts and tennis shoes, pointing out the special mouth hinges and weighted eye balls that go into making the perfect puppet. His specialty ...

'Our Planet Live – A Netflix Documentary Series' with Dan Tapster Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (5/1 - 5/2) Trey McLaughlin and the Sounds of Zamar Midwest Trust Center at ...

'Christmas with the Celts' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (12/10 - 12/10) Trey McLaughlin and the Sounds of Zamar Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College ...

It’s been years since the Mesner Puppets show performed in Lincoln, where former resident Paul Mesner lived and created his first characters before moving to Kansas City, Missouri, in the 1980s. On ...

When Grace Townley was a young girl in Overland Park, children’s TV legend Fred Rogers was a close friend of her parents. So close that he was Grace’s godfather and she spent time on the set of “Mr.

The 22nd annual Jarvis Conservatory Puppet Festival returns this Friday and Saturday with puppet shows and the popular puppet-making workshop. This year, two nationally acclaimed puppet troupes, ...

PUTNEY -- Sandglass Theater has assembled a roster of international and American performing companies for the 7th Puppets in the Green Mountains Festival, Sept. 18-26. Co-directors Eric and Ines Bass ...

* 3 p.m. -- "Panther and Crane" by Heather Henson (Orlando, Fla.), Bellows Falls Opera House, Bellows Falls, $11 for all ages (Recommended audience: A, F) * 8 p.m. -- "All Weather Ballads" by ...