NEW YORK – Having a personal portrait made is usually an occasion of dignity and a sign of accomplishment. Usually. But it's hard to be stately when your portrait comes with a hand hole, a plush nose ...

HONG KONG — Yeung Ching-yee lifts four strings between two chubby fingers, and an ancient Chinese lady half his height springs to life. Clad in a pink embroidered dress with blue collars, the figure ...

Those reserved about the level of entertainment they might get from mere puppets should be reminded that the creativity within this profession has intensified in recent years. Watching ...

No matter how many times Brian Hull and his five person professional puppeteer team perform "String City: Nashville’s Tradition of Music and Puppetry," they can't help but dance and sing along ...

STORRS, Conn. – Puppeteers from around the world began descending on the University of Connecticut on Monday to participate in a weeklong festival of all things puppet. The National Puppetry Festival, ...