9th Annual Summer Puppetry Festival performances and events announced

Menlo Park celebrates puppetry in its many forms, with a series of puppet shows and related events featuring beloved performers from throughout the Bay Area and beyond. Drop in for one event or come for the entire series.

The Summer Puppetry Festival receives funding support from the Friends of the Menlo Park Library.

Performances:

6/28, 11:00am: Pop and Go Puppets: Wildspaces!, Belle Haven Library

7/9, 10:15am: The Puppet Company: Tall Tales, Menlo Park Library

7/26, 11:00am: Fratello Marionettes: The Art of the Puppet, Belle Haven Library

7/30, 10:15am: Puppet Art Theater: Tommy’s Space Adventure, Menlo Park Library

8/23, 11:00am: Possibly Puppets: Save the Day for Snail, Belle Haven Library

Note: Menlo Park Library (800 Alma St.) performances are outside on the library lawn.

Other events:

6/15, 6:00pm: The Science & Psychology of Muppet Design, Menlo Park Library

7/18, 2:00pm: Create Shadow Puppets (Ages 8-Adult), Belle Haven Library

8/12, 1:00pm: Meet Mallory Lewis, Virtual, + MP/BH viewing

8/26, 6:00pm: Documentary — Shari & Lamb Chop, Menlo Park Library

Photo courtesy of Menlo Park Library; Lamb Chop and her current performer Mallory Lewis (Shari’s daughter) along with Shari and her Emmy