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Heart of the Beast Storytime
Heart of the Beast Storytime
and Puppet Library
and Puppet Library
Saturday, December 6, 2025, 10:30 AM
at
2411 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis
(New Address)
Chelly will be hosting storytime from 10:30-11:30, followed by open hours for the puppet library until 2 pm.
This event is free and open to the public.
Come on by to check out their new space on Hennepin Ave!
Doors are open the 1st and 3rd Saturday of every month!
Wise Fools: Fun with Yiddish Folk Tales
Wise Fools: Fun with Yiddish Folk Tales
Saturday, December 6, 2025, 2:00 PM
Hosmer Library (347 East 36th Street in Minneapolis)
Free!
Join Shari Aronson, award-winning puppetry artist of Z Puppets Rosenschnoz, for a taste of Yiddish culture through songs, stories, and a few puppets!
We'll go from kvetching (complaining) to kvelling (rejoicing), with a lot of laughs in between, featuring tales of the legendary town of Chelm.
Directed by Karly Bergmann.
Recommended for seniors, adults and youth.
The Puppet Union Presents:
The O.H.N.O. Puppet Show! One Holey Night Only!
Friday, December 12
6:45 pm - Artist Market
7:30 pm - Show at
New City Center (3104 16th Ave S, Minneapolis)
This is a one-night-only puppet slam celebrating the holiday season (the holiday being the 100-year-anniversary of the invention of masking tape!) This performance will include short-form puppet performances from local favorites and special guests. You can expect silliness, singalongs, and sticky situations!
There will also be an art market prior to the show starting at 6:45pm.
Appropriate for adults and kids 12+
Trees Are Cool
Saturday, December 13, 2025, 11:00 AM
at
Heart of the Beast
2411 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis
(New Address)
NEW and original kids puppet show by Julie Boada and Esther Ouray. Funded by the Hennepin County Green Partners Youth Education Grant.
Solstice Community Lantern Workshops
Semilla Center for Healing Arts
Semilla Center for Healing Arts
2742 - 15th Ave. S., Minneapolis
Mondays, December 8 and 15
Wednesdays, December 10 and 17
6 - 9 pm
ArtStart
ArtStart
Fairmount United Methodist
1523 Fairmount Ave., St. Paul
Saturday, December 13
10 am - Noon
Heart of the Beast Theater
Heart of the Beast Theater
2411 Hennepin Ave. S., Minneapolis
Tuesday, December 16
6 - 8 pm
Winter Solstice Lantern Parade
Saturday, Dec. 20th, 6 - 9 pm
at
Powderhorn Park Rec Center
3400 - 15th Ave. S., Minneapolis
Join us on the shortest night for singing, soup and a lantern parade with puppets.
Presented by Semilla Center for the Arts, ArtStart, Heart of the Beast Theatre and Barebones Puppets.
Free and open to everyone!
Apply to Perform!
Heart of the Beast's
Finger Puppet Follies:
A Valentine’s Day Puppet Slam!
Performances are on February 13th & 14th at 7:30 pm at In the Heart of the Beast.
Applications are due December 15th to create and perform a tiny 8-10 minute puppetry piece.
If you are new to puppetry, performing, and/or specifically to the intricate, minuscule, teeny-tiny, itsy-bitsy fine art of finger puppets, please don’t let that deter you from applying with an idea! There are no performances or puppets too small as audience members will be provided binocular/opera glasses.
Partially funded by the Puppet Slam Network.
Click here to apply
Email Steve Ackerman with any questions at sackerman@hobt.org
LET IT BE KNOWN...🚫NO TOE PUPPETRY ALLOWED🚫
The Twin Cities Puppeteers
Annual Holiday Party
Saturday, January 3rd, 4:00 - 7:00 pm
at Grace Episcopal Church, 4557 Colfax Ave S., Minneapolis, MN 55419
(In addition to on street parking, the church has a parking lot on Bryant Ave. near the corner of 46th.)
Dinner will be potluck. You may choose to bring an entree, a salad, a dessert, etc. Beverages will be provided.
Please RSVP before January 1st, by either emailing or texting Rosemary Caspar ( rlcaspar@gmail.com or 612-716-0928 ) to tell her:
• that you will be joining us (and how many others are coming with you)
• what sort of potluck contribution you will be bringing to the party.
Show and Tell / Perform and Tell: If you have a holiday or winter themed show (less than 5 minutes) or something else for Show and Tell, this is an opportunity to share. If you have questions about performing, contact Kurt Hunter (kurt@huntermarionettes.com).
And of course, we will conclude the party by playing the legendary, steeped-in-tradition, WHITE ELEPHANT GAME
(In case you need a note of explanation, find and wrap up a “white elephant” gift, something you don’t need or use anymore, extra points if it is puppetry related.)
Artists of Hope:
Supporting Gaza's Puppeteers
In Gaza, a small group of puppeteers continues to create art among the ruins, keeping alive the hope and memory of their people. Today, these artists and their families urgently need our support to survive.
UNIMA International is currently launching a solidarity campaign to support through crowdfunding launched by the families themselves or by trusted members of UNIMA International: (the veracity of these crowdfunding has been verified by our organization). Every contribution — even the smallest — is vital to meet their basic needs and to keep hope alive.
Puppeteers of America Festival Survey
Our national puppetry organization, The Puppeteers of America, is excited to be planning the 2027 National Puppet Festival. They could use a little help. Please fill out this short survey to help them pick a time of year for the festival that will be the best for you!
UNIMA-USA Study Scholarships
Since 1982 UNIMA-USA, the U.S. center of the international organization of puppeteers, has offered over 50 scholarships to underwrite professional puppetry training abroad for members of UNIMA-USA. Studying in different countries and experiencing different cultures encourages building bridges for international understanding between puppeteers from around the world, a major aim of all UNIMA Centers.
Scholarship Amount: $1,500
Deadline to Apply: December 1, 2025
Notification: January, 2026
Click here to learn more and to apply
Interested in traveling abroad to attend a festival? Be sure to check out UNIMA’s Passport Program! The PASSPORT program aims to help young puppeteers or puppetry students, who are UNIMA members, to attend puppet festivals and increase their knowledge of the organization and programming of an international event.
Each participating festival to the PASSPORT program offers free accommodation and tickets for shows on the program.
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