Nov. 18, 2019
Holiday Open House at Owl Glass Puppetry Center !
November 24 is West Liberty's Holiday Open House, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. Businesses will be open from 3:00 to 6:00 PM and many will serve holiday treats. Come to Owl Glass for your gift shopping! We'll have puppets, dolls, miniatures, and prints! While you're here, make a colorful paper bag puppet! It's also the last day to patronize the the pop-up gallery of the West Liberty Area Arts Council at the Liberty Social Club!
June 4, 2019:
The Big Election! Fun, Fantasy, and Voter Education!
Who will win the big election for Leader of the Beasts? Will it be Benny P. (for Progress) Beaver or Terry E. (for Environment) Turtle? Listen to their stump speeches and decide who YOU want to vote for! But how about that colony of ants? There are a zillion of them; they could change the outcome! And Worm: will her vote count for anything? Madame Owl will keep you informed with her reports from the top of a tree!
Eulenspiegel Puppets performs a brand new story about Johnny Appleseed's true adventures and his relationships with the settlers, the Native Americans, and the animals and plants around him.
Who will win the big election for Leader of the Beasts? Will it be Benny P. (for Progress) Beaver or Terry E.
Listen to Prokofief's beloved music as you watch Peter outsmart the wolf! Eulenspiegel Puppets use beautifully crafted large tabletop puppets and rod puppets to tell this classic tale of a young boy, his grandfather, his pets, and the creatures that live in the meadow and the forest.
Freedom Star: Gertie's Journey on the Underground Railroad uses near lifesize handheld puppets, rod puppets, shadow puppets, and hand-dyed scenery to tell a dramatic and moving story, based on local history, of a young girl who escapes from a farm in Missouri and makes her way through Iowa on her way to freedom.
