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Blog: Puppet Show Delights Library Audience
Residents enjoyed the first show of Albany Library's Puppet Festival, a monthly series through May 2012.
The Puppet Festival had its first show: Aztec Pinocchio. Maldo creates a little boy with a butterfly for a heart and the show flutters to a fantastic finish with a beautiful moral about self-sacrifice and love.
The magical, colorful creatures had plenty of slapstick fun, smacking each other over the head or falling behind stage. Kids screamed and laughed so we knew it was a good show! Caterpillar Puppets' Joey Leon engaged the audience very nicely, inviting us to shout out Spanish words. We all left with a tiny mariposa in our hearts.
More puppet shows to follow: 2/18 - The Frog Prince (Fratello Marionettes;) 3/17 -Spin a Shadow, Tell a Tale (Daniel Barash, Shadow Puppet Workshop;) 4/14 - Mei Lin and the Magic Paintbrush (The Puppet Company;) and 5/5 - Coyote Sings(Magical Moonshine.)