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Lewis Jesse Bridgman was a prolific turn-of-the-20th-century author and illustrator known for his work on a large number of children’s picture books in the late 1800s and early 1900s. As his ...
My mom gave me puppets when I was a kid. I played with marionettes. I still have a marionette from third grade, so I played with string puppets from early on, and then I moved to hand puppets.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — They’ve spent more than half a century together as bandmates, putting out dozens of records. But brothers Ron and Russell Mael — the duo behind the art-pop band Sparks ...
Our self-esteem puppet string has been pulled up by the waitress’s comment. However, later that same day, we may run into an old friend, and he or she may comment on how tired and exhausted we look.
LONDON (AP) — British police on Wednesday charged a member of Irish hip-hop group Kneecap with a terrorism offense for allegedly waving a Hezbollah flag at a concert. The Metropolitan Police ...
As a nomadic cultural historian, my subjects have led me in wildly different directions. I spent every Friday for five years in a dim, dusty reading room in West Orange, New Jersey, formerly a ...
LOS ANGELES — Chad Smith remembers the night in 2003 when the Red Hot Chili Peppers played for an audience of 80,000 or so amid the rolling hills of the Irish countryside. After a somewhat ...
Old advertisements, vintage Coca-Cola items, and photographs create a museum-like quality, but one where you’re encouraged to touch the exhibits – or at least lean your elbows on them while you wait ...
He laughed. “Some old man thing had happened where I’m scared to dive onto my face now. Finch went, ‘Well, Puppet Flea can do it.’” Sketches of Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith ...
Twenty-two years later, the Chili Peppers are bringing that 2003 gig to screens again — only this time they’re string puppets ... villains” from the old Rankin/Bass TV specials.