If you’re a current member of Puppeteers of America, you should have received the latest “Puppetry Journal” in your mailbox a few weeks ago.  If not, please do contact our membership chair, Fred Thompson, at membership[at]puppeteers.org and we will be sure to resolve the issue right away.  If you’re not a member of Puppeteers of America, might I suggest amending that, by joining or renewing today!  Just visit membership.puppeteers.org.  We’re even having a deal right now for new members.  If you’re a new member, please check out our temporary UNIMA-USA and Puppeteers of America New Membership Incentives.  If you’re renewing your membership, that’s great too!  Please visit this page to renew your membership.

Need more incentives?  Check out the awesome lineup in this puppetry journal:

Cover Story
2  Puppet Heap:  Professional Puppet Building with a Sense of Play, by Steve Abrams

ARTICLES
6  First Peek:  Puppets on Film – An Interview with Cheryl Henson, by Leslie Strongwater
8  Disney Was Right!  It’s a Small World After All, by Bob Brown
10  Monkey Mind Pirates – The World’s only Puppet-Rock-Yoga-Opera for Families in Search of Calm, by Shari Aronson
14  My Real Bali Experience, by Julia Ohm
16  BeeSting, by Lisa Aimee Sturz
19  Time For Dr. Orbius, by Rick Liljeblad • Introduction by Tom O’Lenick
22  A Humanitarian Mission for Puppets in Uganda, by Ronald Binion
29  Puppets, Music and Special Needs Teenage Boys, by Pat Coffie
30  PuppetFest Midwest 2011, by Peter and Debbie Lutzky Allen

BOOKS
12  “You Will Call Me Drog”  by Sue Cowing
How I Got to Know “The Anti-Pinocchio of Middle School,” by Sue Cowing

INTO THE SHOP
4  Puppet Painting Tips for Hard Materials, by Tom McLaughlin

COLUMNS
9  A Bob’s Eye View:  Fifteen Minutes of Fame, by Bob Nathanson
24  Scene East, by Steve Abrams
25  At Large, by Paul Eide
27  Scene West, by Beth Fernandez
28  Scene Between, Puppet Slams, by Monica Leo

IN MEMORIAM
32  A Tribute to Providence’s Favorite TV Uncle Chet Dowling, by Kevin Butler
33  Tony Mata, by Bob Abdou

POA BUSINESS
33  Balance Sheet  for 2010
Statement of Ownership
34  PLAYBOARD, Edited by Fred Thompson

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David Soll’s documentary “Puppet” recently received a nice review in a Toronto newspaper, The Globe and Mail.  Read the article here.

Richard Bradshaw, a long-time member of Puppeteers of America, is a world-renowned shadow puppeteer hailing from Australia.  Check out this lovely short video, interviewing him and showing a bit of him “behind the scenes”.