{"id":3944,"date":"2014-04-27T19:42:39","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T02:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twomaverix.net\/?p=3944"},"modified":"2014-04-27T19:44:02","modified_gmt":"2014-04-28T02:44:02","slug":"the-artistry-behind-the-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twomaverix.net\/2014\/04\/the-artistry-behind-the-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"The Artistry Behind the Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3956\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twomaverix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Fun-with-strings-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3956\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3956\" alt=\"Bob Baker Marionette Theater's current production, &quot;Fun With Strings&quot;.  (Photograph courtesy of Bob Baker Marionette Theater.)\" src=\"https:\/\/twomaverix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Fun-with-strings-2.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/twomaverix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Fun-with-strings-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/twomaverix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Fun-with-strings-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3956\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bob Baker Marionette Theater&#8217;s current production, &#8220;Fun With Strings&#8221;. (Photograph courtesy of Bob Baker Marionette Theater.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The word &#8220;puppet&#8221; conjures up some smile-worthy images.<\/p>\n<p>But, there&#8217;s so much more to puppetry&#8211;as an art form&#8211;than lovable &#8220;fuzzies&#8221; and kids&#8217; entertainment.\u00a0\u00a0 And for the second year in a row, Los Angeles&#8217; citywide <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lapuppetfest.com\/\">L.A. Puppet Fest<\/a> has celebrated the art of puppetry, with thirteen days of workshops, special events, and, of course, performances!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LAPuppetFest\">L.A. Puppet Fest<\/a> Coordinator Sherry Layne is Assistant Manager and performance coordinator of Puppet School, and L.A. Puppet Fest committee member Alex Evans is a puppeteer and the stage manager for the <a href=\"http:\/\/bobbakermarionettes.com\/\">Bob Baker Marionette Theater<\/a>,\u00a0 now in its fifty-third season.<\/p>\n<p>Sherry and Alex talked about the origins of L.A. Puppet Fest, and offered a preview of some of the 2014 Puppet Fest events&#8211;including the April Fools&#8217; Puppet Ball and Million-Puppet Parade, with Bob Baker, of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BobBakerMarionetteTheater\">Bob Baker Marionette Theater<\/a>,\u00a0 as its Grand Marshal.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1360\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3944-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/twomaverix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/audio\/la_puppet_fest.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/twomaverix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/audio\/la_puppet_fest.mp3\">http:\/\/twomaverix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/audio\/la_puppet_fest.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/twomaverix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/audio\/la_puppet_fest.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/twomaverix.net\/?powerpress_pinw=3944-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/twomaverix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/audio\/la_puppet_fest.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"la_puppet_fest.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The word &#8220;puppet&#8221; conjures up some smile-worthy images. 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Puppet Fest has celebrated the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/twomaverix.net\/2014\/04\/the-artistry-behind-the-fun\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,10],"tags":[898,894,897,893,895,900,899,896],"class_list":["post-3944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-over-coffee-internet-radio-show","tag-april-fools-puppet-ball","tag-bob-baker-marionette-theater","tag-citywide-puppet-festival","tag-l-a-puppet-fest","tag-los-angeles-puppet-fest","tag-million-puppet-parade","tag-puppet-karaoke","tag-puppetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/twomaverix.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/twomaverix.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/twomaverix.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twomaverix.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twomaverix.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3944"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/twomaverix.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3958,"href":"https:\/\/twomaverix.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3944\/revisions\/3958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/twomaverix.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twomaverix.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twomaverix.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}