puppet News

Packt is pleased to announce Puppet 2.7 Cookbook that covers all the popular tools and frameworks used with Puppet like Dashboard, Foreman and Collective, and teaches readers to use 100 powerful advanced features of Puppet.

Veteran animator and Muppet and Star Wars performer Mike Quinn is developing a new hybrid animation/puppetry technique called QZimation, for his production company QuinnZoneStudios LLC. This brings a much needed option to the animation industry.

Olde World Puppet Theatre Studios has received a "G" Rating from the MPAA for its First Movie, Witch Key, A Prince's Adventure. It is Part of Their Award Winning Tales of Belvuria Series.

Cashore Marionettes “Life in Motion” will be at BIG ARTS 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 30. BIG ARTS Schein Performance Hall is at 900 Dunlop Road, Sanibel. Tickets are general admission $36, student $15. (239) 395-0900

Manhattan New York City Westchester New Jersey Connecticut TRICK MARIONETTE CIRCUS Christmas puppet show for children STAN WIEST ENTERTAINMENT 631-754-0594 www.stanwiest.com/puppets.htm and www.stanwiest.com/children_entertainment2.htm

Trick marionette circus puppet show Christmas Long Island STAN WIEST CHILDREN ENTERTAINMENT 631-754-0594

Twin Cities’ CW features the Transylvania Television’s Real Meanin’ Of Halloween Special Show.

Transylvania Television’s Real Meanin’ Of Halloween Special Show preview event will take place at the Bell Museum Auditorium, 10 Church Street, Minneapolis, MN, on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm.

Thanks to the support of their fans through kickstarter.com, Transylvania Television has raised enough funds to locally produce an hour-long Halloween special on the Twin Cities network CW on October 22, 2010 at 11:00 pm (CDT).

Michael will drive product strategy, roadmaps and community engagement for Puppet

Reductive Labs will be in San Fracisco the week of February 8th delivering two training courses tailored to Puppet users and developers.

Reductive Labs is pleased to announce the availability of Puppet 0.25.2. The 0.25.2 release is a significant maintenance release in the 0.25.x branch and represents a significant amount of work from the Puppet community.

The animal impersonators from AnimatronicBear.Com bring bears, tigers and other animals to life blending state-of-the-art and traditional costuming and puppetry techniques.

Cult comedy classics inspires the off-beat, Twin Cities’ developed puppet sitcom Transylvania Television, which targets the college- and Generation X-aged audiences, drawing from pop-culture-literate riffs of stand-up comedy, television, Web.

SkyDancers International Inc., the technology leader in active motion promotional inflatables, announced today that DNA Studio, selected SkyDancers for the special effects set design for the music video "Gone, Gone, Gone".