puppets

Commentary: Power to the Puppets

Arts, Culture & Media

With MP3s and DVDs we depend on high-tech entertainment, but Studio 360’s Kurt Andersen has noticed lately, a very Lo-Fi art form is making a comeback.

Commentary: Power to the Puppets

Arts, Culture & Media

Basil Twist and Billy Collins

Arts, Culture & Media

Robin Williams Knew How To Get To Sesame Street

Arts, Culture & Media

Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

Arts, Culture & Media

Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

Arts, Culture & Media

A Sizzler promo from another galaxy and a Vanessa Carlton/Lil Jon mash-up win the internet this week.

Iran shadow puppets

How Persian shadow theater is bringing an Iranian epic to life

Culture

Inspired by German animation and an American puppeteer, Hamid Rahmanian has turned an ancient Iranian epic into a live show.

The World

How to build a dinosaur

Science

Here’s a long, painstaking and completely successful story of how the live-action show “Walking With Dinosaurs” created a crew of stunningly life-like dinos to educate audiences.