Theatreworks, Katy Williams Designs and JParker Arts collaborate on "The Mitten," a new shadow puppet production based on a Ukrainian folktale. It opens Friday and runs through Feb. 28.

When Chicago artist Andrea Everman shows up at art fairs, her booth becomes something of an oasis, a place where kids can play without getting hassled by their parents. While most vendors hold their ...

Shadow puppetry, also known as "shadow play," is a traditional form of storytelling through the medium of flat articulated, elaborately engraved figures. Manipulating them with silken strings and ...

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Naga, a mythical serpent (late 1700s–early 1800s), West Java (all images © The Trustees of the British Museum, courtesy the British Museum) For centuries, shadow ...

Yao Sen, an African youth, embarked on a luminous adventure in Huan County, Gansu province. Master artisan Zhang Zhiwen demonstrated his extraordinary shadow puppet carving skills, transforming a ...

Two graceful figures flick a puck back and forth across imaginary ice, before a tussle and a victory lap for one skater, in a portrayal of real-life battles set to take place at the Winter Olympics ...

Please check your inbox for your confirmation. Hamid Rahmanian is waging a war — one he started about 16 years ago. His army: hundreds of shadow puppets, many brandishing shadow spears, bows and ...