Displaced Palestinian children wait for water at their tent camp in Rafah -- the UN children's agency estimates the war has displaced around 850,000 children in Gaza — MOHAMMED ABED On a cinder block ...

Displaced Palestinian children wait for water at their tent camp in Rafah -- the UN children's agency estimates the war has displaced around 850,000 children in Gaza ...

If you want a show that’s not ashamed to present the glory of the first Christmas, look no further than David Simpich’s original marionette production “The Puppet Maker.” This is Simpich’s most ...

It’s been far too long since I’ve stood and struggled with these characters in my little eight by fourteen foot stage. It’s a fictional context, but very ...

Jackie Smook, a puppet maker and creator of the show "Dilly's World," stands with a sardine puppet she made in a day at her home workshop. Jackie Smook, a puppet maker and creator of the show "Dilly's ...

Tucked away in a small neighborhood below the Hollywood sign is Jackie Smook’s puppet workshop, a small sequestered room with a single work table surrounded by the characters she handcrafts from the ...

It’s not everyday that you run into a puppet maker. Over the years, I have been fortunate to know a handful of puppet makers who reside in Buffalo. Puppet makers and puppeteers might be few and far ...