"Cow and Mouse's Picnic" 

and "Mathilda's Bath"

Saturday, January 11 at 2 p.m.

Arlington Center for the Arts theater

41 Foster Street, Arlington

To share or not to share? That’s a tough question for Cow and Mouse in Galapagos Puppets’ funny farm fable, “Cow and Mouse’s Picnic.” And, in “Mathilda’s Bath,” Mrs. Piggle Wiggle and Mathilda answer the tough question of whether or not to take a bath. Margaret Moody of Galapagos Puppets brings the stories to the small stage with lots of animals and barnyard humor. Best for families with children ages three and up.

Come for the show; stay for coffee and puppet-play afterwards.

Tickets $7; 3 for $20, at the door or may be reserved by e-mailing galapagospuppets@gmail.com

Join Dream Tale Puppets for 

 "Jack and the Beanstalk" 

 This Saturday, December 7, at 2 p.m.

Arlington Center for the Arts

41 Foster Street

Tickets $7; 3 for $20
Available at the door or by e-mailing galapagospuppets@gmail.com or
calling Margaret at 781-643-1228

Please stay for coffee and puppet-play afterwards!

More puppetry fun in 2014:

"Mathilda's Bath" and "Cow and Mouse's Picnic"
by Galapagos Puppets
Saturday, January 11 at 2 pm

"Monkey and the Year of the Horse"
by Galapagos Puppets
Saturday, February 8 at 2 pm

"The Carrot Salesman"
by Brad Shur of Puppet Showplace Theater
Saturday, March 15 at 11 am and 2 pm

Jacek Zuzanski, Jack, the cow and the peddler

Jack and the Beanstalk by Dream Tale Puppets

Saturday, December 7 at 2 p.m.
Arlington Center for the Arts
41 Foster Street

Join Dream Tale Puppets for a joyous romp through the classic tale of poor Jack, the cow and the magic beans. Dream Tale Puppets director Jacek Zuzanski creates the story with physical comedy, hand puppets, masks and a marionette. Margaret Moody of Galapagos Puppets provides narration and voices for the production.

Tickets $7; 3 for $20, at the door or may be reserved by e-mailing galapagospuppets@gmail.com. 

Please stay for coffee and puppet-play afterwards. Best for ages four and up.

TAKE a trolley to the Beanstalk! Since December 7 is Arlington's "First Lights" celebration, you can hop on a free trolley anywhere on Mass. Ave from 12 to 5 p.m., hear carolers, see lights and hop off at the Arlington Center for the Arts!  

Series Opener! This Saturday, 11/16

The Trolls and the Tree by Galapagos Puppets

Saturday, November 16 at 2pm

Arlington Center for the Arts

41 Foster Street

Please join me for the first show in this year's "Puppets at ACA" series. Meet Skimpa and Blompa, two trolls learning to go green. Stay after to have a little coffee, a lot of puppet-play. As always, you'll be with other friendly families and the nicest teenaged assistants. And, we are very happy to have soft new seats!

Tickets are $7; 3 for $20, at the door. If you'd like to reserve a ticket, please e-mail Margaret at galapagospuppets@gmail.com.

More wonderful Saturday shows from December to March:

"Jack and the Beanstalk" by Dream Tale Puppets
Saturday, December 7 at 2 pm

"Mathilda's Bath" and "Cow and Mouse's Picnic" by Galapagos Puppets
Saturday, January 11 at 2 pm

"Monkey and the Year of the Horse" by Galapagos Puppets
Saturday, February 8 at 2 pm

"The Carrot Salesman" by Brad Shur of Puppet Showplace Theater

Saturday, March 15 at 11 am and 2 pm

"The Trolls and The Tree" Opens the ACA Series,

November 16th at 2 pm

This season's first show by Galapagos Puppets takes you to a fairy garden temporarily managed by two trolls. They'd like to take good care of the trees and birds, but where can they put their car, toaster and television? Come for the show; stay to play with puppets, chat and have a coffee.

Arlington Center for the Arts theater
41 Foster Street, Arlington
Tickets $7; 3 for $20, at the door. Can be reserved by e-mail to galapagospuppets@gmail.com


More wonderful Saturday shows from December to March:

"Jack and the Beanstalk" by Dream Tale Puppets
Saturday, December 7 at 2 pm


"Mathilda's Bath" and "Cow and Mouse's Picnic" by Galapagos Puppets
Saturday, January 11 at 2 pm


"Monkey and the Year of the Horse" by Galapagos Puppets
Saturday, February 8 at 2 pm


"The Carrot Salesman" by Brad Shur of Puppet Showplace Theater
Saturday, March 15 at 11 am and 2 pm

Getting Ready for Puppets at ACA

Puppet at ACA Opens November 16th!

It's fun to pretend you're an animal, snorting like a pig when you finish a cookie, or wearing a furry hat to keep off the Boston chill. Join me at Arlington Center for the Arts on November 16th at 2 pm for "The Trolls and the Tree," a green-themed story with a feisty squirrel, fleet-winged birds, and some rowdy trolls, too.  
Arlington Center for the Arts theater
41 Foster Street, Arlington
Tickets $7; 3 for $20, at the door. 
Can be reserved by e-mail to galapagospuppets@gmail.com

And our line-up for December to March has lots of fun with lots of animals:

"Jack and the Beanstalk" by Dream Tale Puppets
Saturday, December 7 at 2 pm

"Mathilda's Bath" and "Cow and Mouse's Picnic" by Galapagos Puppets
Saturday, January 11, 2 pm

"Monkey and the Year of the Horse" by Galapagos Puppets
Saturday, February 8, 2 pm

"The Carrot Salesman" by Brad Shur of Puppet Showplace Theater
Saturday, March 15 at 11 am and 2 pm

Summer shows, summer chairs

Come see a Galapagos show this week:

"Badger Meets the Fairies" at Winchester Library, Tuesday, July 23 at 3:30

"Badger Meets the Fairies" in Stanley Park, Westfield, MA, July 26th at 10:00 am

and a collaboration with Jacek Zuzanski of DreamTales Puppets , a wonderful puppeteer and director -- I'll make the voices for Jack, the Giant, Giant's wife and other silly characters in "Jack and the Beanstalk" at the Boylston Public Library on July 27th at 11:30 am. 

Chairs? Come see "Chairful Where You Sit," Arlington's public art exhibit. My daughter Frances and her friends and I made a "Magnolia Park Bench" complete with swings, a slide, a community garden, and worried parents. 
Come see our bench at Mass. Ave and Pleasant St., from July 21 to 28!
more: Chairful Where You Sit blog

A Fairy Garden Celebration at Eric Carle Picture Book Art Museum, June 8th

Meet all kinds of fairies through picture book art on Saturday, June 8th at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst. Children will make apple-head fairies and fairy houses, and see my performance of "Badger Meets the Fairies" at 11:30 and 2:00.

More:
http://www.carlemuseum.org/Programs_Events/Upcoming/A_Fairy_Garden_Celebration

Honor the Year of the Snake -- Snow date show!

MONKEY AND THE MYSTERY OF THE SNAKE

Saturday, June 1 at 11 am

Arlington Center for the Arts

Someone keeps sneaking into the Banquet Hall and gobbling up decorations meant to honor the Year of the Snake. Could it be the mysterious Snake King? Or a cranky monkey who wishes the banquet were in his honor?

We missed the chance to welcome the Year of the Snake because of a big snowstorm in February. Come honor it now with Margaret Moody of Galapagos Puppets! Stay after the show for oolong tea and puppet-play.

Please note the NEW TIME for this show: 11 am 

For directions: www.acarts.org/directions.php

Hope to see you there!

Margaret

Visit "The Kingdom of Riddles" with Sparky's Puppets on April 6

"The Kingdom of Riddles" by Sparky's Puppets
Saturday, April 6 at 2 pm

Arlington Center for the Arts theater

41 Foster Street, Arlington

Join the fun as Sparky’s Puppets perform “The Kingdom of Riddles” at the Arlington Center for the Arts. In this show, a king asks a knight to capture a unicorn for his queen.   In his quest, the knight will need the audience to help solve riddles posed by those he meets along the way --- a jester, a witch and a dragon.

Sparky Davis has been dramatizing favorite children’s stories for schools, libraries and festivals throughout New England for over 30 years.  Each of her shows features colorful hand puppets, lively humor and plenty of audience participation.


Come laugh with "The Kingdom of Riddles"; stay to enjoy puppet-making and some lemonade!

Tickets $6 at the door, cash only
May be reserved by e-mailing Margaret at galapagospuppets@gmail.com or calling 781-643-1228.

Puppets at ACA is supported by a grant from the Arlington Cultural Council, a local agency of the Massachusetts Arts Council, a state agency.

Mr. Badger and Blossom, a fairy

Badger Meets the Fairies

Saturday, March 9 at 2 pm

Arlington Center for the Arts theater

41 Foster Street, Arlington

Tickets $6 at the door

may be reserved by e-mailing 

galapagospuppets@gmail.com

or calling 781-643-1228

Gentle Mr. Badger is thrilled to meet a fairy in his garden and flies off to help the fairies build a playground. Join Margaret Moody for this spring story based on European fairy lore. 

Puppets and sets were designed and built by visual artist Sandra Pastrana and Margaret Moody. Alison Plante of Berklee School of Music composed original music for the piece, based on Celtic melodies.

Please stay for coffee and puppet-play afterward!

AND, coming in April:

"Kingdom of Riddles"

Guest artist Sparky's Puppets

Saturday, April 6 at 2 pm

Help the knight answer riddles and capture a unicorn for his queen. Animal riddles, food riddles, and many more!
Sparky's Puppets have delighted audiences all over New England for more than 30 years. Join Sparky for this funny, lively family show.

FEBRUARY 9th SHOW SNOWED OUT!

Sorry to cancel this Saturday's "Monkey and the Mystery of the Snake" show at Arlington Center for the Arts! It sounds like Boston (and Arlington) will have so much snow that people won't be able to travel safely. So, hope you are home safe and warm, and not having to shovel too much!

Margaret

Monkey and the Mystery of the Snake

Saturday, February 9, 2 pm

Arlington Center for the Arts theater

41 Foster Street, Arlington

Tickets $6, at the door

Tickets can be reserved by e-mail to galapagospuppets@gmail.com, or call Margaret at 781-643-1228

Snakes are charming and mysterious, so it's no wonder that banquet preparations for the Year of the Snake have mysterious problems. Someone keeps sneaking in and eating the foods, and the decorations. Is it the Snake King? Or a cranky Monkey who wishes the banquet were for him? Join Margaret Moody of Galapagos Puppets for this lively episode of Journey to the West, told with traditional Taiwanese hand puppets and choreography.

Please stay and make a simple Chinese Zodiac puppet afterward. Try a little oo-long tea, too!

This program is supported in part by a grant form the Arlington Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.