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National Festival July 12-17, 2011 ATLANTA!
Put your seatbelt on!
Saturday, July 10    
ACME Exhibit:  PUPPET PARLOUR Opening 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
711 North 5th Avenue
Over 40 local & regional artists display puppetish work in various media.
Featuring music by MY WONDERFUL MACHINE + puppet performance!
  
Thursday, July 15
When? What? Where? Who? Huh?
8:30 am-3:30 am
Professional Day for the Teaching Artist & Therapist
(PDTAT) Workshop
UNCW Watson School
Open to the public and festival registrants.
$40 fee for all participants, lunch included!

9:00 am &

11:00 am
"The Emperor's New Clothes" by Grey Seal Puppets
Kenan Auditorium, UNCW
Pre-festival show for camp groups!
9:00 am-4:30 pm
UNIMA Board Meeting
Randall Library
UNIMA Board Members
Noon - 5:00 pm
Registrants CHECK IN!  Get your Goody Bags!
Seahawk Crossing, UNCW
All festival registrants.  We can accommodate other check-in times, let us know.
5:00 pm
DINNER
Wagoner Hall, UNCW
6:00 pm
BUS pick-up 
Wagoner/Seahawk
Bound for Cameron Art Museum
5:30 pm
Youth Activities at Cameron Art Museum
"The Amazing Mysto's Magic Show" by Peter Allen

Cameron Art Museum
6:30 pm-8:00 pm
Opening Reception of "PuppetArt" at Cameron Art Museum
Exhibit of puppets from BREAD & PUPPET and CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTS
Gallery Talk by John Bell.
"Pulcinella" by Paul Mesner
Film Streams
Cameron Art Museum
 

 
8:00 pm-9:30 pm
Closed Reception for Festival Registrants & Cameron VIPs Only.
"The Amazing Mysto's Magic Show"
Special Presentation by John Bell
World Premier of  "Junk Palace" by Lyon Hill
Cameron Art Museum
 Festival Registrants & Cameron guests only.
9:30 pm
BUS pick-up
Cameron Art Museum
Bound for Seahawk Crossing
 
 
 
 
 Friday, July 16
When? What?
Where?
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7:00 am-9:00 am
 BREAKFAST

Wagoner

UNCW


8:30 am-9:45 am
Workshops-Block 1
 UNCW
Festival Registrants
& Friday Registrants only.
9:55 am-11:10 am
Workshops-Block 2
 UNCW
Festival Registrants
& Friday Registrants only.
11:30 am-12:15 pm
 "Snowflake Man" by Sarah Frechette
 UNCW
Festival Registrants
& Friday Registrants only.
11:30 am-12:15 pm
"Crane Wife" by Kimi Maeda
UNCW
Festival Registrants
& Friday Registrants only.
12:15
LUNCH

Wagoner

UNCW
 
1:30 pm-2:15 pm
"Snowflake Man" by Sarah Frechette
 UNCW
Festival Registrants
& Friday Registrants only.
1:30 pm-2:15pm
 "Crane Wife" by Kimi Maeda
 UNCW
Festival Registrants
& Friday Registrants only.
2:40 pm-3:55 pm
Workshops-Block 3
 UNCW
Festival Registrants
& Friday Registrants only.
4:00 pm-5:00 pm
UNIMA Member Meeting
 UNCW
UNIMA Members only.
5:00 pm-7:00 pm
DINNER

Wagoner

UNCW
 
7:00 pm
"Pinocchio" by That Puppet Guy
Kenan         Auditorium
Tickets available to the public!
Kenan Box Office 910.962.3500
7:00 pm & 8:30 pm
Films: "Handmade Puppet Dreams" Volume IV 
This selection of short films is for adults. 
For youth films at Jengo's, see Saturday! $3 at the door
Jengo's Playhouse
9th & Princess
 
8:15-8:45
 UNIMA Citation Awards
 Kenan Auditorium
Festival Registrants & Friday Registrants only.
8:30 pm
"The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik, Deep Sea Explorer"
by Tim Watts from Weeping Spoon

 Kenan Auditorium
Festival Registrants
& Friday Registrants only.
10:00 pm
Potpourri hosted by DREWBOB!
Burney Center, UNCW
Festival Registrants
& Friday Registrants only.
 
 
 
Saturday, July 17 
When? What? Where? Who? Huh?
7:00 am-9:00 am
BREAKFAST
Wagoner Hall UNCW
 
8:00 am
BUS
Pick-up at Wagoner & Seahawk Crossing
Bound for the Community Arts Center
8:45 am
Community Puppet Morning!
Procession gathering &
Official Proclamation!

Community Arts Center

2nd & Orange St.
Community invited!  
Bring your Parade Puppets!
Instruments!
Fancy Parade Fashion!
Puppetish Couture
9:00 am
Port City Puppet Parade!
Front St-Orange to Princess
 Front Street, Downtown Wilmington
Community invited!

9:30 am-Noon
Community Puppet Morning!
Puppet Store!
Make Puppets!
Puppet Show!
"Cuentos Del Sur De La Frontera" (Stories from South of the Border)
by Karen Konnerth of Calliope Puppets
Thalian Hall, Ballroom & Studio Theatre


 
3rd & Chestnut St
Community invited!
11:00 am-2:00 pm

 
Exhibit Walk and Lunch!
11:00-2:00 Special Receptions
 
MARIONETTE CIRCUS by 
Fred Michael at ACME
1:00 pm
 
Film: "Handmade Puppet Dreams" Volume IV for all ages 
Jengo's Playhouse
11 am, Noon, 1 pm
$3 at the door
Downtown Wilmington
ACME Art Studio
Wabi Sabi Warehouse
Jengo's Playhouse



 

Patronize restaurants 
supporting the festival- coupons,  menus, and maps in your Goody Bags!
MIXTO - 5 S Water St.
The Calico Room - 1075 Front St.
Front St. Brewery - 9 N Front St.


 
2:00 pm
BUS pick-up
Downtown Wilmington
Bound for Seahawk Crossing & Kenan Auditorium UNCW
3:00 pm

"How to Grow a Pickle" by Nana Projects &

"The Reluctant Dragon" by Stageworks
Kenan Auditorium UNCW


 
Tickets available to the public!
Kenan Box Office 910.962.3500
or order online
5:00 pm-7:00 pm
DINNER
Wagoner Hall UNCW
 
7:00 pm
"One Frame at a Time: The Stop-Motion Animation of Michael Granberry"
Kenan Auditorium UNCW
Tickets available to the public!
Kenan Box Office 910.962.3500
8:30 pm
Private session with Michael Granberry -Show & Tell
Kenan Auditorium UNCW
Festival registrants only.

10:00 pm
BUS pick-up
Seahawk Crossing
Bound for the Soapbox Laundro Lounge
11:00 pm

"Puppet Rampage-The Slam"

Hellblinki!  Performances!  Costumes!  Oh yeah!
 
10 pm PreShow: TRANSTRUM
Soapbox Laundro Lounge
Downtown Wilmington


 
Tickets available to the public!
Soapbox Laundro Lounge & Etix!
1:00 am &
2:00 am
BUS pick-ups
Soapbox Laundro Lounge
 
Bound for Seahawk Crossing, UNCW
 
 
 
Sunday, July 18
When?
 What? Where?
Who? Huh?
8:00 am-9:00 am
Breakfast & Special Meeting of
the Guild of the Carolinas
Wagoner Dining Hall UNCW
 North & South Carolina folk:  join together for guild discussion!
10:00 am
 "Autumn Portraits" by Eric Bass of Sandglass Theater
Kenan Auditorium
 Festival Registrants only.
Noon
Lunch! And Puppet Hangover Clinic at the Edge of the East Coast 

Supporting Restaurants &
OCEAN!