A week later, the Grant Park Columbus statue was removed, to the cheers of people who said monuments to Columbus are insults ...

Head Arts Editor Toby Chan attends Plexus Polaire’s Dracula at the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival ...

A City Council debate over whether a controversial pro-Gaza puppet display at the Chicago Cultural Center is antisemitic or a fair expression of free speech descended into disorder Tuesday ...

A majority of the City Council signed a letter to Mayor Brandon Johnson Wednesday condemning a puppet display at the Chicago Cultural Center as antisemitic and calling on the city to take it down.

More than two dozen alderpersons have sent a letter to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, calling for the removal of the art. It includes a large puppet titled "US-Israel War Machine." The art exhibit ...

Head Arts Editor Toby Chan sits down with Blair Thomas, Founder and Artistic Director of the International Puppet Theater ...

The controversy over an art display at the Chicago Cultural Center bubbled over to City Hall, where divisions over a pro-Palestinian protest puppet were on full display Tuesday. Ald. Byron Sigcho ...

The artwork is part of the exhibit "Potential Energy: Chicago Puppets Up Close"—which is described as a display that "challenges expectations about puppetry and inspires the public to tell their ...

A puppet display titled “U.S.-Israel War Machine” in a gallery at the Chicago Cultural Center on Wednesday. This display is causing controversy within the City Council, with a majority of ...

But the brightest theatrical spot last month was, as usual, provided by the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, which filled venues across the city for two weekends (January 15-26 ...

The Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival is the largest event dedicated to puppetry in North America, presenting over 100 events and performances in only 12 days each January in Chicago ...