Here's the schedule for the Orlando Puppet Festival, at Mad Cow Theatre, 105 S. Magnolia Ave.; the Gallery at Avalon Island, 37 S. Magnolia Ave.; and Orlando Heritage Square, Magnolia Avenue at Central Boulevard, downtown Orlando. Details: 407-297-8788 or orlandopuppetfestival.com.
Continuing:
Puppets and sets featured in Heather Henson's film series Handmade Puppet Dreams. Gallery at Avalon Island, through Nov. 9.
Friday, Oct. 26
5-6:30 p.m. Meet the Artists reception, Mad Cow lobby.
7 p.m. Too Loud a Solitude, Genevieve Anderson, Mad Cow Stage Right. $3.
8 p.m. Life in Motion, Cashore Marionettes, Mad Cow Stage Left. $15.
9:30 p.m. Puppets From the Edge, new puppet artists. Mad Cow Stage Right. $8.
Saturday Oct. 27:
10:30 a.m. Old McDonald Jumbled Jungle, Am-Jam Productions, Mad Cow Stage Right. $3.
11:30 a.m. Little Red Riding Hood, Puppets To Go, Mad Cow Stage Left. $3.
11:40 a.m. The Terrible Polichinelle Theatre, Sean Keohane, Gallery at Avalon Island. Free.
12:30 p.m. Dinky & the Dragon, Jonathan West, Mad Cow Stage Left. $3.
12:40 p.m. The Terrible Polichinelle Theatre, Sean Keohane, Gallery at Avalon Island. Free.
1:30 p.m. Isidor's Cheek, Sandglass Theater, Mad Cow Stage Right. $8.
3 p.m. Simple Gifts, Cashore Marionettes, Mad Cow Stage Left. $8.
4 p.m. Handmade Puppet Dreams for Family, puppet film shorts. Mad Cow Stage Right. $3.
5:30 p.m. Puppet Guild reception. Mad Cow lobby.
6:30 p.m. Life in Motion, Cashore Marionettes, Mad Cow Stage Left. $15.
8:30 p.m. Autumn Portraits, Sandglass Theater. Mad Cow Stage Right. $15.
10 p.m. Potpourri of Puppetry, open-mike night of five-minute puppetry acts. Mad Cow Stage Left. $8.
Sunday Oct. 28:
Noon. Sherman the Shoe Box Monster workshop, John E. Kennedy. Mad Cow Stage Left. $5.
1 p.m. Sherman the Shoe Box Monster and Friends, John E. Kennedy. Mad Cow Stage Left. $3.
2 p.m. Isidor's Cheek, Sandglass Theater, Mad Cow Stage Right. $8.
3 p.m. The Unfortunate Incident of the Blueberry Muffins and the Girl Who Wore Red, Max Croft. Mad Cow Stage Left. $3.
4 p.m. Handmade Puppet Dreams Vol. 3, puppet film shorts and talkback with director Jeanne Stern. Mad Cow Stage Left. $3.
6 p.m. Autumn Portraits, Sandglass Theater. Mad Cow Stage Right. $15.
8 p.m. Panther and Crane, Heather Henson/Voci Dance. Orlando Heritage Square.
