My brush was tiny, more like something you’d use for nail polish. That was apt because I was struggling to paint the toenails of my dragon shadow puppet. Dipping the silken brush into a pot of ...

Harrison Greene puppeteering at Friday’s show. Chinese Theatre Works, based in New York, performs classical Chinese theatre arts and western fusion shows. Photo by Christina Roby/The Daily Campus ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. FLUSHING, Queens (PIX11) – In honor of the ...

A new puppetry art exhibition – “Red Gate: Pauline Benton and Chinese Shadow Theater,” curated by Stephen Kaplin and Kuang-Yu Fong of New York City’s Chinese Theatre Works – will run at The Ballard ...

Traditional Chinese shadow puppetry is one of the country’s most spectacular folk arts. Behind a large screen, backlit so that it’s translucently illuminated, handmade donkey-hide puppets dance across ...

Google marked the Lunar New Year on Tuesday in the United States with a Google Doodle on the search site’s homepage. People throughout most of Asia and across the globe welcomed in the Year of the Pig ...

Children sat cross-legged in front of the stage, waiting eagerly for a shadow-puppet performance as families gathered at the China Institute on Sunday in New York to celebrate the traditional ...

FLUSHING, Queens (PIX11) – In honor of the Lunar New Year, a fascinating new exhibit is opening at Flushing Town Hall, celebrating the ancient art of Chinese puppetry. They are beautiful, magical, and ...