The following is a schedule of events for Black Sheep Puppet Festival Number 10 in October, 2008. All events will be at the Brew House, except where otherwise noted. Please note that these events are subject to change.

To purchase tickets, visit ProArtsTickets.org or call 412-394-3353.

Tickets also available at door (cash only).

Friday, October 3, 5:30pm-9pm
Gallery Crawl, Artists Upstairs, 820+937 Liberty Ave. Free.
Guerrilla puppet performances throughout the evening in both spaces as a preview of what's to come, featuring The Apathetic Anarchists and Major Arcana.

Friday, October 10, 7pm-10pm
Festival Kick-Off! 10/10 for Number 10!
Gallery Opening at Brew House Space 101. Free.
This is a gallery exhibit you can handle! Interact with puppets of all different styles, meet the artists, watch demonstrations, and participate! Also, there will be shadow puppetry shows by Spica Wobbe (Taiwan).
View the Gallery Opening here! - photos by Larry Rippel.

Saturday, October 11, 1pm-4pm
"Puppet Weekend" at the Children's Museum, North Side. All programs included with Museum Admission.
Puppet Tours and Shows: 1pm "Haunts, Hoots & Howls" by We're Holden Puppets; 2pm Puppet Tour with Laura Holden; 2:30pm "The Three Little Pigs" by Flora Shepherd and "The Rainbow Ride" by Rose Clancy and Debbie Bobeck; 3pm Puppet Tour with Laura Holden; 3:30pm "The Old Man and His Peanut Tree" by Fare Feather Family and "The Sun and the Wind" and "The Lion and the Jackals" by Joann Kielar.

Sunday, October 12, 1pm-4pm
"Puppet Weekend" at the Children's Museum, North Side. All programs included with Museum Admission.
Puppet Workshops: 1-4pm Puppet Making Workshop with Spica Wobbe and Morgan Eckert - Make a Paper Puppet, Come anytime, Stay as long as you like; 3pm-3:45pm Puppet Performance Workshop with Spica Wobbe and Morgan Eckert - Bring your Paper Puppet to Become a Puppeteer in a Puppet Show.

Wednesday, October 15, 7pm
Gallery Talk at Brew House Space 101. Free.

Thursday, October 16, 7pm
24-Hour Puppet Reality Experiment begins live on the internet. Free.
Fifteen people from a diversity of backgrounds and interests will be grouped into 3 teams of 5, given tools, materials, and studio space at the Brew House, and tasked with creating 3 new puppet shows which will be performed in front of a live audience in only 24 hours! The Black Sheep Puppet Festival thanks PodCamp Pittsburgh 3 for social media promotion and technical expertise. Click here to read up-to-the-moment coverage.

Friday, October 17, 7pm-10pm
24-Hour Puppet Reality Experiment performance! $10.
An evening performance featuring the brand-new creations by our teams along with a performance from Janaki Ranpura (San Francisco) and a Puppet Slam where we'll have an open microphone where anyone is welcome to come up on stage and try out a five-minute puppet show.

Saturday, October 18, 1pm-2:30pm
Handmade Puppet Dreams "For Kids" at Regent Square Theater. $5
Co-presented with Pittsburgh Filmmakers.
Handmade Puppet Dreams is a selection of short puppet films by independent artists curated by Heather Henson. "For Kids" pulls the best pieces of the three collections for family enjoyment.

Saturday, October 18, 3pm-5pm
Matinee Program A. $5 (Free for kids 12 and under).
A family-friendly performance featuring Janaki Ranpura (San Francisco), Flora Shepherd, and Fuzzy Boundary Productions.

Saturday, October 18, 7pm-10pm
Performance Program I. $10.
An evening performance featuring Janaki Ranpura (San Francisco), Major Arcana, Flora Shepherd, Tinkers Ball and Fare Feather Family.

Sunday, October 19, 1pm-7pm
Handmade Puppet Dreams Marathon at Melwood Screening Room. $5
Co-presented with Pittsburgh Filmmakers.
Handmade Puppet Dreams is a selection of short puppet films by independent artists curated by Heather Henson. All three collections will be screened along with puppet film submissions from local artists Justin Crimone, Matthew R. Day, Jessica Jade Jacob, Ben Kluewer, and students and instructors from the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild! Multiple seatings throughout the afternoon so come late if you miss the start! Marathon schedule: 1pm HMPD Volume I; 2:45pm HMPD Volume II; 4:15pm Local Artists; 5:30pm HMPD Volume III.

Monday-Thursday, October 20-23, 6pm-9pm
Workshops with Beth Nixon. Free.
Please join us during our week of open studio puppet making madness at the Brew House. The goal is to have a good time building a variety of different puppets, mostly out of recyclables, which we will show off in the street to kick off Friday night's puppet show marathon. Philadelphia cardboard constructionist and puppet enthusiast Beth Nixon will be on hand to provide instruction and inspiration to anyone who comes, or she will get out of your way as you go hog wild building the puppet of your dreams. All ages are welcome, kids must come with an adult (or responsible teenager). All tools and materials will be provided, no experience necessary! Come once or every night, stop by to check it out or stay for three hours. Work on your own piece or join in the group efforts. The puppets you make are yours to take home after the Friday night spectacle. (Maybe this is a brilliant opportunity to create your Halloween costume?!!) Learn how to make: masks, giant pole puppets, hand puppets, multiple person puppets, dragon style puppets... Bring a friend to collaborate with or meet new ones at the workshop. 4 Nights Only!!! Please RSVP so we know to expect you!

Monday, October 20, 12:30-2:45pm
Puppet Workshop with 2nd and 3rd graders at Kentucky Avenue School with Beth Nixon. Free.

Wednesday, October 22, 10am
Puppet workshop with Beth Nixon at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie. Free.

Thursday, October 23, 10am
Puppet show at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie. Free.
Performances by Flora Shepherd, Fuzzy Boundary Productions, and Amy Trompetter (Vermont).

Friday, October 24, 5pm-7pm
Puppet Commotion. Free.
Puppets invade the South Side with an outdoor performance, featuring The Apathetic Anarchists.

Friday, October 24, 7pm-midnight
Performance Program II. $15.
An evening performance featuring Laura Heit (Los Angeles), Beth Nixon (Philadelphia), Clare Dolan (Vermont), Shoddy Puppet Company (Philadelphia), The Wobbly Bucket Brigade (Vermont), Major Arcana, Flora Shepherd, and Things That Stick.

Saturday, October 25, 10am-2pm (note time change!)
Casting Traditional Hand Puppet Heads in Neoprene with Karen Konnerth (Calliope Puppets, New Orleans). Free.
Advanced workshop will introduce the process of casting neoprene and offer sculpting tips for a hand puppet head. Each participant will: 1. Sculpt a hand puppet head from water-based clay; 2. Make a plaster mold of the head; 3. Pour neoprene, and remove cast from mold. Each participant will leave with one cast neoprene puppet head, a mold they may use again, and a pattern to make their own fabric body. Limited participation and you must come to both days. Please RSVP for full instructions on what to bring.

Saturday, October 25, 2pm
Puppetry history lecture and demonstration by Gregory Knipling. Free.

Saturday, October 25, 3pm-5pm
Matinee Program B. $5 (Free for kids 12 and under).
A family-friendly performance featuring Laura Heit (Los Angeles), DreamWeaver Productions, Fare Feather Family.

Saturday, October 25, 5pm
Puppetry history lecture and demonstration by Gregory Knipling. Free.

Saturday, October 25, 7pm-midnight
Performance Program III. $15.
An evening performance featuring Laura Heit (Los Angeles), Beth Nixon (Philadelphia), Clare Dolan (Vermont), Shoddy Puppet Company (Philadelphia), The Wobbly Bucket Brigade (Vermont), Major Arcana, Fare Feather Family, and Things That Stick.

Saturday, October 25, midnight-?
Official after-party. The Bar. 2132 E Carson St,
Party with fellow puppet-lovers only a couple blocks' walk from the Brew House.

Sunday, October 26, 1pm-2pm (note time change!)
Casting Traditional Hand Puppet Heads in Neoprene with Karen Konnerth (Calliope Puppets, New Orleans). Free.
Please see 10/25 listing. Limited participation and you must come to both days. Please RSVP for full instructions on what to bring.

Sunday, October 26, 2pm
Puppetry history lecture and demonstration by Gregory Knipling. Free.

Sunday, October 26, 3pm-5pm
Matinee Program C. $5 (Free for kids 12 and under).
A family-friendly performance featuring Another Bloomin' Puppet Company (Indiana, PA), Lalka Theater, and Flora Shepherd.