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Menlo Park Summer Puppetry Festival Returns with Hands-On Fun and Puppet Legends

10 June 2026 15:05

The Menlo Park Library's annual Summer Puppetry Festival returns from June 15 to Aug. 26, offering a celebration of puppetry in all its forms.

- Live performances include Possibly Puppets' 'Save the Day for Snail' (Aug. 23) and shows by Pop and Go Puppets, The Puppet Company, and more.

- Workshops teach shadow puppet making (July 18) and Muppet design science (June 15). - A Zoom call with Mallory Lewis and Lamb Chop (Aug.

12) and a documentary screening of 'Shari and Lamb Chop' (Aug. 26) highlight the festival.

- All events are free and open to the public at the downtown and Belle Haven library branches.

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