When teachers noticed that children in Oakland preschool and kindergarten classrooms were not engaging in imaginative play or interacting with each other as much after the pandemic, staff at ...

For 13 years, the Street Creature Puppet Collective has been meeting primarily for one purpose: making puppets.

Jackie Smook, a puppet maker and creator of the show "Dilly's World," stands with a sardine puppet she made in a day at her home workshop. Jackie Smook, a puppet maker and creator of the show "Dilly's ...