Community Puppet Workshop Hosted By Portland Ovations, Portland Public Library, and Oak Street Studios

Portland, Maine - Join Portland Ovations and the Oak Street Studios at the Portland Public Library on Saturday, October 6, 2012 from 10:00AM to 12:00PM for a free Community Puppet Workshop for kids ages 4 and up.

The workshop is in conjunction with Portland Ovations presentation of Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia's performance "Treasured Stories by Erica Carle" on Saturday, October 20, 2012 at 11AM at Merrill Auditorium. The performance is part of the Ovations Family Series.

Oak Street Studios, a young people's art institute in Portland, will be leading the workshop. Using Eric Carle's illustrations and Mermaid Theatre's puppets as inspiration, workshop participants will create lively three-dimensional rod puppets to take home.

The workshop is free and open to the public, but registration is required and space is limited to 50 participants. Sign up today at the Children's Library, Portland Public Library.

Portland Ovations contributes to the cultural, social and economic well-being of our community by presenting an array of high quality performing artists from around the world and creating diverse educational experiences that bring the enjoyment, energy and enrichment of the arts to all, through Ovations Offstage.