Friday, November 15, 2024

Museum of Work & Culture

Celebrate the Holidays With Puppets & Santa???s Elves

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(WOONSOCKET, R.I.) ??? The Museum of Work & Culture invites the community to visit on Saturday, December 3, 1-5pm, for its free annual Holiday Open House, offered as part of Woonsocket???s Main Street Holiday Stroll.??

This year, the MoWC will be welcoming marionette artist and puppeteer Dan Butterworth, whose work will be on display in the changing gallery through December 31. Butterworth will offer family-friendly puppet shows at 1:30 & 3pm, and will be available to answer questions about the work involved in creating his marionettes, shadow puppets, and theaters.

Visitors are invited to make their own puppets with Riverzedge Arts and to help Santa???s elves build & test toys in their workshop. They may also tour the MoWC, which will be decked in its holiday finest, while enjoying cookies and hot cocoa.