Lily Gershon of Lily Silly Puppets, a puppeteer, singer, producer, and puppet maker will perform “Aunt Irene’s Variety Show,” an interactive puppet show filled with music and fantastic variety acts, followed by a puppet-making workshop on July 28 at Newfield Central School grounds. Attendees see a singing sloth, the mysterious Linked Lizard, the Opera Cat, and Wanda the Wizard and enjoy live music by classically-trained guitarist Matthew Ocone. The show is followed by a puppet-making workshop where children make their own original work-of-art hand puppet, learn some basic puppet movements, and try their acting skills in the puppet theater!

Part of the Stories Unite Us series. This program is made possible in part with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants program from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the office of the Governor and NYS Legislature, and from the Tompkins County government; administered by the Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County.