{"title": "La MaMa Kids: The Dandelion’s Wish", "start": "2026-11-14T00:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-15T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "La MaMa", "address": "East 4th Street 66, 10003 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["stage/puppetry"], "description": "La MaMa Kids: The Dandelion's Wish is a children's puppet show, part of the La MaMa Puppet Festival. It was created by Fatima Sambo Schoenfelder, a puppeteer and author-illustrator, and runs about 35 minutes. It tells of a lonely dandelion that dreams of traveling while rooted in place, until a kind child helps its seeds take flight on the breeze. Through gentle storytelling, it teaches young viewers about perseverance, kindness, and believing in big dreams.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/la-mama-kids-the-dandelions-wish-66709/", "official_url": "https://lamama.org/the-dandelions-wish/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/12fe5e13123d367285825a28da49d9d88549dbd82bd292debd4404be4adac6df-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-14T00:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-15T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "La MaMa", "address": "East 4th Street 66, 10003 New York", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "La MaMa Puppet Festival 2026", "start": "2026-11-11T00:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-12-06T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "La MaMa", "address": "East 4th Street 66, 10003 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["stage/puppetry"], "description": "La MaMa Puppet Festival 2026 is an annual festival of contemporary puppet theatre, running November 11 to December 6. Puppetry has been part of La MaMa's programming since 1962, and the venue has hosted annual puppet festivals since 2004. Curated by Denise Greber and Federico Restrepo, this year's festival brings together international puppet artists including Monica Lerch, Tiresias, Tom Lee, Deniz Khateri, and Michelle Beshaw. It presents shows such as Endless Forms, The Undercity, Mirrored Pool, and Husks from Iran.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/la-mama-puppet-festival-2026-66705/", "official_url": "https://lamama.org/la-mama-puppet-festival-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/567bb4e4279fb91888aab03631817b950406788becb0e9c378eae57ace3266dd-2000.webp"}, {"title": "La MaMa Kids: Kinding Sindaw Dance Interactive Workshop", "start": "2026-11-07T14:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "La MaMa", "address": "East 4th Street 66, 10003 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["dance/traditional", "diy"], "description": "La MaMa Kids: Kinding Sindaw Dance Interactive Workshop is a 60-minute workshop where children learn how rhythm, music, and ritual dances tell the story of planting and harvesting rice. It is led by Potri Ranka Manis and Kinding Sindaw, an NYC-based, AANHPI / BIPOC-led non-profit founded in 1992 that preserves the southern Philippines' living traditions through dance, storytelling, kulintang music, and silat. Through movements inspired by farming activities, participants build coordination, teamwork, and confidence, combining music and dance in an ensemble performance. The workshop explores community, celebration, and gratitude while highlighting the importance of preserving living traditions and cultural heritage.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/la-mama-kids-kinding-sindaw-dance-interactive-workshop-66703/", "official_url": "https://lamama.org/lamamakids-kindingsindawworkshop/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a8a52ad2b91302efce322f3787900f54478854a8c160c1f5cb0af6685b3612ad-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Endless Forms", "start": "2026-11-11T00:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-14T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "La MaMa", "address": "East 4th Street 66, 10003 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/puppetry"], "description": "Endless Forms is a world-premiere puppetry work blending tabletop puppetry, shadow play, digital projection, and electronic music. It was created by Monica Lerch, a Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary puppet artist, with Jeshua Bratman as writer and producer and Sean Devare as creative co-director. The story follows Syx, whose body is withering in a future where engineering the body is a crime; she alters herself in secret, builds robotic companions, and descends beneath the ocean to a commune of transformed humans. There, the wholeness she finds asks her to surrender the self she has fought to preserve.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/endless-forms-66706/", "official_url": "https://lamama.org/endless-forms/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/beb492b0c84574284c576ec30d61d03a7221867a3fdd8f6a18035165ed9aa7b9-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Undercity", "start": "2026-11-14T00:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-16T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "La MaMa", "address": "East 4th Street 66, 10003 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["nature/environment", "stage/puppetry"], "description": "\"The Undercity\" is a rat puppet pageant about overthrowing a crumbling empire on the verge of ecological collapse. Gaby FeBland and Sammy Zeisel, who create multidisciplinary puppet plays harnessing communal ritual, set the show in a 1970s New York-inspired neon-lit rat metropolis beneath our feet, where Rat Girl uncovers a vast conspiracy that threatens the fate of her world. The play was developed during a 2024 residency at Culture Lab LIC and received a Production Grant from the Jim Henson Foundation. It runs 50 minutes.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/the-undercity-66710/", "official_url": "https://lamama.org/the-undercity/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8cb669192ec41704307dc3a726ac59c1f80f66a230039339bbab381275dcde59-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Spiderwoman Workshops!", "start": "2026-10-28T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-11-05T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "La MaMa", "address": "East 4th Street 66, 10003 New York", "price": "FREE", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["stage/theatre", "music"], "description": "Spiderwoman Workshops! is a series of free theatre and cultural workshops, one of which takes place on this day: Song Story with Warren Mason. It is part of the Global Indigenous Theatre Festival at La MaMa, held as Spiderwoman celebrates its 50th Anniversary with groundbreaking theatre companies. Warren Mason, the creator, composer and performer of Maayuma li Mubirr, sits with participants to learn devising song stories, with instruments optional for the ten participants.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/spiderwoman-workshops-66701/", "official_url": "https://lamama.org/spiderwomanworkshops/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5a5b52ffb101d621b8ea83758dd1b76e570c77b410f579ca3126ea824690a32e-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Ramleela Diwali Puppet Show", "start": "2026-11-08T14:45:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-08T15:15:00-05:00", "place": "Children's Museum of Manhattan", "address": "West 83rd Street 212, 10024 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["occasion/diwali", "religion/hinduism", "stage/puppetry"], "description": "A puppet show called Ramleela brings the story of Diwali to life on stage. It comes from the Children's Museum of Manhattan and retells a famous tale from the epic Ramayan, set in ancient India, where Ram, Sita, Lakshman, Hanuman and Ravana appear as puppets. The performance teaches the meaning of true devotion, love, kindness and valor while explaining why Diwali is celebrated. It ends with a surprise celebration and is suited for ages five and up.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/ramleela-diwali-puppet-show-51836/", "official_url": "https://cmom.org/event/ramleela-diwali-puppet-show/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Fuzzy Palace Puppet Slam: The Dark Side of the Palace", "start": "2026-11-08T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Brooklyn Art Haus", "address": "Marcy Avenue 24, 11211 Brooklyn", "price": "", "price_from": "12.63", "price_to": "33.87", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/puppetry"], "description": "An evening of short puppetry acts of all genres by artists from Brooklyn and beyond. The slam is organized by Brooklyn Art Haus, with producers and performers including Roxas Sky, Muna M Muhsin and Mr. Ky Why, and takes the theme of dark fantasy. It is a Covid safer event, so visitors are asked to wear a face mask, and buying a ticket guarantees a seat.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/fuzzy-palace-puppet-slam-the-dark-side-of-the-palace-51522/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7b570f552326d191ac9ef8d8741a93f66786a0b8c905b4111d0fc534181d5bbc-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Family Studio: Making Crankies!", "start": "2026-11-07T10:30:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Museum of Arts and Design", "address": "Columbus Circle 2, New York", "price": "$25 general, $20 members, free for ages 12 and under", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "25.00", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["stage/puppetry"], "description": "Family Studio: Making Crankies! is a 90-minute collaborative hands-on workshop for children ages five and up and their caregivers. It is led by puppeteer and fiber artist J Hann and draws inspiration from the exhibition Nike: Form Follows Motion. Participants are introduced to crankies, also known as storytelling machines, and families work together to create dynamic landscapes on a paper scroll for a pair of traveling puppet sneakers. All materials are provided, space is limited, registration is required in advance, and tickets to the Museum must be purchased separately.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/family-studio-making-crankies-54035/", "official_url": "https://www.madmuseum.org/events/family-studio-making-crankies", "image": "https://noky.io/images/51c69baca9b360d13002ccf1c82149ace656fc9917d4693365c924d52a08c5dc-2000.webp"}]}