News and Updates


August 2010 Newletter

August 2010 including: Day of Puppetry at Oakland Fairyland (next meeting!) Primal Cats on TV Puppets Sell Real Estate Elephants are big and hard to make but worth it Tabletop Puppetry, Ventriloquism at Puppetfest Midwest Day of Puppetry at Oakland Fairyland (next meeting!)Primal Cats on TVPuppets Sell Real EstateElephants are […]


July 2010 Newsletter

Inside this issue… Awards and Honors Galore  (Images in Motion, Ruth Stotter, Ronna Leon, Sharon Clay’s 4 H Puppeteers Calendar of events Reviews of Quixote and June Guild Meeting New Library Addition Complete DVD Fraggle Rock Guild member news July 2011 newsletter


April 2010 Newsletter

In this issue: Review of the Puppet Early Childhood Course at Contra Costa College May Meeting Announcement Baby Boomer Barbie Review Festival Scholarship Info From Your President CalendarSFBAPGAPR10newsletter


SFBAPG Guild Meet 8/5/08

Location: Oakland Fairyland – Puppet Workshop Meeting called to order by Michael Nelson at 1:07 PM. Present: Michael Nelson, Lee Armstrong, Valerie Nelson, Randal Metz, Barbara Grillo Talib Huff, Conrad Bishop, Sharon Clay. Absent. Mary Decker. Treasurer’s Report: Income: 2007-2008 2360.70 Expenses: 1375.06 (Newsletter $714.26) Balance: 6501.86 Election of Officers: […]


SBAPG Guild Meet 8/25/07

Held at Children’s Fairyland in Oakland. The meeting was called to order by President Michael Nelson at 4:48 PM.  Members present: 20 Minutes of previous meeting – not available Treasurer’s report by Valerie Nelson: Current Balance: $5526.22 as of 8/25/07 This is the time to renew our membership and pay […]


SFBAPG Guild Meet 3/25/07

The meeting, held at the Sonoma Community Center, was preceded by a performance by Paul Mesner, “The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by A. Wolf.” The business meeting began at 4:32. President Michael Nelson introduced the board members: Mike Wick, Co-Vice President, Treasurer Valerie Nelson, Newsletter Editor: Michael […]


SFBAPG Guild Meet 8/26/06

SFBAPG meeting of August 26th was held at Oakland’s Fairyland, commemorating the 50th anniversary of Fairyland and the “Grand Opening” of the remodeled puppet workshop and stage.. The meeting was preceded by a viewing of a video taken by Lee Armstrong at the 26th Annual Puppet Faire -in 1988. On […]