Arts, Culture, and Entertainment

  • 7/16 "The Wonderful World of Wonder" by Gavin Cummins

    The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut will once more present its popular Summertime Saturday Puppet Shows for family audiences by UConn Puppet Arts students on six Saturdays, July 2 through August 6, 2016. Each show will be performed twice, at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. All performances will take place at the Ballard Institute Theater located at 1 Royce Circle, Storrs, CT.

    On July 16, UConn Puppet Arts graduate student Gavin Cummins will perform "The Wonderful World of Wonder." Discover the world of creatures impossible to see, yet who live in this blue marble we call earth. Sea crabs, corpse flowers, and water bears, oh my!

    Admission is $6 for children (12 years and under), $8 for adults.

    Tickets can be purchased in advance at the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry, by phone at 860.486.8580, or online at http://bimp.ticketleap.com/.  A surcharge will be added to any purchases made online. Tickets may also be purchased at the Ballard Institute on the day of performance starting at 10 a.m. There will be a limited number of seats. For more information about these performances, visit http://bimp.uconn.edu or call 860.486.8580.

    For more information, contact: Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at (860)486-8580 or bimp@uconn.edu