Children's Fairyland Blog: Randal Metz

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Monday, January 28, 2019

Heartstrings: Remembering Larry Schmidt, Master Puppeteer

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By C.J. Hirschfield Commercialization and gore are key components of American Halloween these days. But one Oakland artist was committ...

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Monday, August 20, 2018

A 'Kindred Spirit' Comes to Fairyland's Puppet Fair

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By C.J. Hirschfield The Storybook Puppet Theater at Children’s Fairyland, which raised its curtain in 1956, is the longest continuously o...

Monday, June 25, 2018

The Highs and Lows of Puppet Shows

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By C.J. Hirschfield Our puppet-theater director, Randal Metz, is also a respected historian of puppets and puppetry. Recently, while r...

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Book Us for the Holidays

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By C.J. Hirschfield You’ve seen them at local bookstores, popular public attractions, even at hardware stores: those sepia-colored, pho...

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

A Land of Oz

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By C.J. Hirschfield Last week, a man and his 5-year-old daughter enjoyed a full day at Fairyland. They were exiting through the gift shop...

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