NEW YORK – Having a personal portrait made is usually an occasion of dignity and a sign of accomplishment. Usually. But it's hard to be stately when your portrait comes with a hand hole, a plush nose ...

No matter how many times Brian Hull and his five person professional puppeteer team perform "String City: Nashville’s Tradition of Music and Puppetry," they can't help but dance and sing along ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Elvis peeks out from behind a dinosaur that has a jack-o’-lantern bobbling in front of it. Round the corner, Freddie Mercury and Mr Bean hang out next to each other. This is not a fever dream, but the ...

The Sugar Hole puppets are an odd bunch. Since May they have appeared every Saturday and Sunday and offered passersby cones of ice cream. When the weather turned, they began serving soup, hand pies, ...