Spring 2016 Volume 67, No. 3

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

2 Calendar

3 From the Editor BY STEVE ABRAMS

4 Where Are They Now: Catching Up With The Contestants From The Syfy Channel’s Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge BY JAMIE DONMOYER

10 A Conversation with Ron Binion BY VICTORIA AND ANNA VARGAS

13 Puppets in Toruk: The First Flight BY STEVE ABRAMS

14 RE-Generation: Shoshana Bass Breathes New Life into a Classic BY ANDREW PERIALE

16 Puppets at an Exhibition BY STEVE ABRAMS

19 SCENE EAST BY STEVE ABRAMS

20 SCENE WEST BY VALERIE AND MICHAEL NELSON

21 SCENE BETWEEN BY JAN WOLFE

23 MARCH OF TIME

25 MILESTONES: Allelu Kurten, David Bowie, Prince, Marshall Izen, Earl “Bud” Wertheim, Vlasta Dalibor, Sam Dee Thomas, Mack Emmert

28 REEL PUPPETRY: Defining Puppetry for Film Festivals BY ALEX U GRIFFIN

30 TIME MACHINE BY KAT PLEVIAK

31 BOOK REVIEWS BY NANCY L. STAUB AND DAVE GOBOFF

32 EUREKA! BY NANCY SANDER

33 Silence: Mummenschanz BY JENNIFER STOESSNER

34 GUILD CONNECTION BY KURT HUNTER

35 REUM WITH A VIEW BY M’EL REUM

36 World Day of Puppetry