Skip to main content

Learn Puppetry with Bob Baker Marionette Theater's "Adventures of Bobo"

Support Provided By

Southland Sessions Presents: From high school operas and drive-thru art exhibitions to Chicano comedies and underground DJ sets—we are showcasing the vibrancy of arts and culture across our city today.

In conjunction with LAUSD's Summer of Learning, The Adventures of Bobo is a six-part series that provides viewers of all ages with an introduction to puppetry and puppet making.

The Adventures of Bobo: Anything can be a Puppet (full episode)

Title: The Adventures of Bobo: Anything can be a Puppet (Parts 1-6)
Presented by: Bob Baker Marionette Theater
Originally Posted: 
Hosted by: Miss Missy and Bobo
Design and Build by: Ayrin Gharibpour

Bobo has just picked up his very first puppet. In doing so, he has opened a magical portal to puppetry! Join Bobo and his guide, Miss Missy, as they explore puppets old and new, big and small, in their six part series looking at different types of puppetry, how they come to life, and how to make them!

About Bob Baker Marionette Theater
Bob Baker Marionette Theater provides unique theatrical experiences; to educate, to celebrate, to rejuvinate puppetry and the allied arts.

Support Provided By
Read More
Kenny Burrell is an older man holding a guitar smiling wholeheartedly

Jazz Legend Kenny Burrell Turns 90

A jazz great Kenny Burrell belongs to a galaxy of great musicians including Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, but it all began in Detroit, continued on to countless single-day recording sessions and eventually grew to a venerable university-level jazz program.
A barefoot man and woman dance together.

How Artist-Parents Are Nurturing Culture – and What We Can Learn From Them

Columnist Anuradha Vikram talks to artists about how being an artist has made them better parents and the reverse, and how they bring their artistic know-how to their families, including what they've learned in the pandemic that they intend to carry forward in their personal and professional lives.
Participants stand on a platform placed on top of the sand at Santa Monica Beach. The participants are waving around different colored scarves in the air. The sky above them is overcast.

Climate Change-Focused Artist Residency Maps Out a New Future in the Pandemic

In the pandemic, Air, an arts residency focused on climate change, transforms into a nomadic institution.