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Friday, October 3
10:15 & 11:30 AM
Family Performance Heather Henson's Handmade Puppet Dreams for Kids
Discovery Theater Films
(for all ages) Jim Henson's daughter Heather presents her Film Festival of Puppetry -- puppet videos for kids by the new generation of young puppet artists:

Sprout is about a kitchen sink that overflows, causing the room to flood and sprout to life.
Trixie and the Treetrunks follows Trixie and Marsha as they try, try, try to start a band.
Piano Mouths features an ordinary piano that becomes a puppet!
Pupsock and Wendell in the Gallery of Doom is an action adventure in which the heroes attempt to save Princess Stacie from her kidnappers in a haunted museum.
Bottle Bug Band teaches that every day should be Earth Day.

Note: $6, adults; $5, children (ages 2-16); $4, Resident Members.
Tickets required; call 202-633-8700 (see Note for prices)
Repeats Oct. 4
Related Exhibition: Jim Henson's Fantastic World

The Smithsonian Associates Discovery Theater
Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center, Room 3111
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12:30 PM
Special Tour Lecture Currents: New Acquisitions
Friday Gallery Talk
Artist Mark Cameron Boyd (professor of art and design, Corcoran College) talks about the related exhibition.
Free
Continues most Fridays
Related Exhibition: Currents: New Acquisitions
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Location: Meet at information desk
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7 PM
Film Flower in the Pocket
Film
(2007, 97 min., Malay/Mandarin/Cantonese/English with English subtitles, directed by Liew Seng Tat, Malaysia) This award-winning debut feature film tells the story of two endearing but troublesome boys and their workaholic dad.
Free, but tickets (2 per person) distributed 1 hour before
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Freer, Meyer Auditorium
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