Fw: Enjoy half off zoo admission!

Feb. 28 through March 6

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Fw: January last performances of Nutcracker Cracked

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Subject: January last performances of Nutcracker Cracked

Our final 5 performances of The Nutcracker Cracked, our live comedy take on the famous Nutcracker Story and Ballet!

View this email in your browser View this email in your browser Welcome new members to the newsletter from the Portland Puppet Museum.  Enchanting Fairy-tale and Television Puppets is open at last! The wait is over! Come join us as we stroll back though the adventures of our childhoods with Enchanting Fairy tales and Historical Television and Oregon Puppets. Each exhibit area evokes memories of your first journey to magical woods with haunted castles, gingerbread houses and towering waterfalls. Come climb the beanstalk, match swords with Captain Hook, or attend the ball with Cinderella. Does a fairy-tale have to have a witch in it, or a fairy for that matter? Why not take a magical tour with us as we weave the enchantment of these century old tales that have forever captured our hearts.  In January magic of the Nutcracker continues for 5 more enchanting performances. This Holiday Season the Portland Puppet Museum will present, an enchanting holiday comedy rod puppet shows by the Olde World Puppet Theatre, perfect for the entire family! Shows run each weekend throughout December and the first two weekends in January. The Nutcracker Cracked   Family Show Weekends Saturday January 3rd, 10th, Sun January 4th, 11th. It's Christmas Eve and Clara's 13th birthday. Mayhem and enchantment soon take over as her Uncle Drosselmeyer brings a magical gift awaking her fondest dreams. Join Clara and her little brother Fritz as the entire house comes alive while they attempt to decorate the tree. Set to the classical music of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Ballet with over 84 dazzling, transforming rod puppets, this show is a holiday treat for the entire Family. Puppet show is approximately 38 minutes long, perfect for the little ones. Our indoor puppet theater seats 26 guests. We even have little chairs for the smaller kids. Show tickets are $15.00 per person 3 years old to adult. Please note that, Your On-line tickets are printed by us and available for pick up at the Puppet Museum door before the show. Theater doors open for tickets and seating at 1:30PM. Show begins at 2:00PM. Portland Puppet Museum, 906 SE Umatilla St Portland Oregon 97202 Information and reservations can be made at 503 233-7723 or text 503 962-0057 ONLINE TICKETS all ages, afternoon weekends Click Here! Special Evening Performances of The Nutcracker Cracked Adult Night Out   with The Nutcracker Cracked by the Olde World Puppet Theatre, Jan 9th is totally SOLD OUT!  Sometimes you just have to leave the kids behind and spend a wacky but enchanting evening with friends! Coming in February, we are really excited to announce that we will be performing The Legends of Ancient China at three different Malls throughout the Greater Portland/Van Couver area once again! This exciting interactive show features over 45 hand crafted beautiful puppets telling the story of the birth of the Chinese New Year Celebrations and the First Female Empress and Dragon of Ancient China. We use the kids and adults in the audience to come on stage and help us weave these incredible tales of old.  Details coming in the next newsletter!   Documentation and Preservation continue on the puppet collection. It has been a very full fall as we changed over the museum to a new exhibit as well as beginning the photographing of our collection of puppets and memorabilia from the world of puppetry. Wish us luck as we take on the daunting task of this very unique and wonderful collection with over 3,000 items.   Thanks for reading our newsletter, and we hope you will share it with family and friends, as we bring the holidays alive at the Portland Puppet Museum with displays and live performances! •Visit our YouTube film page  PUPPET MUSEUM FILMS •Visit our FaceBook news page      THE PORTLAND PUPPET MUSEUM •Visit our  Instagram   (NEW)       PORTLAND PUPPET MUSEUM •Visit our Website  (RESTORED) PORTLAND PUPPET MUSEUM ------------------------------------------------- Steve Overton Portland Puppet Museum 906 SE Umatilla St, Portland, Oregon 97202 503 233-7723 or text at 503 962-0057 The Portland Puppet Museum Adventure awaits in this exciting new exhibit with some of your old time favorites! The Enchanted Castle of the Beast holds many secrets and guests! Can you name them all? The Enchanting Palace of the Sugar Plum Fairy is the perfect setting for our show. This magical stage features over 100 wooden nutcrackers from all over the world.  Kids play a special game before the show finding different Nutcrackers such as (Find the Pirates, Snowmen, Fireman, Clara, Soldiers, the Mouse King and Cowboys) ! Steve poses with Clara and her Uncle Drosselmeyer as we create the story with 84 charming puppets.  This year Uncle Drosselmyer brings Clara something totally unexpected for her birthday! Dancing Chinese dragons and take out boxes, waltzing flowers the big bad Wolf bring chaos and laughter to the stage!  Legends of Ancient China, Vancouver Mall 2025 Two extrodinary tales as told by puppets to help us ring in the New Year! Legends of Ancient China Washington Square 2025 The children from the audience join us onstage for this  enchanting show! Legends of Ancient China Bridgeport Village 2025 Try your hand at soaring dragons though the skies, and dance the New Year in with Chinese Lion puppets.  Tinkerbell and her Frost Fairies add a bit of charm and yet danger to this hilarious version of the Nutcracker! 84 puppets await their turn backstage! Hey, wait a minute is that dinosaurs on unicicles?  It takes three performers to handle all the puppets in this comedy puppet show! So come journey out this holiday season and catch a live performance of this beloved show as we celebrate the season with family and friends.   Copyright © 2026 Portland Puppet Museum, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because either you signed up during your museum visit or you e-mailed us asking to receive information from the museum Our mailing address is: Portland Puppet Museum 906 SE Umatilla St Portland, OR 97202 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? 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