Strategic Communications and Marketing News Bureau

Sicilian Puppet Theater coming to campus

A man looks toward the camera as puppet soldiers appear to his right.

Puppeteer Mimmo Cuticchio and some of his puppets. Provided

A man looks toward the camera as puppet soldiers appear to his right. View Images

Sicilian Pupi, or Sicilian Puppet Theater, will present a performance at 6 p.m. Oct. 30 in Foellinger Auditorium, 709 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana. The event is free and open to the public.

The performance is presented in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicagoand the Italian Program at Illinois. The tradition of puppet theaters connects Renaissance poems on ladies and knights with street performance and has survived throughout the centuries in Italy. The company is led by puppeteer Mimmo Cuticchio.

“It is an extremely rare occasion to see in the U.S. what has been named by UNESCO as a Masterpiece of the Intangible Heritage of Humanity,” said Eleonora Stoppino, the director of the Program in Medieval Studies at Illinois and a professor of French and Italian.



This article was imported from a previous version of the News Bureau website. Please email news@illinois.edu to report missing photos and/or photo credits.

Read Next

Expert Viewpoints Portrait of Siegfried Eggl.

What can researchers learn from last month’s unusual meteor activity in the US?

Last month, at least two major, but unrelated, meteor events occurred in the skies over highly populated areas of the U.S. Both fireballs, often referred to as bolides, were seen — and heard — during daylight hours, suggesting they were unusually large. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign aerospace engineering communications coordinator Debra Levey Larson spoke with […]

Veterinary Medicine A veterinarian and a canne patient

Unlocking how dogs’ fungal ear infections evade treatment points vets to drug stewardship

Outer ear infections in dogs are very common, but are becoming resistant to topical treatment. A new study sheds light on why.

Announcements

Four Illinois students receive Goldwater scholarships

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — One University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign sophomore and three juniors were awarded Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships for their potential to contribute to the advancement of research in the natural sciences, mathematics or engineering. Sophomore Maxwell Mamishev and juniors George Bayliss, Peter Golemis and Cliff Sun are among the 454 recipients of the $7,500 […]

Strategic Communications and Marketing News Bureau

507 E. Green St
MC-426
Champaign, IL 61820

Email: stratcom@illinois.edu

Phone (217) 333-5010