Heyas!
I know there a couple people on my friends list involved at various levels with puppetry, so thought I'd share
this link I saw in my email this morning. This will be the first year for Gen Con's new Puppet Program, with several seminars and kids programs as part of it.
I know a lot of people think of Gen Con as just a gaming convention (if they know anything about it at all), but it does have a lot of side programs going on as well. Crafting, cosplay and armor making, anime, and the Writers Symposium are all growing and going strong too, and I'm glad to see a new track starting off :)