If you spend any time at all with people under the age of, say, 12, you might — might — know about Object Shows. An Object Show is, for the grown-ups, an animated series that features a large cast of ...

A looming rhinoceros arrests you with a melancholy eye. A T. rex a mere touch more miniature than the Field Museum’s Sue stands poised for attack. A lord and a lady in fine array gaze longingly into ...

It’s a unique one to be sure — a festival when paper, wood, plastic and wool take the spotlight. And this year, The Festival of Animated Objects, which celebrates puppetry and masks through ...