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Dr. Loretta Long is working on a new book, tentatively entitled “My Friends Still Call Me Susan”. She is compiling stories and pictures from viewers about their Sesame Street experiences. The book will be a collection of these stories along with many memories of her own. You can e-mail your...

This is a thread to discuss ideas for and experiences of teaching with muppets. Has anybody used Sesame Street or Muppet video in the classroom? Have anyone's kids learned something cool from watching muppets? Does anyone have ideas about how the art, music, or scripts could be used for...

Oscar and Tom Chapin (Harry's brother) performed the song "Garbage" at the Clearwater Concert at Madison Square Garden tonight in celebration of Pete Seeger's 90th birthday. It was a total surprise, as Oscar was not listed in the program. And I got to meet Caroll & Deb afterwards. :wisdom...

There have been a few mentions on the forum lately of Pete Seeger, who appeared numerous times on Sesame Street and released an album with them. I think he deserves his own thread, not least because he is turning 90 on 3 May and celebrating with a concert at Madison Square Garden. I was...

this may be more sesame-related merchandise, but Roscoe Orman is the "chief storyteller" for www.audiblekids.com narrating audio books. you can download his reading of beauty and the beast for free. and among the books you can buy that he narrates is his own book, Ricky & Mobo. the rest of...

Don't know if anyone lives near Fairlawn, Ohio, but it appears that Roscoe Orman will be performing at the Family Expo at the mall this Saturday.

March 20 is a big day! first, it's supposedly Big Bird's birthday (though I don't know where they come up with birthdays of muppets...), and he is, of course, turning 6...again... but it's also Fred Rogers's birthday, and he would have been 81. so happy birthday, Mister Rogers, we miss you! i...

Sonia Manzano will be reading from Faïza Guène’s 2004 novel, “Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow” at Symphony Space's "Passport to Paris" evening in NY on 31 March.

here's an announcement for John Tartaglia's appearance at Feinstein's at Loews Regency in New York on 30 March. looks a bit pricey, but maybe someone can go.

Here is a disturbing report--with an equally disturbing user comment--that the state of Pennsylvania has cut the 85% of the entire PBS budget. If you're in Pennsylvania, please write your representatives! I'm not sure if this is the right place on the forum for this, but it does affect Sesame...

so apparently the cast of sesame street was part of an all-star benefit concert on Broadway called Defying Inequality and they sang Sing--here's someone's video on youtube. did anyone get to go? did anyone even hear about it? why are sesame street appearances so underpublicized and elusive that...

Just ran across Fred Garbo's website (he did Barkley in the late 80s). His Inflatable Theater Co. looks like it has the combination of zany humor and performance skill that ss & muppet fans would appreciate! I'm gonna try to go to one of the shows, although they're all a bit far from me...