Schroeder Cherry brings his hand-carved puppets and stories to town for “Can You Spell Harlem?” with shows at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 3-4, at the Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave.

Blanche Harding was a sprightly 77 years old when she began carving the 16 puppets for the Lewis and Clark show. During all of 1985, she wrote the script, designed and sewed the costumes and recruited ...

Performances in N.Y.C. A stage adaptation of J.M. Coetzee’s novel “Life & Times of Michael K,” about a man’s struggles during a fictional South African conflict, includes actors alongside a puppet ...