NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts of the past week:

Chicago hosts a festival entirely dedicated to puppetry—and you won’t believe what it has in store

www.timeout.com: Since the dawn of time—or at least since someone first glued string to a wooden limb—puppetry has been one of the world’s most polarizing art forms. Some find puppets downright adorable; others are still unpacking childhood trauma involving carved smiles and unblinking eyes. Chicago, however, has clearly chosen a side. The city’s appetite for puppets is downright ravenous, which is why the 8th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival kicks off its 12-day takeover tomorrow, January 21.

The Sphere Could be Headed to Your City (With a Smaller Footprint)

gizmodo.com: The company behind Las Vegas’s Sphere announced plans on Monday to bring a smaller version of the orb-shaped venue to the National Harbor outside Washington, D.C.

Smart Color-Changing Nails You Can Adjust With an App

mymodernmet.com: Imagine a manicure that can shift from subtle nude to bold crimson in seconds, without a drop of polish or a visit to the salon. That once speculative idea became tangible at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, where digital beauty brand iPolish introduced app-controlled press-on nails capable of changing color on demand.

CMU Drama Professors and Alumni Encourage High School Students To Find Their Voice

News - Carnegie Mellon University: The master class at Creators Academy in Brooklyn, New York, was part of the annual Excellence in Theatre Education Award, presented at the Tony Awards by CMU, in partnership with the American Theatre Wing and the Broadway League. This year’s recipient, Gary Edwin Robinson, and his theatre students spent an October day with CMU faculty who shared their expertise in acting, musical theatre and dance.

Building Digital Guardrails: Toward a Privacy-First Framework for Immersive Safety

Arts Management and Technology Lab: As virtual, augmented, and mixed reality technologies merge with AI-driven platforms, the line between physical and digital life is rapidly disappearing. In these immersive environments, questions of ethics, accountability, and safety have become increasingly urgent.