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Everyday Art Project: Puppets! Puppets! Puppets!
Create your own puppet to explore your own unique narrative.
Back to Basics: Geometry with Cut Loose Collage Workshops
Join local collage artist Michael Sjostedt and rediscover the simple joy of artmaking.
Back to Basics with Cut Loose Collage Workshop Bundle (4 Workshops)
Register for all four Cut Loose Collage Workshops with local collage artist Michael Sjostedt for a reduced price and save!
Exploring Materials: Mark Making
In this hands-on workshop, we explore the accessible medium of drawing and how it fosters self-expression and motor skills in children.
Everyday Art Project: Drafting Daydreams
Create a layered drawing and draft up your most whimsical daydream!
First Book Friendiversary
Families visiting between February 5-9 will receive a FREE Elephant & Piggie book while supplies last! (Elephant & Piggie costume characters will not be in attendance.)
Word Play with The Center Dance Studio
Bring your dancing feet for creative movement inspired by picture books.
Open Book, Open Play
Move, sing, talk, and explore materials during this interactive storytime for early learners.
Special Storytime: Carol Joy Munro
Join author Carol Joy Munroe as she shares her debut picture book, Springtime Storks.
Paddington Bear Storytime with R.W. Alley
Do you have plans to see the new movie, Paddington 3? Pair it with our storytime with artist R.W. Alley as he shares his book, Paddington’s Post!
Nutshell Playhouse Presents: SpyJinks!
Three intrepid spies and a parrot named Taco are on their very first mission. Will they succeed?
Braille Storytime with Mary Westgate
Join us for this interactive storytime featuring singing, musical instruments, and braille books!
Special Storytime: Kari Percival
Join Kari Percival and the Hitchcock Center for the Environment to learn ways to help local frogs, toads, and salamanders.
Free to Be...You and Me at 50: Music, Messages, and Memories
Join us for a retrospective look at the creation, popular reception, and ongoing legacy of Free to Be…You and Me, while also sharing your own memories, thoughts, and questions with other participants.
Word Play with The Center Dance Studio
Bring your dancing feet for creative movement inspired by picture books.
Special Storytime: Richard Michelson
Join local award-winning author Richard Michelson at the launch storytime event for Next Year in the White House: Barack Obama’s First Presidential Seder.