Art for Tots - Artist Spotlight: Suzy Lee
Join the MakerSpace team for a hands-on class focused on a different artist each week. Children ages 2-5 & their caregivers will experiment with the mediums and styles of well-known and emerging artists.
Science for Tots: ARTology
Join us for the Science for Tots series! This is a weekly program designed for children ages 2-5 and their caregivers. Each week, experience a different activity based on the theme of the month. Do you like science and art? This month, we will explore science through big, messy art projects. We will paint with colorful bubbles, mix colors through fizzy baking soda reactions, and explore texture by making our own paintbrushes. We recommend coming in clothes you don’t mind getting messy.
Theatre for Tots
Join Theatre for Tots, a special early childhood theatre experience for children ages 2-4 and their caregivers to gain confidence imagining and pretending together. Weekly. Included with Admission.
Dollar Day$ - May 18
Open the door to imagination and play for ONE-dollar on May 18 from 9 am to 4 pm at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine!
Science for Tots: ARTology
Join us for the Science for Tots series! This is a weekly program designed for children ages 2-5 and their caregivers. Each week, experience a different activity based on the theme of the month. Do you like science and art? This month, we will explore science through big, messy art projects. We will paint with colorful bubbles, mix colors through fizzy baking soda reactions, and explore texture by making our own paintbrushes. We recommend coming in clothes you don’t mind getting messy.
Theatre for Tots
Join Theatre for Tots, a special early childhood theatre experience for children ages 2-4 and their caregivers to gain confidence imagining and pretending together. Weekly. Included with Admission.
Play Your Way
Join us for a special playtime for anyone who would benefit from a quieter, low-key play session at the Museum & Theatre. This is the perfect time for families affected by Autism, Sensory Processing Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or other challenges to explore the Museum & Theatre, meet other families with similar experiences, and see if the Museum & Theatre is the right fit for you and your family.
Science for Tots: ARTology
Join us for the Science for Tots series! This is a weekly program designed for children ages 2-5 and their caregivers. Each week, experience a different activity based on the theme of the month. Do you like science and art? This month, we will explore science through big, messy art projects. We will paint with colorful bubbles, mix colors through fizzy baking soda reactions, and explore texture by making our own paintbrushes. We recommend coming in clothes you don’t mind getting messy.
Celebrate PRIDE!
June is Pride month, and CMTM is excited to celebrate with you in MakerSpace, the Theatre, and our community at Portland's Celebrate Pride event!
PRIDE Month Makerspace Rainbow Takeover
Celebrate PRIDE and all the colors of the rainbow in MakerSpace this June. Everyone is welcome to explore and engage in rainbow-inspired projects specially designed for young Makers.
Youth Playwriting Festival
Celebrate the beginning of the 2024-2025 theatre season with ten short plays written by individuals under the age of 17 and performed by members of the CMTM acting company. Join us for an inspiring showcase of emerging voices and imaginative storytelling and an announcement of the 2024-2025 theatre season!
PRIDE Month Makerspace Rainbow Takeover
Celebrate PRIDE and all the colors of the rainbow in MakerSpace this June. Everyone is welcome to explore and engage in rainbow-inspired projects specially designed for young Makers.
World Ocean Day Celebration
Come celebrate World Ocean Day! The ocean is home to over a million species of plants and animals. It houses some of the smallest living things, like phytoplankton and algae, which produce much of the world’s oxygen. It is also home to the biggest animal, the blue whale!
Connected Waters: Interactive Watershed Model (World Ocean Day Event)
Join our friends from the City of Portland Water Resources to celebrate World Ocean Day and Clean Water Week by using a hands-on watershed model to see how water from your street connects the ocean where fishes eat.
Sensory Seaweed with Visiting Scientist: Gretchen Grebe (World Ocean Day Event)
Join environmental and aquaculture scientist Gretchen Grebe for a sensory exploration of seaweed. Discover what seaweed lives in Casco Bay, why it is important to animals and humans, and how we can keep it growing!
World Ocean Day Celebration
Come celebrate World Ocean Day! The ocean is home to over a million species of plants and animals. It houses some of the smallest living things, like phytoplankton and algae, which produce much of the world’s oxygen. It is also home to the biggest animal, the blue whale!
CMTM presents: "Classroom: The Musical"
"Classroom: The Musical" offers a heartfelt portrayal of a day in the lives of four middle school students as they tackle various challenges in the classroom, with the principal serving as their guiding light. This captivating 30-minute musical features a talented cast of twelve students aged between eight and thirteen, delivering captivating performances that bring the story to life with authenticity and charm. This weekend only!
CMTM presents: "Classroom: The Musical"
"Classroom: The Musical" offers a heartfelt portrayal of a day in the lives of four middle school students as they tackle various challenges in the classroom, with the principal serving as their guiding light. This captivating 30-minute musical features a talented cast of twelve students aged between eight and thirteen, delivering captivating performances that bring the story to life with authenticity and charm. This weekend only!
CMTM presents: "Classroom: The Musical"
"Classroom: The Musical" offers a heartfelt portrayal of a day in the lives of four middle school students as they tackle various challenges in the classroom, with the principal serving as their guiding light. This captivating 30-minute musical features a talented cast of twelve students aged between eight and thirteen, delivering captivating performances that bring the story to life with authenticity and charm. This weekend only!
CMTM presents: "Classroom: The Musical"
"Classroom: The Musical" offers a heartfelt portrayal of a day in the lives of four middle school students as they tackle various challenges in the classroom, with the principal serving as their guiding light. This captivating 30-minute musical features a talented cast of twelve students aged between eight and thirteen, delivering captivating performances that bring the story to life with authenticity and charm. This weekend only!
Block-Out Poetry
Let’s use discarded and damaged books to tell a new story! Choose a page and find the words or phrases that are meaningful to you. Decorate your page with markers to cover or "block out" the remaining text, revealing your poem. Come explore this fun form of found poetry.
Special Guest Performance: Queer Kid Stuff
Join Lindz and their best-stuffed friend Teddy from Queer Kid Stuff and celebrate the LGBTQ+ community with songs and stories! We’re going back in time to talk about the roots of pride with our kid-friendly historical retelling of Stonewall and the creation of our beloved Rainbow Flag. We’ll sing LGBTQ+-themed original songs and covers along the way as we learn about LGBTQ+ history!
Special Guest Performance: Queer Kid Stuff
Join Lindz and their best-stuffed friend Teddy from Queer Kid Stuff and celebrate the LGBTQ+ community with songs and stories! We’re going back in time to talk about the roots of pride with our kid-friendly historical retelling of Stonewall and the creation of our beloved Rainbow Flag. We’ll sing LGBTQ+-themed original songs and covers along the way as we learn about LGBTQ+ history!
Block-Out Poetry
Let’s use discarded and damaged books to tell a new story! Choose a page and find the words or phrases that are meaningful to you. Decorate your page with markers to cover or "block out" the remaining text, revealing your poem. Come explore this fun form of found poetry.
ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S "WE ARE IN A PLAY” - Opening Show!
Spend some time with the quintessential Best Friends Forever as they prove that opposites not only attract, but opposites can get together and put on a really great show.
Experience the dramatic highs and lows of ice cream cones melting, new toys breaking, and what being someone’s best friend is all about. Packed full of playful interaction with the audience. “Can we make you sing Banana?” This play is a reminder that a play in the theatre is inspired by the play that you do everyday. We are all in a play together!
ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S "WE ARE IN A PLAY”
Spend some time with the quintessential Best Friends Forever as they prove that opposites not only attract, but opposites can get together and put on a really great show.
Experience the dramatic highs and lows of ice cream cones melting, new toys breaking, and what being someone’s best friend is all about. Packed full of playful interaction with the audience. “Can we make you sing Banana?” This play is a reminder that a play in the theatre is inspired by the play that you do everyday. We are all in a play together!
ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S "WE ARE IN A PLAY”
Spend some time with the quintessential Best Friends Forever as they prove that opposites not only attract, but opposites can get together and put on a really great show.
Experience the dramatic highs and lows of ice cream cones melting, new toys breaking, and what being someone’s best friend is all about. Packed full of playful interaction with the audience. “Can we make you sing Banana?” This play is a reminder that a play in the theatre is inspired by the play that you do everyday. We are all in a play together!
ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S "WE ARE IN A PLAY”
Spend some time with the quintessential Best Friends Forever as they prove that opposites not only attract, but opposites can get together and put on a really great show.
Experience the dramatic highs and lows of ice cream cones melting, new toys breaking, and what being someone’s best friend is all about. Packed full of playful interaction with the audience. “Can we make you sing Banana?” This play is a reminder that a play in the theatre is inspired by the play that you do everyday. We are all in a play together!
ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S "WE ARE IN A PLAY”
Spend some time with the quintessential Best Friends Forever as they prove that opposites not only attract, but opposites can get together and put on a really great show.
Experience the dramatic highs and lows of ice cream cones melting, new toys breaking, and what being someone’s best friend is all about. Packed full of playful interaction with the audience. “Can we make you sing Banana?” This play is a reminder that a play in the theatre is inspired by the play that you do everyday. We are all in a play together!
ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S "WE ARE IN A PLAY”
Spend some time with the quintessential Best Friends Forever as they prove that opposites not only attract, but opposites can get together and put on a really great show.
Experience the dramatic highs and lows of ice cream cones melting, new toys breaking, and what being someone’s best friend is all about. Packed full of playful interaction with the audience. “Can we make you sing Banana?” This play is a reminder that a play in the theatre is inspired by the play that you do everyday. We are all in a play together!
ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S "WE ARE IN A PLAY"
Spend some time with the quintessential Best Friends Forever as they prove that opposites not only attract, but opposites can get together and put on a really great show.
Experience the dramatic highs and lows of ice cream cones melting, new toys breaking, and what being someone’s best friend is all about. Packed full of playful interaction with the audience. “Can we make you sing Banana?” This play is a reminder that a play in the theatre is inspired by the play that you do everyday. We are all in a play together!
ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S "WE ARE IN A PLAY”
Spend some time with the quintessential Best Friends Forever as they prove that opposites not only attract, but opposites can get together and put on a really great show.
Experience the dramatic highs and lows of ice cream cones melting, new toys breaking, and what being someone’s best friend is all about. Packed full of playful interaction with the audience. “Can we make you sing Banana?” This play is a reminder that a play in the theatre is inspired by the play that you do everyday. We are all in a play together!
ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S "WE ARE IN A PLAY"
Spend some time with the quintessential Best Friends Forever as they prove that opposites not only attract, but opposites can get together and put on a really great show.
Experience the dramatic highs and lows of ice cream cones melting, new toys breaking, and what being someone’s best friend is all about. Packed full of playful interaction with the audience. “Can we make you sing Banana?” This play is a reminder that a play in the theatre is inspired by the play that you do everyday. We are all in a play together!
ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S "WE ARE IN A PLAY”
Spend some time with the quintessential Best Friends Forever as they prove that opposites not only attract, but opposites can get together and put on a really great show.
Experience the dramatic highs and lows of ice cream cones melting, new toys breaking, and what being someone’s best friend is all about. Packed full of playful interaction with the audience. “Can we make you sing Banana?” This play is a reminder that a play in the theatre is inspired by the play that you do everyday. We are all in a play together!
ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S "WE ARE IN A PLAY”
Spend some time with the quintessential Best Friends Forever as they prove that opposites not only attract, but opposites can get together and put on a really great show.
Experience the dramatic highs and lows of ice cream cones melting, new toys breaking, and what being someone’s best friend is all about. Packed full of playful interaction with the audience. “Can we make you sing Banana?” This play is a reminder that a play in the theatre is inspired by the play that you do everyday. We are all in a play together!
ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S "WE ARE IN A PLAY”
Spend some time with the quintessential Best Friends Forever as they prove that opposites not only attract, but opposites can get together and put on a really great show.
Experience the dramatic highs and lows of ice cream cones melting, new toys breaking, and what being someone’s best friend is all about. Packed full of playful interaction with the audience. “Can we make you sing Banana?” This play is a reminder that a play in the theatre is inspired by the play that you do everyday. We are all in a play together!
ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S "WE ARE IN A PLAY”
Spend some time with the quintessential Best Friends Forever as they prove that opposites not only attract, but opposites can get together and put on a really great show.
Experience the dramatic highs and lows of ice cream cones melting, new toys breaking, and what being someone’s best friend is all about. Packed full of playful interaction with the audience. “Can we make you sing Banana?” This play is a reminder that a play in the theatre is inspired by the play that you do everyday. We are all in a play together!
ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S "WE ARE IN A PLAY"
Spend some time with the quintessential Best Friends Forever as they prove that opposites not only attract, but opposites can get together and put on a really great show.
Experience the dramatic highs and lows of ice cream cones melting, new toys breaking, and what being someone’s best friend is all about. Packed full of playful interaction with the audience. “Can we make you sing Banana?” This play is a reminder that a play in the theatre is inspired by the play that you do everyday. We are all in a play together!
ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S "WE ARE IN A PLAY”
Spend some time with the quintessential Best Friends Forever as they prove that opposites not only attract, but opposites can get together and put on a really great show.
Experience the dramatic highs and lows of ice cream cones melting, new toys breaking, and what being someone’s best friend is all about. Packed full of playful interaction with the audience. “Can we make you sing Banana?” This play is a reminder that a play in the theatre is inspired by the play that you do everyday. We are all in a play together!
ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S "WE ARE IN A PLAY"
Spend some time with the quintessential Best Friends Forever as they prove that opposites not only attract, but opposites can get together and put on a really great show.
Experience the dramatic highs and lows of ice cream cones melting, new toys breaking, and what being someone’s best friend is all about. Packed full of playful interaction with the audience. “Can we make you sing Banana?” This play is a reminder that a play in the theatre is inspired by the play that you do everyday. We are all in a play together!
ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S "WE ARE IN A PLAY”
Spend some time with the quintessential Best Friends Forever as they prove that opposites not only attract, but opposites can get together and put on a really great show.
Experience the dramatic highs and lows of ice cream cones melting, new toys breaking, and what being someone’s best friend is all about. Packed full of playful interaction with the audience. “Can we make you sing Banana?” This play is a reminder that a play in the theatre is inspired by the play that you do everyday. We are all in a play together!
ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S "WE ARE IN A PLAY”
Spend some time with the quintessential Best Friends Forever as they prove that opposites not only attract, but opposites can get together and put on a really great show.
Experience the dramatic highs and lows of ice cream cones melting, new toys breaking, and what being someone’s best friend is all about. Packed full of playful interaction with the audience. “Can we make you sing Banana?” This play is a reminder that a play in the theatre is inspired by the play that you do everyday. We are all in a play together!
ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S "WE ARE IN A PLAY”
Spend some time with the quintessential Best Friends Forever as they prove that opposites not only attract, but opposites can get together and put on a really great show.
Experience the dramatic highs and lows of ice cream cones melting, new toys breaking, and what being someone’s best friend is all about. Packed full of playful interaction with the audience. “Can we make you sing Banana?” This play is a reminder that a play in the theatre is inspired by the play that you do everyday. We are all in a play together!
ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S "WE ARE IN A PLAY”
Spend some time with the quintessential Best Friends Forever as they prove that opposites not only attract, but opposites can get together and put on a really great show.
Experience the dramatic highs and lows of ice cream cones melting, new toys breaking, and what being someone’s best friend is all about. Packed full of playful interaction with the audience. “Can we make you sing Banana?” This play is a reminder that a play in the theatre is inspired by the play that you do everyday. We are all in a play together!
ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S "WE ARE IN A PLAY"
Spend some time with the quintessential Best Friends Forever as they prove that opposites not only attract, but opposites can get together and put on a really great show.
Experience the dramatic highs and lows of ice cream cones melting, new toys breaking, and what being someone’s best friend is all about. Packed full of playful interaction with the audience. “Can we make you sing Banana?” This play is a reminder that a play in the theatre is inspired by the play that you do everyday. We are all in a play together!
ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S "WE ARE IN A PLAY”
Spend some time with the quintessential Best Friends Forever as they prove that opposites not only attract, but opposites can get together and put on a really great show.
Experience the dramatic highs and lows of ice cream cones melting, new toys breaking, and what being someone’s best friend is all about. Packed full of playful interaction with the audience. “Can we make you sing Banana?” This play is a reminder that a play in the theatre is inspired by the play that you do everyday. We are all in a play together!
ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S "WE ARE IN A PLAY"
Spend some time with the quintessential Best Friends Forever as they prove that opposites not only attract, but opposites can get together and put on a really great show.
Experience the dramatic highs and lows of ice cream cones melting, new toys breaking, and what being someone’s best friend is all about. Packed full of playful interaction with the audience. “Can we make you sing Banana?” This play is a reminder that a play in the theatre is inspired by the play that you do everyday. We are all in a play together!
ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S "WE ARE IN A PLAY”
Spend some time with the quintessential Best Friends Forever as they prove that opposites not only attract, but opposites can get together and put on a really great show.
Experience the dramatic highs and lows of ice cream cones melting, new toys breaking, and what being someone’s best friend is all about. Packed full of playful interaction with the audience. “Can we make you sing Banana?” This play is a reminder that a play in the theatre is inspired by the play that you do everyday. We are all in a play together!
ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S "WE ARE IN A PLAY”
Spend some time with the quintessential Best Friends Forever as they prove that opposites not only attract, but opposites can get together and put on a really great show.
Experience the dramatic highs and lows of ice cream cones melting, new toys breaking, and what being someone’s best friend is all about. Packed full of playful interaction with the audience. “Can we make you sing Banana?” This play is a reminder that a play in the theatre is inspired by the play that you do everyday. We are all in a play together!
ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S "WE ARE IN A PLAY”
Spend some time with the quintessential Best Friends Forever as they prove that opposites not only attract, but opposites can get together and put on a really great show.
Experience the dramatic highs and lows of ice cream cones melting, new toys breaking, and what being someone’s best friend is all about. Packed full of playful interaction with the audience. “Can we make you sing Banana?” This play is a reminder that a play in the theatre is inspired by the play that you do everyday. We are all in a play together!
ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S "WE ARE IN A PLAY”
Spend some time with the quintessential Best Friends Forever as they prove that opposites not only attract, but opposites can get together and put on a really great show.
Experience the dramatic highs and lows of ice cream cones melting, new toys breaking, and what being someone’s best friend is all about. Packed full of playful interaction with the audience. “Can we make you sing Banana?” This play is a reminder that a play in the theatre is inspired by the play that you do everyday. We are all in a play together!
ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S "WE ARE IN A PLAY"
Spend some time with the quintessential Best Friends Forever as they prove that opposites not only attract, but opposites can get together and put on a really great show.
Experience the dramatic highs and lows of ice cream cones melting, new toys breaking, and what being someone’s best friend is all about. Packed full of playful interaction with the audience. “Can we make you sing Banana?” This play is a reminder that a play in the theatre is inspired by the play that you do everyday. We are all in a play together!
ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S "WE ARE IN A PLAY”
Spend some time with the quintessential Best Friends Forever as they prove that opposites not only attract, but opposites can get together and put on a really great show.
Experience the dramatic highs and lows of ice cream cones melting, new toys breaking, and what being someone’s best friend is all about. Packed full of playful interaction with the audience. “Can we make you sing Banana?” This play is a reminder that a play in the theatre is inspired by the play that you do everyday. We are all in a play together!
ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S "WE ARE IN A PLAY" - Closing Show
Spend some time with the quintessential Best Friends Forever as they prove that opposites not only attract, but opposites can get together and put on a really great show.
Experience the dramatic highs and lows of ice cream cones melting, new toys breaking, and what being someone’s best friend is all about. Packed full of playful interaction with the audience. “Can we make you sing Banana?” This play is a reminder that a play in the theatre is inspired by the play that you do everyday. We are all in a play together!
Flying Colors: Benefit Art Auction
The Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine is proud to present Flying Colors: Benefit Art Auction, an in-person and online auction celebrating the incredible talent of local Maine artists while raising funds for CMTM’s Community Fund. Host Committee tickets on sale 2.1.24. General Admission tickets on sale 3.1.24.
Theatre for Tots
Join Theatre for Tots, a special early childhood theatre experience for children ages 2-4 and their caregivers to gain confidence imagining and pretending together. Weekly. Included with Admission.
Meet a Therapy Dog (Children's Book Week Event)
Read a Story to a Therapy Dog!
Whether you are meeting a dog for the first time or own a dog yourself, all are welcome to greet our friendly, four-legged therapy dog friends. Come hang out, read a book, sing a song, or explore dog training with a certified therapy dog and its caregiver. Therapy dogs will be visiting with a trained adult in the 3rd floor IDEXX STEM Learning Hub and would love to say "hi" to you if you wish.
Included with Admission.
Location: IDEXX STEM Learning Hub, 3rd Floor
MakerSpace: Make Your Own Book Takeover (Children's Book Week Event)
Celebrate the joy of books in MakerSpace during Children's Book Week at CMTM! We're diving into bookmaking, from accordion and comic books to charming tiny books. Plus, each session offers a selection of free choice materials for your creations. Don't miss this chance to explore, create, and take home your very own book!
Book Cover Art (Children's Book Week Event)
Celebrate Children's Book Week at CMTM with a special book cover art activity! Have you ever dreamed of creating your own book cover or do you have a new story idea? Visit with CMTM team members in the IDEXX STEM Learning Hub to design your cover and discuss your story concepts. Join this fun activity and bring your book ideas to life!
Pop-Up Storytime (Children's Book Week Event)
Celebrate Children's Book Week at CMTM with an engaging storytime suitable for all ages. Listen, move around, and have fun!
Science for Tots: ARTology
Join us for the Science for Tots series! This is a weekly program designed for children ages 2-5 and their caregivers. Each week, experience a different activity based on the theme of the month. Do you like science and art? This month, we will explore science through big, messy art projects. We will paint with colorful bubbles, mix colors through fizzy baking soda reactions, and explore texture by making our own paintbrushes. We recommend coming in clothes you don’t mind getting messy.
MakerSpace: Make Your Own Book Takeover (Children's Book Week Event)
Celebrate the joy of books in MakerSpace during Children's Book Week at CMTM! We're diving into bookmaking, from accordion and comic books to charming tiny books. Plus, each session offers a selection of free choice materials for your creations. Don't miss this chance to explore, create, and take home your very own book!
Art for Tots - Artist Spotlight: Melissa Sweet
Join the MakerSpace team for a hands-on class focused on a different artist each week. Children ages 2-5 & their caregivers will experiment with the mediums and styles of well-known and emerging artists.
Members Monday: Storytime with Nolan (Children's Book Week Event)
Celebrate Children's Book Week at CMTM with an engaging storytime suitable for all ages.
MakerSpace: Make Your Own Book Takeover (Children's Book Week Event)
Celebrate the joy of books in MakerSpace during Children's Book Week at CMTM! We're diving into bookmaking, from accordion and comic books to charming tiny books. Plus, each session offers a selection of free choice materials for your creations. Don't miss this chance to explore, create, and take home your very own book!
Hooray for She, He, Ze, & They, read by the author Lindz Amer. Book signing to follow.
Lindz Amer (they/them) makes queer stuff for kids and families. They started on this wild and winding career path when they created Queer Kid Stuff—an award-winning original LGBTQ+ educational webseries for all ages—that has reached millions of families. They perform at libraries, schools, and theaters all over the world spreading queer joy and working on numerous projects that bring queer and trans representation into mainstream children's media. In 2019, they gave a viral TED Talk on the importance of talking to kids about gender and sexuality.
Little People of the Dawn, told by the author Minquansis Sapiel
Minquansis Sapiel is a Passamaquoddy TribaI member, mother of three daughters and has a Masters in Social Work. Her daughter also illustrated the children’s book she wrote Little People of the Dawn. She grew up on the Sipayik Reservation and moved off to go to college at the University of Maine. She also has her Captain’s license and offers whale watching tours.
Next Level, a Hymn in Gratitude for Neurodiversity, read by the author Samara Cole Doyon
Samara Cole Doyon is presenting the new release Next Level: from the award-winning team behind Magnificent Homespun Brown, Samara Cole Doyon and Coretta Scott King Award Honoree Kaylani Juanita, comes a song of gratitude for those who see the world in a different way. Samara Cole Doyon (Portland, ME) is both a second-generation Haitian American and a proud Mainer, with half of the roots of her family tree reaching generations deep into the soil of the Pine Tree State. She is a freelance writer, teacher, wife, and mother. She has been a regular contributor at Black Girl In Maine Media and has been featured in the “Deep Water” poetry column of the Portland Press Herald.
Hooray for She, He, Ze, & They, read by the author Lindz Amer. Book signing to follow.
Lindz Amer (they/them) makes queer stuff for kids and families. They started on this wild and winding career path when they created Queer Kid Stuff—an award-winning original LGBTQ+ educational webseries for all ages—that has reached millions of families. They perform at libraries, schools, and theaters all over the world spreading queer joy and working on numerous projects that bring queer and trans representation into mainstream children's media. In 2019, they gave a viral TED Talk on the importance of talking to kids about gender and sexuality.
Little People of the Dawn, told by the author Minquansis Sapiel
Minquansis Sapiel is a Passamaquoddy TribaI member, mother of three daughters and has a Masters in Social Work. Her daughter also illustrated the children’s book she wrote Little People of the Dawn. She grew up on the Sipayik Reservation and moved off to go to college at the University of Maine. She also has her Captain’s license and offers whale watching tours.
Next Level, a Hymn in Gratitude for Neurodiversity, read by the author Samara Cole Doyon
Samara Cole Doyon is presenting the new release Next Level: from the award-winning team behind Magnificent Homespun Brown, Samara Cole Doyon and Coretta Scott King Award Honoree Kaylani Juanita, comes a song of gratitude for those who see the world in a different way. Samara Cole Doyon (Portland, ME) is both a second-generation Haitian American and a proud Mainer, with half of the roots of her family tree reaching generations deep into the soil of the Pine Tree State. She is a freelance writer, teacher, wife, and mother. She has been a regular contributor at Black Girl In Maine Media and has been featured in the “Deep Water” poetry column of the Portland Press Herald.
MakerSpace: Make Your Own Book Takeover (Children's Book Week Event)
Celebrate the joy of books in MakerSpace during Children's Book Week at CMTM! We're diving into bookmaking, from accordion and comic books to charming tiny books. Plus, each session offers a selection of free choice materials for your creations. Don't miss this chance to explore, create, and take home your very own book!
Children's Book Week: New Release Day!
Celebrate Book Week in CMTM's Maddy’s Theatre through the magic of storytelling. Three beloved local authors will be sharing their latest children's books, featuring heartwarming tales of inclusion and inspiring journeys of self-discovery. Meet the authors and listen as they bring their newly released children's books to life. Don't miss this opportunity to join a welcoming community of readers and dreamers.
MakerSpace: Make Your Own Book Takeover (Children's Book Week Event)
Celebrate the joy of books in MakerSpace during Children's Book Week at CMTM! We're diving into bookmaking, from accordion and comic books to charming tiny books. Plus, each session offers a selection of free choice materials for your creations. Don't miss this chance to explore, create, and take home your very own book!
MakerSpace: Make Your Own Book Takeover (Children's Book Week Event)
Celebrate the joy of books in MakerSpace during Children's Book Week at CMTM! We're diving into bookmaking, from accordion and comic books to charming tiny books. Plus, each session offers a selection of free choice materials for your creations. Don't miss this chance to explore, create, and take home your very own book!
MakerSpace: Make Your Own Book Takeover (Children's Book Week Event)
Celebrate the joy of books in MakerSpace during Children's Book Week at CMTM! We're diving into bookmaking, from accordion and comic books to charming tiny books. Plus, each session offers a selection of free choice materials for your creations. Don't miss this chance to explore, create, and take home your very own book!
Author Visit: Lisa Wentzell (Children's Book Week Event)
Meet Lisa Wentzell, author of A Dog and His Boy, The Adventures of Spillway and Scotty. Lisa Wentzell will read her children's book about a boy named Scotty and his life-sized stuffed dog named Spillway. This heartwarming story is told from Spillway's point of view and explores themes of acceptance, empathy, inclusion, and friendship.
MakerSpace: Make Your Own Book Takeover (Children's Book Week Event)
Celebrate the joy of books in MakerSpace during Children's Book Week at CMTM! We're diving into bookmaking, from accordion and comic books to charming tiny books. Plus, each session offers a selection of free choice materials for your creations. Don't miss this chance to explore, create, and take home your very own book!
MakerSpace: Make Your Own Book Takeover (Children's Book Week Event)
Celebrate the joy of books in MakerSpace during Children's Book Week at CMTM! We're diving into bookmaking, from accordion and comic books to charming tiny books. Plus, each session offers a selection of free choice materials for your creations. Don't miss this chance to explore, create, and take home your very own book!
Pop-Up Storytime (Children's Book Week Event)
Celebrate Children's Book Week at CMTM with an engaging storytime suitable for all ages. Listen, move around, and have fun!
Book Cover Art (Children's Book Week Event)
Celebrate Children's Book Week at CMTM with a special book cover art activity! Have you ever dreamed of creating your own book cover or do you have a new story idea? Visit with CMTM team members in the IDEXX STEM Learning Hub to design your cover and discuss your story concepts. Join this fun activity and bring your book ideas to life!
Theatre for Tots
Join Theatre for Tots, a special early childhood theatre experience for children ages 2-4 and their caregivers to gain confidence imagining and pretending together. Weekly. Included with Admission.
MakerSpace: Make Your Own Book Takeover (Children's Book Week Event)
Celebrate the joy of books in MakerSpace during Children's Book Week at CMTM! We're diving into bookmaking, from accordion and comic books to charming tiny books. Plus, each session offers a selection of free choice materials for your creations. Don't miss this chance to explore, create, and take home your very own book!