Maine Public visited the Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine to learn about their new exhibit opening Monday, October 9 on Indigenous People’s Day.
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On Monday, October 9, 2023, Indigenous People’s Day, the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine will open Ckuwaponahkiyik Atkuhkakonol: Wabanaki Storytelling Through Art and Traditions to the public.
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Children's book festival starting Sept. 23 will highlight the work of Black creators in Maine.
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In its fourth year, the festival named for a book by Ashley Bryan will include events Friday though Sunday in Lewiston, Portland and Rockland.
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Mariah Healy has joined the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine as director of development.
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ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre announces its 2023-24 Season of Family Series shows, a series of top-quality live arts programs from around the globe, according to the Stand, in a news release.
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Fifteen short plays, written by children and adults, will be performed May 20 and 21 at the Thompson's Point theater – the longest-running institution of its kind in the country.
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Family travel has rebounded in a big way over the past year and expectations are high that it will bounce back to pre-pandemic levels in 2023. With fears of COVID-19 transmission easing, families are more ready than ever to explore popular family vacation spots like New York and Orlando, Florida, while more moderately sized cities like Portland, Maine, and Pittsburgh are also having a moment.
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The Children's Museum in Portland hosted its annual "New Year's at Noon" today. This year's theme was an "indoor beach party." Hundreds of families kicked off their New Year's Eve celebration by making a "sea star wand" or learning about life underwater. Attendees brought in nonperishables to donate to Wayside Food Programs, and of course, they had a "sea star drop" instead of a traditional ball drop.
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Traditionally celebrated with adult beverages on a grown-up timeline, New Year’s Eve isn’t the calendar’s most family-friendly holiday.
So to accommodate area tots who won’t make it to midnight, the Children’s Museum and Theater of Maine on Saturday threw its annual New Year’s Eve party for young kids and their families.
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A "children's citizenship ceremony" was held at the Children's Museum and Theater of Maine.
A wintry mystery is afoot at the Children’s Theatre and Museum of Maine: Three little kittens have lost some of their outerwear!
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The third annual Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival took place on September 17 and 18 at locations in Portland, Lewiston, and Rockland.
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The 3rd annual Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival was held on 9/17/22 and 9/18/22 in locations across Maine. In-person for the first time, The Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival celebrates Black and Black Immigrant children’s books and their creators with an annual 4,000+ book giveaway to Maine families, the production of acclaimed media and activities, and live events. The festival honors the legacy of legendary Black children’s book creator and artist Ashley Bryan and is named after his classic picture book Beautiful Blackbird.
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Puppets in Portland happens over the course of six days and it’s an international festival of puppetry arts. PiP includes more than a dozen professional puppeteers, technicians and sound engineers, representing 10 countries, who are all enthusiastic about sharing their love for the diverse world of puppets.
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Portland’s Maine Children’s Theater is coming to Midcoast Maine. Watts Hall Community Arts presents MCT’s traveling production of “Blueberries for Sal: The Musical” Thursday, Sept. 1, at 4 p.m., at Watts Hall, 174 Main St., in downtown Thomaston.
“This heartwarming Maine classic offers parents and grandparents a wonderful opportunity to introduce children ages 3 to 10 to the magic of live theater right in our own ‘backyard.’” said Watts Hall Community Arts, in a news release.
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The Children’s Museum of Maine is building a new $14 million museum in the middle of the pandemic.
"We worked hard. We stuck to our timelines as much as possible,” Children’s Museum of Maine Executive Director Julie Butcher Pezzino said.
Butcher Pezzino said it has been a challenge but was able to clear every hurdle in front of them.
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Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine in the Old Port has been shut down through most of the pandemic, but museum officials have still been busy this year.
They're in the process of moving from its old home next to the Portland Museum of Art, to a brand new building across town at Thompson's Point.
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A giant one-of-a-kind periscopic camera obscura owned by the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine was carefully raised onto the roof of the museum’s new building last week, where it will offer visitors a unique view of Portland when the museum reopens this spring.
The camera’s high-end optics, including a special aluminum-coated mirror used in large telescopes and two precision lenses fabricated by Kodak Inc.’s military division, will project the panoramic views visible from the rooftop down onto an exhibit table on the third floor, just as it did previously at the Free Street location.
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