Consider attending "Terrific Tuesdays” at The Children's Museum in Easton on Feb. 26.
Do you have those winter blues? Nothing to do? Then drop-in to the The Children's Museum in Easton on Tuesday, Feb. 26 from 10:15-11:00 a.m. for a special activity. This week the museum is going to pound, pinch and pull! Come check out our wide variety of Play Dough hammers, rollers and stampers. Learn some beginning clay techniques.
Terrific Tuesday activities feature hands-on arts, crafts, and science activities. All activities are free with museum admission and no registration is required.
Hours for the Children's Museum are Tuesday-Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday noon to 5 p.m.. Admission is $6 per person, members and under one is free. For the most up to date information on Terrific Tuesdays, please call the Museum at 508-230-3789 or visit www.childrensmuseumineaston.org.
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Friday, February 22, 2008
Friday, February 15, 2008
Leap Day Celebration at Franklin Park Zoo on March 1
Leap on over to Franklin Park Zoo on Saturday, March 1 for for a fun-filled day of leap year celebrations to be held in the Tropical Forest.
Children can participate in a leap-frog competition, make crafts, and visit with our resident amphibious friends.
To raise awareness about the extinction of frog species across the globe, 2008 has been named “Year of the Frog” by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
Throughout the day, learn more about these fascinating creatures that are quickly disappearing from the planet, and discover what you can do to help.
Children can participate in a leap-frog competition, make crafts, and visit with our resident amphibious friends.
To raise awareness about the extinction of frog species across the globe, 2008 has been named “Year of the Frog” by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
Throughout the day, learn more about these fascinating creatures that are quickly disappearing from the planet, and discover what you can do to help.
School Vacation Fun at The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston
From Monday, February 18 through Friday, February 22, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston hosts the Cogan Family Foundation Vacation Week Adventures highlighting fiber and textile arts. Activities during the week include an artist demonstration, art-making activities, and tours focusing on textile and fiber arts ranging from silk to straw. Families can create a tapestry that tells a story, weave with burlap, and make an original piece of art using recycled materials.
Special presenters include local artist Catherine Weller, who will lead a basketry demonstration, and storyteller Laura Ziman, who will entertain younger children in the galleries. Family Gallery Talks with Museum educators will also take place throughout the week.
The MFA’s Vacation Week Adventures, which run daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., are free for children 17 and younger with paid adult admission. ASL interpretation is available Wednesday for select programs. For more information, visitors can view the calendar section of the Museum’s website, www.mfa.org.
FREE SCHOOL VACATION WEEK ACTIVITIES
Story Tapestries
Monday Feb. 18 – Friday, Feb. 22
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
European Silver Gallery Whether they have been created for warmth or decoration, tapestries have served many purposes throughout time. Children can view tapestries in the European galleries, and create their own "story tapestry" with fabric.
Recycled Sculptures
Monday Feb. 18 – Friday, Feb. 22
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Loring Gallery and Workshop Studio
Families can tour the exhibition Ed Rossbach Fiber Art from the Daphne Farago Collection, which features a wide range of fiber and textile art objects, such as baskets, collages, and lace, and sketch ideas for a later creation. Once inspired, families visit the Workshop Studio to enjoy a smorgasbord of recycled materials to use in creating a "green" sculpture.
Burlap Weaving
Monday Feb. 18 – Friday, Feb. 22
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Ancient Americas and African Galleries
Kids can explore new artistic possibilities using burlap (a coarse fabric) as a canvas for their own woven masterpiece. A variety of fabrics, fibers, and felts are available to weave interesting patterns and designs into the burlap canvas.
Family Place Treasure Hunt: Walk this Way
Monday Feb. 18 – Friday, Feb. 22
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Upper Rotunda
Activity cards are available in the Upper Rotunda to lead families on self-guided treasure hunts of the shoe exhibition Walk this Way. Kids can move through the galleries at their own pace, enjoying shoes from around the world, then make kid-friendly connections to the artwork.
Artist Demonstration
Monday Feb. 18 – Friday, Feb. 22
11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Lower Rotunda
Local artist Catherine Weller demonstrates basketry techniques in the Lower Rotunda. Kids can watch as she creates an original work of art and talks about the techniques she uses, then try their own hand at her specialized craft.
Family Gallery Talks
Monday Feb. 18 – Friday, Feb. 22
*ASL Interpreted on Wednesday, February 20 at 11 a.m.
11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Meet at Sharf Information Center
Visit the artwork that inspired this week’s Vacation Week Adventures: Fiber and Textile Art. Explore textiles from ancient times to modern-day with Museum educators.
Story Hour
Monday Feb. 18 – Friday, Feb. 22
Noon and 2:30 p.m. (*ASL Interpreted on Wednesday, February 20 at 2:30 p.m.)
Meet at Sharf Information Center
Sit back, relax, and enjoy stories about the week’s theme with Laura Ziman. Great for younger audiences.
ON VIEW
The entire Museum is free (for children 17 and under) during the Cogan Family Foundation Vacation Week Adventures, including numerous exhibitions. Visitors can see Rhythms of Modern Life: British Prints 1914-1939, which features more than 100 lithographs, etchings, woodcuts, and linocuts of colorful, Jazz Age images; Ed Rossbach Fiber Art from the Daphne Farago Collection, which celebrates the artistry of Edward Rossbach, widely recognized as a pioneer of the contemporary fiber arts movement; Jewelry by Artists: The Daphne Farago Collection provides a chronological survey of studio jewelry in the 20th century; Walk This Way, which features footwear ranging from ancient Egyptian sandals to contemporary designs by Vivienne Westwood and Marc Jacobs; and the unconventional exhibition Drawing: A Broader Definition, which expands the definition of drawing to include works on a variety of surfaces (paper, ceramic, metal, cloth).
GETTING TO THE MUSEUM
The Museum is accessible by taking the Green line "E" train to the MFA stop, the Orange line to Ruggles stop, or bus #39 to Ruggles Street. The MFA is also a stop on the Beantown Trolley. The Museum is expecting many visitors to School Vacation Week, so parking will be limited. For more information on the MFA’s Vacation Week Adventures, please call 617.369.3300 or visit the MFA’s website at www.mfa.org.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), is recognized for the quality and scope of its encyclopedic collection, which includes an estimated 450,000 objects. The Museum’s collection is made up of: Art of the Americas; Art of Europe; Contemporary Art; Art of Asia, Oceania, and Africa; Art of the Ancient World; Prints, Drawings, and Photographs; Textile and Fashion Arts; and Musical Instruments.
Open seven days a week, the MFA’s hours are Saturday through Tuesday, 10 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.; Wednesday through Friday, 10 a.m. – 9:45 p.m. General admission (which includes two visits in a 10-day period) is $17 for adults and $15 for seniors and students age 18 and older. Admission for students who are University Members is free, as is admission for children 17 years of age and younger during non-school hours. No general admission fee is required during Citizens Bank Foundation Wednesday Nights (after 4 p.m.). Voluntary donations are welcome. Gund Gallery exhibitions are ticketed events that require an additional fee. For general information, visit the MFA website at www.mfa.org or call 617.267.9300.
Special presenters include local artist Catherine Weller, who will lead a basketry demonstration, and storyteller Laura Ziman, who will entertain younger children in the galleries. Family Gallery Talks with Museum educators will also take place throughout the week.
The MFA’s Vacation Week Adventures, which run daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., are free for children 17 and younger with paid adult admission. ASL interpretation is available Wednesday for select programs. For more information, visitors can view the calendar section of the Museum’s website, www.mfa.org.
FREE SCHOOL VACATION WEEK ACTIVITIES
Story Tapestries
Monday Feb. 18 – Friday, Feb. 22
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
European Silver Gallery Whether they have been created for warmth or decoration, tapestries have served many purposes throughout time. Children can view tapestries in the European galleries, and create their own "story tapestry" with fabric.
Recycled Sculptures
Monday Feb. 18 – Friday, Feb. 22
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Loring Gallery and Workshop Studio
Families can tour the exhibition Ed Rossbach Fiber Art from the Daphne Farago Collection, which features a wide range of fiber and textile art objects, such as baskets, collages, and lace, and sketch ideas for a later creation. Once inspired, families visit the Workshop Studio to enjoy a smorgasbord of recycled materials to use in creating a "green" sculpture.
Burlap Weaving
Monday Feb. 18 – Friday, Feb. 22
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Ancient Americas and African Galleries
Kids can explore new artistic possibilities using burlap (a coarse fabric) as a canvas for their own woven masterpiece. A variety of fabrics, fibers, and felts are available to weave interesting patterns and designs into the burlap canvas.
Family Place Treasure Hunt: Walk this Way
Monday Feb. 18 – Friday, Feb. 22
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Upper Rotunda
Activity cards are available in the Upper Rotunda to lead families on self-guided treasure hunts of the shoe exhibition Walk this Way. Kids can move through the galleries at their own pace, enjoying shoes from around the world, then make kid-friendly connections to the artwork.
Artist Demonstration
Monday Feb. 18 – Friday, Feb. 22
11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Lower Rotunda
Local artist Catherine Weller demonstrates basketry techniques in the Lower Rotunda. Kids can watch as she creates an original work of art and talks about the techniques she uses, then try their own hand at her specialized craft.
Family Gallery Talks
Monday Feb. 18 – Friday, Feb. 22
*ASL Interpreted on Wednesday, February 20 at 11 a.m.
11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Meet at Sharf Information Center
Visit the artwork that inspired this week’s Vacation Week Adventures: Fiber and Textile Art. Explore textiles from ancient times to modern-day with Museum educators.
Story Hour
Monday Feb. 18 – Friday, Feb. 22
Noon and 2:30 p.m. (*ASL Interpreted on Wednesday, February 20 at 2:30 p.m.)
Meet at Sharf Information Center
Sit back, relax, and enjoy stories about the week’s theme with Laura Ziman. Great for younger audiences.
ON VIEW
The entire Museum is free (for children 17 and under) during the Cogan Family Foundation Vacation Week Adventures, including numerous exhibitions. Visitors can see Rhythms of Modern Life: British Prints 1914-1939, which features more than 100 lithographs, etchings, woodcuts, and linocuts of colorful, Jazz Age images; Ed Rossbach Fiber Art from the Daphne Farago Collection, which celebrates the artistry of Edward Rossbach, widely recognized as a pioneer of the contemporary fiber arts movement; Jewelry by Artists: The Daphne Farago Collection provides a chronological survey of studio jewelry in the 20th century; Walk This Way, which features footwear ranging from ancient Egyptian sandals to contemporary designs by Vivienne Westwood and Marc Jacobs; and the unconventional exhibition Drawing: A Broader Definition, which expands the definition of drawing to include works on a variety of surfaces (paper, ceramic, metal, cloth).
GETTING TO THE MUSEUM
The Museum is accessible by taking the Green line "E" train to the MFA stop, the Orange line to Ruggles stop, or bus #39 to Ruggles Street. The MFA is also a stop on the Beantown Trolley. The Museum is expecting many visitors to School Vacation Week, so parking will be limited. For more information on the MFA’s Vacation Week Adventures, please call 617.369.3300 or visit the MFA’s website at www.mfa.org.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), is recognized for the quality and scope of its encyclopedic collection, which includes an estimated 450,000 objects. The Museum’s collection is made up of: Art of the Americas; Art of Europe; Contemporary Art; Art of Asia, Oceania, and Africa; Art of the Ancient World; Prints, Drawings, and Photographs; Textile and Fashion Arts; and Musical Instruments.
Open seven days a week, the MFA’s hours are Saturday through Tuesday, 10 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.; Wednesday through Friday, 10 a.m. – 9:45 p.m. General admission (which includes two visits in a 10-day period) is $17 for adults and $15 for seniors and students age 18 and older. Admission for students who are University Members is free, as is admission for children 17 years of age and younger during non-school hours. No general admission fee is required during Citizens Bank Foundation Wednesday Nights (after 4 p.m.). Voluntary donations are welcome. Gund Gallery exhibitions are ticketed events that require an additional fee. For general information, visit the MFA website at www.mfa.org or call 617.267.9300.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Curious George Marathon on PBS Kids Monday
On Monday, February 18th, catch twice the monkey business, twice the learning, and twice the excitement as Curious George stars in his own marathon of back-to-back episodes on PBS KIDS. The special two-hour marathon will include four favorite episodes of George's amazing adventures. "George to George" will air in place of the regularly scheduled PBS KIDS preschool block (check local listings for specific times).
Since its September 2006 debut, Curious George has been the number-one rated weekday children's series on television among kids ages 2-5 years. The half-hour, animated series airs daily on PBS KIDS and is seen by nearly nine million people each week.
Brought to PBS KIDS by Imagine Entertainment, WGBH Boston, and Universal Studios Family Productions, with the support of Curious George publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Curious George the television series is designed to inspire kids to explore science, math and engineering in the world around them in a fun and entertaining way.
"We're thrilled that George is back for his second President's Day marathon on PBS KIDS," said Executive Producer for Universal Studios Family Productions, Ellen Cockrill. "Well into his second season, George's lovable (mis)-adventures continue to resonate with viewers, and we couldn't be more excited about his phenomenal appeal."
This President's Day weekend, watch as George takes a job in Chef Pisghetti's kitchen, where they experiment with kitchen magic in "Curious George Takes a Job."
In "Ski Monkey," George learns the hard way that deep snow isn't the easiest for a monkey to play in, until he discovers skiing, sledding, and snowshoeing. Chaos ensues in the aisles of the grocery store when George tries to help customers in "George the Grocer," and continues when George learns about broken bones after a museum mishap in "Housebound".
Following these and other monkey adventures, the marathon concludes with "Curious George versus Winter," when George learns why summer isn't the only fun season!
"What better way to kick off the holiday than to watch our curious little monkey get himself into fun predicaments," said WGBH Executive Producer Carol Greenwald. "It's our pleasure to bring kids a double dose of George's math, science and engineering-related mishaps all in one day."In addition to the President's Day marathon, kids can extend their fun with the Curious George Web site (www.pbskids.org/curiousgeorge), which features two new interactive activities. In "I Love Shapes," kids are encouraged by the Man With the Yellow Hat to help George sort items by color and shape as they move down a conveyor belt, and in "Pogo-A-Gogo," George's new pogo stick allows him to jump up and catch objects such as hats, toys, presents, bags and tools, with help from little monkey fans at home.
Since its September 2006 debut, Curious George has been the number-one rated weekday children's series on television among kids ages 2-5 years. The half-hour, animated series airs daily on PBS KIDS and is seen by nearly nine million people each week.
Brought to PBS KIDS by Imagine Entertainment, WGBH Boston, and Universal Studios Family Productions, with the support of Curious George publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Curious George the television series is designed to inspire kids to explore science, math and engineering in the world around them in a fun and entertaining way.
"We're thrilled that George is back for his second President's Day marathon on PBS KIDS," said Executive Producer for Universal Studios Family Productions, Ellen Cockrill. "Well into his second season, George's lovable (mis)-adventures continue to resonate with viewers, and we couldn't be more excited about his phenomenal appeal."
This President's Day weekend, watch as George takes a job in Chef Pisghetti's kitchen, where they experiment with kitchen magic in "Curious George Takes a Job."
In "Ski Monkey," George learns the hard way that deep snow isn't the easiest for a monkey to play in, until he discovers skiing, sledding, and snowshoeing. Chaos ensues in the aisles of the grocery store when George tries to help customers in "George the Grocer," and continues when George learns about broken bones after a museum mishap in "Housebound".
Following these and other monkey adventures, the marathon concludes with "Curious George versus Winter," when George learns why summer isn't the only fun season!
"What better way to kick off the holiday than to watch our curious little monkey get himself into fun predicaments," said WGBH Executive Producer Carol Greenwald. "It's our pleasure to bring kids a double dose of George's math, science and engineering-related mishaps all in one day."In addition to the President's Day marathon, kids can extend their fun with the Curious George Web site (www.pbskids.org/curiousgeorge), which features two new interactive activities. In "I Love Shapes," kids are encouraged by the Man With the Yellow Hat to help George sort items by color and shape as they move down a conveyor belt, and in "Pogo-A-Gogo," George's new pogo stick allows him to jump up and catch objects such as hats, toys, presents, bags and tools, with help from little monkey fans at home.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
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