At the Museum and Theatre we count on our awesome Exhibits Team, to make sure everything is running smoothly. They are constantly innovating, experimenting and designing to make the exhibits the best they can be. Lately, for Exhibit Assistant Connor Perry, this has meant modifying Ramp Up and Go with the Flow, adding scenery to the Dress Up Theatre, and building a puppet stage to complement MakerSpace activities. Connor’s technical and artistic skills have had a tremendous impact on the Museum & Theatre.
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Put on your costume and come on down to the Museum & Theatre’s first Halloween celebration at Thompson’s Point! We have a special Halloween Event on Sunday, October 31st, from 9 am -12 pm and again from 1 pm -4 pm and our first Play Your Way session will be on Thursday, October 28th, from 5 - 7 pm. Come celebrate Halloween with us!
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Nearly one in four children in Maine experience food insecurity, the highest rate across all six New England states. Children of color and children living in rural counties are disproportionately impacted by food insecurity. That is why from 9 am to 4 pm on October 2nd, 2021, Hood will sponsor a Feeding Maine Families Day event at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine’s Gather Lawn. Feeding Maine Families Day will raise awareness about families and children experiencing hunger, highlight initiatives in Maine to combat childhood hunger and promote food equity, and encourage food science education in a playful way.
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On Saturday, October 9th the Burnurwurbskek Singers will be performing at the Museum & Theatre on the Gather Lawn. This musical performance is the first performance of our Gather ‘Round Concert series, highlighting diverse musicians from Maine. The general public is encouraged to come enjoy the music, free of charge. Comprised of men representing many of Maine’s Wabanaki people, the Burnurwurbskek Singers perform traditional northeast woodland songs as well as more contemporary, intertribal songs, passed down in their rich oral tradition from generation to generation.
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The Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine is excited to announce that we have been awarded a $5,000 Arts Learning Grant to help support Maddy’s Theatre Youth Theatre Ensemble program in partnership with the Boy & Girls Club of Southern Maine (BGCSM). Maddy’s Theatre will offer two ensemble theatre programs at the Riverton Clubhouse of the Boys & Girls Club of Southern Maine. Each session of the program will be approximately 15 weeks long, beginning with a period of improvisation and ending with a performance in Maddy’s Theatre at Thompson’s Point.
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The Museum & Theatre of Maine is excited to participate in this year's Recipes for Welcoming event on Monday, September 13th in collaboration with the City of Portland's Office of Economic Opportunity, Wayside Food Programs, The Empanada Club, and Yardie Ting. Community members are invited to sign up for a meal kit and pick it up on September 13th. At pick up there will be Portland chefs, food samples, music, and a collaborative art creation! If you don’t want the full meal kit you can also download the recipes and cook them at home!
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What is poetry? Telling Room Lead Educator Marjolaine Whittlesey and co-teacher Hipai Pamba posed this question to the group of youth eagerly gathered in the arts classroom at the Children’s Museum & Theatre. Afternoon light filtered through the windows, no computer screens in sight. A large drawing of a tree, (soon to be a poet-tree!) and the colorful pages of Ashley Bryan’s ABCs of African American Poetry waited to be explored.
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The Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine is proud to partner with the Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival again this year! The Festival launches August 2nd, with a new website, new books, and new activities. Like last year, most of the Festival will be virtual, enabling folks from all over the world to take part and celebrate the voices, artistry, and impact of children’s literature created by and featuring Black people. The Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine will host three writing workshops with The Telling Room as part of the Festival.
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What do you say to a 9 year old refugee walking unaccompanied from Turkey to UK?
Our very own Play Assistant, Cinderella Adel Elbatatoni will be answering this question at A Message From Away. This event is split into three parts happening August 4th and 5th. A Message From Away is a virtual interaction with the art and culture festival, The Walk. The Walk is happening over four months, following the journey of Little Amal, a 12 foot puppet walking from Turkey to the UK in support of refugees and asylum seekers everywhere.