Puppets in Portland: Krystal Puppeteers of Kenya perform Tears by the Rivers at Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine

The Krystal Puppeteers of Kenya will perform “Tears By The River” at 11: 00 AM on September 24 and 25 at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine. The Krystal Puppeteers will additionally offer dance and music workshops at 2: 00 PM each day that consists of hands-on music and dance lessons and the opportunity to interact with the puppets used in Krystal Puppeteers' performance.

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Shultzie Willows
Artist in Residency Series: Palaver Strings

Portland-based Palaver Strings, a musician-led string ensemble, will perform and engage visitors at “pop-up studios” beginning this September at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine. Visitors to the Museum & Theatre will experience music performances, exhibits about music appreciation, and music-related workshops.

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Shultzie Willows
Amazing trained turtles!

This summer, our intern Marley worked on target training our eastern box turtles (and Museum & Theatre ambassadors), Marie and Arnie. Target training involves training the turtles to tap their nose on a cherry ball. Once completed, Marley clicks a clicker and administers a treat. Marley used their experience with operant conditioning and dog training to help them understand how to approach this
project.

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Shultzie Willows
Meet Our Summer 2022 Interns

This summer, we have five amazing interns working here at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine. Each intern is working very hard on a range of fun, creative, and meaningful projects. We want to recognize each of them for their incredible work, and provide the opportunity to learn a little bit more about them.

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Communications Intern
Free With Admission Shows in Maddy's Theatre

Have you seen our Free With Admission theatre shows yet? These two shows, Journey to Imagination Island and Beats and Poems with Unique Unknown, premiered Maddy’s Theatre early this summer. You can find the schedule for these shows on the white board behind the front desk- and they are free with admission for that play session.

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Communications Intern