Shop for the perfect holiday gift and support the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine! This online auction launches on “Black Friday” and continues for 10 days. Funds raised will go directly to support the Museum & Theatre during this unprecedented time.
Do you dream about drama, playing in firetrucks, meeting marine mammals and making art with paints, hammers and nails? Your brand new Museum & Theatre will be opening soon and we want you to contribute a doodle of your dream museum or theatre! Hear from Portland Public School Students as they share their drawings and see how you can make a doodle that will be displayed on the walls of the new building.
FROM THE CREATOR OF ACCOMPLICE, THE WIZARDS OF OAKWOOD DRIVE
AN ONLINE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE FOR KIDS, BRINGING MAGIC INTO YOUR OWN HOME.
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY TOM SALAMON
Help the Wizards make the magic.
WHEN: Saturday November 14th
TIMING: 5:30pm (See other showtimes)
PARTICIPANTS PER SHOW: 8 devices per show
COST PER TICKET: $35/ ticket Members receive 10% off at ticket purchase.
WHAT IS IT?
The Wizards Of Oakwood Drive is a live, interactive, online performance for young audiences taking place on Zoom.
It's a winner-take-all sorcery contest between two sibling wizards, and with a little help from parents in advance of the show, magic will happen in your own home.
A short list of items and simple instructions on where to place them sets the stage for the sorcery, and during the performance, the battling wizards perform magic which sends kids on a treasure hunt. The panel of kid judges vote to determine—once and for all—who the best wizard is on Oakwood Drive!
Eight children at a time participate from all over the world…all you need is a wifi connection and a few household items to make the wizardry happen.
PARENTS ARE ACCOMPLICES TO THE SORCERY!
You’ll hide everyday items around your home to bring this magical adventure to life. Most or all of these you’ll probably already have, and simple instructions will be provided for the setup.
And remember, shhhhh!
FROM THE CREATOR OF ACCOMPLICE, THE WIZARDS OF OAKWOOD DRIVE
AN ONLINE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE FOR KIDS, BRINGING MAGIC INTO YOUR OWN HOME.
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY TOM SALAMON
Help the Wizards make the magic.
WHEN: Saturday November 14th
TIMING: This timeslot is SOLD OUT! (See other showtimes)
PARTICIPANTS PER SHOW: 8 devices per show
COST PER TICKET: $35/ ticket Members receive 10% off at ticket purchase.
WHAT IS IT?
The Wizards Of Oakwood Drive is a live, interactive, online performance for young audiences taking place on Zoom.
It's a winner-take-all sorcery contest between two sibling wizards, and with a little help from parents in advance of the show, magic will happen in your own home.
A short list of items and simple instructions on where to place them sets the stage for the sorcery, and during the performance, the battling wizards perform magic which sends kids on a treasure hunt. The panel of kid judges vote to determine—once and for all—who the best wizard is on Oakwood Drive!
Eight children at a time participate from all over the world…all you need is a wifi connection and a few household items to make the wizardry happen.
PARENTS ARE ACCOMPLICES TO THE SORCERY!
You’ll hide everyday items around your home to bring this magical adventure to life. Most or all of these you’ll probably already have, and simple instructions will be provided for the setup.
And remember, shhhhh!
FROM THE CREATOR OF ACCOMPLICE, THE WIZARDS OF OAKWOOD DRIVE
AN ONLINE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE FOR KIDS, BRINGING MAGIC INTO YOUR OWN HOME.
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY TOM SALAMON
Help the Wizards make the magic.
WHEN: Saturday November 14th
TIMING: 2:30pm (See other showtimes)
PARTICIPANTS PER SHOW: 8 devices per show
COST PER TICKET: $35/ ticket Members receive 10% off at ticket purchase.
WHAT IS IT?
The Wizards Of Oakwood Drive is a live, interactive, online performance for young audiences taking place on Zoom.
It's a winner-take-all sorcery contest between two sibling wizards, and with a little help from parents in advance of the show, magic will happen in your own home.
A short list of items and simple instructions on where to place them sets the stage for the sorcery, and during the performance, the battling wizards perform magic which sends kids on a treasure hunt. The panel of kid judges vote to determine—once and for all—who the best wizard is on Oakwood Drive!
Eight children at a time participate from all over the world…all you need is a wifi connection and a few household items to make the wizardry happen.
PARENTS ARE ACCOMPLICES TO THE SORCERY!
You’ll hide everyday items around your home to bring this magical adventure to life. Most or all of these you’ll probably already have, and simple instructions will be provided for the setup.
And remember, shhhhh!
FROM THE CREATOR OF ACCOMPLICE, THE WIZARDS OF OAKWOOD DRIVE
AN ONLINE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE FOR KIDS, BRINGING MAGIC INTO YOUR OWN HOME.
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY TOM SALAMON
Help the Wizards make the magic.
WHEN: Saturday November 14th
TIMING: 1pm (See other showtimes)
PARTICIPANTS PER SHOW: 8 devices per show
COST PER TICKET: $35/ ticket Members receive 10% off at ticket purchase.
WHAT IS IT?
The Wizards Of Oakwood Drive is a live, interactive, online performance for young audiences taking place on Zoom.
It's a winner-take-all sorcery contest between two sibling wizards, and with a little help from parents in advance of the show, magic will happen in your own home.
A short list of items and simple instructions on where to place them sets the stage for the sorcery, and during the performance, the battling wizards perform magic which sends kids on a treasure hunt. The panel of kid judges vote to determine—once and for all—who the best wizard is on Oakwood Drive!
Eight children at a time participate from all over the world…all you need is a wifi connection and a few household items to make the wizardry happen.
PARENTS ARE ACCOMPLICES TO THE SORCERY!
You’ll hide everyday items around your home to bring this magical adventure to life. Most or all of these you’ll probably already have, and simple instructions will be provided for the setup.
And remember, shhhhh!
FROM THE CREATOR OF ACCOMPLICE, THE WIZARDS OF OAKWOOD DRIVE
AN ONLINE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE FOR KIDS, BRINGING MAGIC INTO YOUR OWN HOME.
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY TOM SALAMON
Help the Wizards make the magic.
WHEN: Saturday November 14th
TIMING: 11:30am (See other showtimes)
PARTICIPANTS PER SHOW: 8 devices per show
COST PER TICKET: $35/ ticket Members receive 10% off at ticket purchase.
WHAT IS IT?
The Wizards Of Oakwood Drive is a live, interactive, online performance for young audiences taking place on Zoom.
It's a winner-take-all sorcery contest between two sibling wizards, and with a little help from parents in advance of the show, magic will happen in your own home.
A short list of items and simple instructions on where to place them sets the stage for the sorcery, and during the performance, the battling wizards perform magic which sends kids on a treasure hunt. The panel of kid judges vote to determine—once and for all—who the best wizard is on Oakwood Drive!
Eight children at a time participate from all over the world…all you need is a wifi connection and a few household items to make the wizardry happen.
PARENTS ARE ACCOMPLICES TO THE SORCERY!
You’ll hide everyday items around your home to bring this magical adventure to life. Most or all of these you’ll probably already have, and simple instructions will be provided for the setup.
And remember, shhhhh!
Day of the Dead/Día de los Muertos is here! This Mexican holiday is celebrated by many in Maine and around the world from the 31st of October to the 2nd of November. It is a festive holiday that honors deceased loved ones. In this short video Laura Urtuzuastegui, co-owner of El Corazon Restaurante, shares about Día de los Muertos and our community altar.All are invited to celebrate together by contributing to this community altar at Portland Restaurante El Corazon (190 State St, Portland, ME) . Bring a picture or a favorite object that reminds you of a loved one passed or pick up a candle from restaurant co-owner Laura Urtuzuastegui. Take the candle home and decorate it with words and pictures that remind you of the people who have passed on in your life. Once decorated, you can contribute it to the community altar. Join us to fill our community with light.
This is an online and on-demand resource that will be available as of this date and time across our social media platforms.
We're holding a Mini Virtual Festival of original plays written by young Maine playwrights during the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine’s 10 Day Playwriting Challenge. The festival will take place over three evenings and the plays will be read by adult actors in the community and alumni of the Children’s Theatre of Maine and the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine. Today's show is:
THE LEGEND OF CANDYLAND by Elias Emerson
When a Dragon begins to terrorize the land, the residents of Candyland aren't worried- they know that Unicorn will save them with her magical rainbow powers. What they don't know is that Unicorn's powers have stopped working! Will Unicorn be able to find another way to save her friends, or will the Dragon and his army of zombie gummy bears win the day?
Directed By Director of Theatre & Education, Reba Askari
Tickets are by donation. $10 per play per device supports our scholarship program and keeps our theatre programming free for young actors and writers. Please register to receive the Zoom link.
We're holding a Mini Virtual Festival of original plays written by young Maine playwrights during the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine’s 10 Day Playwriting Challenge. The festival will take place over three evenings and the plays will be read by adult actors in the community and alumni of the Children’s Theatre of Maine and the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine. Today's show is:
MURDER ON THE TITANIC by Adey Wrona
The year is 1912, the Titanic has just set sail, unaware of its fate. On this boat are some notable people: Nicolas Hardenn, a world-famous detective; Mary Smith, a young noble woman on her way to celebrate her engagement to Matt Mill, with her maid and butler. Even her brother came along, even though they didn’t want him to come. Let’s see what happens in this page turning crime drama.
Directed by Children’s Theatre of Maine Alum, Michael Dix Thomas
Tickets are by donation. $10 per play per device supports our scholarship program and keeps our theatre programming free for young actors and writers. Please register to receive the Zoom link.
We're holding a Mini Virtual Festival of original plays written by young Maine playwrights during the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine’s 10 Day Playwriting Challenge. The festival will take place over three evenings and the plays will be read by adult actors in the community and alumni of the Children’s Theatre of Maine and the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine. Today's show is:
TWO BAD EGGS by Pi Crosby & Calvin Foster
We may know that Humpty Dumpty fell from that wall... But do we really know the whole story behind it? 2 Bad Eggs takes us on a journey filled with crime, musical numbers, and plenty of egg-related humor. Will Humpty be able to put himself together again?
Directed by Theatre Educator, Allison McCall
Tickets are by donation. $10 per play per device supports our scholarship program and keeps our theatre programming free for young actors and writers. Please register to receive the Zoom link.
Kid Newscaster Evangeline had such a great time interviewing our friend Vanessa Berry, an educator at ecomaine, and learned so much. Today, we are sharing our extended cut of the interview so you can learn about the history of recycling, and what you can do to create a better future. Our Bicentennial program features Maine History and how it relates to Maine now and Maine in the future, reported by kids.
Bicentennial Kids News is made possible through a grant from the Maine Bicentennial Commission.
For more information about how to use this resource in your classroom, or to sign up to be a newscaster yourself, check out our blog here.
This is an online and on-demand resource that will be available as of this date and time across our social media platforms.
Join us for a virtual tour of our future home at Thompson's Point. We'll share about our move, future exhibits, programming plans, and answer your questions.
Children are welcome to attend - afterall we're a children's museum and theatre!
Please register to receive more information and the Zoom link.
Four students are trying to write a group history paper when they stumble upon something magical: Time travel! Travel with our students as they meet a farmhand from the 1940s, a stone wall builder from the 1800s, a peddler hoping to trade and a teenage mill worker in our first episode of WCTM: Bicentennial Edition. Plus see an interview with Vanessa Berry, educator at Eco Maine.
Funded in part by a grant from the Maine Bicentennial Commission.
For more information about how to use this resource in your classroom, or to sign up to be a newscaster yourself, check out our blog here.
This is an online and on-demand resource that will be available as of this date and time across our social media platforms.
Did you know, it takes 10,000 years and a very special set of circumstances to make a fossil? Discover the real life magic of our earth as we dive into the process of how a fossil forms.
This is an online and on-demand resource that will be available as of this date and time across our social media platforms.
Today is the final day of the virtual Mid Autumn Festival Celebration!
Today we honor the arts of the festival by showing a video of how to make a lantern craft. You can make this lantern craft with your family to honor the tradition of bringing light and love into your home. To see more Chinese crafts check out the Lucky Bamboo Book of Crafts written by Maine author Jennifer DeCristoforo.
The Virtual Mid Autumn Festival is brought to you by the partnership of the Chinese & American Friendship Association of Maine and the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine.
This is an online and on-demand resource that will be available as of this date and time across our social media platforms.
We’re celebrating the Mid Autumn Festival!
The Mid Autumn Festival is celebrated by many Asian Americans in Maine and around the world. One of the special festival traditions is eating moon cakes. Today we share a special video of local chef and cookbook author Chris Toy making mooncakes.
Do you love mooncakes or want to try one for the first time? Stop by Veranda Market, Hong Kong Market or Sun Market in Portland and ask for a box of mooncakes and enjoy.
The Virtual Mid Autumn Festival is brought to you by the partnership of the Chinese & American Friendship Association of Maine and the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine.
This is an online and on-demand resource that will be available as of this date and time across our social media platforms.
It’s time to celebrate the full moon and the Mid Autumn Festival! Kick-off this virtual festival by watching a video that tells the story of the Mid Autumn Festival legend told by local Mainer and member of the Chinese & American Friendship Association Barry Jackson.
The Virtual Mid Autumn Festival is brought to you by the partnership of the Chinese & American Friendship Association of Maine and the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine.
This is an online and on-demand resource that will be available as of this date and time across our social media platforms.
Here's a sneak peek of the Bicentennial Edition of our news show. Find out more about Maine History, told through the eyes of young people from Maine. Our first episode will be released later this month.
This is an online and on-demand resource that will be available as of this date and time across our social media platforms.
This year, the Chinese and American Friendship Association of Maine teamed up with the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine to present a Virtual Mid-Autumn Moon Festival. As we get ready to celebrate this important cultural holiday centered around the moon, let’s explore some moon science!
This is an online and on-demand resource that will be available as of this date and time across our social media platforms.
This year, the Chinese and American Friendship Association of Maine teamed up with the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine to present a Virtual Mid-Autumn Moon Festival. We are kicking off this virtual festival with the release of this Moon Phase Scavenger Hunt.
This is an online and on-demand resource that will be available as of this date and time.
As our loyal member base, we want to ensure you’re the first to hear details about our future home. Join us for a LIVE presentation and Q&A about our future home at Thompson’s Point with Executive Director, Julie Butcher Pezzino. How big is the new space? What exhibits will be featured? What is the timeline for opening? Will there be parking? Hear about important updates and have your questions answered about our big move.
Please register to receive more information and the Zoom link. Please note that while this is a free event, only Museum & Theatre members will able to register.
Journey alongside educator Sam, as she sets out on her first Cap’n Fish’s Audubon Puffin Cruise to catch all the sights, sounds, and wildlife Boothbay Harbor has to offer.
Generously sponsored by Cap’n Fish’s Cruises. https://www.boothbayboattrips.com/
This is an online and on-demand resource that will be available as of this date and time across our social media platforms.
We are so excited to partner with the Indigo Arts Alliance to share their now virtual Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival to celebrate Black illustrations and children’s book authors. Each Friday, we’ll share a new video featuring a different children’s book author or illustrator reading their featured book. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, or visit www.beautifulblackbird.com/videos to see the latest videos and find supplemental activities including dancing, crafts, and more. We are excited to invite you all to join us this Summer as we celebrate Black children’s books created by Black writers and illustrators.
It’s Monarch butterfly season in Maine. Find out more about the life cycle of the Monarch Butterfly and it’s incredible metamorphosis on this on-demand video.
Live animal virtual programs are provided with support from our generous sponsor, LL Bean.
We are so excited to partner with the Indigo Arts Alliance to share their now virtual Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival to celebrate Black illustrations and children’s book authors. Each Friday, we’ll share a new video featuring a different children’s book author or illustrator reading their featured book. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, or visit www.beautifulblackbird.com/videos to see the latest videos and find supplemental activities including dancing, crafts, and more. We are excited to invite you all to join us this Summer as we celebrate Black children’s books created by Black writers and illustrators.
Learn more about how to stand up for injustices, get the inside scoop on what it’s like to study dance during the pandemic, and follow a special investigative report into who’s leaving messages on rocks near one WCTM reporter’s house!
If you’re interested in joining our newscast team, email allison@kitetails.org.
It’s Monarch butterfly season in Maine. Find out more about the life cycle of the Monarch Butterfly and it’s incredible metamorphosis on this on-demand video.
Live animal virtual programs are provided with support from our generous sponsor, LL Bean.
We are so excited to partner with the Indigo Arts Alliance to share their now virtual Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival to celebrate Black illustrations and children’s book authors. Each Friday, we’ll share a new video featuring a different children’s book author or illustrator reading their featured book. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, or visit www.beautifulblackbird.com/videos to see the latest videos and find supplemental activities including dancing, crafts, and more. We are excited to invite you all to join us this Summer as we celebrate Black children’s books created by Black writers and illustrators.
We are so excited to partner with the Indigo Arts Alliance to share their now virtual Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival to celebrate Black illustrations and children’s book authors. Each Friday, we’ll share a new video featuring a different children’s book author or illustrator reading their featured book. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, or visit www.beautifulblackbird.com/videos to see the latest videos and find supplemental activities including dancing, crafts, and more. We are excited to invite you all to join us this Summer as we celebrate Black children’s books created by Black writers and illustrators.
