Indigo Arts Alliance Launches the Beautiful Blackbird Children's Book Festival
Indigo Arts Alliance, an organization committed to cultivating the artistic development of artists of African descent, launches the Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival— in homes across the state. The event was created to honor legendary children’s author and illustrator Ashley Bryan whose award-winning picture book Beautiful Blackbird is a celebration of Blackness. Indigo, in partnership with I’m Your Neighbor Books and the Diverse BookFinder, will use the festival to celebrate children’s books and their creators from across the African diaspora.
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Kids News Program Launches at Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine
The Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine has premiered a kids news program that is by kids and for kids in Maine. Published on the Museum & Theatre’s youtube channel, WCTM Newscast: By Kids For Kids features 8-15 year-olds as the news anchors, reporters, and often as the protagonists of news stories. The premiere episode covers news about Animal Refuge League adoptions, a Girl Scout troop’s research on the history of women’s suffrage, and a mysterious poll that encourages neighbors to vote on the street with rocks.
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Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine Removes Rare Camera Obscura From Roof Today, Stages it for Reinstallation at New Facility on Thompson’s Point
The one-of-a-kind periscopic camera obscura on the roof of the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine was disassembled and carefully lowered by crane to street level today as the first phase of its move to the Museum & Theatre’s new facility at Thompson’s Point, a 30,000 ft2 building which is currently under construction and scheduled to open in 2021. After imaging the Free Street neighborhood for nearly 30 years, the camera obscura will now go into storage until later this summer when it will be reinstalled on the roof of the new building
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How the Museum & Theatre Community Fund Supports the Needs of Maine Families
The Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine has established a “Community Fund” that helps meet the needs of under-resourced children and families in Maine. It ensures access to all of our services and educational programs. This includes free online programs that started running during the pandemic closure.
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WCTM Newscast: By Kids For Kids
We are excited to announce WCMTM Presents: By Kids For Kids Newscast, a news program celebrating kids, community, and the positive news happening around the state during this time of social distancing. Spotlighting kids as helpers, organizations that are helping kids, and the great things neighbors are doing for each other, each episode of By Kids For Kids Newscast brings a healthy dose of good news to Mainers.
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Revisiting the Power of Play
Sometimes when things feel entirely upside down, you can come back to the basics and remember what is most important. For us, this means revisiting the power of play.
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Update on the Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine for Our Community
In our first month, we've launched free-of-charge online educational programming and reached nearly 30,000 children, families, and teachers at home. Our community's response to this programming has been astounding. I'm really proud of what we accomplished in a short amount of time, but this closure has not come without serious challenges.
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Online Educational Programming Serves Tens of Thousands, Reaches Nationwide from Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine
One month after temporarily closing its doors to the public on March 13th, the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine reports that it has served nearly 30,000 children, families, and teachers with free online educational programming. Recognizing the need to serve families who are sheltering in place and teachers who are adapting to online curriculum, Museum & Theatre educators have adapted their experiential programs in natural science, theater, and art and engineering challenges to daily livestreaming platforms.
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Children's Museum and Theatre Kickstarts "Onstage and Off: Theatre Together Online" Series
We may not be in rehearsal together, but that doesn’t mean we can’t keep playing and taking new risks. In place of daily rehearsals, our Theatre Educators will host a variety of different activities every day to inspire creativity and the performing arts right in your own living room. Learn how to develop character, design lights, make props and more.
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