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Gabrielle Healy Carroll Storytime Program
Upcoming Classes
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Upcoming Events
The following programs do not require registration unless otherwise specified.
At The Museum
Museum closed for Independence Day, Friday July 4th
July 4, 2008
The Carle will be closed in observance of the holiday on Friday, July 4th, 2008.
Madeline Copyright © 1939 Ludwig Bemelmans
At The Museum Shop
Meet Madeline!
July 12 - July 13, 2008
Free. Does not include Museum Admission
Live at The Carle at 1:30 pm and 2:30 pm! Meet Ludwig Bemelmans’ Madeline! Don't forget to bring your camera for this special event!
Please note that this is a life-size costumed character and may be scary for young children.
Kendra and Allan Daniel Collection
Members Only Event
Flights Into Fantasy Exhibition Opening
July 12, 2008
5:00 to 7:00 pm
Celebrate the opening of our newest exhibition! Enjoy complimentary appetizers, a lecture and Q&A with the curators, and a chance to win in our free drawing.
Members RSVP to Jennifer Darling at (413) 658-1104 or membership@picturebookart.org.
Professional Development Workshop
Cultivating Quality: Education of Young Children in Pistoia, Italy
July 13 - July 14, 2008
$235 (Museum Members and NAREA $220)
(10 PDPs)
Sunday, July 13, 5:00 – 9:30 pm and Monday, July 14, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Teachers and administrators from Pistoia, Italy will share how their internationally-renowned educational programs combine attention to the child's well-being and relational equilibrium with building knowledge and understanding. For more information, please email programs@picturebookart.org.
NOW ACCEPTING REGISTRATIONS! Click here to download our online brochure and registration form.
In The Auditorium
Make Your Mark with Peter H. Reynolds
July 13, 2008
1:00 to 2:30 pm
Free with Museum Admission or Conference Registration
Peter H. Reynolds, author/illustrator of The Dot, Ish, So Few of Me, and The North Star, invites you to learn more about the importance of creating meaningful stories and interactive experiences for children and grownup children, alike. Book signing to follow.
Madeline Copyright © 1939 Ludwig Bemelmans
At The Museum Shop
Meet Madeline!
July 19 - July 20, 2008
Free. Does not include Museum Admission
Live at The Carle at 1:30 pm and 2:30 pm! Meet Ludwig Bemelmans’ Madeline! Don't forget to bring your camera for this special event!
Please note that this is a life-size costumed character and may be scary for young children.
In The Auditorium
Finding Fantasy: One Artist’s Journey!
July 19, 2008
1:00 pm
Free with Museum Admission
Learn how finding a magical fairy-tale play land and a love of books have shaped the life and work of artist and author, Ruth Sanderson. Book signing to follow.
Click here for more information about Ruth Sanderson.
At The Museum
Meet Eric Carle
July 26, 2008
Free with Museum Admission
A limit of 500 tickets distributed the day of the event. No tickets are available in advance.
Museum Members may enter from 9:00 – 9:45 am. General Public and Museum Members arriving after 9:45am will be allowed entry at 10:00 am on a space available basis.
Receive a specially-designed Eric Carle bookplate with each EC hardcover book purchased in the Museum Shop on the day of the event only (while supplies last).
Signing guidelines:
Limit 1 book from home and 2 books from the Museum Shop* per ticketholder
No personalization
Eric will be signing books only
No flash photography allowed
We thank you in advance for your cooperation and look forward to seeing you at The Carle! CLICK HERE to view our FAQ’s about the Meet Eric Carle event.
Get in early! Become a Member and enter at 9:00 am! Click here for more information.
* Books from the Museum Shop may be purchased the week in advance (7/19-7/25), but a receipt must be presented for the signing.
At The Museum
First Fridays @ The Carle
August 1, 2008
4:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Free with Museum Admission
Storytime at 5:30 pm and Film at 6:15 pm* The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art offers families the opportunity to meet, eat, and enjoy all of the Museum's regular public programs and special exhibitions at a time convenient for you!
Taking a cue from the Museum's popular Member PJ parties, which have been cited by families as the perfect bedtime transition for little ones, First Fridays @ The Carle invites visitors to head to the Museum after school/work, grab a quick and casual bite to eat in the Museum's Café, enjoy a Storytime in the Reading Library, drop by the Galleries, take in a short film in the Auditorium, and create a masterpiece in the Art Studio . . . all before bedtime!
The program runs from 4:00 to 7:00 pm on the first Friday of each month.
Made possible by The Bank of Western Massachusetts.
*Subject to change
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Winnie the Pooh © Copyright Penguin Group USA
At The Museum Shop
Meet Winnie the Pooh!
August 2 - August 3, 2008
Free. Does not include Museum Admission
Live at The Carle at 1:00 and 2:00! Meet Ernest Howard Shepard’s Winnie the Pooh! Don't forget to bring your camera for this special event!
Please note that this is a life-size costumed character and may be scary for young children.
Winnie the Pooh © Copyright Penguin Group USA
At The Museum Shop
Meet Winnie the Pooh!
August 9 - August 10, 2008
Free. Does not include Museum Admission
Live at The Carle at 1:30 and 2:30! Meet Ernest Howard Shepard’s Winnie the Pooh! Don't forget to bring your camera for this special event!
Please note that this is a life-size costumed character and may be scary for young children.
In The Auditorium
Tanglewood Marionettes Present “The Fairy Circus"
August 9, 2008
1:00 pm
Free with Museum Admission
Learn about the art of puppetry and enjoy the show as the puppets dance, play instruments, juggle, and fly through the air to the music of favorite composers.
Click here for more information about the Tanglewood Marionettes.
Pat the Bunny © Copyright Random House
At The Museum Shop
Meet Pat The Bunny!
August 16 - August 17, 2008
Free. Does not include Museum Admission
Live at The Carle at 1:30 pm and 2:30 pm! Meet Dorothy Kunhardt’s Pat the Bunny! Don't forget to bring your camera for this special event!
Please note that this is a life-size costumed character and may be scary for young children.
In The Auditorium
King by the Wayward Sea
August 16, 2008
1:00 pm
Free with Museum Admission
Storytelling, costumed Baroque musicians, and visual illusions set the atmosphere for this mysterious, suspenseful, and heartwarming adventure.
Click here for more information about Vineyard Musicke.
Members Only Event
Bear Brunch at The Carle
August 17, 2008
The Art of Eric Carle: Bears and Beyond is the perfect exhibition to share with your favorite bear. Fill your growling tummy in the Café, use your paws in the Studio, and cuddle with your pal at our Big Screen Storytime.
Members RSVP to Jennifer Darling at (413) 658-1104 or membership@picturebookart.org.
Support for this event has been provided in part by Henry Holt Books for Young Readers.
At The Museum
Animals, Art, and the Imagination — 2008 Program
August 18 - August 21, 2008
9:00 am to 3:00 pm
$260 (Members $235) includes Non-refundable Registration and Materials Fee
SOLD OUT (Ages 6 – 10). A full-day summer program in collaboration with the Hampshire College School-To-Farm Program. (Class size 8 – 12)
If you’d like to be placed on the waiting list, please click here. We cannot accept wait list requests via phone or fax. Thank you!
Pat the Bunny © Copyright Random House
At The Museum Shop
Meet Pat The Bunny!
August 23 - August 24, 2008
Free. Does not include Museum Admission
Live at The Carle at 1:30 pm and 2:30 pm! Meet Dorothy Kunhardt’s Pat the Bunny! Don't forget to bring your camera for this special event!
Please note that this is a life-size costumed character and may be scary for young children.
In The Auditorium
Roxaboxen
August 23, 2008
1:00 pm
Free with Museum Admission
An interactive performance based on the book, Roxaboxen, written by Alice McLerran. Storyteller Sarah Salerno-Thomas invites the audience to recreate a place where imagination reigns.
Butterfly from The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Special Event
The Carle Honors 2008
September 23, 2008
6:30 pm
Join us as we celebrate this year’s Carle Honors recipients:
Maurice Sendak - Artist
Jim and Vanita Oelschlager - Angels
Susan Hirschman - Mentor
Jim Trelease - Bridge
The University Club
One West 54th Street
New York, NY
For more information, please contact Rebecca Goggins, Assistant Director of Development and Marketing, at (413) 658-1118 or email noram@picturebookart.org.
www.picturebookart.org/CarleHonors
In The Auditorium
Picture Book Theatre 2008 performance dates announced!
October 25, 2008
Mark your calendars for the stage adaptations of Eric Carle's The Very Lonely Firely and Rooster’s Off to See the World
School performances:
Monday, October 20
Monday Oct 27
Public Performances:
Saturday, Oct 25, Nov 1, 8, 13, 29 at 2:00 and 3:00 pm
Saturday, Nov 22 at 1:00, 2:00, & 3:00 pm
Tickets will be available the beginning of September. This production is sponsored in part by the Nan and Matilda Heydt Fund, the Valley Charitable Trust Fund and the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts.
The Carle would like to congratulate Therese Brady Donohue of Picture Book Theatre for winning the MCC’s Gold Star Award for Tico and the Golden Wings! Click here for more information about Picture Book Theatre.
In The Auditorium
The Paper Bag Players
November 30, 2008
$8.50. Ticket price does not include Museum Admission
Performances at 1:00 & 3:00 pm. America’s funniest and finest theater for children celebrates its 50th Anniversary with 2 performances at The Carle.
Tickets will be available the beginning of September.
Click here for more information about The Paper Bag Players.