Each year starting in early October, our volunteer friends committee spends endless hours planning and preparing for our annual auction. The auction raises funds for the Museum & Theatre’s exhibits and educational programming, is rewarding to work on as a volunteer and fun to attend as a guest. This year’s auction, which was held this [...]
You may have spotted the Surkins (mom Morgan, dad Dave, and son Sawyer, almost 3) around the Museum & Theatre – if your eyes move quick enough! When Sawyer explores the “zeum” (that’s his nickname for us), he almost never stops moving; Morgan and Dave do their best to keep up. The Surkins live in [...]
Whether your child is a natural actor or a wallflower, creative play and theatre activities will inspire your whole family to play together. The benefits of introducing your child to dramatic play at an early age are numerous. Dramatic play improves cognitive development, social skills, communication, motor skills and emotional development. Young children have vibrant [...]
Item #258 Fireboat ride for 10! Get an exclusive tour of Casco Bay aboard a City of Portland fireboat! Make it the perfect day for your aspiring firefighter or treat family and friends with 5 large pizzas and 2 cases of bottled water. Donated by: Portland Fire Department, Papa John’s Pizza and Poland Spring Water [...]
The interaction between art and science is a multifarious one, and seemingly most fluid in the minds of youth. The idea of visualizing imagined worlds is often the first step in an artistic or scientific process. The labors of both fields rely heavily on interpretation of the natural world; observation, interpretation and rendering nature. In [...]
I had the pleasure of interviewing some young audience members as they were leaving Cinderella last Thursday. The Dress Up Theatre was packed, but both Leo and Jai had front row seats on the bolsters! Jai even got to go up on the stage when the Fairy God Mother (played by 11-year-old Bridget Fehrs) did [...]
I love the animal programs here at the Museum & Theatre. I was brimming with excitement as I made my way down to the Ranger Station last Friday for Animal Friends with David Sparks. What furry or feathered animal would David bring today? As I walked in, I found two 12-day-old pygmy goats! Soon, the [...]
This year, the doors to Auction 2010: Make Dreams Come True will open at 6:30pm in the Grand Ballroom at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in downtown Portland Feast on delicious hors d’oeuvres and specialty martinis from the cash bar, while perusing over 400 Silent Auction items and packages, featuring: Original artwork (Items 100-127) [...]
Each year since the late 1980s, our annual auction has raised much-needed funds to keep our Portland-based organization a premier cultural institution for all children and families, regardless of need. For the past four years, we have had one particularly dedicated auction volunteer who has made a huge contribution to our auction leadership team. Her name is Julie Chevalier [...]
My parents have a video (quite a few videos, actually) of me “helping” my dad make bread on Christmas Eve. The year is 1989 and I am three years old, kneading the bread by lying on top of it and occasionally sticking my chin into the dough. We make this bread every year in our [...]