By Lucy | Published:
December 26, 2012
In the wake of the a tragedy like the one at Sandy Hook Elementary, we all feel a little helpless. We want to do something, but there isn’t anything that can erase what happened or even ease the pain of those who are suffering. Yet we want to find some way to make things better [...]
By Cathy | Published:
May 12, 2010
Dancing With Books is a series of innovative early childhood reading programs at the Museum & Theatre that uses theatre, movement and music to help develop young children’s enthusiasm for performing arts and reading while enriching their language skills in a fun and engaging way. Our most recent series was funded by a generous grant [...]
By Cathy | Published:
April 19, 2010
Renaldo, Brenda and Melody are just three of our Kids on the Block! Hi everyone! Do you know what Mandy, Renaldo, Mark, Brenda, and Melody all have in common? They are our new Kids on the Block life size puppets and each one has a unique disability that they have come to understand and that [...]
By Cathy | Published:
March 5, 2010
By now, we hope you’ve heard all about our ongoing shows in the Dress Up Theatre, Cinderella and The Emperor’s New Clothes. But have you heard of the New Clothes Collaboration? When these two shows were selected many months ago, we thought of so many ways all kinds of artists in our community could make [...]
By Cathy | Published:
February 2, 2010
Winter marks a busy season for science programming at Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine. Our Youth Ranger program, generously funded by Fairchild Semiconductor, is an innovative leadership training program for students in grades 8-11 interested in environmental education. It involves recruiting, training and employing teenagers as environmental science educators who work under the guidance [...]
