Come and spend a full day listening to national and local oral storytellers at inside venues of the Chesapeake College on Maryland’s beautiful Eastern Shore. Stories of adventure, history, and tall tales.
As you listen, you will be transported to places where memories and magic are captured and woven into tales that will make you laugh and cry. Come and live the imaginary!
We have some of the BEST storytellers in the country on our program, right here on the Eastern Shore of Maryland!
At this family friendly event, tellers and performers will entertain you with activities and music designed for adults and kids. An array of food vendors will be on hand with savory treats.
Adults are $50, Students are $35, and Children are $10 through SEPTEMBER 16th (the day of the event).
Discounts on tickets are available to bookings of 10 OR MORE TICKETS. Please call us at 410-758-2520 for bulk ticket discounts.
Purchase tickets online: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chesapeake-storytelling-festival-tickets-32097481431?aff=es2
Event is open to all children from Kindergarten to the 8th grade. Materials including acrylic paints, art panels, brushes and easels, will be provided by the Art League and members with guidance provided. Children are recommended to wear older clothing. Free. 410-310-8382.
Explore a real lighthouse with stories, crafts, and technology! For children 7 and under accompanied by an adult. Registration is required and space is limited, so register ASAP! To register, call the St. Michaels library at 410-745-5877.
Teen Junior Naturalists from Pickering Creek Audubon Center will be hosting “Meet the Creatures” at the Talbot County Free Library in Easton. The students will be sharing their knowledge about our local environment with live reptiles and a touch table filled with bones, skulls, feather, pelts, and more. Come for a close encounter with wildlife and to learn more about Pickering Creek.
The Museum will be having a Family Ornament Day on Saturday, December 12 from 10:00-1:00. Admission is free, but signing up ahead of time is very helpful for us.
Family Art Days are designed for children ages 6 and up with their parents, guardians or mentors.
According to the Child Development Institute, “Families can create a harmonious balance in their children’s lives when they make provisions for the arts.” The site goes on to offer lots of ways that parents can incorporate art in their families’ lives and closes by advising, “The most important ingredient in the recipe is your interest. Be there to appreciate and encourage during every step of the creative process.” What better way to spend quality time with your child than to come to the Academy Art Museum and work together on a project? The Family That Makes Art Together Gets SmART Together!
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The Museum will be having a family art day on Saturday, October 15 from 10-1. This is part of our Travel the World series and we will be “traveling” to Japan on this day. The event will feature crafts from Japan and we will have some snacks available, too. Admission is free, but signing up ahead of time is very helpful for us.
Family Art Days are designed for children ages 6 and up with their parents, guardians or mentors.
According to the Child Development Institute, “Families can create a harmonious balance in their children’s lives when they make provisions for the arts.” The site goes on to offer lots of ways that parents can incorporate art in their families’ lives and closes by advising, “The most important ingredient in the recipe is your interest. Be there to appreciate and encourage during every step of the creative process.” What better way to spend quality time with your child than to come to the Academy Art Museum and work together on a project? The Family That Makes Art Together Gets SmART Together!
Sign up online: https://46197a.blackbaudhosting.com/46197a/Travel-the-World-at-the-Academy-Art-Museum-15Oct2016
FAIRYFEST 2016
Saturday, October 22, 11 a.m.–3 p.m.
Bring your wings for a day of magic at Adkins Arboretum! Follow a trail of artisan fairy houses along enchanted forest paths, hunt for dragon tracks leading to a golden treasure trove, and join in a meadow maypole dance. Practice archery with wooden bow and arrows and summon the courage of knights of yore. Natural materials will be on hand for crafting wands, faerie houses, gnome homes, and toadstools. Throughout the day, a variety of live entertainment will take place in our woodland theatre. Shimmering fairy face painting, bubbles, and magical games are part of the fun. Inspired refreshments will be available for an additional fee.
**Bring your camera for photos with the Fairy Queen!**
Enjoy a magic performance full of surprises. For all ages. Free tickets are required and may be picked up a week prior to the performance.
Fashion advice, crafts, and refreshments. Ages 10-14.
Celebrate this Irish Bank Holiday with all things Irish! Create your own “lucky charms,” learn about traditional Irish dance, participate in an Irish step dance lesson with Irish dancer Miss Elise McGovern, and end with an Irish tea party! For ages 5– 105. Registration required.
On Saturday, June 17, from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., the Talbot County Free Library, in partnership with Habitat for Humanity Choptank, will host the Second Annual Chesapeake Children’s Book Festival at the library’s Easton branch (100 West Dover Street). Attendees will meet over 30 authors and illustrators of some of today’s finest children’s books. The Festival will feature live music, a blacksmith working his smithy, make-a-book, an exhibit of Easton High School student art, free food and drink, sign up for the Imagination Library, a plant and seed exchange, a “Build Your Own Home” activity, a photo prop house children can have their picture taken in, and more. Several of the authors will give readings from their work.
The Festival will also serve as the kick-off event for the Talbot County Free Library’s annual summer reading program. Each child who signs up for the summer reading program will receive a voucher good for a free book from one of the Festival’s authors (while supplies last). The child gets to pick the book of their choice and have the author sign it. Studies have shown that children who read during the summer avoid significant drops in their reading skills and return to school in the fall better prepared than those that haven’t been reading. In keeping with the theme of this year’s summer reading program—“Build a Better World”—the library is partnering with Habitat for Humanity Choptank on the project. Every time a child in the summer reading program reads a book, a donation will be made to Habitat for Humanity Choptank.
All library programs are free and open to the public. For more information, please visit www.chesapeakechildrensbookfestival.com , or call 410-822-1626.