Poets House invites children and their grown-ups to explore the whimsy and wonders of poetry at two new collaborative series at the NYPL Mulberry Street Branch and the Children's Museum of Art. For more information, contact Mike Romanos at mike@poetshouse.org.

First Fridays at the Children's Museum of the Arts

Beginning Friday, March 7, noon- 5:00pm

Poets House and the CMA invite you and your children to wile away the first Friday afternoon of each month at CMA's open studios, featuring a veritable musical chairs of Arts & Crafts stations and a poet-in-residence to lead ekphrastic poetry exercises and other word excursions.

Join us on the first Friday of each month: March 7, April 4, May 2, June 6.

@ Children's Museum of the Arts
182 Lafayette Street (bet. Broome and Grand)
Admission to CMA: $9

National Poetry Month at the Mulberry Street Branch

Poets House and the New York Public Library invite you and your toddlers to join poets Annie Wright and Mike Romanos every Friday at 2:00pm throughout the month of April for adventures in poetry. April 4, April 11 and April 18.

@ New York Public Library, Mulberry Street Branch
10 Jersey Street (between Lafayette & Mulberry)
Admission free

Special Saturday Events at the Mulberry Street Branch

Poets House in partnership with the NYPL Mulberry Street Branch encourages you and your youngsters to wax poetical during four Saturday programs this spring.

@ New York Public Library, Mulberry Street Branch
10 Jersey Street (between Lafayette & Mulberry)
Admission free

Saturday, March 8, 2:00pm
Pocket Poems with Bobbi Katz

Bobbi Katz (author of Trailblazers: Poems of Exploration and editor of the award-winning Pocket Poems) will show us how to fit elephants, ships and anything else that tickles our fancies into our pockets as she reads her favorite poems. She'll also prepare us for the city-wide initiative Poem in Your Pocket Day with an interactive poetry writing session.

 

Saturday, April 5, 2:00pm
The Enchanted World of Nancy Willard

Nancy Willard, winner of the Newberry Award for A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers, will introduce us to the unforgettable characters she created and encourage the whole group to compose a collaborative poem under her direction.

 

Saturday, May 10, 2:00pm
Wondrous Light, Wondrous Air with Richard Lewis

Join Richard Lewis (the founding director of the Touchstone Center) in a poetry and art-making workshop as he explores the magical elements of light and air, accompanied by a performance of Play, Said the Air to the Earth by dancer Clea Rivera and musician Harry Mann.

 

Saturday, June 7, 2:00pm
Creatures of Collage with Carin Berger

Carin Berger (author of the bestseller All Mixed Up and illustrator of Jack Prelutsky's Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant) reads from her work and offers children a crash course in collage-making using ticket stubs, newspapers and other unsung paraphernalia to create lively, cut-and-paste characters.