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Photograph ©2009 by Elizabeth Felicella
Free and open
to the public,
the Constance
Laibe Hays
Children's
Room is a
whimsical
space filled
with the best of
children's
poetry books as
well as old-fashioned
typewriters, big
stuffed animals and other playful, poetic
objects.
On Saturday, April 17, Poets House
celebrates the official Grand Opening of its
children's room, kicking off extended hours
and Tiny Poets Time, a weekly poetry program
for toddlers and their grownups.
Through Saturday, April 10:
Saturday, 11:00am–5:00pm
Saturday, April 17, 11:00am–3:00pm: Grand Opening
Starting Thursday, April 22:
Tiny Poets Time: Thursday, 10:00am
Open hours: Thursday & Friday, 12:00–5:00pm,
Saturday, 11:00am–5:00pm
For details, call Mike Romanos at (212) 431-7920,
ext. 2825. Class trips are by appointment.
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Supported by the Larry & Myrna Goodman
Fund for Children's Programs, programs for
children at Poets House are free. |
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Photograph ©2009 by Mark-Woods.com
Saturday, February 13, 2010, 11am
Floating Valentines: A Screening of The Red Balloon
Join us as we watch Albert Lamorisse's timeless children's classic The Red Balloon. Afterwards we'll make our own poetic floating valentines.
Admission Free |
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Photograph ©2009 by Mark-Woods.com
Saturday, March 27, 11am
The Little General and the Giant Snowflake with Matthea Harvey
Renowned poet Matthea Harvey reads from The Little General and the Giant Snowflake, her tale of a little general and his Realist army who attempt to fend off the imagination. Illustrator Elizabeth Zechel also leads a snowflake-making workshop.
Admission Free |
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Saturday, April 17, 11:00am–3:00pm
Grand Opening of the Constance Laibe Hays Children's Room at Poets House
Join us for a celebration of our new children's room! Festivities begin at 11:00am with U.S. Children's Poet Laureate Mary Ann Hoberman and teacher Linda Winston sharing poems from their anthology, The Tree That Time Built: A Celebration of Nature, Science, and Imagination. The revelry continues with giveaways, creative writing exercises and other surprises.
Admission Free
From top: Mary Ann Hoberman & Linda Winston |
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Saturday, May 1, 11:00am
"How Does a Bird Imagine? What Does a Tree Know?" with Richard Lewis
This performance, art and writing workshop led by children's poet extraordinaire Richard Lewis features a parade in spring-time imagining hats.
Admission free
Part of Ecopoetic Futures, a series of events that examine poetry and the environment. Programs in this series are funded, in part, by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Council for the Humanities. |
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Saturday, May 15, 11:00am
My Life as a Blue Elephant with Calef Brown
Author and illustrator of prize-winning children's books, Calef Brown reads from his most popular works and reveals how he creates his illustrations and madcap poems.
Admission Free |
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Saturday, May 29, 11:00am
River of Words with Robert Hass
Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Robert Hass shares his own poems of the natural world as well as those by children across the country. A discussion about connecting watersheds and imaginations through poetry and art will follow.
Part of Ecopoetic Futures, a series of events that examine poetry and the environment. Programs in this series are funded, in part, by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Council for the Humanities.
Admission Free |
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