November Events at Minnesota Children's Museum

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For Immediate Release
August 31, 2006

Special Exhibits
Inside Art
May 27 through November 12, 2006
Don't miss your chance to step inside the framework of famous paintings and experience art like never before! Enjoy a robust noontime meal in Grant Wood's Dinner for Threshers, crawl into a tent and explore camping gear in John Singer Sargent's Camp at Lake O'Hara and add "corn husks" to the flower tower in Diego Rivera's Corn Festival. Enter Clementine Hunter's Big Chicken and get behind the reins of a giant rooster, visit the Children's Art Park to view works of art created by kids and build a sculpture of your own, and create your own version of the Mona Lisa's enigmatic expression.

Sponsored by Wells Fargo. Promotional support provided by Yellow Book™.

En Mi Familia
October 7, 2006 - January 1, 2007
Step into this bilingual exhibit, based on the beautiful paintings and beloved family stories of Mexican-American author, Carmen Lomas Garza. Visit Garza's childhood bedroom, meet her family through albums and make a wish while gazing at the Texas stars from the fanciful dream chair. Enter a backyard scene that captures Garza's painting, Barbacoa para Cumpleaños (Birthday Barbecue), fill and spill the piñata and complete a puzzle that explores the celebratory banners of papel picado (paper cutouts). At Tamalada (Making Tamales), children can gather with their families in the kitchen, like Garza did, and practice making tamales with fabric replicas. At Baile en el Jardín (Dance at the Garden), children can make music and dance to conjunto music.

En Mi Familia was created by Austin Children's Museum. Promotional support by La Prensa and Yellow Book™.

Snow Ball! Winter Fun
November 24, 2006 - February 4, 2007
Snow Ball! Winter Fun has winter-themed activities for everyone, including a "ski path" and life-sized snow globes. Visitors can stop by "Ole & Lena's" ice fishing house and catch "the big one" while cozying up to the woodstove with a good book. In the warming house, children can don winter sports gear, such as snowshoes and hockey pads. Kids can try their hand at building a snow palace with giant building blocks, or tossing "snowballs" into tree holes. Children can create beautiful winter scenes by tracing a partial drawing and using their imagination to complete the scene. There's also a toddler play rink with fun activities to entertain our youngest visitors. Come experience the wonder and magic of winter!


Special Events
Snow Ball! Winter Fun Opens
Friday, November 24, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Be among the first to celebrate winter at Minnesota Children's Museum when Snow Ball! Winter Fun opens in 2006.

Storytelling with Carmen Lomas Garza
Friday, November 10, 2:30 p.m.; Saturday November 11
Mexican American writer and artist Carmen Lomas Garza shares her childhood memories of family and community through her vibrant paintings, personal stories, and paper cutouts (papel picado). Her book, En Mi Familia/In My Family, is the basis for the Minnesota Children's Museum exhibit.


Ongoing Activities
Daily
Big Fun!
11:30 a.m. Shake out your sillies during fun activities. November themes include Simon Says using Spanish vocabulary.

Story Time
10:30 a.m. & 2:30 p.m.
Join us for reading adventures as we share our favorite tales. November books include Too Many Tamales; Agua, Agua, Agua; Abuela; In My Family/En Mi Familia; Tar Beach; Family Pictures/Cuadros de Familia; The Birthday Swap.

Tuesdays
Music and Movement
9:30 & 10 a.m.
Join us as we move to Latin American music in November.

1st, 3rd & 5th Tuesday Habitot® Tuesday
9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. & 1 - 3 p.m.
No groups are scheduled and stories, music, movement
and art activities are designed for our youngest visitors. Presented by St.Paul Travelers

2nd & 4th Tuesday Preschool-Kindergarten Tuesday
9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.& 1 - 3 p.m.
Activities are designed for preschool and kindergarten age children to discover themes through stories, music, movement and art. Presented by St. Paul Travelers.

Fridays
Friday Family Fun Night
5 - 8 p.m.
Presented by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.

6 - 7:30 p.m.
Family Arts
Experience drop-in arts exploration for the whole family!

7 p.m.
Bedtime Books
Delightful tales will whisk you into storyland.

Saturdays & Sundays
Inventor's Workshop
1 - 3 p.m.
We have the materials. You have the creativity. What will you invent? November brings loteria cards, Mexican birthday party role play, paper bag piñatas, paper plate maracas, and papel picado. Presented by Seagate Technology.

Special Activities
Friday, November 24
Opening of Snow Ball! Winter Fun
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Be among the first to celebrate winter at Minnesota Children's Museum when Snow Ball! Winter Fun opens.

Friday, November 10
Artist Visit: Carmen Lomas Garza
2:30 p.m.
Meet and read with Lomas Garza.

Saturday, November 11
Artist Visit: Carmen Lomas Garza
Meet and read with Lomas Garza.

Sunday, November 12
Windows on Earth World: Survival Strategies
12 - 3 p.m.
Explore how animals defend themselves and get by day-to-day in the wild. Presented by The Bayport Foundation of Andersen Corporation.

Saturday, November 11
Tamale Making Demonstration
12 - 2 p.m.
Local community members demonstrate authentic Mexican tamale-making.

Saturday, November 18
Tamale Making Demonstration
12 - 2 p.m.
Local community members demonstrate authentic Mexican tamale-making.

Sunday, November 19
Target Free 3rd Sunday
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Free admission for all visitors today!

Editor’s Note: For more information and photos, contact Samantha Moy at 651-225-6015 or smoy@mcm.org.

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