Hands-on activities, participatory readings, performances, movie matinees, and more events designed for kids and their families.
Read full descriptionRecommended for ages 7 & up
Spend an old-fashioned afternoon at the movies with three shorts that find Charlie Chaplin’s character at work and at play: Sunnyside, A Day’s Pleasure, and Pay Day.
View DetailsRecommended for ages 6 & up
Follow the exploits of emperor penguins as they migrate, search for food, raise their young, and waddle about the ice in this documentary, one of the biggest nonfiction hits of the 2000s. Presented with English narration by Morgan Freeman.
View DetailsGet inspired by the Japanese art in Ink, Paper, Silk and paint your own images of animals on a miniature Japanese folding screen.
For ages 6 to 12 with accompanying adult(s)
Read about a diverse group of kids whose lives weave together in unexpected ways, and pick up a copy of the book to take home.
Recommended for ages 8 & up (younger kids welcome as listeners)
With Masako Miki’s bright colors and squishy forms as inspiration, make your own creatures from felt, fabric, and found objects.
For ages 6–12 with accompanying adult(s)
Join in reading about a girl trying to pursue her dreams while living at a motel, and get a copy of the book to enjoy wherever you live.
Recommended for ages 8 & up (younger kids welcome as listeners)
Recommended for ages 10 & up
This effortlessly beautiful film follows a Mayan father and his young son as they spend a summer working (and playing) along the Mexican Caribbean coast.
Recommended for ages 8 & up
A hapless prospector tries his luck in the frozen north in a film that glitters with some of Charlie Chaplin’s most memorable nuggets of comedy.