Family Events
Ongoing
Hands-on activities, participatory readings, performances, movie matinees, and more events designed for kids and their families.
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Photo: Grace Kang
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Photo: Tillman Lerner-Thomas
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Photo: Tillman Lerner-Thomas
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Films - Past
Films - Past
Events
Upcoming Events
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Sunday, April 22, 11-3 PMSpring Free Family Day
Join us for a free day of art, music, and movies! Explore BAMPFA exhibitions, make your own art, groove to a performance by Alphabet Rockers, and check out a screening of The Red Balloon.
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Saturday, May 12, 11:30-1 PM or 1-2:30 PMGallery + Studio: Ink-Brush Landscapes
Learn the basics of landscape painting with brush and ink as you make your own scroll inspired by Dreaming the Lost Ming.
For ages 6 to 12 with accompanying adult(s)
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Saturday, May 12, 3 PMRoundtable Reading: A Mystery Bigger than Big / Un misterio más grande que grandísimo by René Saldaña
Our first bilingual Roundtable Reading, in Spanish and English! Start reading about a young detective’s latest case, and pick up a copy of the book to continue reading at home.
Recommended for ages 8 & up (younger kids welcome as listeners)
Past Events
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Saturday, April 14, 11:30 AM–1 PM or 1–2:30 PMGallery + Studio: Through Line: Collaged Portraits/Imagined Spaces
Inspired by figurative works in Way Bay, play with collage and create a portrait of people dear to you in an imagined space that you revere.
For ages 6 to 12 with accompanying adult(s)
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Saturday, April 14, 3 PMRoundtable Reading: Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
Read the beginning of this book about a large-hearted oak tree who holds people’s wishes, and pick up a copy to continue reading at home.
Recommended for ages 8 & up (younger kids welcome as listeners)
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Saturday, March 10, 11:30–1 or 1–2:30Gallery + Studio: Self-Portraits/Community Portraits
Create mixed-media portraits of yourself and people in your community inspired by Karabo Poppy Moletsane’s Art Wall project.
For ages 6 to 12 with accompanying adult(s)
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Saturday, March 10, 3 PMRoundtable Reading: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Start reading this story of a robot learning to survive on a deserted island, and pick up a copy to continue reading at home.
Recommended for ages 8 & up (younger kids welcome as listeners)
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Saturday, February 10, 11:30–1 PM or 1–2:30 PMGallery + Studio: Memorial Drawings
Use watercolors and colored pencils to make your own memorial drawings honoring someone important to you.
For ages 6 to 12 with accompanying adult(s)
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Saturday, February 10, 3 PMRoundtable Reading: Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
Get into this graphic novel about a girl who finds her inner strength through roller derby, and pick up a free copy to keep reading at home.
Recommended for ages 8 & up (younger kids welcome as listeners)
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Saturday, January 13, 11:30–1 PM or 1–2:30 PMGallery + Studio: Landscapes Real and Imagined
Use drawing, watercolor, and stamping to create your own landscape inspired by the paintings of Chen Hongshou.
For ages 6 to 12 with accompanying adult(s)
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Saturday, January 13, 3 PMRoundtable Reading: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
Read the beginning of this classic story about a girl who runs away to the Metropolitan Museum, and pick up a free copy to keep reading at home.
Recommended for ages 8 & up (younger kids welcome as listeners)
Past Films
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The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
Roy Rowland- Saturday, April 21 4 PM
United States, 1953Recommended for ages 7 & up
Scolded for not practicing the piano, a nine-year-old boy daydreams himself into a fantastic world where the piano reigns supreme in this funny, clever musical written by Dr. Seuss.
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Films by Sally Cruikshank
- Saturday, March 24 3 PM
BAMPFA Collection Prints
Recommended for ages 7 & upCruikshank’s love of surreal 1930s cartoons is evident in her wildly colorful and wonderfully detailed films, some of which were made for Sesame Street.
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Microcosmos
Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou- Saturday, February 17 3:30 PM
France, Italy, Switzerland, 1996Recommended for ages 7 & up
Marvel at a world barely visible to our eyes in this astounding documentary on the insect kingdom, filmed with specially designed micro cameras and close-up lenses.
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The Wizard of Oz
Victor Fleming- Saturday, January 20 3:30 PM
United States, 1939Recommended for ages 5 & up
What better activity for a Saturday afternoon in winter than a trip down the Yellow Brick Road together with Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Cowardly Lion, and the Tin Woodsman?
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