Museum of Moving Images Family-Friendly Screenings & Workshops

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    If you're looking for a rainy day activity this fall, or want to introduce your kids to the world of moving images, the Museum of the Moving Image  is for you.  The museum has always been one of my personal favorite museums in NYC and I loved introducing it to my own children last summer.  Now the newly expanded and re-opened museum now has more to offer family visitors. The museum is housed in a building owned by the City of New York and its operations are made possible in part by public funds provided through the New York … [Read more...]

Atlanta’s Center for Puppetry Arts

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The other day my kids and I went on a tour of Atlanta's Center for Puppetry Arts.  We were escorted by Jeremy Underwood, the museum's Curator of Exhibits.    Not only was it interesting, but it was informative - not only to the kids, but to myself, and quite unforgettable. I used to go to the Center as a child.  I remember being shuffled off in a school bus to watch amazing puppet shows and make puppets in their puppetry workshops.  I am thrilled to have taken my own children at such a young age to experience the Center for Puppetry Arts, and I … [Read more...]