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This Week at LICM …
Build the construction project of your dreams, learn French, design a butterfly, view abstract art and get messy (don't worry we'll handle the clean up).
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Butterflies
Tuesday, May 21 through Friday, May 24
from 2:30–4 p.m.
Come to the Inner Lobby and design your own beautiful butterfly with assorted materials to "flutter" through your garden.
All ages. Free with museum admission.
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French Language Immersion
Tuesday, May 21 at 11:30 a.m. and Thursday, May 23 at 2 p.m.
Say oui to early childhood language classes at LICM. Learn the alphabet, colors, numbers, animals and food vocabulary. Projects and songs reinforce learning in a fun and relaxed atmosphere. Five-week drop-in series. No advance sign-up required.
Ages: 3–5. Fee: $3 with museum admission ($2 LICM members).
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Early Childhood Programs |
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Language Immersion Class:
Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. and Thursday at 2 p.m.†
stART (Story + Art):
Tuesday to Friday from 12:30–1 p.m.†
Music and Movement:
Wednesday and Friday from 11:30 a.m.–noon†
Messy Afternoons:
Saturday and Sunday from 3:30–5 p.m.
†Fee: $3 with museum admission ($2 LICM members).
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stART (Story + Art): This week in stART we will be reading "The Noisy Airplane Ride," by Mike Downs. Learn about te many different sounds an airplane makes, from take-off to landing. After the story, color a wooden toy airplane to "fly" home with you! |
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(Knowledge-Exploration-Visual Arts)
 Back by Popular Demand!
Through Sunday, July 14, 2013.
Get ready to explore the simple and complex possibilities of construction as you move from the drawing board to the construction crew. Building Boom with KEVA® encourages you to conceive, then build, the design project of your dreams—bridges, skyscrapers, castles, airplanes, trestles, spirals and more. You'll develop a first-hand understanding of the physical forces at work in the design process as you apply principles of balance, proportion and geometry to your design.
Building Boom with KEVA® brings out the designer, architect and engineer in each of us as you problem solve and think in three dimension. Uniform in size, KEVA® planks use only gravity—no glue or connectors. You'll dabble with physics to achieve balance, proportion and stability. Stumped for a design project? Draw inspiration from 50 permanent building models on display.
All ages. Free with museum admission.
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KaleidoZone—Feeling Colors with de Kooning
Now through June 9
 View abstract paintings inspired by the famous artist Willem de Kooning created this year by local children in two art series at LICM. Artists explored the design and rhythm of line, plus the sound, feel, and story of color to create the artwork you see on display. This exhibit was made possible by a generous grant from The Willem de Kooning Foundation.
All ages. Free with museum admission.
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Sound Showers
 Get ready to be immersed in sound and music as you enter an immersive environment to explore soundscapes of the imagination, create rhythms using instruments from around the world and experience the fun of creating music using objects found all around us. Sound Showers features three gallery experiences exploring the concept that "sound is music and music is sound" and encourages visitors to "look" with their ears to uncover the unexpected rhythms that are all around us. The exhibit is funded by a generous grant from the Gertrude and Louis Feil Family.
All ages. Free with museum admission.
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Reminder
Our May event bulletin is available for download now. In our effort to be more environmentally-friendly, the Museum is now providing members with more e-publications and online information.
Programs subject to change.
Programming and performance schedules are available to visitors in a variety of ways: Online at www.licm.org; Weekly e-mails highlighting program updates and special offers;Visit our Facebook page (http://www.licm.org/facebook).
To ensure that your family has full access to all LICM programs, please advise our membership department of e-mail address changes; send updates to membership@licm.org.
 LICM public programs and theater performances receive support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and NYSCA ArtWORKS for Young People.
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This Week at LICM …
Museums around the world will be celebrating on Sunday, May 18 and LICM is joining in the global event—International Museum Day. Show your support for your favorite local museums. Get creative by designing a flag to mark your visit on this very special day!
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Open Tuesday–Sunday
from 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
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Butterflies
Tuesday, May 14 through Friday, May 17
from 2:30–4 p.m.
Come to the Inner Lobby and design your own beautiful butterfly with assorted materials to "flutter" through your garden.
All ages. Free with museum admission.
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International Museum Day
Saturday, May 14 from 2–4 p.m.
Did you know that May 18 is International Museum Day? International Museum Day was created over 30 years ago by the International Council of Museums as a reminder to visit, appreciate and support your favorite local museum. Show your support for LICM and showcase your creativity by designing a flag to mark your visit on this special day!
All ages. Free with museum admission.
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French Language Immersion
Tuesday, May 14 at 11:30 a.m. and Thursday, May 16 at 2 p.m.
Say oui to early childhood language classes at LICM. Learn the alphabet, colors, numbers, animals and food vocabulary. Projects and songs reinforce learning in a fun and relaxed atmosphere. Five-week drop-in series. No advance sign-up required.
Ages: 3–5. Fee: $3 with museum admission ($2 LICM members).
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Early Childhood Programs |
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Language Immersion Class:
Tuesday and Thursday from 11:30 a.m.–noon†
stART (Story + Art):
Tuesday to Friday from 12:30–1 p.m.†
Music and Movement:
Wednesday and Friday from 11:30 a.m.–noon†
Messy Afternoons:
Saturday and Sunday from 3:30–5 p.m.
†Fee: $3 with museum admission ($2 LICM members).
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stART (Story + Art): This week in stART we will be reading "What Makes a Rainbow?" by Betty Schwartz. Learn about all the colors of the rainbow and how rainbows are made. After the story, use paint and a printmaking technique to create your own rainbow picture to take home! |
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Exhibits |
(Knowledge-Exploration-Visual Arts)
Back by Popular Demand!
Through Sunday,
July 14, 2013.
Get ready to explore the simple and complex possibilities of construction as you move from the drawing board to the construction crew. Building Boom with KEVA® encourages you to conceive, then build, the design project of your dreams—bridges, skyscrapers, castles, airplanes, trestles, spirals and more. You'll develop a first-hand understanding of the physical forces at work in the design process as you apply principles of balance, proportion and geometry to your design.
Building Boom with KEVA® brings out the designer, architect and engineer in each of us as you problem solve and think in three dimension. Uniform in size, KEVA® planks use only gravity—no glue or connectors. You'll dabble with physics to achieve balance, proportion and stability. Stumped for a design project? Draw inspiration from 50 permanent building models on display.
All ages. Free with museum admission.
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KaleidoZone—Feeling Colors with de Kooning
Now through June 5
View abstract paintings inspired by the famous artist Willem de Kooning created this year by local children in two different programs at LICM. Artists explored the design and rhythm of line, plus the sound, feel, and story of color to create the artwork you see on display. This exhibit was made possible by a generous grant from The Willem de Kooning Foundation.
All ages. Free with museum admission.
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Sound Showers
Get ready to be immersed in sound and music as you enter an immersive environment to explore soundscapes of the imagination, create rhythms using instruments from around the world and experience the fun of creating music using objects found all around us. Sound Showers features three gallery experiences exploring the concept that "sound is music and music is sound" and encourages visitors to "look" with their ears to uncover the unexpected rhythms that are all around us. The exhibit is funded by a generous grant from the Gertrude and Louis Feil Family.
All ages. Free with museum admission.
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Reminder
Our May event bulletin is available for download now. In our effort to be more environmentally-friendly, the Museum is now providing members with more e-publications and online information.
Programs subject to change.
Programming and performance schedules are available to visitors in a variety of ways: Online at www.licm.org; Weekly e-mails highlighting program updates and special offers;Visit our Facebook page (http://www.licm.org/facebook).
To ensure that your family has full access to all LICM programs, please advise our membership department of e-mail address changes; send updates to membership@licm.org.
LICM public programs and theater performances receive support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and NYSCA ArtWORKS for Young People.
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This Week at LICM …
Visitors will have the opportunity to dance, sing and act their way through a journey deep into the West African Mandé tradition when "Sunjata Kamalenya" premieres on Saturday, April 27. The interactive experiential theater production tells the story of Sunjata Keita, the founder of the Mali Empire.
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from 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
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Spanish Language Immersion at LICM
Tuesday, April 23 and Thursday, April 25
from 11:30 a.m. to noon
Join us as we continue to explore Spanish in a fun and relaxed atmosphere. Workshops are drop in and do not require advance sign up. Each week we will introduce and explore a different theme (colors, vegetables, senses). A class project and song will be used each week to reinforce learning.
Ages: 3–5. Fee: $3 with museum admission ($2 LICM members).
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 Inner Lobby Activity—Rainbows
Tuesday, April 23 through Friday, April 26
from 2:30–4 p.m.
Come learn the colors of the rainbow and how they are made. Have fun painting your own beautiful rainbow to brighten up April's spring showers.
All ages. Free with museum admission.
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McCarter Theatre Center presents "Sunjata Kemalenya"
Written and directed by Christopher T. Parks, Composition by Balla Kouyaté,
Creative/historical consultation by David Conrad, Choreography by Dyane Harvey
 Saturday, April 27 and Sunday, April 28
at 1 and 3 p.m.
One of the greatest legends of West African Mandé tradition is brought to life in a completely interactive experiential theater production. The tale of Sunjata is the saga of a boy who is prophesied to be the greatest king of his people, and his loving mother, who must help him to overcome the adversity of a very dangerous world of sorcery and hostility. Traditional music, costumes, and scenery set the stage for an unforgettable experience as students realize that they are not there merely to watch the production, but are being immersed and involved in helping to create the magical world of 12th century Mali.
 Ages: 5 and up. Fees: $8 with museum admission ($6 LICM members), $12 theater only, $7 for groups over 10 members.
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Early Childhood Programs |
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Language Immersion Class:
Tuesday and Thursday from 11:30 a.m.–noon†
stART (Story + Art):
Tuesday to Friday from 12:30–1 p.m.†
Music and Movement:
Wednesday and Friday from 11:30 a.m.–noon†
Messy Afternoons:
Saturday and Sunday from 3:30–5 p.m.
†Fee: $3 with museum admission ($2 LICM members).
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stART (Story + Art): This week in stART we will be reading "Basil’s Bird," by Lynn Rowe Reed. Some birds are looking to build a nest and finally find a perfect, yet unusual spot for their new home! After the story, you can create a mini bird's nest for your own feathered friend! |
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Traveling Exhibit
 Through Sunday, May 5
Be the first to explore the science of what's eating you in this skin-crawling exhibition! Examine the what, why, when and how of mosquitoes, fleas, ticks, leeches and other parasites known as sanguinivores (creatures that eat blood). Learn why bloodsuckers are important to the ecosystem—and how to keep them out of your system!
Attack of the Bloodsuckers! offers visitors the chance to:
- Look a real leech in the mouth
- Pull off your socks and test your bug-appealing foot odor
- Receive a big hug from a giant, inflating tick
- Get itchy and knotty with the life-size game of "Twitcher"—a buggy variation on Twister™!
Attack of the Bloodsuckers! is produced by EEC!—the Environmental Exhibit Collaborative (ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center, Burlington, Vermont; EcoTarium, Worcester, Massachusetts; and the Children's Museum of Maine, Portland, Maine)—and made possible by grants from Jane's Trust, Cabot Family Charitable Trust, and the Institute for Museum and Library Services.
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New Exhibit!
Sound Showers
Get ready to be immersed in sound and music as you enter an immersive environment to explore soundscapes of the imagination, create rhythms using instruments from around the world and experience the fun of creating music using objects found all around us. Sound Showers features three gallery experiences exploring the concept that "sound is music and music is sound" and encourages visitors to "look" with their ears to uncover the unexpected rhythms that are all around us. The exhibit is funded by a generous grant from the Gertrude and Louis Feil Family.
All ages. Free with museum admission.
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 KaleidoZone Gallery—Don't Play
with Your Food!
Through Sunday, April 28
Don't play with your food! We've all heard that phrase at the dinner table as we grew up. Artist and Art Educator Julianne Zegers challenges that rule by making sculpture out of her food. She arranges food sculptures to look like landscapes and portraits. She then makes oil paintings and monotypes of her sculptures. Julianne Zegers' playful narrative paintings and prints are appealing to children of all ages who have tried to resist playing with their food.
All ages. Free with museum admission.
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Community Gallery
Thursday, April 4 through Tuesday, April 30
Stop by the Community Gallery to view a mixed media exhibition featuring the artwork of element school students from Elmont School District.
All ages. Free with museum admission.
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Reminder
Our April event bulletin is available for download now. In our effort to be more environmentally-friendly, the Museum is now providing members with more e-publications and online information.
Programs subject to change.
Programming and performance schedules are available to visitors in a variety of ways: Online at www.licm.org; Weekly e-mails highlighting program updates and special offers;Visit our Facebook page (http://www.licm.org/facebook).
To ensure that your family has full access to all LICM programs, please advise our membership department of e-mail address changes; send updates to membership@licm.org.
LICM public programs and theater performances receive support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and NYSCA ArtWORKS for Young People.
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This Week at LICM …
The Long Island Children's Museum is celebrating springtime with great activities and adventures to help shake off those winter blues and get excited for play and fun outdoors. Learn about rainbows and even get a chance to paint your own! LICM will also be preparing for April's legendary "showers" as we decorate mini umbrellas.
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Open Tuesday–Sunday
from 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
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Spanish Language Immersion at LICM
Tuesday, April 9 and Thursday, April 11
from 11:30 a.m. to noon
Join us as we continue to explore Spanish in a fun and relaxed atmosphere. Workshops are drop in and do not require advance sign up. Each week we will introduce and explore a different theme (colors, vegetables, senses). A class project and song will be used each week to reinforce learning.
Ages: 3–5. Fee: $3 with museum admission ($2 LICM members).
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Inner Lobby Activity—Rainbows
Tuesday, April 9 through Friday, April 12
from 2:30–4 p.m.
 Come learn the colors of the rainbow and how they are made. Have fun painting your own beautiful rainbow to brighten up April's spring showers.
All ages. Free with museum admission.
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April Showers
Saturday, April 13 from 2–4 p.m.
 "April showers bring May Flowers" has been a popular saying for hundreds of years. It refers to how rainy spring weather helps flowers grow. Welcome the rain, and blooming flowers by decorating a mini "umbrella" with the colors of spring!
All ages. Free with museum admission.
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Upcoming Theater Sales
Sunjata Kemalenya
from the McCarter Theater Company
Written and directed by Christopher T. Parks, Composition by Balla Kouyaté,
Creative/historical consultation by David Conrad, Choreography by Dyane Harvey
Saturday, April 27, and Sunday, April 28
at 1 and 3 p.m.
Tuesday April 30 at 9:30 and 11:30 a.m.
Wednesday May 1 and Thursday May 2
at 10 a.m. and noon
Dance, sing and act your way through a journey deep into the West African Mandé tradition in this completely interactive experiential theater production. Sunjata Kamalenya tells the story of Sunjata Keita, the founder of the Mali Empire. Traditional music, costumes, and scenery whisk you away to a village compound where the storyteller guides you to 12th century Mali.
"If you're in the room, you're in the show!"
Ages: 5 and up. Fees: $8 with museum admission ($6 LICM members), $12 theater only. $7 for groups over 10 members.
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Early Childhood Programs |
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Language Immersion Class:
Tuesday and Thursday from 11:30 a.m.–noon†
stART (Story + Art):
Tuesday to Friday from 12:30–1 p.m.†
Music and Movement:
Wednesday and Friday from 11:30 a.m.–noon†
Messy Afternoons:
Saturday and Sunday from 3:30–5 p.m.
†Fee: $3 with museum admission ($2 LICM members).
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stART (Story + Art): This week in stART we will be reading "Little Cloud," by Eric Carle. Follow Little Cloud across the sky as he changes shapes before a rainstorm! After the story, use sponges, rollers and brushes to paint a little cloud of your own to take home! |
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Exhibits |
Traveling Exhibit
Through Sunday, May 5
Be the first to explore the science of what's eating you in this skin-crawling exhibition! Examine the what, why, when and how of mosquitoes, fleas, ticks, leeches and other parasites known as sanguinivores (creatures that eat blood). Learn why bloodsuckers are important to the ecosystem—and how to keep them out of your system!
Attack of the Bloodsuckers! offers visitors the chance to:
- Look a real leech in the mouth
- Pull off your socks and test your bug-appealing foot odor
- Receive a big hug from a giant, inflating tick
- Get itchy and knotty with the life-size game of "Twitcher"—a buggy variation on Twister™!
Attack of the Bloodsuckers! is produced by EEC!—the Environmental Exhibit Collaborative (ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center, Burlington, Vermont; EcoTarium, Worcester, Massachusetts; and the Children's Museum of Maine, Portland, Maine)—and made possible by grants from Jane's Trust, Cabot Family Charitable Trust, and the Institute for Museum and Library Services.
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New Exhibit!
Sound Showers
Get ready to be immersed in sound and music as you enter an immersive environment to explore soundscapes of the imagination, create rhythms using instruments from around the world and experience the fun of creating music using objects found all around us. Sound Showers features three gallery experiences exploring the concept that "sound is music and music is sound" and encourages visitors to "look" with their ears to uncover the unexpected rhythms that are all around us. The exhibit is funded by a generous grant from the Gertrude and Louis Feil Family.
All ages. Free with museum admission.
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KaleidoZone Gallery—Don't Play
with Your Food!
Through Sunday, April 28
Don't play with your food! We've all heard that phrase at the dinner table as we grew up. Artist and Art Educator Julianne Zegers challenges that rule by making sculpture out of her food. She arranges food sculptures to look like landscapes and portraits. She then makes oil paintings and monotypes of her sculptures. Julianne Zegers' playful narrative paintings and prints are appealing to children of all ages who have tried to resist playing with their food.
All ages. Free with museum admission.
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Reminder
Our April event bulletin is available for download now. In our effort to be more environmentally-friendly, the Museum is now providing members with more e-publications and online information.
Programs subject to change.
Programming and performance schedules are available to visitors in a variety of ways: Online at www.licm.org; Weekly e-mails highlighting program updates and special offers;Visit our Facebook page (http://www.licm.org/facebook).
To ensure that your family has full access to all LICM programs, please advise our membership department of e-mail address changes; send updates to membership@licm.org.
LICM public programs and theater performances receive support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and NYSCA ArtWORKS for Young People.
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The clock is ticking; better scramble to order your tickets to LICM's
"Spring EGGstravaganza." Peter Cottontail is ready to welcome you
to an after-hours celebration kicking off Spring Break.
Hope to see you on Saturday night.
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Reminder
Our March event bulletin is available for download now. In our effort to be more environmentally-friendly, the Museum is now providing members with more e-publications and online information.
Programming and performance schedules are available to visitors in a variety of ways:
Online at www.licm.org; Weekly e-mails highlighting program updates and special offers; Visit our Facebook page (http://www.licm.org/facebook).
To ensure that your family has full access to all LICM programs, please advise our membership department of e-mail address changes; send updates to membership@licm.org.
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