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PLAYDATE! FREE Day - Holiday Celebration with Children's Book Authors & Illustrators

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Join us for a FREE fun-filled family day featuring art-making, storytelling, music and more!

This PLAYDATE features Holiday Celebration with Children's Book Authors & Illustrators PLUS music & art-making.

10am - 1pm Art-Making activities
Contribute to our global gingerbread village, building miniature three-dimensional neighborhoods on the main stage. Contribute to the floor mural about the diversity of cultures from around the world in the Living Room. Create rain forest silhouettes using the Shadow Screen and create your own three dimensional trees. 

11am - 2pm Whispered stories and folk tales in the Legacy Gallery
(In partnership with the Sugar Hill Pre-School)

11am - 3pm Artist-In-Residence Open Studio
Visit our artist-in-residence Lina Puerta at her studio where she will be available to talk about her work and what she is creating.

12noon - 1pm Story Hour with Flor!
Join our resident storyteller Flor Bromley for magical stories. You are encouraged to jump, dance & sing and be a part of the story.

1pm - 2pm "Up on the House-Top”
Holiday performance on the Roof of the Heather Hart: The Oracle of Amplitude exhibition by Statement Arts Children’s Choir.

2pm - 3:30pm Holiday Celebration with Children's Book Authors & Illustrators

Join authors and illustrators Parker Curry and Jessica Curry (Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment), Christopher Myers (My Pen), Zetta Elliott (Milo's Museum), Shannon Wright (My Mommy Medicine) and others as they read and discuss their work at a fun-filled and informative afternoon for kids, parents and all!

3:45pm - 4:45pm "Up on the House-Top"
Holiday performance on the Roof of the Heather Hart: The Oracle of Amplitude exhibition featuring Drummer Salim Ptah.

4:00pm - 4:45pm Double Dutch Dreamz present Ready! Set! Jump!
Learn basic Double Dutch skills with poetic rhymes. Experience an exciting and fun fitness activity for the family.

5:30pm - 6:30pm Harlem Opera Theater Holiday Performance

Earlier Event: December 14
SHOWTIME SATURDAYS with Alexander
Later Event: December 15
SUNDAY FUNDAYS