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Great Halls & Great Spaces in the Pioneer Valley

Mash Note No. 21: On Great Halls and Great Spaces The day after Christmas, my daughter Saskia and I took the grandparents to the Eric Carle Museum. For the most part, we followed Saskia’s lead: a juice box and pretzel snack in the cafeteria, a book perusal session in the library, and a puppet show. In turn, she gave us a few minutes in the galleries—and about five minutes longer than she… Read More

Category: Contributing Writer, Hampshire County, Northampton, Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser Tags: Eric Carle Museum, Pioneer Valley, Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser, western massachusetts

Elska Comes to Western MA! Win Tickets!

Win a package of tickets and museum passes for a family of four… Elska Performs in Amherst The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Sunday, October 21st @ 1pm Called “the next big thing in toddler entertainment” by Red Tricycle New York, Elska brings her live show to a very special performance at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst on Sunday, October 21st at 1pm… and Hilltown… Read More

Category: Contest, Eric Carle Museum, Hampshire County, Suggested Activity, Video Tags: Amherst, debut performance, Elska, Eric Carle Museum, Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Ticket Giveaway, western massachusetts

“The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats” at The Carle this Summer

50th Anniversary of The Snowy Day The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art presents a new exhibit – The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats. Opening on June 26th, 2012 the exhibit is made up of over 80 of Keats’ works, including sketches, collages, and drawings, photographs of the author, and some of his less well-known Asian art and haiku, and will run through October 14, 2012. Keats’… Read More

Category: Art, Hampshire County, History, Suggested Activity Tags: Art, Children's Literature, civil rights, Eric Carle Museum, Exhibit, Ezra Jack Keats, Massachusetts, New England, western massachusetts

The Story of Negro League Baseball at the Eric Carle Museum

We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball At the Eric Carle Museum on Feb 7th – June 10th, 2012 The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is opening its latest exhibit,“We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball,” on Feb 7th and running through June 10th, 2012. The exhibit features oil paintings by Kadir Nelson, which were created to illustrate a book of the same name…. Read More

Category: Art, Eric Carle Museum, Hilltown Families, History, Suggested Activity, Video Tags: Art, Basefall, Eric Carle Museum, History, history of the negro league, Kadir Nelson, Negro League Baseball, racial inequality, western massachusetts

Dancers & Puppets Bring Picture Books to Life in Amherst

Picture Book Theatre Performs at The Carle in November Eric Carle’s classic children’s books are coming to life this month! The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is hosting a series of puppet shows based on various Eric Carle stories throughout November. The first of the shows, “Slowly, Slowly, Slowly Said the Sloth,” is set to music created by a local composer and includes many local puppeteers! Families will receive a… Read More

Category: Amherst, Eric Carle Museum, Hilltown Families, Puppet Shows, Suggested Activity Tags: Eric Carle Museum, Puppetry, western massachusetts

Ticket Giveaway: Family Concert with Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem @ The Carle

WIN A FAMILY 4-PACK OF FREE TICKETS: Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem Saturday, June 19th, 2010 At the Eric Carle Museum in Amherst, MA Hilltown Families and the Northampton Community Music Center have partnered up to offer a chance to win a family 4-pack of tickets to see Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem at the Eric Carle Museum in Amherst, MA on Saturday, June 19th at 1pm. The proceeds from the concert… Read More

Category: Amherst, Contest, Entertainment, Eric Carle Museum, Family, Suggested Activity Tags: Eric Carle Museum, Family Events, Family Music in Western Massachusetts, Northampton Community Music Center, Pioneer Valley, Rani Arbo, Things to do in Western Massachusetts, Ticket Giveaway

Museum Pass Giveaway: The Carle’s 3rd Annual Children’s Book Festival

The Carle’s 3rd Annual Children’s Book Festival Celebrates Dogs in Children’s Literature Over the next couple of weekends, The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art will play host to two great family activities. This coming Saturday, June 12th is The Carle’s 3rd Annual Children’s Book Festival: Celebrating Dogs in Picture Books! And the following Saturday (June 19th) is a kids concert with Rani Arbo and daisy mayhem. For this coming Saturday,… Read More

Category: Contest, Entertainment, Eric Carle Museum, Hilltown Families, Suggested Activity Tags: Book Festival, Dogs, Eric Carle Museum, Festivals in Western Massachusetts, Literature, Pioneer Valley

Raspberries with Jay O’Callahan at the Carle this Saturday

Jay O’Callahan and Will Moses Present Raspberries at The Carle The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art welcomes Raspberries, an exuberant and hilarious hour of storytelling by renowned storyteller Jay O’Callahan, and artist Will Moses on April 17, 2010, at 1 p.m. The event, which is free with museum admission, is geared towards school-age children. Editor and author Patricia Lee Gauch will introduce O’Callahan who will share several of his best-loved… Read More

Category: Amherst, Eric Carle Museum, Suggested Activity Tags: Eric Carle Museum, Jay O’Callahan, Things to do in Western Massachusetts, Will Moses

Create a Butterfly for Batches of Butterflies

Batches of Butterflies February 10 – May 30, 2009 The Eric Carle Museum in Amherst, MA invites friends, families, and schools throughout the country and abroad to create their own butterflies to flutter in the Museum. Celebrate the caterpillar, who for 40 years has crept into the hearts of millions of readers through his journey of hope from “a tiny and very hungry caterpillar” to a “beautiful butterfly.” How it works: Create… Read More