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The workshop features simultaneous interpretation in Spanish by Maria Sigourney and ASL by Nancy Kaplan. Literature to Life (LTL) is a performance-based literacy program that presents professionally staged verbatim adaptations of American literary classics. In this workshop, LTL explores aspects of Mexican culture and identity through the lens of the novel I Am Not Your

Please note, this program was rescheduled from Wednesday, May 4 to Wednesday, May 18. What’s the connection between Luke Skywalker and the stories of the constellations? Science educator Vivian Crea discusses how both are examples of the Hero’s Journey—one of the foundations of many myths and legends. In springtime, those will include the stories of

A profusion of carefully curated flowers grew in the walled garden of La Casa Azul, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera’s home in Mexico City. Frida wore some of their flowers to accent her flamboyant Tehuana hairdos and dresses. Flower crowns are symbolic in Mexican culture, portraying the beauty of the country’s biodiversity and honoring its

Celebrate the coming of spring by creating your own floral bookmark! Using popsicle sticks, markers, and pieces of construction paper, add a variety of spring colors to your favorite story. Recommended for ages 5+.

Create a self-portrait in two impressions that explore and expose your past and present selves through monotype woodblock printing, doubling, contrast, and color. Designed by Teaching Artist-in-Residence David Enriquez and inspired by Frida Kahlo’s double self-portraits, which represent the complexity of human emotion. Recommended for ages 5+. Español ↗   Photo: Simon Moore   Supported

Create a self-portrait in two impressions that explore and expose your past and present selves through monotype woodblock printing, doubling, contrast, and color. Designed by Teaching Artist-in-Residence David Enriquez and inspired by Frida Kahlo’s double self-portraits, which represent the complexity of human emotion.Recommended for ages 5+. Español ↗   Photo: Simon Moore   Supported by

Camille Eskell, whose mixed-media work is featured in the exhibition Cycles of Nature, examines cultural and family dynamics through the themes of vulnerability, rebirth, gender relationships, and social convention. Much like Frida Kahlo, Eskell often uses the damaged body as a metaphor to explore the themes of duality, transformation, and transcendence. In this virtual talk,

Pick up magnifiers and tweezers and take a micro-safari through materials we’ve gathered from local freshwater streams and brackish waters. We’ll provide tools and samples, gloves, guidebooks, and microscopes. All you need to bring is your curiosity! Recommended for ages 8+.   Sponsored by Con Edison.

Learn how to create homemade paper from recyclable materials in celebration of Earth Day. Make your very own small handmade paper booklets step-by-step with the help of Junior Docents. Recommended for ages 5+.   Sponsored by Con Edison. 

In celebration of Earth Day, become a guerilla gardener and learn how to make organic, naturally fertilizing seed bombs that can be tossed anywhere there is exposed dirt in urban settings to encourage the growth of native plant species. Discover all there is to know about the native wildflowers you are sowing, and create a