Category Archives: Educational

Watkins Nature Center Puppet Show, Aug 11 & 18 at 10am

Watkins Nature Center Puppet Show, Aug 11 & 18 at 10am

Puppet Friends in Storyland
Watkins Nature Center at Watkins Park presents a nature-themed puppet show and a chance to meet an animal.

Appropriate for ages 2 to 3, with an adult.

Each session is two Fridays from 10:00 to 10:45am:
August 11 & 18, 2023

Watkins Nature Center, Location: 301 Watkins Park Drive, Upper Marlboro MD 20774, Phone: 301-218-6702

Puppet Friends in Storyland: Scarlet Skunk & Francois the Flying Squirrel

Join us for an interactive lesson with a hands-on activity. Your little one will play, laugh, and dance with their puppet pals while they work on social skills, early literacy development, listening, communication, fine motor skills, attention span, and their creativity!

Enjoy a nature story time! Join Scarlet Skunk & Francois the Flying Squirrel in the month of August as they read you a story about their family, and then join them and a naturalist as they led you through a nature themed craft! A different show each month!

Tickets: $10 for 2 sessions. Click here.

Summer No-cut Workshop and Showcase at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Jun 15-Aug 12

Summer No-cut Workshop and Showcase at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Jun 15-Aug 12

The Greenbelt Arts Center Presents:
Summer No-cut Workshop and Showcase
New Summer Program at Greenbelt Arts Center!

Starts on June 15, 2023 at 7pm. Come to the Greenbelt Community Center to get involved. The showcase will be August 12, 2023.

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

Come out for a no-stress chance to play, perform, and learn about theatre! No experience required, just come ready to learn. All you have to do is show up to get involved.
Fun for ages 12 through adult.

For more information, click here.

Finding Rhythm: A Journey Through the Musical Brain at the Publick Playhouse, Jun 10

Finding Rhythm: A Journey Through the Musical Brain at the Publick Playhouse, Jun 10

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse presents:
Finding Rhythm: A Journey Through the Musical Brain

Saturday, June 10, 2023, 10:30am

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse.

Finding Rhythm: A Journey Through the Musical Brain is a children’s musical that fuses brain science with an original score inspired by Washington D.C.’s go-go music. A Growing Brains Production featuring D.C. artists, Finding Rhythm gets children to listen, move, and sing in call and response—all while the whole family learns how rhythm grows the brain!

$5. Click here.

Watkins Nature Center Puppet Show, Jun 9 & 16 at 10am

Watkins Nature Center Puppet Show, Jun 9-Aug 18 at 10am

Watkins Nature Center at Watkins Park presents a nature-themed puppet show and a chance to meet an animal.

Appropriate for ages 2 to 3, with an adult.

Each session is two Fridays from 10:00 to 10:45am
June 9 & 16, 2023
July 14 & 21, 2023
August 11 & 18, 2023

Watkins Nature Center, Location: 301 Watkins Park Drive, Upper Marlboro MD 20774, Phone: 301-218-6702

Enjoy nature story time, and then join a naturalist as they lead you through a nature-themed craft! You and your students will join us twice each month for an interactive lesson with a hands-on activity.

Tickets: $10 for 2 sessions. Click here.

Butterfly, the Story of a Life Cycle at the Bowie CPA, May 16-17

Butterfly, the Story of a Life Cycle at the Bowie CPA, May 16-17

Arts on Stage presents:
Butterfly, The Story of a Life Cycle

Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at 10:15am and 12:00 noon
Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 10:15am and 12:00 noon

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

NEW DATE: Back by Popular Demand!!! A wondrous view into the insect world seen on the big stage! We will follow Mari a Monarch Butterfly as she grows from her tiny egg then through her caterpillar state, next make the amazing metamorphosis in the chrysalis and finally on her incredible 1500 mile journey to Mexico. With all her insect companions she will learn about her symbiotic relationship with Milkweed, she depends on it for food a home and her unique form of defense against predators. This production uses GIANT puppetry! The audience feels like they have been shrunk down to insect size!

Tickets: $9. Click here.