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Dinosaurs: Land of Fire and Ice™ opens.
Join us on a pre-historic journey in the West Wing gallery.
Come face-to-face with dinosaurs of all shapes and sizes. Travel back to the Cretaceous Period and learn about these mysterious animals. Climb into a Troodon’s nest and play with dinosaur eggs. Put on an insect costume and buzz through a volcano with oozing lava. Go nose to nose with a T-Rex, Pachycephalosaurus, and other prehistoric creatures. Work through a swampy bog, breeze down an icy slide, and hop across stones in a frosty river. Step into the role of paleontologist to meet touchable dinosaurs, dig for fossils and experience a time when these incredible animals roamed the earth.
Dinosaurs: Land of Fire and Ice™ was created by Minnesota Children’s Museum. This project is made possible by a grant from the David B. Jones Foundation.
Special thanks to our presenting sponsor:
Saturday and Sunday through September 1
Model Magic Character Creations
Facilitated by Artist-in-Residence Roxana Romero-Vega
10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Create unique and imaginative characters using Model Magic, a lightweight and easy-to-use sculpting material. Use your creativity, fine motor skills, and storytelling to sculpt basic shapes that resemble a humanoid creation. Add custom features that only you can imagine.
Artist-in-Residence
CDM’s Artist-in-Residence, Roxana Romero-Vega
Roxana Romero-Vega is a Mexican artist celebrated for her whimsical acrylic paintings and intricate fine liner drawings. Born and raised in San Jose, Roxana’s work masterfully transforms dark, uncomfortable everyday situations into lighthearted, imaginative scenes. Drawing inspiration from the complexities of life, her art invites viewers into the depths of her vivid imagination, where humor and whimsy offer a refreshing perspective on the mundane and melancholic. Through her unique artistic vision, Roxana creates a story that finds joy and beauty in unexpected places.
Saturday, September 7, 2024
9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Children’s Discovery Museum
180 Woz Way, San Jose
Enjoy a fun-filled day promoting literacy!
Families will enjoy all the Museum has to offer, along with celebrity and author story readings, hands-on activities and art projects, and family friendly entertainment. All included with your special event day admission ticket!
A collaboration between Kristi Yamaguchi’s Always Dream, Children’s Discovery Museum and the San José Public Library Foundation, to promote the importance of reading.
Entertainment provided by Choo Choo Soul, and the full schedule of performers and authors will be announced soon!
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Lowrider Takeover at Children’s Discovery Museum
Celebrate with us! Throughout the month, there’ll be hands-on art activities, performances, and themed workshops and programs to honor the contributions of local Latinos. Schedule of Events.
- Boulevard Bombs will showcase some of their most beautiful cars inside and outside of the museum
- Phillip Retamoza, known locally as the Purple Car Singer, will perform throughout the day from his custom-designed purple 1952 Mercury Lowrider bomb (Mercster)
- Author and digital artist Ricardo Cortez will present his popular book, ABCs of Lowriding, and facilitate a hands-on art activity at 11:00 a.m.
Stay tuned for many more fun events throughout the month like:
- Ballroom dancing exhibitions and lessons
- Mariachi and Folklorico dancers
- Latin Inspired art activities
- Many Latin Inspired games
- And even, Lucha Libre inside the museum!
Doctor Noize
11:00 a.m. in the indoor Theatre
Multi-instrumentalist and singer Doctor Noize takes audiences of all ages inside the creative process with this high-energy, interactive show featuring acoustic and live loop-recording technology. Doctor Noize dazzles and inspires audiences to be musicians and creators themselves. With his one-man-band of instruments and deep expertise in electronic music looping technology, the Doc arranges and records music live and lets every kid know “you can be a big star, you can have your own act” in his Doctor Noize Live! show.
Bring your dancing, clapping and snapping energy to one or all of these live performances.
Octopretzel
11:00 a.m. in the outdoor amphitheatre
Octopretzel is a Bay Area based band that plays playful and heart-ful music for children. With fun puppets, engaging sing-alongs and delightful dance-alongs, our show is a guaranteed good time for the whole family. Follow us on Spotify to listen to our three full length albums.
Bring your dancing, clapping and snapping energy to one or all of these live performances in the Museum’s outdoor Cadence Amphitheatre.
Andre Thierry
11:00 a.m. in the outdoor amphitheatre
Although born and raised in Richmond, California, Andre Thierry’s French-Kreole heritage is deeply rooted in Louisiana. He embarked on a path with specific knowledge and extraordinary talents at a very young age. True to his culture and love of music, he has crafted a career well beyond his years as an artist. Andre grew up experiencing the French Kreole (La-La) dances his grandparents held at their church parish, St. Mark’s Catholic Church. The best Zydeco musicians Louisiana had to offer traveled to California to play at these dances. The exposure allowed him to develop his love for traditional French Kreole music. Andre regularly played with visiting bands, such as the late John Delafose and many local Zydeco and Cajun bands, including the late Danny Poullard (California Cajun Orchestra). By age twelve, Andre formed his band, “Zydeco Magic.”
Bring your dancing, clapping and snapping energy to one or all of these live performances in the Museum’s outdoor Cadence Amphitheatre.
It’s time for the annual Music Fun Under the Sun series!
Join us for interactive fun with the Grammy Award Nominated performer, David Sharpe! David Sharpe, AKA PapaHugs, has performed for thousands of children around the country at libraries, children’s museums, festivals, and more. All of his music comes from the observation of all the wonderful and imaginative things children say and do. Many of his songs have been influenced by his experiences with his own children and grandchildren. Get ready to jump, clap, sing, and move along!
Please note that we will close at 1:00 p.m. today due to a large event in the park in front of the Museum.
Let’s Move Day
Saturday July 27, 2024
9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Join us as we partner with The Little Gym to bring together Let’s Move Day, a day of physical activity that your kids are sure to enjoy. For children ages 4 months to 12 years (and their parents), The Little Gym’s programs help children learn and grow through movement and imaginative play and develop flexibility, strength, balance, and coordination through varied physical activities and gymnastics. Bringing many of their activities to the Purple Museum for one day only, a full schedule of activities will be offered that will be tailored at different age groups throughout the day. It will be a day for your kids to build some confidence and gain physical, social and emotional growth.
Activities will include:
- gymnastics instruction
- parachute group activity
- stretch rope
- relay races
- bean bag toss
- rhythm sticks
- kid aerobics
Join us for the grand opening of our new outdoor space, Exploration Portal.
Bill’s Backyard outdoor space will be closed today due a private event. Join us June 29 for the public opening of Exploration Portal!
You won’t want to miss the interactive Mobile Learning Adventure sponsored by PNC Bank from Tuesday, June 4 through Thursday, June 6. This traveling exhibit shows parents the importance of early childhood education, while families engage in fun activities that explore future occupations, including costumes, passports, and a photo booth. Don’t miss this three-day adventure!
Join us for a day of robotics demonstrations and presentations by local high school students. Meet a competitive robot and learn about the speed and strength of gear ratios. The best part is that you and your child can build a gear cart to cruise through obstacles. Using a pegboard gearbox, a crank demonstration is a fun way to experiment by changing gears and testing their strength by lifting a weight. Come experiment, test, and tinker while learning basic elements of robotics.
Andre Thierry
Friday, June 21, 2024
12:00 PM
Cadence Amphitheatre
The performance is included with Museum Admission, and there is also FREE entrance to the performance through the Museum’s Group Entrance.
About Andre Thierry
Although born and raised in Richmond, California, Andre Thierry’s French-Kreole heritage is deeply rooted in Louisiana. He embarked on a path with specific knowledge and extraordinary talents at a very young age. True to his culture and love of music, he has crafted a career well beyond his years as an artist. Andre grew up experiencing the French Kreole (La-La) dances his grandparents held at their church parish, St. Mark’s Catholic Church. The best Zydeco musicians Louisiana had to offer traveled to California to play at these dances. The exposure allowed him to develop his love for traditional French Kreole music. Andre regularly played with visiting bands, such as the late John Delafose and many local Zydeco and Cajun bands, including the late Danny Poullard (California Cajun Orchestra). By age twelve, Andre formed his band, “Zydeco Magic.”
