Proud of My Family is a jam-packed weekend celebrating all types of families, especially LGBTQ+ parents, relatives, and friends. Visitors can make festive rainbow art activities, move and groove in Rainbow Dance Zone, get creative with the temporary art installation about the colors of the Pride flag, and learn from partner organizations who will be onsite to share resources about the LGBTQ+ community. Award-winning, children’s recording artist Tim Cain performs Saturday and the Rainbow Women’s Chorus on Sunday. There will be a Drag Queen Storytime at 3:30 p.m. with a “Meet and Greet” and a Pride Parade at 4 p.m. each day, both sponsored and led by SV Pride.
Special Performances
Saturday:
• Musician Tim Cain will perform acoustic music at noon.
• Storytime with Todd Parr’s “The Family Book” at 11:15 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
• Drag Queen Storytime at 3:30 p.m.
Sunday:
• Rainbow Women’s Chorus will perform at 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.
• Special guest caricature artist Hortencia Martin will draw family caricatures from 11 to 4 p.m.
• Storytime with Todd Parr’s “The Family Book” at 12:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.
• Drag Queen Storytime at 3:30 p.m.
Ongoing Weekend Activities:
• Create family portraits.
• Join in a Rainbow Dance Party. Stretch, jump, spin and move with colorful streamers, pom-poms, capes and accessories.
• Make rainbow friendship bracelets. Learn to tie knots and enhance fine motor skills by creating colorful yarn bracelets for friends and family.
• Rainbow Reflections. Learn the meaning behind each color of the Pride Flag and contribute to the installation by drawing an interpretation of each color.
• Partners from the LGBTQ+ community will be on-site offering information, resources and coloring pages.
• Family photo op. Strike a pose and make lasting memories with the colorful backdrop.
• Paint your face with rainbows.
• Explore rainbows and light in the Art Studio.
• Fashion a cornhusk doll with colorful fabrics.
• Create a nature journal. Find all of the colors of the rainbow in the museum’s backyard.
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Shape, squish, and splatter! It’s time to get dirty during Mud Week! Every day will bring exciting new mud play leading up to a celebration of International Mud Day on June 29. Bring a change of clothes!
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s FoodShed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor Cadence Amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select days throughout the summer!
Enjoy Masanga Marimba’s traditional and popular music from Africa and Latin America on drums, percussion, saxophone, trumpet, and seven Zimbabwean marimbas… including giant marimbas!
Cadence Amphitheatre opens at 12:00 noon and concerts begin shortly thereafter. This event is included with Museum admission.
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s FoodShed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor Cadence Amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select days throughout the summer!
Former member of the popular 60’s rock group, “The Sons of Champlin,” Tim is now creating and performing acoustic music especially for children ages 3-8. Tim also offers himself as an example for kids: paralyzed with polio at age 7, he believes children benefit from seeing him as “just a regular person whose legs don’t work” who loves music as much as they do!
Tim Cain has released 5 albums and a DVD for children. His CDs have received national awards and honors from the Parents’ Choice Foundation, the National Association of Parenting Publications, and the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). He was recently selected by the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences to perform the “Grammy Concert Series” for elementary schools all around the San Francisco Bay.
Cadence Amphitheatre opens at 12:00 noon and concerts begin shortly thereafter. This event is included with Museum admission.
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s FoodShed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor Cadence Amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select days throughout the summer!
Using a combination of humor, fantasy, and reality, singer/songwriters Sandi and Stevie help teach kids about the habits of our creature friends while encouraging us to live in harmony with them.
Awards include Diablo Magazine: Best Performance For Kids, KIDiddles Hall of Fame: Best in Children’s Music, Bay Area Parent Family Favorite Gold Medal Winners, Diablo Editor’s Pick: Best Children’s Entertainment-Best of the East Bay.
Cadence Amphitheatre opens at 12:00 noon and concerts begin shortly thereafter. This event is included with Museum admission.
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s FoodShed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor Cadence Amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select days throughout the summer!
Andy Z delights kids and kids-at-heart with his musical adventures. Audiences are captivated by his easy-going, fun and infectious musical style which combines his passion for music with his love of storytelling, character voices, and performance.
Cadence Amphitheatre opens at 12:00 noon and concerts begin shortly thereafter. This event is included with Museum admission.
What? Magic? This is supposed to be Music Fun Under the Sun! This clever illusionist has tricked his way into the summer lineup! Again! At least now we know he can do much more than merely befuddling museum staff! If you like magic as much as we do, don’t miss magician Spencer Grey!
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s FoodShed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor Cadence Amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select days throughout the summer!
Cadence Amphitheatre opens at 12:00 noon and concerts begin shortly thereafter. This event is included with Museum admission.
Magic Fun Under the Sun: Spencer Grey
Tuesday, July 2
12:00 noon
What? Magic? This is supposed to be Music Fun Under the Sun! This clever illusionist has tricked his way into the summer lineup! Again! At least now we know he can do much more than merely befuddling museum staff! If you like magic as much as we do, don’t miss magician Spencer Grey!
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s FoodShed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select days throughout the summer!
The amphitheatre opens at 12:00 noon and concerts begin shortly thereafter. This event is included with Museum admission.
Magic Fun Under the Sun: Spencer Grey
Thursday, August 1
12:00 noon
What? Magic? This is supposed to be Music Fun Under the Sun! This clever illusionist has tricked his way into the summer lineup! Again! At least now we know he can do much more than merely befuddling museum staff! If you like magic as much as we do, don’t miss magician Spencer Grey!
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s FoodShed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select days throughout the summer!
The amphitheatre opens at 12:00 noon and concerts begin shortly thereafter. This event is included with Museum admission.
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s FoodShed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor Cadence Amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select days throughout the summer!
Grammy-nominee David Sharpe and The PapaHugs Band plays heart-warming songs infused with rock, blues, and country. His original music is inspired by his children and grandchildren… and the recent addition of twins to the family guarantees new songs for a long time to come!! David has been playing guitar and making music for over 20 years, often with the PapaHugs Band, who together were nominated for Best Children’s Album at the 2012 Grammys.
Cadence Amphitheatre opens at 12:00 noon and concerts begin shortly thereafter. This event is included with Museum admission.
MusicKid Friendly
Music Fun Under the Sun: Jump for Joy Music with Wiley and Debbie Rankin
Tuesday, July 23
12:00 noon
Popular children’s songs, fun traditional songs, and creative original tunes add up to one lively interactive show that instantly engages the audience! Named “Best of the Best” by Bay Area Parent Magazine in 2008, Jump for Joy Music won the 2007 Children’s Web Music Award for their CD “Singing! Singing!”
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s FoodShed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays throughout the summer!
The amphitheatre opens at 12:00 noon and concerts begin shortly thereafter. This event is included with Museum admission.
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s FoodShed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor Cadence Amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select days throughout the summer!
Jump for Joy Music’s popular children’s songs, fun traditional songs, and creative original tunes add up to one lively interactive show that instantly engages the audience! Named “Best of the Best” by Bay Area Parent Magazine in 2008, Jump for Joy Music won the 2007 Children’s Web Music Award for their CD “Singing! Singing!”
Cadence Amphitheatre opens at 12:00 noon and concerts begin shortly thereafter. This event is included with Museum admission.
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s FoodShed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor Cadence Amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select days throughout the summer!
Alison Faith Levy, formerly “Sippy Alison” of the Sippy Cups and writer of Magic Toast, The Jellyfish, and other popular songs, returns to children’s music after a period of grown-up success with the Americana band, McCabe & Mrs. Miller. With “World of Wonder,” her children’s album which is being adapted into a full-length stage musical, and her newest release, “The Start of Things,” Levy has been enthusiastically welcomed back by young music lovers!
Cadence Amphitheatre opens at 12:00 noon and concerts begin shortly thereafter. This event is included with Museum admission.
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s FoodShed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor Cadence Amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select days throughout the summer!
Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band is an unexpected mix of brothers Miles Quale, age 14, on fiddle and Teo Quale, age 11, on mandolin. They are joined by fellow Rambling Minors bandmate Andrew Osborn, age 15, on bass, and John Gooding, 16, on guitar. Don’t miss your chance to hear these remarkable young singers/musicians.
Miles and Teo are state and national fiddle and mandolin champions. They have been featured on National Public Radio and performed at International Bluegrass Music Association’s World of Bluegrass festival.
Known for his rock-solid rhythm and fiery bass solos, Andrew has had guest appearances with a number of Bay Area bluegrass bands, including 35 Years of Trouble and Savannah Blu, and is a regular member of the band Festival Speed. Learn more at www.facebook.com/cryinguncle/
Cadence Amphitheatre opens at 12:00 noon and concerts begin shortly thereafter. This event is included with Museum admission.
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s FoodShed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor Cadence Amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select days throughout the summer!
From rock to cumbia, jazz to reggaeton, Nathalia’s bilingual songs will have children and adults wanting to get up and move! Nathalia, originally from Barranquilla, Colombia, has a unique bilingual approach to songwriting that has made her a prominent voice in the world of children’s music.
As a music therapist and early childhood music educator, Nathalia was inspired to use music as a tool for teaching her own children Spanish. In doing so, she wrote songs that would later become her debut children’s album, From Here To There. She has released two additional albums, Dream a Little and Cuando era pequeña, both of which were co-produced and performed by notable Grammy Award winners. In addition, she has been a featured guest on Univision’s ‘Despierta America’, CBS’s ‘The Talk.’
Cadence Amphitheatre opens at 12:00 noon and concerts begin shortly thereafter. This event is included with Museum admission.
