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	<title>KiDOinfo: parents and kids, providence and beyond&#187; museums</title>
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		<title>Loosen Up!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 10:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Children's Museum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my business we spend a lot of time thinking and talking about loose parts.  (We spend a lot of time picking them up, too.)  Loose parts play has certainly been around for as long as childhood, but the term was coined in the early seventies by British architect Simon Nicholson.]]></description>
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		<title>Exclusive Free Film Screenings of Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away and Only Yesterday,  with Special Q&amp;A with Producer Toshio Suzuki</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 10:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anisa Raoof</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, May 31, 2012 AT 5:30PM, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), in partnership with the Providence Children’s Film Festival, will present two exclusive screenings of Studio Ghibli films, as well as a very special conversation with producer Toshio Suzuki. Spirited Away and Only Yesterday will be screened in the RISD Auditorium in their original Japanese, with English subtitles. The event is free and open to the public; tickets are available through EventBrite. Spirited Away (suitable for children ages 10 and up) will kick the evening off from 5:30 to 7:30PM, followed by the Q&#038;A with Suzuki from 7:30 to 8:30PM. Only Yesterday (suitable for children ages 14 and up) will play from 9:00 to 11:00PM.]]></description>
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		<title>What are you doing with the kidos this summer?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 10:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anisa Raoof</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beyond summer camp, what are your plans? Family vacation, long lazy days at the beach, day-trips or are you not even thinking of summer yet? To get you in the mood here are some helpful links from Kidoinfo: 10 Ways to Vacation at Home: Call it a Staycation Helping Kids Help Others 100 things to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kidoinfo Presents Toddler Art at Providence Children&#8217;s Museum!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 10:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anisa Raoof</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kidoinfo is pleased to partner with Providence Children’s Museum to present the new program Toddler Art.

Join Toddler Art on Mondays, May 7, 14 and 21 from 10:00 AM - Noon. Young children, ages 18 months to 3 years, use real tools and embrace the creative process as they delve into a different art exploration each week...]]></description>
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		<title>Sharpen your pencils, THE BIG DRAW is back! Celebrate drawing at the RISD Museum of Art</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anisa Raoof</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Draw through the Museum in artist-led activities for all ages, spontaneous mark making in the galleries, and special demonstrations by RISD student-artists. Let live music guide your hand; contribute to a large-scale mural; make a drawing, take a drawing in the always popular Drawing Exchange; see artists at work in the galleries; and draw across time and culture using the Museum’s new Young Explorer’s Guide. There’ll be no starving artists here... venture out into the Chace Center Plaza and visit Rosie’s food truck for family-friendly lunch and snack options.]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing Imagination Playground</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 03:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Children's Museum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine dozens of excited kids turned loose in a room filled with big blue foam blocks of all shapes and sizes.  Using oversized cogs, wheels, spools and tubes, they create whimsical sculptures, construct castles and forts, and design vibrant vehicles that move.  Joining curvy blocks with grooves, they form elaborate ramps and tracks and send balls rolling through.  They stack, connect, design, configure and play – the possibilities are endless!

Museum visitors can join a week-long block party in celebration of Imagination Playground, all day Monday, April 16 to Sunday, April 22.  Then look for the blocks on weekends through June; summer schedule will vary.  Imagination Playground is free with $8.50 Museum admission; always free for Museum members.  For more information, visit www.ChildrenMuseum.org.]]></description>
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		<title>Family Matters: Connecting Kids With Art</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anisa Raoof</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Visiting an art museum can be magical at any age. Sharing the experience with our kids offers the opportunity to see the world in new ways, engage our senses, share our opinions, and possibly inspire us to make our own art. I have fond childhood memories of visiting the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo with my family. I was mesmerized by Amedeo Modigliani's portraits, I laughed at Andy Warhol's Tomato Soup Cans and was intrigued by George Segal plaster life size model of himself with Cinema. I thought walking inside the Lucas Samaras's Mirrored Room was the coolest place to be. I remember Sunday jazz on the lawn and art workshops for kids. I made art every chance I had.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Painting Air: Spencer Finch&#8221; Opens at the Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design, February 24 &#8211; July 29, 2012</title>
		<link>http://kidoinfo.com/ri/painting-air-spencer-finch-opens-at-the-museum-of-art-rhode-island-school-of-design-february-24-july-29-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anisa Raoof</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take your children to see "Painting Air: Spencer Finch," the new exhibition by Brooklyn-based artist Spencer Finch at the Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design. In this two-part show, the Museum debuts a large-scale installation by Finch, shown with more than 60 pieces—from ancient objects to late-20th-century art— selected by the artist from the Museum’s collection. The show opened
Friday, February 24 and runs through July 29, 2012. 

Kids will enjoy exploring his joyful colorful mixed-media work along with discovering what and pondering why Finch pulled what he did out of museum storage. The exhibition invites conversation and may lead to interesting discoveries and creations at home.

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		<title>The Storybook Connection</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Children's Museum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever watched a time-lapse video of a flower opening in the spring?  I imagine that’s what a child’s brain looks like when it connects with a storybook.  If you have read aloud to children, either alone or in a group, you know what I mean.  While you’re reading, you can almost see the child going into a zone.  At the end of the book, for a moment, she may sit and smile or ask a question.  But almost every time, if she connects with the story, she will come away with something: a deeper understanding, an emotion, an inspiration, an inside giggle.  That is the magic of storybooks.]]></description>
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		<title>Pretend Play is a Literacy Activity</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Children's Museum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your 3-year-old can recognize the first letter of her name when she sees it in print or maybe hit the right letters on the electronic game when the recorded voice says “B… ball… B.”  You think she’s pretty smart.  She is, but not because she’s beginning to recognize letters.  Let’s face it – chimpanzees can learn to do that.  Where you can really see and celebrate her developing literacy skills is in her pretend play.

Providence Children's Museum is a fabulous place for school vacation fun!  Encounter a glorious golden eagle, a tiny owl, a red-tailed hawk and other majestic birds of prey in Wingmasters.  In The Hoopoe Show, see a hilarious mime’s magic tricks and illusions.  It’s a Paper Caper when kids fold and crease paper to create fabulous flying machines!  And sing and laugh to silly stories and funny fast-paced songs by Keith Munslow.  For more information, visit www.ChildrenMuseum.org.]]></description>
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