Events

Search the calendar for all upcoming events at The Carle. 

Daily Happenings

An adult and child making a collage in the Art Studio

Art Studio

Visit the Art Studio to enjoy the Everyday Art Project. Art Studio team members welcome you to the space, share project ideas, and answer questions. Take your artwork home, or leave it for others to see.
Individuals sitting in auditorium for a program.

Film Screenings

Short films are screened in our Auditorium, including animated versions of new and classic picture book stories and family-friendly documentaries about illustrators. Several different films are shown each day.
Group of children looking and pointing at book held by adult.

Storytime

Led by staff trained in the Whole Book Approach, visitors will share stories through movement, song, and play while looking closely and learning about the art and design of picture books.

Special Events

Chapter divider for Grace Lin's book, Chinese Menu, showing two girls smiling and holding chopsticks.
Artists & Authors
For Families
Performances

Moon Festival Celebration with Grace Lin


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Join us for a day celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, with award-winning author/artist Grace Lin!
Native America girl dancing and smiling, with one hand on hip and the other raised above head holding a feather.
Artists & Authors
Talks

Educators' Night: Cynthia Leitich Smith


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Guest speaker Cynthia Leitich Smith presents the 2023 Educators’ Night talk: Celebrating Native Voices & Visions for Young Readers.

All Events

Format is double-digit day/double-digit month/four-digit-year
Group of children looking and pointing at book held by adult.
Jan
18
thru
Dec
31
All Day
For Families

Storytime

Move, sing, play, and learn about the art and design of picture books. (Wednesdays - Fridays at 11:00 am; Saturdays at 11:00 am and 2:00 pm; Sundays at 2:00 pm.)

A large bin filled with a variety of cardboard and paper materials that have been previously used in art projects.
Aug
30
thru
Oct
8
All Day
For Families

Everyday Art Project: Reuse, Attach, Build! Habitat Edition

Create a sculpture out of reused materials!
cover illustration for Chinese Menu, by Grace Lin, showing a girl smiling and holding a bowl of food.
Sep
29
Fri
1:00 pm
Artists & Authors
Online
Talks

Virtual Classroom Visit: Celebrate the Moon Festival with Grace Lin

Elementary classrooms will enjoy a virtual author visit with Grace Lin as she shares the customs and traditions—and the stories!—of the Moon Festival (purchase of book required).
Chapter divider for Grace Lin's book, Chinese Menu, showing two girls smiling and holding chopsticks.
Sep
30
Sat
10:00 am
Artists & Authors
For Families
Performances

Moon Festival Celebration with Grace Lin

Join us for a day celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, with award-winning author/artist Grace Lin!
Native America girl dancing and smiling, with one hand on hip and the other raised above head holding a feather.
Oct
4
Wed
3:30 pm
Artists & Authors
Talks

Educators' Night: Cynthia Leitich Smith

Guest speaker Cynthia Leitich Smith presents the 2023 Educators’ Night talk: Celebrating Native Voices & Visions for Young Readers.
Photo of children outside dancing alongside instructor.
Oct
6
Fri
11:00 am
For Families

Word Play with The Center Dance Studio

Bring your dancing feet for creative movement inspired by Kitten’s First Full Moon.

Firefighter animals on a firetruck hosing down an ice cream shop on fire.
Oct
8
Sun
2:00 pm
Artists & Authors
For Families

Special Storytime: R.W. Alley

R.W. Alley will describe his path to creating Firefighters to the Rescue!, a new book set in the town of Breezy Valley, a community of anthropomorphic characters.

Two colorful oil pastel scratch boards with abstract lines scratched into them.
Oct
11
thru
Nov
19
All Day
For Families

Everyday Art Project: Scratchboard Stories

Create a scratchboard drawing using crayons and oil pastels.
Huge purple and orange cloud above a group of people arguing.
Oct
12
Thu
7:30 pm
Artists & Authors
For Families
Online
Talks

Let's Disagree: Book Share with Nani Brunini

Hear author Nani Brunini discuss her wordless picture book Disagreement.
Kids on rug smiling and moving as they look at book.
Oct
13
Fri
11:00 am
For Families

Open Book, Open Play

Move, sing, talk, and explore materials during this interactive storytime for early learners.

Detail of braille book
Oct
20
Fri
11:00 am
For Families

Braille Storytime with Mary Westgate

Join us for this interactive storytime featuring singing, musical instruments, and braille books!
Yoga instructor and families doing yoga in Bobbie's Meadow.
Oct
21
Sat
11:30 am
For Families

Yoga for Kids!

Children ages 3-6 will explore movement and fun inspired by the beautiful nature found in Bobbie’s Meadow.
A man turns the page of a very large book, with an assortment of people and animals appearing to come out of the page.
Oct
21
Sat
1:00 pm
Artists & Authors
For Families
Talks

Special Storytime and Book Launch with Michelle Markel and Barbara McClintock

Author Michelle Markel and illustrator Barbara McClintock talk about their new picture book bio about Randolph Caldecott, the artist who revolutionized picture books for children.
A colorful pile of collage papers with different textures and patterns on them.
Oct
24
Tue
6:00 pm
Online
Workshops

Exploring Materials: Paper

Explore the creative and sustainable art-making possibilities of paper!
A puppet of a man in a hat walking, with the puppet's shadow cast on a wall.
Oct
26
Thu
7:00 pm
Artists & Authors
For Families
Online

Behind the Shadow Screen with David Hyde Costello

Watch the family-friendly shadow puppet re-interpretation of Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, with creator David Hyde Costello!
Illustration from Slowly, Slowly, with sloth hanging from branch above crocodile.
Oct
27
Fri
11:00 am
For Families

Bilingual Storytime: Portuguese & English

Join us for this interactive bilingual storytime in Portuguese and English.

Photo of children outside dancing alongside instructor.
Nov
3
Fri
11:00 am
For Families

Word Play with The Center Dance Studio

Bring your dancing feet for creative movement inspired by Peter Sís’ Fire Truck.

A giant child hugs an apartment building, with a blue silhouette of a cityscape in the distance.
Nov
4
Sat
2:00 pm
Artists & Authors
For Families

Special Storytime: Katie Yamasaki

Join author/artist Katie Yamasaki as she reads from her book, Everything Naomi Loved, co-written with Ian Lendler.
Illustration of stars and moon with ladder
Nov
4
Sat
6:00 pm
Artists & Authors
Talks

To New Heights! Fundraiser for The Carle

Honor Alix Kennedy for 15 years of extraordinary leadership.
Kids on rug smiling and moving as they look at book.
Nov
10
Fri
11:00 am
For Families

Open Book, Open Play

Move, sing, talk, and explore materials during this interactive storytime for early learners.