Past Events

Highland Street Foundation Free Day!  Join us for a yummy cooking demonstration and learn how to make homemade wild Maine blueberry jam!

Museum admission is free thanks to Highland Street Foundation. Join us for a yummy hands-on cooking demonstration and make your own fruit caterpillar. Registration for this event is full.

(10 am - 4 pm) A free day at The Carle, thanks to the Highland Street Foundation!

Celebrate LOVE by sharing stories and making Valentine cards! 

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

The award-winning and bestselling author will explain and share the customs and foods of Lunar New Year!

Bring your dancing feet for creative movement inspired by picture books.

As part of The Carle After Dark series, strike a pose, dress up, walk the runway, and step into the spotlight with Josh Sitron and the UMass Fashion Organization! 

Embark on a storytelling adventure across the museum.

Author-illustrator Maddie Frost will read her newest book, Cats on Cats on Cats! Join us for a storytime, a peek at the making of the art, and an audience draw-along, followed by Q&A. 

(1st showing at 12 pm).  Big Kid Flicks is full of challenges big and small. With obstacles like training for the paralympics and selling ties across the countryside, this program is full of vibrancy and adventure.

(1st showing at 10:30 am). Let your little ones discover the magic of the big screen with Little Kid Flicks. Whether searching for the perfect pancake or interviewing a crocodile, these shorts are sure to enchant and delight all audiences (but especially our youngest!).

(2nd Showing at 3 pm).  Big Kid Flicks is full of challenges big and small. With obstacles like training for the paralympics and selling ties across the countryside, this program is full of vibrancy and adventure.

Explore the exhibition through a curator’s lens, ask your questions, and meet the artists who bring stories to life. Tour, talk, and book signings all in one special event.

(2nd Show at 1:30 pm)!  Let your little ones discover the magic of the big screen with Little Kid Flicks. Whether searching for the perfect pancake or interviewing a crocodile, these shorts are sure to enchant and delight all audiences (but especially our youngest!)

Be the first to see the new exhibition! Plus, enjoy special hors d’oeuvres, and live music!

Join Saki Tanaka for a special peek behind the curtains of how her book, Between Words: A Friendship Tale, and its magical pool-dwellers came to be.

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

Dress up in your pajamas for a fun slumber party with storytimes, an indoor “campfire,” a shadow puppet show, and more as part of The Carle After Dark event series!

Please note that this event has been rescheduled. It will now be held on December 13. Join us for a reading a drawing demo featuring Audrey Helen Weber’s new book Year Round.