1. art and entertainment

UCARE
Minneapolis Institute of Arts • Reception Hall • 3rd Floor
11 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Smile for a Polaroid picture and then decorate it to your heart’s content.
COOPER & KID
Minneapolis Institute of Arts • Reception Hall • 3rd Floor
11 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Create and decorate your own superhero costume! Put on a cape and show off
your superpowers, then look into the hologram box to see yourself flying across
Minneapolis.
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Minneapolis Institute of Arts • Reception Hall • 3rd Floor
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Visit New Horizon Academy for a fun, hands-on mask-making
project and a look inside our beautiful classrooms.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts • Various Galleries • 2nd and 3rd Floors
12 – 4 p.m.
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CRAFTY CROWNS
Minneapolis Institute of Arts • Studios 111 – 113 • 1st Floor
11 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Presented by MIA Family Day
Be inspired by incredible crowns worn by the Hapsburg family and royalty
around the world, then get creative and make a fabulous crown of your own.
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
PRESENTED BY:
CHILDREN’S THEATRE COMPANY
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KIDS’ DISCO
Children’s Theatre Co. • Cargill Stage • 1st Floor
11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sponsored by Pizza Lucé
Cut a rug with The Current DJs at the biggest, craziest, wildest
dance party in town! Nobody gets down like we do.
SCHEDULE
10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
11:30 – 1 p.m. 1 – 2 p.m. 2 – 3 p.m. 3 – 4 p.m. 4 – 5 p.m. Jade
Mark Wheat
Jim McGuinn
Jill Riley
Jacquie Fuller
David Campbell
Note: Please leave strollers in the designated stroller area, to ensure the
Kids’ Disco dance floor is open for all to enjoy!
SNAP YOURSELF! PHOTO BOOTH
Children’s Theatre Co. • Cargill Stage • 1st Floor
11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Step on up, snap your photo and preserve a Rock the Cradle memory.
You might even get photographed with Twinkle from Children’s Hospitals
and Clinics of Minnesota.
NORTHERN STAR COUNCIL,
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
Children’s Theatre Co. • Target Lobby • 2nd Floor
11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Northern Star Council will have tents, fun animal mascots, plus
car races and giant board games, so stop by for a great time.
MINNESOTA UNITED FC
Children’s Theatre Co. • Target Lobby • 2nd Floor
11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Visit us in the Children’s Theatre, in the Target Lobby on the second floor,
to design your very own take-home soccer scarf.
Keep an eye out for the Minnesota United FC’s mascot, PK the Loon!
KEYS 4/4 KIDS
Children’s Theatre Co. • Target Lobby • 2nd Floor
11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Join the crew from Keys 4/4 Kids in celebrating Rock the Cradle! Guided by
community artists, every little Jackson Pollock or Frida Kahlo in attendance can
help transform a piano from its original state into a work of art. Then, this summer,
tour the Pianos on Parade in Saint Paul to see your artist’s work come to life!
LIVE MUSIC
Minneapolis Institute of Arts • Reception Hall • 3rd Floor
11 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Sponsored by New Horizon Academy and UCare
SNACK BAR
Children’s Theatre Co. • Cargill Stage • 1st Floor;
Target Lobby • 2nd Floor
11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Treats provided by The Wedge Table.
SPYHOUSE COFFEE
Children’s Theatre Co. • Cargill Stage • 1st Floor
11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Fuel up with free java from Spyhouse Coffee
THE CURRENT’S MERCHANDISE
and SWAG TABLE
Children’s Theatre Co. • 1st Floor
11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Stop at The Current merchandise and swag table by the Kids’ Disco
to get special Rock the Cradle and The Current merch. All purchases
support The Current and make events like Rock the Cradle possible.
THEATRE ARTS TRAINING:
STEP INTO NEVERLAND –
A CREATIVE DRAMATICS WORKSHOP
Children’s Theatre Co. • Target Lobby • 2nd Floor
11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m.
Take the second star to the right to become pirates, mermaids, fairies
and lost boys. Led by Children’s Theatre Company’s professional
Teaching Artists, come explore Neverland with your actor’s tools:
your body, voice and imagination.
See our favorite kids’ bands singing songs that adults and kids can enjoy together.
Featuring Bunny Clogs, The Bazillions, Duke Otherwise and the MacPhail Center
for Music House Band. Get ready to move, groove and have fun with your little one!
Minneapolis Institute of Arts and Children’s Theatre Co. • Various Spaces
11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Where’s that sound coming from? Listen closely as you wander the
art galleries and event space and you might stumble upon a surprise
set from Koo Koo Kanga Roo or glockenspiel duo New Kids on the Glock.
Also, get ready to see the museum in a different way, as performers
Levi Weinhagen (Comedy Suitcase) and Carl Atiya Swanson (Savage Umbrella)
create an interactive, fun experience for kids and adults alike. Part tour,
part show, part improv. Come along and bring your wide eyes.
MAKING SAFE SIMPLE with
CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS AND
CLINICS OF MINNESOTA
Minneapolis Institute of Arts • Wells Fargo Community Room • 1st Floor
11 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Have fun with Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota! Get your
very own safety coloring book and learn about injury prevention.
Get your photo taken with Children’s mascot, Twinkle. Also enter
a drawing to win fun prizes. The first 2,000 guests will get a tote bag.
CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS and
CLINICS OF MINNESOTA FAMILY ROOM
Minneapolis Institute of Arts • 1st Floor
11 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Need a quiet space? Step into the Family Room to enjoy some downtime.
SING, PLAY, LEARN WITH
MACPHAIL CENTER FOR MUSIC
Minneapolis Institute of Arts • Friends Community Room • 1st Floor
11 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
SCHEDULE
11:15 – 11:45 a.m. 12 – 12:30 p.m. 12:45 – 1:15 p.m. 1:30 – 2:15 p.m. 2:30 – 3 p.m. 3:15 – 3:45 p.m. 4 – 4:30 p.m. POP-UP PERFORMANCES
Duke Otherwise
Bunny Clogs
The Bazillions
MacPhail Center for Music House Band
Duke Otherwise
Bunny Clogs
The Bazillions
DJ STORY TIME
Minneapolis Institute of Arts • Pillsbury Auditorium • 2nd Floor
11 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Sponsored by RE/MAX
Story Time returns, with DJs from The Current reading some of their
favorite kids’ books, complete with colorful pages projected overhead.
SCHEDULE
11 – 11:30 a.m. Andrea Swensson
12 – 12:30 p.m. Jade
1 – 1:30 p.m. David Campbell
2 – 2:30 p.m. Jacquie Fuller
3 – 3:30 p.m. Bill DeVille
4 – 4:30 p.m. Jill Riley
Note: Strollers are not allowed in the Pillsbury Auditorium.
Please leave them in the designated stroller area.
Join MacPhail Center for Music’s early childhood music specialists as we
explore the magic of music and play. Through hands-on musical play activities,
families will experience music’s impact on learning and reading-readiness
skills. Together, we will sing, play instruments, rhyme, read, move and create!
HOUSE OF DANCE TWIN CITIES,
MINNESOTA’S CENTER FOR HIP HOP ARTS
Minneapolis Institute of Arts • Atrium • 1st Floor
12 – 4 p.m.
House of Dance Twin Cities staff and students will be performing three live
hip hop dance segments that will include a free volunteer-based class for
youth and families to join in on the fun! DJ Hampster Dance will accompany
each House of Dance segment and spin your favorite tunes throughout the day.
YOXO
Minneapolis Institute of Arts • Villa Rosa Room • 3rd Floor
11 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Come and visit YOXO, the sustainable, recyclable, made in the USA,
invent-everything-you-can-imagine toy company! The YOXO room will have
an awesome maze for kids to find their way through. And, kids can invent a toy,
a creature, an instrument, or whatever they can think of, at the YOXO play station,
and then have their photo taken with their invention. And don’t forget to grab
a coloring page featuring Orig, the original YOXO hero. We can’t wait to see
you all in the YOXO room.