The Queens Museum and Cool Culture are excited to present the annual Catch the Cool Family Festival! We invite ALL families to come to the Museum for a day of:

• Art workshops
• Musical performances
• Storytime
• Tours
• Games
• Outdoor activities
• and much more!

This is a drop-in event and no registration is required. Rain or shine. Free and open to the public. Museum admission will be free for all family visitors this day.

There will be a free shuttle running between the Mets-Willets Point station and the Museum. We strongly encourage public transportation, parking fills up quickly.

Want a sneak peak of what’s in store? Check out video and pictures from last year’s Catch the Cool event here.

SCHEDULED PERFORMANCE & STORYTELLING

1:30-2:15
Acopladitos Performance………………………………………Atrium, 1st Floor
A kid-friendly band dedicated to teaching Spanish language through music and movement to young learners.

Welcome Greetings & Prize Giveaway Announcement
Candice Anderson, Executive Director, Cool Culture
Jason Yoon, Director of Education, Queens Museum

2:30-4:00
Bilingual Storytime and Draw-Along………………………………Theater, 2nd Floor
Offered at 2:30, 3:00, and 3:30.

3:30-4:00
Korean Contemporary Dance Performance………………………….Living Room, 1st Floor
Bo Kyung Lee, Artistic Director of the BK Dance Project, presents a dynamic dance performance that fuses Korean traditional dance and contemporary influences.

DROP-IN INTERACTIVE PROGRAMMING
12:00-4:00

• Panorama Gallery Hunt………………………Panorama Gallery, 1st Floor Entrance
Pick up a Viewfinder and Hunt Card to help you spot familiar places in New York City

• Build-a-City……………………Atrium, 1st Floor
Presented by Lulu&Leo Fund, Build your own city out of recycled materials inspired by Asim Waqif’s installation, "by-production”

• Family Journey Art Activity……………………………Living Room, 1st Floor
Create a colorful map of a journey your family has taken

• World’s Fair Landscape Collage……………………………………Werwaiss Gallery, 2nd Floor
Make a collage inspired by the view of the Unisphere with your family and friends

• Cool Family Photo Booth…………………Gazebo, Outdoors
Give us your best pose. Like Cool Culture’s page on Facebook to download your photo

• Collaborative Straw Sculpture………………………Outdoors
Presented by Freestyle Arts Association

• Up in the Air: Movement Activity………………….… Outdoors
Sessions begin every 30 minutes on the hour, on the grass

• Visit Tables for Hands-On Fun………………………Outdoors
Lewis Latimer House*Center for Children’s Initiatives*Carver Federal Savings Bank*

• Visit the Queens Library Outreach Team…………Atrium, 1st Floor
Librarians from the Queens Library will be signing families up for their very own library card

2:30-4:00
• Korean Brush Painting……………..Studio A, 2nd Floor
Presented by the New New Yorkers (www.newnewyorkers.org). Offered at 2:30, 3:00, and 3:30.

The Quiet Area…………………………Unisphere Gallery, 2nd Floor
Use this space to enjoy quiet time activities. Open 12:00-4:00.

FREE GUIDED FAMILY TOURS
Meet at the East side information desk.
2:00-3:00
Exhibition Tour (in English)
3:00-4:00
Exhibition Tour (in Spanish)