Beth Whisman
The Children’s Discovery Museum will partner with more than 12 other museums and science centers in Illinois and Indiana to continue its annual tradition of providing local children with a Noon Year’s Eve countdown.
“This is a very new thing for us to collaborate on this scale. All children s museums have something special they do for the daytime for New Year’s. For at least 15 years now, we ve been doing Noon Year’s Eve,” said Beth Whisman, the Town of Normal’s executive director of cultural arts and the museum.
“It s usually just independent museums doing their own thing. What we found, with COVID, and being closed for almost 300 days, across at least the state of Illinois, there are just a lot of small museums that don t have the capacity for staff or revenue right now, to provide their families with our annual tradition.”
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Book sale and signing, Broken & Beloved
Bloomington author Feli Sebastian will host a signing and sale of their book Broken & Beloved from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at The Coffeehouse in Uptown Normal. Masks are required and social distancing guidelines will be followed. A portion of the event s proceeds will go to support Bloomington s Labyrinth Outreach.
Children s Discovery Museum s Reindeer Riddles
Until Dec. 31, the Children s Discovery Museum will be hosting a holiday hunt. Santa s reindeer have hidden riddles in Uptown Normal store windows. Participants who find and answer these riddles have a chance to win $500 cash.
Participants must purchase a $15 Reindeer Riddle Card from the museum either in person or online. Participants can also earn up to five additional entries by making five individual purchases of $10 or more from a participating uptown shop. The completed game cards must be turned into the museum before Jan. 11 to be entered in the raffle
Winter Solstice Luminary Project to include Waterville students, families
Kits to be distributed to area schools Thursday, Dec. 17.
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Kacie Gerow with daughter Roslyn Gerow. Photo by Tony Gerow.
The Winter Solstice Luminary Project will expand and amplify the Art Kits for All program across Waterville, literally lighting up the city by providing luminary kits to approximately 1,600 students enrolled in the Waterville Public Schools.
Waterville Creates, in collaboration with community partners, including the Colby College Museum of Art, Kennebec Montessori School, Waterville School District, Family Violence Project, Waterville Parent Teacher Association, Northern Stars Planetarium, and the Children’s Discovery Museum will distribute kits to area schools on Thursday, Dec. 17. The free kits will include materials for two luminaries per kit along with battery-operated candles. Students and their families are encouraged to place the crafted luminaries at their homes and busin