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Join Us for PuppetPalooza 2024!

Join us at ImaginOn on Saturday, February 3, 2024 from 10:00am-4:30pm for our first puppetry festival! PuppetPalooza 2024 will be an all-day, non-stop, FREE, family-friendly event celebrating the joy and art of puppetry, and all ages are welcome. Participating puppetry troops include Center for Puppetry Arts, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Frontline Puppeteers, Children's Theatre of Charlotte, Ed's Dinosaurs Live, Grey Seal Puppets, Jeghetto Entertainment, The Lurnsters, Ms. Melanie Puppetry, and Sigmon Theatrical.

Summer Exhibit: “Framed: Step into Art”

Step inside the framework of famous paintings and experience art like never before in “Framed: Step into Art,” opening at ImaginOn: The Joe and Joan Martin Center on May 20 through Sept. 3. Children and adults can enjoy a robust noontime meal in Grant Wood’s “Dinner for Threshers,” climb into a tent and explore camping gear in John Singer Sargent’s “Camp at Lake O’Hara,” add corn husks to the flower tower in Diego Rivera’s “Corn Festival” and enter Clementine Hunter’s “Big Chicken” to get behind the reins of a giant rooster.

Terrific Tuesdays are back!

ImaginOn's annual Terrific Tuesday performance series returns in June 2021 in a new online format! Kick off your summer break with ImaginOn by enjoying free live shows from an amazing lineup of performers all from the comfort of your home! Explore stories, science, and interactive activities that will encourage your mind to be inspired and to imagine all the possibilities!

Sing Along at Our Digital Storytimes: Open Shut Them Lyrics

ImaginOn's 2nd Annual Christmas Carol Marathon Reading

A new Christmas tradition in Charlotte, you say? Bah, humbug!

Who's Who at ImaginOn Presents... Amrita Patel

Ever wondered who the lucky people are that get to work at ImaginOn every day? Welcome to our Who’s Who at ImaginOn column, where we’ll feature people who work in all corners of this magical building, from the scene shop and costume shop of the Children’s Theatre of Charlotte to the circulation desk, the Spangler Library and Teen Loft of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library. Say hello next time you see us in the building! What is your name? Amrita S. Patel What is your position/company/role at ImaginOn?