Join the FUN and CREATE with us! During the winter season, WheatonArts offers FREE Family Art Workshops every other Saturday.

All materials are provided. Reservations are encouraged.  Walk-ins welcome if seats are available. Click here to sign up online or call 856.825.6800 

Join the FUN and CREATE with us! During the winter season, WheatonArts offers FREE Family Art Workshops every other Saturday.

All materials are provided. Reservations are encouraged.  Walk-ins welcome if seats are available. Click here to sign up online or call 856.825.6800 

2 p.m. on Saturday, March 23 in the WheatonArts Event Center, watch as Surflight Theatre presents the children’s play “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.”

Click here to reserve a spot at the show! 

Part of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s Stages Festival, this performance is FREE and open to the public! Appropriate for children in kindergarten through sixth grade.

Show description:
Alexander is having a bad day. A terrible day. A horrible day. To be quite honest, it’s a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day! But then, everybody has bad days, sometimes. In this delightful adaptation of her popular book, Judith Viorst sets Alexander’s rather trying life to music and brings to the stage one of America’s feistiest characters. Not only does Alexander wake up with gum in his hair, but his mother forgets to pack him dessert, and his best friend decides he’s not his best friend anymore. And if that’s not bad enough, Alexander’s brothers don’t have any cavities, but he does. And just when it can’t get any worse, there are lima beans for supper and —yuck!— kissing on TV. It is enough to make anyone want to move to Australia. Alexander’s struggles with life’s daily dramas will not only entertain but educate young audiences as they identify with Alexander and the obstacles he encounters, encouraging them to share their feelings and to realize that bad days happen, even in Australia. Commissioned and premiered by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

To learn more about the New Jersey Theatre Alliance, Click Here.
To learn more about the Stages Festival, Click Here.

Join the FUN and CREATE with us! During the winter season, WheatonArts offers FREE Family Art Workshops every other Saturday.

All materials are provided. Reservations are encouraged.  Walk-ins welcome if seats are available. Click here to sign up online or call 856.825.6800 

Visit WheatonArts for our Spring kick-off event, as we celebrate all that WheatonArts has to offer our visitors! Experience the Spring Festival: Asian New Year Celebrations, explore the Emanation 2019 exhibit in the Museum of American Glass, create unique make-and-take projects and discover the arts of wheel-throwing and glassblowing with special demonstrations. Admission to all WheatonArts exhibits and artist studio demonstrations are FREE and open to the public for the day, part of “Family Days! Presented by PNC Arts Alive!”

The Spring Festival: Asian New Year Celebrations program from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Event Center, will provide a vivid introduction to the unique Asian traditions associated with the Celebration of the Lunar New Year – Dragon and Lion dances, narrated music and dance performances, special demonstrations of folk and traditional arts and a variety of family art activities celebrating Asian culture. 

Eco Fair: Artful Living, Handmade & Homegrown is presented in partnership with the Cumberland County Improvement Authority. Admission is FREE, part of “Family Days! Presented by PNC Arts Alive!”

Inspired by natural living, this event features the handmade works of New Jersey artists, locally grown native plants, herbs and vegetables, environmental organizations, hands-on crafts and activities for families and live music. Keynote speaker Pat Sutton, sponsored by CU Maurice River, will present It’s a Jungle Out There: LIFE & DEATH in the Wildlife Garden. A book signing will follow after the presentation.

ignite! a WheatonGather continues a time-honored tradition of championing the Glass Studio programs, including the Creative Glass Fellowship Program and Emanation Residencies, with a focus on the creative spark that fuels artistic vitality. This premier event is a day of exploration, experimentation, and fellowship. Event programming will include an artist panel moderated by Emanation 2019 curator Julie Courtney, studio demonstrations with visiting artists, an onsite and online Silent Auction, museum tours highlighted by the Emanation 2019 exhibit, and a special exhibit mounted in The Gallery of Fine Craft. Evening activities include a special Emanation 2019 Artist Reception and Fundraising Dinner, both catered by Feast Your Eyes.

To learn more and to register for this event, Click Here.