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Bring friends and family to Gallagher Bluedorn’s LIVE and In-Person Local Legends shows with Party on the Mezz. Nearly every Thursday evening at 8PM…

Join the fun! Wednesday, April 28  •  5:00pm CST   Join Kaleidoscope Storyteller Christina Farrell, Wolf Trap Master Teaching Artist…

Gallagher Bluedorn is proud to provide resources for educators that bring arts in to the classroom and help facilitate discussions from literature to…

Enjoy this familiar folktale with your students, children, or grandchildren! Thanks to our generous financial partners, we are able to book and…

We're excited to bring LIVE & IN PERSON shows back to the Gallagher Bluedorn!BUT, in order to do this and keep doing it.... we need your help.…

More safe, socially distanced entertainment is coming to the Gallagher Bluedorn. In addition to Comedy Night with Tammy Pescatelli and Orlando Leyba…

Written by Melody Parker Original story published at wcfcourier.com CEDAR FALLS — The Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center’s Kaleidoscope…

A little red hen grows grain, threshes wheat, bakes bread, and feeds her chicks—all by herself, without any help from her lazy friends. Young readers…

It's getting dark out, but one stubborn Pigeon is NOT going to bed! The pigeon will try everything to stay awake in this fun bedtime story that every…

New to the Kaleidoscope Series, Chicago-based playwright Nabmi Kelley has developed a play that brings the civil rights movement of the 1950's and…

Although he was born to a poor family in Kentucky, Abraham Lincoln studied and became a lawyer, a congressman, and the sixteenth president of the…

Scientist Ada has a boundless imagination and has always been hopelessly curious. Why are there pointy things stuck to a rose? Why are there hairs…

A dab of blue here, a splash of red there, a goopy smear of green . . . everywhere. To the tune of "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More," one creative kid…

Executive Director Steve Carignan provides a mid-winter update about Gallagher Bluedorn during COVID-19 times. He shares updates about what we're…

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Episode Focus Questions: How do theatre artists tell stories that capture our attention? Where do you see the fight against…

Video Length: 15 minutesEpisode Focus Questions: How do symbols help us tell stories? What does Harriet Tubman…

Join Christina Farrell in this virtual residency accompanying the performance of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad.Episode Focus…

On a simple trip to the park, the joy of music overtakes a mother and daughter. The little girl hears a rhythm coming from the world around her- from…

Hermit Crab has outgrown his first shell, and, as hermit crabs do, he must look for a new house. Nervous and a little frightened, the crab plucks up…