Education Series
2024 - 2025 Cultural Arts For Education (CAFE)
Every school year hundreds of students are welcomed to the Dolly Hand Cultural Arts Center to experience daytime performances as school field trip opportunities, to enhance classroom curriculum in a safe and accessible manner.
This invitation is extended to public and private schools throughout Glades, Hendry, Palm Beach, and Okeechobee counties as well as home schools.
All Shows Just $2 — Reservations Required!
Field trips are arranged directly with schools. If you are interested in your class attending, email Mary-Margaret Dale to make arrangements.
All programs, dates, and artists are subject to change. All Shows are 50-60 minutes in length.
The Nutcracker
Presented by Dance Alive National Ballet
Monday, December 9, 2024
11:15 AM
Grades: K-5
The Nutcracker is a ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky that tell the story of a girl who befriends a nutcracker that comes to life on Christmas Eve and wages a battle against the evil Mouse King. The story is about a little girl named Marie who falls asleep after a party at her home and dreams herself into a fantastic world where toys become larger than life. In this world, the Nutrcracker comes to life and defends her from the Mouse King, then is turned into a Prince after Marie saves his life.
Standards: MU, TH
Pete the Cat
Presented by TheaterWorksUSA
Thursday, January 23, 2025
9:30 AM & 11:15 AM
Grades: PK-3
For Pete the Cat, life is an adventure no matter where you wind up. So the minute the groovy blue cat meets The Biddles, he gets the whole family rocking. That is, except for young Jimmy Biddle, the most organized second grader on planet Earth. But when Jimmy draws a blank in art class during the last week of school, it turns out Pete is the perfect pal to help him out. Together, they set out on a mission to help Jimmy conquer second grade art, and along the way, they both learn a little something new about inspiration. Join Jimmy and Pete on an adventure of friendship, all the way to Paris and back in a VW Bus!
Standards: MU, ELA
Bill Blagg's: The Science of Magic
Presented by Shaw Entertainment
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
9:30 AM & 11:15 AM
Grades: K-5
Bill’s comedy-filled, action-packed, presentation is highly interactive and makes science fun and exciting! Students will use the scientific method to levitate one of their teachers in mid-air and even learn how the science of reflection can make their homework magically disappear! In addition, Bill even performs some of his mind-blowing, grand-scale illusions with a scientific twist! Bill caps the show off with an incredible display of the water cycle by making it snow from his bare hands! Students will watch in amazement as science creates magic right before their very eyes!
Standards: SC, ELA
The Peking Acrobats
Presented by IMG Artists
Friday, March 14, 2025
11:15 AM
Grades: 5-8
Chinese acrobats and musicians combine awe-inspiring acrobatics, and traditional Chinese instruments, with high-tech special effects. These masters of agility and grace push the limits of human ability, defying gravity with acts of contortion, control, and daring maneuvers. They perform atop precarious pagodas of chairs, engage in treacherous wire-walking, trick-cycling, precision tumbling, somersaulting, and gymnastics.
Standards: MU, TH, ELA
Education Series Sponsors
The Dolly Hand Cultural Arts Center is sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County, Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners, the Tourist Development Council, and the H.E. Hill Foundation. The Dolly Hand Cultural Arts Center and Palm Beach State College gratefully acknowledge these partners, grantors, and funders for their support of our season events.
