Season's Readings

It’s the holly jolliest time of the year as the Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre and the Indianapolis Public Library present "Season’s Readings", a ten-book children’s storytelling series that highlights a diversity of families, cultures and celebrations.

This event is being presented as a video on The Indianapolis Public Library's Facebook page and YouTube page.

The video will premier on November 25, 2020 and be available until for viewing until January 8, 2021.

Scheduled to appear in the series are a wide range of story tellers:

Nov. 25 - "Over the River & Through the Woods" By Linda Ashman, Actor: Jolene Mentink Moffatt

Dec. 1 - "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" By Dr. Seuss, Actor: John Vessels

Dec. 7 - "The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll" By Patricia C. McKissack & Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, Actor: Milicent Wright

Dec. 11 (First day of Hanukkah)  - "Hanukkah Haiku" By Harriet Ziefert,  Actor: Adrienne Reiswerg

Dec. 16 - "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" & "Frosty the Snowman" Double Feature By Little Golden Book Various Authors, Actors: Carlos Medina Maldonado & Arianne Villareal

Dec. 21 - "Twas the Night Before Christmas" By Clement C. Moore, Actor: Bill Simmons

Dec. 26(First day of Kwanzaa) -  "Santa’s Kwanzaa" By Garen Eileen Thomas & Guy Francis, Actor: Josiah McCruiston

Dec. 31 - "A Peacock Among Pigeons" By Tyler Curry & Illustrated by Clarione Gutierrez, Actor: Ben Asaykwee

Jan. 8 - "Snow" By Roy McKie & P.D. Eastman, Actor: Jolene Mentink Moffatt