FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Liza Blair, 423-648-6069, llb@cdmfun.org or
Carla Campbell, 423-648-6054, cbc@cdmfun.org

Spooky Days are Back at Creative Discovery Museum

Stories, cider and pumpkin carving at Creative Discovery Museum’s annual Spooky Days event, four Saturdays in October (10, 17, 24 & 31) from 1- 4 p.m.

Spooky Days is a month-long event promoting the art of storytelling while also celebrating the season.  Three tellers will spin child-friendly, spooky tales for children and adults to enjoy.  The tellers will perform at 3 p.m. on four Saturdays in October (10, 17, 24 & 31).  Other activities include making homemade s’mores and sampling warm cider and pumpkin carving demonstrations.  This event is free with paid admission to the Museum.

Storytellers for this year’s event include Jim Pfitzer, a Chattanooga native whose professional career spans festivals and events across the Southeast and Mid-West; Vincent Phipps, the resident storyteller and guide for Chattanooga Ghost Tours; and Eric Litwin, a five time national award winning storyteller and singer/songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia.

 “Spooky Days is a great opportunity to present a program for the entire family to enjoy while also helping to expand a child’s exposure to the language arts”, said Liza Blair, Arts Manager for Creative Discovery Museum.  “Storytelling is such a rich art form and one that is often underappreciated.  We are so fortunate to have the caliber of tellers at this year’s event.  Each performer has a unique style best suited for their stories, which are child friendly spooky tales.”

Also represented during all four days of the event are local pumpkin artists who will demonstrate how to carve intricate designs on pumpkins.  Warm apple cider and s’mores will also be available.

Spooky Days will be presented during four Saturdays in October (10, 17, 24 & 31) from 1- 4 p.m.

Museum admission is $9.95 for children and adults. Creative Discovery Museum is located at 321 Chestnut Street in downtown Chattanooga. For more information, call (423) 756-2738.

About Creative Discovery Museum

Creative Discovery Museum is open Mon-Sat: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun: noon-5 p.m. Tickets: $9.95 for children and adults. 321 Chestnut Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402. For more information, call (423) 756-2738.

Creative Discovery Museum is recognized as one of the top children’s museums in the nation. It is a non-profit organization dedicated to educational enrichment for children ages 4-months to 12-years-old through interactive, hands-on experiences that foster creative and critical thinking. Creative Discovery Museum focuses on a broad range of areas encompassed by Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Technology and the Sciences. In addition to its exhibits, Creative Discovery Museum provides local residents and visitors with special events, educational programming, teacher resources for the classroom, field trips, after school programming, early childhood education classes, artist residencies, camps, art lessons, science demonstrations, and a branch of the local library. Creative Discovery Museum is a funded agency of Allied Arts and Tennessee Arts Commission and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.