Posted on December 31, 2015
Small Wonders for the (New Year’s) Weekend: Envelope the Year
2015 is coming to a close, and -if you use such a thing- your 2015 wall calendar is ready to be retired. While the recycling bin is certainly a responsible option for such a wonderful organizational tool, making… Read More
Posted on December 23, 2015
Holiday Hours
Mindport will be closed December 24th and 25th, and January 1st. We’ll close at 4:00 on December 31st to make sure the intrepid bikers and walkers among us get home before dark. Warm wishes to all!
Posted on November 25, 2015
Small Wonders for the (Thanksgiving) Weekend: Beautiful, Bounteous Blobs
If you have vegetable oil, water, food coloring, and a few Alka-Seltzer tablets lying around, and time to sit and gaze at a small and wondrous world, this one’s for you. A good activity for Buy Nothing Day!… Read More
Posted on November 11, 2015
Mindport Turns Twenty
Please help us celebrate by stopping by next Sunday, November 15th between 12:00 and 4:00 pm. We’ll have a little live music, behind the scenes tours, a mail art station, and other celebratory activities. All admissions for the… Read More
Posted on October 30, 2015
Small Wonders for the Weekend: Pressed Leaves
A few years ago, a woman I’d been working with for a few months but hadn’t gotten to know well, opened her Russian-English dictionary to find a word, and out fluttered small, pressed, purple flowers. Pages later there… Read More
Posted on October 23, 2015
Small Wonders for the Weekend: Party Trick
Do classic science demonstrations also make good party tricks? I suppose it depends upon the party, but I’m inclined to say yes. What party wouldn’t benefit from a little play and a little magic (otherwise known as physics)?… Read More
Posted on October 21, 2015
This Week at/around Mindport
Join us for a screening of the documentary Raise the Roof, at the Pickford Cinema, Thursday, October 22. There will be light refreshments at 5:30, followed by the film at 6:30, and a twenty-minute Q & A afterwards,… Read More
Posted on October 16, 2015
Small Wonders for the Weekend: Quick Books
Some days I end up needing a little break from consuming content, and want to create some instead – a chance to attend to some thoughts for myself or capture a few to share with a friend… Read More
Posted on October 9, 2015
Small Wonders for the Weekend: Bubble Prints
Over the last year, I’ve had the good fortune to meet weekly with a young person who likes nothing more than to play, experiment, build things, and continuously, and often rather messily, extend the limits of any given… Read More
