The Arden will be closed Wednesday, July 2 through Friday, July 4 as our team takes time to rest, reflect, and celebrate the holiday. During this brief intermission, our box office and administrative offices will be closed and responses delayed. Normal hours will resume Monday, July 7.
In addition to the professional allure a story with such drama has for a writer, the Leo Frank case held a special place in Parade bookwriter Alfred Uhry’s personal life. His…
Read moreLast night, >find members of our Sylvan Society and the Albert M. Greenfield Foundation Teen Council joined Arden staff and the cast of Parade for a special sing-through at the…
Read moreBy Dajah Dale Grades 5-8 This is a finalist in our Pinocchio Creative Response Contest in collaboration with Philadelphia Stories, Jr. From August 5-16, leave a comment on this post or like the link on…
Read moreTolya By Catherine Mosier-Mills Grade 9-12 In the fading light of the setting sun, Luka Yeshevsky sketched a face. Luka drew the model’s lips, so carefully pursed around a…
Read moreBy Walker Anderson Grades 5-8 This is a finalist in our Pinocchio Creative Response Contest in collaboration with Philadelphia Stories, Jr. From August 5-16, leave a comment on this post or like the link on…
Read moreToddlers for Breakfast By Shanyah Holt Grade 3 Hippo was looking for his breakfast. He likes to eat toddlers for breakfast. Hippo is always greedy. He is careless. One day…
Read morePinocchio Poem By Magda Andrews-Hoke Grades 9-12 Through his fingers in the dark he sees ticking clocks. through wooden fingers timeless limbs he hears the tick of time passing in…
Read moreBenjamin Potatohead By Ella Spencer Grade 5-8 Behind the sloping hill, >medical the one with sandy patches of grass and rabbit holes, yellow dandelions and light purple wildflowers, there was…
Read moreBy Yeogyeong, Grade 9-12 This is a finalist in our Pinocchio Creative Response Contest in collaboration with Philadelphia Stories, Jr. From August 5-16, leave a comment on this post or like the link on our…
Read moreThe Flower Nosed Sleeper By Ashley Hoernig Grade 5 Once upon a time there was a doll named Pinocchio and he lied A LOT! Whenever he lied his nose would…
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