Aaron’s Acres Events
Check out what’s coming next at Aaron’s Acres! Upcoming events are listed below.
Aaron’s Acres is committed to creating event resources for families with individuals of varying ability levels. Our Sensory Sensitive Events tab features events in the Central PA area that are geared towards invdividual with disabilities. If you have an event you would like to add to our Sensory Sensitive Events guide or our Community Events & Opportunities, please contact Director of Development and Community Relations, Kate Mullen, at katemullen@aaronsacres.org.
Upcoming Events
Events that benefit Aaron’s Acres and/or our participants, families and staff!
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Community Events & Opportunities
Creative pre-show activities for kids begin at noon!
What if you discovered an old apartment covered with 40 layers of wallpaper? What if each layer revealed the stories off past tenants? Explore the living history of a tenement apartment in New York that was once the home to hundreds of new immigrants. Puppetry and masks bring to life the stories of Chinese, Jewish, and Puerto Rican families between the years of 1930 and 1970 – stories that have shaped the USA we know today.
Up to 20 FREE tickets available to the Disability community.
Experience the soul of New Orleans and the spirit of Mardi Gras, celebrating the composers and inspired songs of the Crescent City—the historic epicenter of jazz. From Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong to Ellis Marsalis and James Black, New Orleans has long been an apex of innovation and inspiration. With world-class musicians and infectious energy, New Orleans Songbook immerses audiences in the captivating and timeless spirit of this vibrant city.
Up to 10 FREE tickets available to the Disability community.
Creative pre-show activities for kids begin at noon!
An astronaut traveling 87,000 light years into space crash-lands on an uncharted planet, where she must resort to emergency measures to seek rescue. From the award-winning team Alex and Olmsted, elegant puppetry design meets joyful, meaningful storytelling to delightful effect in a production that has been called “achingly beautiful.” This Jim Henson Foundation grant-awarded show is puppetry life support of the best kind.
Up to 10 FREE tickets available to the Disability community.
Pre-screening panel discussion at 6:15 pm; Post-screening Q&A with Director Salome Chasnoff
A radical reframing of the use of disabled characters in film, gathering hundreds of clips from over a century of Hollywood favorites – viewed with a fresh perspective by on-the-ground disability activists, artists, and scholars. Taking its title from Tod Browning’s 1932 classic, Code of the Freaks counters formulaic “inspiration porn” with a powerful corrective, daring to imagine a cinematic landscape that centers the voices of disabled people.
