Peace Center Student Matinees

CANCELLED DUE TO ONGOING SCHOOL CLOSURES.

October 7, 2024

From the Emmy Award-winning team behind Netflix’s Our Planet series comes a new natural history speaker series: Our Planet Live. This immersive stage show features behind-the-scenes stories from the most eye-catching footage of the natural world.  

Life on Our Planet tells the story of four billion years in 50 minutes. Explore the rise and fall of lives on Earth as you journey from single-celled life-form to the biodiversity we know today with host Keith Scholey.

October 22, 2024

Explore musical themes and Latin culture through the songs of the celebrated film Encanto. Featuring performances by “Banda de la Casita”, experience demonstrations led by the band’s host that highlight the different instruments and sounds of the film.

Download the Encanto Activity Packet for your class before or after the show.

February 11-12, 2025

What happens after the dismissal bell rings? Travel 10 blocks. Witness 10 unique tales. There’s something for everyone across these 10 vignettes about identity, fear, compassion and friendship – as told through puppetry, dance, music, projections, audience participation, kamishibai (paper theater) and more.

February 19, 2025

Give your students the memory of a lifetime with the 65-year strong modern dance company known for incredible contemporary favorites and beloved masterpieces that are both “timely and timeless” (Chicago Tribune).  

Alvin Ailey’s work celebrates the Black cultural experience and modern dance tradition, seamlessly blending the two. 

March 25-26, 2025

Comedian Robert Post barely survived Middle School. Struggling because of various learning disabilities, he found that making people laugh saved him. In this brand-new multimedia performance, kids talk to kids in a compelling, funny and educational show. Dealing with real issues affecting students today including social media, testing, bullying and peer pressure these video testimonials by kids and their advocates (along with a generous dose of Post’s signature humor) is sure to resonate with school and public audiences alike.

April 1, 2025

From the Emmy Award-winning team behind Netflix’s Our Planet series comes a new natural history speaker series: Our Planet Live. This immersive stage show features behind-the-scenes stories from the most eye-catching footage of the natural world.  

Frozen Worlds takes you to the arctic in an exploration of climate change and climate migration. Follow polar bears, walruses, seals and penguins as they find their icy homes in danger and learn why the frozen frontier is vital to our planet.