Sponsored by: What the FFR planning team is working on right now:   Canstruction® – Congratulations to PDS for being selected as a competition site in conjunction with FFR. Rock Thoughts – More soon on how you can participate!  Maybe the FFR team's monsters will meet up with your monsters? Ten things you should know about FFR: 10. There are many ways to play: Want to be a Pre-Event Prop Scout . Email us if you are interested. 9. "Play Agent" anyone? Fall Festival Reimagined volunteers have a new and intriguing title along with array of opportunities suited for the creator, innovator, reveler and purveyor in us all. Want to be part of the fun? Click here to find our more! 8. Want to tinker along with us? Perhaps you have interesting cardboard shipping/packing supplies, cool fabric remnants, hot glue sticks, glass beads, etc.? We’re currently sourcing materials for our collaborative art and design area for the PDS PlayLab. Click here to find out more. 7. Play Agent Drop-in Cool hands-on projects:  Take your pick - Monster Rock base painting and coding; Bloxes assembly (300 down-280 to go); hip DIY items that we'll sell at the Smart Cafe; painting and more!  Location and time:  Chapman after drop-off. Contact:  Catherine Harris.  Don't have time to stay at PDS?  Contact Catherine at catherinehharris@gmail.com about fun take-home projects. 6.  "Geek Dad" Collective Get together with other tinkering dads and create a collaborative pinball machine or really anything to your liking - for our PDS PlayLab. Interested?  Contact Catherine Harris at catherinehharris@gmail.com. 5. In celebration of Nov. 25th's StoryCorps National Day of Listening, our FFR PDS StoryCorps Booth proves that "everyone has a story."  Want to play a role?  Sign up as a PDS StoryCorp Booth Play Agent!  4. Fall Festival Reimagined passes on much appreciation to our event sponsor IBM and our 5K Fun Run & Walk sponsor, The Hudson Valley Heart Center. As well, we thank Northside Supplies, Bloxes LLC, Kodo Kids, Vermont Learning Materials and Heritage Carpet for their enthusiasm in FFR and donation of supplies/PlayLab interactives.  3. Spread the excitement through word of mouth.Tell your friends, family, colleagues and neighbors.  This event's purpose is community building, increasing enrollment and having fun! Be a part of the unified PDS community spirit.  2. Less than one week until the event. Remember to check out the half dozen games sponsored by the Wayfinder Experience that will take place throughout the day. 1. Today is the day. We can't wait to see you all!       Think imagination, improvisation, ingenuity and innovation.   Fall Festival Reimagined highlights PDS’s philosophy of joyful learning through creative and innovative expression in art, science, music and technology. The event offers a distinct connection to PDS programs, embraces collaboration, and provides a fun and engaging venue for showcasing what it is that PDS does best. The Maker Movement, tinkering and the fine work at the Exploratorium, inspired the event concept. Though, the core values inherent in the PDS classrooms make this all a reality. Many of FFR’s interactives are sourced through classrooms and the After Enrichment Program allowing students and faculty to showcase the nature of their remarkable work here at PDS.   Some key elements include: Imagination and Play:A vast hands-on art, technology and science PlayLab including – a Rube Goldberg marble wall, large collaborative art and design table with manufacturing remnants and found objects, a workshop-produced pinball machine, Zen Garden, Giant Pick Up Sticks, a building area with Bloxes, Giant Eames House of Cards and wooden materials, Toy Take Apart, wind tube, scribble machines, a bounce house and more! Improvisation:Bard’s Contemporaneous, PDS’s “Stomp,” Spandex movement Blobs, Karaoke Lounge and other musical improv, , as well as games sponsored by the Wayfinder Experience. Design and Ingenuity:Canstruction Design Competition Sneak Peak, “Rock Thoughts” monsters art/storytelling activity, Collaborative silk painting, Henna, Hair Innovation Salon, Mid-Hudson Chinese Community Association activities and Mid-Hudson Japanese Community Association activities. Collaborative Innovation:PDS Think Tank – a participatory experience relating to imagination, PDS StoryCorps™Booth – everyone has a story, record yours, iPad Portraits and the chance to make a Virtual Pollock. Nourishment:Twisted Soul and Smart Café   See photos of the 2011 event!

2010 Festival Photos