Unholy fraternization between Signal contributor Rupert Wondolowski and Signal producer Aaron Henkin (archival photograph: date, location, and circumstances unspecified)
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- Signal contributor Mary Rose Madden scouts through a local toy store with a team of ‘experts,’ young and old, looking for toys and games that’ll be as fun as they are educational for kids of diverse ages and needs
- We meet artist and illustrator Tom Chalkley, who’s putting the finishing touches on his latest creation, The Ultimate Cartoon Map of Baltimore
- Signal producer Aaron Henkin tells a live audience at Center Stage about an embarrassing episode from his own past, when he thought he’d learned how to outsmart a roulette wheel
- We find out what it’s like when your job is someone else’s vacation… Micha Berman worked as an assistant cruise director on a luxury ocean liner, and he reflects back on his stint as a ‘permanent passenger’
- Plus Signal contributor Rupert Wondolowski shares a reading of his inscrutable masterpiece, The Origin of Paranoia as a Heated Mole Suit
HELPFUL LINKS:
Here’s a link to Shenanigans Toy Store
Here’s a link to artist Tom Chalkley
Here’s a link to Stoop Storytelling
Here’s a link to Micha Berman’s book: “Parmanent Passenger, my Life on a Cruise Ship”
Here’s a link to Rupert Wondolowski’s new book, “The Origin of Paranoia as a Heated Mole Suit”
Here’s a list of favorite picks from ‘the toy squad’…
Ket
Faces
Uno
Dominoes
ISpy
AutomoBlocks
Transformers
Legos
Playmobil
Wedgets
spikey rubber ball (not the official name)
Zoomorphs
Play-Do
Lace and Trace
Tot Tower
Ugly Dolls
There’s lots more good inforemation at: www.parentschoice.org