‘Stinkbug Bugaloo’ Buzzes to Town July 17

 

Milton Public Library will host Minstrel Storyteller Mary Jo Maichack in a family program for children ages 4 and older on Monday, July 17, at the library, 476 Canton Ave.“Stinkbug Bugaloo” is a family show celebrating insects in folklore, jokes, tunes, masked story theater performed by audience volunteers, and a stinkbug dance. The program connects with the Massachusetts summer reading club theme, “What’s Buzzing @ Your Library?”

“Stinkbug Bugaloo” is a one-person variety show co-created by the audience in celebration of bugs, to inspire summer reading. The program entertains all ages with a mix of songs and folktales, led by Ms. Maichack, and includes audience participants in a masked play of an Anansi story, a buggy sing along, and a poem. It is designed to be fun for ages 4 through adult and is about an hour long.

Ms. Maichack is a national award-winning singer, storyteller and multi-instrumentalist who has performed some 3,000 shows in libraries, schools, and festivals since 1989. She is noted for friendliness, energy, lots of variety, interaction and humor.  Details of her programs and recordings are available at www.MaryJoMaichack.com.

“Stinkbug Bugaloo” is funded by the Milton Junior Woman’s Club and the Friends of the Milton Public Library.