First Sundays is a seasonal series of free family programs featuring different activities for children and teens at seven locations in downtown. Visit one or visit them all! All locations offer free admission during event! Sponsored by the Riverside Arts Council.

2014/2015 DatesOctober - May from 1- 4 pm

October 5November 2December 7

January 4February 1

March 1April 5 -No Program

May 3

Riverside Metropolitan Museum 3580 Mission Inn Ave., Riverside, CA 92501 (951) 826-5273 | riversideca.gov/museum

Mission Inn Museum 3696 Main St., Riverside, CA 92501 (951) 788-9556 | missioninnmuseum.com

Riverside Art Museum 3425 Mission Inn Ave., Riverside, CA 92501 (951) 684-7111 | riversideartmuseum.org

Center for Social Justice & Civil Liberties3855 Market St., Riverside, CA 92501 (951) 222-8846 | socialjustice.rccd.edu

Riverside Public Library 3581 Mission Inn Ave. , Riverside, CA 92501 (951) 826-5201 | riversideca.gov/library

Culver Center of the Arts at UCRArts Block 3834 Main St., Riverside, CA 92501 (951) 784-3686 | cmp.ucr.edu

Fox Riverside Theater FoundationOffsite at the Corner of Main & Mission Inn(951) 826-5769 | riversidefoxfoundation.org

First Sunday of the Month from October - May 1 - 4 pm

March 1, 2015 | ACTIVITY FLYER

LIVE SEA ANIMALS Riverside Metropolitan Museum

Explore the animals that live at the edge of the sea. Captain Carl will bring his mobile tidepool full of live sea creatures that children can touch and learn all about! From starfish to sea squirts, and even a shark – join us for this exciting opportunity as the sea comes to downtown Riverside!  Also experience science special guests from the UCR’s Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology Department.

BuBBLE ChEf ANd ToTE BAgS Riverside Public Library

We will be having a bubble of a good time Sunday. Decorate your own Tote Bag from 1-2. Let the Bubbles begin. At 2:00 pm we will be having Rebeca Martin AKA The Bubble Chef show us all her bubbles. You still have a chance to decorate your Tote Bag from 3-4pm.

ExpLorINg ThE INN: WATErCoLor BuTTErfLIES Mission Inn Museum

Join the Mission Inn Museum as we bring you an inside look at Riverside’s own Mission Inn Hotel & Spa! This month we will explore Mission Inn founder Frank Miller’s commitment to the natural environment and his friendship with many activists and scientists, including John Muir. Mr. Muir founded the Sierra club and worked for his whole life to preserve nature. He visited the Mission Inn twice and even helped workers on Mt. Rubidoux decide what kind of trees to plant to preserve the mountain. To celebrate nature and the great outdoors, we will be creating colorful butterflies made with special paper that creates amazing effects with watercolor paints.

A BEATLES EXPERIENCE Fox Riverside Theater Foundation on the mall***

In celebration of the last Broadway show of the season, Rain: A Beatles Experience, The Fox Foundation will be hosting an arts and crafts activity inspired by the Beatles.  We will create umbrellas and beetles out of paper plates, crayons, and markers.  We will also have a yellow submarine cut out, modeled from the Beatle’s Album cover, which children and families will be able to take pictures with. As always, the wonderful UCR Women in Science club will be joining us by hosting an arts and crafts activity that brings science and art together.

WoNdErfuL WATErCoLor & ShAMroCkS Riverside Art Museum

Join UCR Gluck Fellows Angela Peñaredondo  and Josh Smith as they lead a First Sunday Art Jam. All ages are invited to join us for an afternoon of Wonderful Watercolor. Come see “The Melon Princess”, featuring award-winning storyteller Karen Rae Kraut, at 2:00 pm in the atrium. The Homespun Players will present “Grimms: A Collection of Fairy Tales”, at 1:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. And who says shamrocks are only green? Come and create shamrocks using heart cookie cutters and oil pastels.

dIY MINI LIghThouSES Culver Center of the Arts at UCR ARTSblock

In response to Daniel Hawkin’s exhibition Desert Lighthouse Ultimatum, the ARTSblock First Sunday Team created an activity that will allow participants to engage in their very own lighthouse construction. Please join us for this easy and fun project for all ages. Materials will be provided. One lighthouse kit per participant. Level of difficulty: Easy.While you’re at the ARTSblock, be sure to check out Daniel Hawkins: Desert Lighthouse Ultimatum, and take a self-guided tour handout of the exhibition.DIY Miniature Lighthouse is a First Sunday event and is supported by the Gluck Fellows Program of the Arts at UC Riverside.

pApEr CrANE pEACE projECT Center for Social Justice and Civil Liberties

Inspired by the collections related to Japanese American history at the Center as well as at the Riverside Metropolitan Museum, the Center will be participating in RMM’s California Paper Crane Peace Project for our March First Sundays activity on March 1st from 1-4pm.  The project’s goal is to make 92,785 origami cranes in honor of every person of Japanese ancestry from California who was interned during World War II. Kids and adults can learn how to make graceful cranes out of beautifully decorated origami paper and either take them home or donate them to RMM’s Paper Crane Peace Project!

Sunday, March 1, 2015 | 1 - 4 pm | Free!

Fun Activities Available At Seven Locations....Admission is Free... Each Month is Dif erent!

ExpLodINg BoxES Fox Riverside Theater Foundation on the mall***

The Fox Foundation is hosting a do it yourself “Explosion Box” arts & crafts booth. Kids of all ages are invited to come and create their own unique exploding box out of construction paper. The UCR Women in Science will be joining us with their own arts & crafts booth incorporating science and art. We invite all families to come and enjoy our mini Fox Exhibit; displaying historical pictures, past Broadway musical playbills and autographed photos for everyone to view and appreciate.