Join Portland Ovations and local Drag Queens for an hour of stories and art! Glamorous expert storytellers use the art of drag to read books and lead craft projects at local bookstores, libraries, and community centers around Portland. This fun, fabulous literary experience fosters learning and play, encouraging children and their caregivers to celebrate all kinds of difference in a creative and joyful space.
Drag Storytime is suggested for ages 3+, more dates coming soon!
OurShelves will be selling a selection of their expert-curated books and subscriptions and leading an activity at this Drag Storytime event!
SATURDAY, MARCH 15
11 AM at Equality Community Center featuring Ophelia
Free, no registration necessary
ACCESSIBILITY
ASL available upon request.
ABOUT OPHELIA
Ophelia has been performing as a drag queen for 7 years and has lived in Maine her entire life. She’s always down to entertain and bring a smile to everyone’s face. She was named Portland’s best drag personality 2018 & 2022. She’s an avid reader and loves going on a journey through reading.
ABOUT OURSHELVES
LGBTQ+-owned and Maine-based, OurShelves is a diverse children’s book box service offering expert-curated diverse books to families, schools, community centers, and service providers working to ensure that their children’s book collections cultivate their values of equity, inclusion, social justice, joy, and fun! LGBTQ+ parent Alli Harper founded OurShelves because it can be much too hard to find high-quality kids’ books that both affirm LGBTQ+ families like hers as well many other under-represented kids and families.
New York Times/Wirecutter and Parents Magazine-recommended, OurShelves offers books both that children love — and that feature racially, ethnically, and religiously diverse, LGBTQ+, feminist, and other characters and families who remain under-represented in children’s books. The OurShelves Curation Team of experts selects books by age (for ages 0-8) for its quarterly subscriptions, one-time Mega Boxes, and other community partnerships including book fairs.
