Saturday, October 31 from 11:30 AM to 3:30 PM, Union Station’s South Patio

Once Upon a Monster

This year at Boonion Station, kids can make a monster—and bring it to life! Presented by Metro Art, Once Upon a Monster invites little creators to let their imaginations run wild at a hands-on monster-making station stocked with googly eyes, teeth, tongues, horns, wild hair and all manner of weird and wonderful monster parts. Mix, match, glue and create a creature that’s uniquely your own.

Then comes the magic: bring your monster to the Monster Poetry Booth, where Los Angeles Poet Laureate Brian Sonia-Wallace and friends will meet your creature and spin a short, one-of-a-kind spooky tale inspired by its name, personality and peculiar powers or make a story all your own on a vintage typewriter.

Make a monster. Meet a poet. Get a story. Every monster has a tale to tell!

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