Tuesday

Previous Appearances and Events

Sunday, September 20, 2009 - January 3, 2010
But Who Will Bell The Cats?: Solo Exhibit Opens at The Nassau County Museum of Art's MiniArtMuseum for Children
The MiniArtMuseum for Children at The Nassau County Museum of Art in New York will be featuring the miniature sets and characters from Cynthia von Buhler's latest book, But Who Will Bell the Cats?, and her previous book,The Cat Who Wouldn’t Come Inside, in a solo exhibition from September 20, 2009 through January 3, 2010.

Hours and fees: The MiniArtMuseum is open Tuesday-Sunday, 12-4:30 pm. Hours for the main museum building, the Arnold & Joan Saltzman Fine Art Building, are 11 am to 4:45 pm Tuesday through Sunday. Docent-led tours of the main gallery exhibitions are offered each day at 2 pm. On Sunday afternoons the museum offers supervised art activities for children and their families and family tours of the exhibitions. Exhibition tours and Family Sundays at the Museum are free with museum admission. Admission to the main building is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors (62+) and $4 for children; it includes admission to the MiniArtMuseum for Children; The MiniArtMuseum is open 12-4:30 pm Tuesday through Sunday; admission to just the MiniArtMuseum is $5 adults, $4 seniors, students and children ages 4-12. Members are always admitted free. There is a $2 parking fee on weekends (members free). The Museum Shop in the main building and the gift shop in the MiniArtMuseum are open all museum hours.

Address: Nassau County Museum of Art is located at One Museum Drive (just off Northern Boulevard, Route 25A, two traffic lights west of Glen Cove Rd.) in Roslyn Harbor. Call (516) 484-9337 for current exhibitions, events, days/times and directions or log onto nassaumuseum.org.


Saturday, December 19, 2009, 12 noon
Elm Street Books

35 Elm Street New Canaan, CT
203-966-4545
For more information click HERE.
Sunday, December 13, 2009, 1-3 PM
Author Appearance and Book Signing, Curious George Bookshop
1 JFK Street (in Harvard Square) Cambridge, MA
617-498-0062
For more information click HERE.

Saturday, December 5, 2009, 5 - 8 PM
Author Appearance & Book Signing, Winter Walk, The Spotty Dog, Hudson, NY
440 Warren Street, Hudson, NY. Phone: 518-671-6006. For more information click HERE.

Saturday, November 21, 12 - 2PM
Author Appearance and Book Signing, Books of Wonder, New York, NY
Also signing: BARBARA McCLINTOCK - The Mitten; RUTH SANDERSON - Goldilocks; SHELLEY ROTNER - Dogs Don’t Brush Their Teeth; MARC ROSENTHAL - Archie and the Pirates; JONAH WINTER - Peaceful Heroes and Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx
18 West 18th Street, NY, NY, Phone: 212-989-3270. Store hours: Monday - Saturday 11am - 7pm, Sunday 11am - 7pm. For more information click HERE.

Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 2 pm
Dollhouse Diorama and Paper Doll Workshop & Book Signing, The Nassau County Museum of Art's MiniArtMuseum, Long Island, NY
Come learn to how to make a dollhouse room from a shoe box. Cynthia von Buhler’s characters and castle rooms will be available as pre-printed full-color sheets for children to cut out and make into their own dollhouse diorama. Please bring a standard shoe box with you to the workshop. The author/illustrator will also be signing books which are for sale in the museum store. One lucky child at the event will win a handmade belled cat collar.
Fee: $12 per child includes all the supplies (except for the standard shoebox each child needs to bring), please R.S.V.P. to the museum by calling (516) 484-9337 X15, this event is limited to 30 children.

Hours and fees: The MiniArtMuseum is open Tuesday-Sunday, 12-4:30 pm. Hours for the main museum building, the Arnold & Joan Saltzman Fine Art Building, are 11 am to 4:45 pm Tuesday through Sunday. Docent-led tours of the main gallery exhibitions are offered each day at 2 pm. On Sunday afternoons the museum offers supervised art activities for children and their families and family tours of the exhibitions. Exhibition tours and Family Sundays at the Museum are free with museum admission. Admission to the main building is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors (62+) and $4 for children; it includes admission to the MiniArtMuseum for Children; The MiniArtMuseum is open 12-4:30 pm Tuesday through Sunday; admission to just the MiniArtMuseum is $5 adults, $4 seniors, students and children ages 4-12. Members are always admitted free. There is a $2 parking fee on weekends (members free). The Museum Shop in the main building and the gift shop in the MiniArtMuseum are open all museum hours.

Address: Nassau County Museum of Art is located at One Museum Drive (just off Northern Boulevard, Route 25A, two traffic lights west of Glen Cove Rd.) in Roslyn Harbor. Call (516) 484-9337 for current exhibitions, events, days/times and directions or log onto nassaumuseum.org.

Saturday, October 3, 2009
Author Appearance and Book Signing, The 36th Annual Trade Show, New England Booksellers Association (NEIBA), Hartford, CT
Connecticut Convention Center, Hartford CT. For more information click HERE.

Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 2 pm
Exhibition Party & Book Signing, The Nassau County Museum of Art's MiniArtMuseum, Long Island, NY
Children and their families are invited to a party on Sunday, October 4 (at 2 pm) to celebrate the publication of the book and the opening of the exhibition. Von Buhler will be on hand to sign copies of her book (available for purchase at the museum book store). Light refreshments will be served. No reservations are needed for the party and there is no fee beyond museum admission.

Hours and fees: The MiniArtMuseum is open Tuesday-Sunday, 12-4:30 pm. Hours for the main museum building, the Arnold & Joan Saltzman Fine Art Building, are 11 am to 4:45 pm Tuesday through Sunday. Docent-led tours of the main gallery exhibitions are offered each day at 2 pm. On Sunday afternoons the museum offers supervised art activities for children and their families and family tours of the exhibitions. Exhibition tours and Family Sundays at the Museum are free with museum admission. Admission to the main building is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors (62+) and $4 for children; it includes admission to the MiniArtMuseum for Children; The MiniArtMuseum is open 12-4:30 pm Tuesday through Sunday; admission to just the MiniArtMuseum is $5 adults, $4 seniors, students and children ages 4-12. Members are always admitted free. There is a $2 parking fee on weekends (members free). The Museum Shop in the main building and the gift shop in the MiniArtMuseum are open all museum hours.

Address: Nassau County Museum of Art is located at One Museum Drive (just off Northern Boulevard, Route 25A, two traffic lights west of Glen Cove Rd.) in Roslyn Harbor. Call (516) 484-9337 for current exhibitions, events, days/times and directions or log onto nassaumuseum.org.

December 9, 2007 Cynthia von Buhler's The Cat Who Wouldn't Come Inside dollhouse (built by her father Louis Carrozza) and book characters have been accepted into the The Nassau County Museum of Art's Tee Ridder Minatures Museum Collection. The set and characters will be on display beginning in October of 2007. At 2PM Cynthia von Buhler will be reading her book aloud. She will also be signing her book which is available for sale in the museum gift shop.

April 26, 2007 – September 23, 2007 The Staten Island Museum of Arts & Sciences will hold a one-woman Cynthia von Buhler exhibit titled "Show & Tell". The exhibit will focus on von Buhler's paintings, however, sculpture characters and press proofs from The Cat Who Wouldn't Come Inside will be on display as well. 75 Stuyvesant Place, Staten Island, New York 10301, 718.727.1135, Hours: Tuesdays - Fridays from 9AM to 5PM, Saturday 10AM - 5PM, Sunday 12PM- 5PM. The museum is one block from the Staten Island ferry terminal. Signed copies of the children's book will be available in the museum gift shop.

August 25, 2007: The Cat Who Wouldn’t Come Inside Family Workshop and Book Signing with Artist and author Cynthia von Buhler will be held on Saturday, August 25th at 2:00 p.m. Participants will meet the artist and find out how she created her new book with dollhouse charm and a message about patience and giving. A cat figurine workshop for children is included in the program. Admission is $5 per child. Admission is free for children under 12. Copies of the book will be available for sale at this event. Sculpture characters and press proofs from The Cat Who Wouldn't Come Inside will be on display. The Staten Island Museum of Arts & Sciences, 75 Stuyvesant Place, Staten Island, New York 10301, 718.727.1135, Hours: Tuesdays - Fridays from 9AM to 5PM, Saturday 10AM - 5PM, Sunday 12PM- 5PM. The museum is one block from the Staten Island ferry terminal.

May 19, 2007 Museum Children's Workshop & Reading:The Staten Island Museum, Saturday, May 19, 2007, at 2PM. For more information and the museum address visit The Staten Island Museum website.


September 28, 2006, 6PM – 8PM, CVB Space, 407 West 13th Street (between 9th Ave. & Washington St.), NY, NY 10014, 646-336-8387, exhibit & book signing



September 30, 2006, 1PM – 6PM, CVB Space, 407 West 13th Street (between 9th Ave. & Washington St.), NY, NY 10014, 646-336-8387, exhibit, free sculpture workshop & book signing

October 4, 2006, 7PM, Barnes & Noble, 2245 Richmond Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10314, 718-982-6983, reading & book signing

September 28, 2006 – October 26, 2006, Exhibit of the Characters & Set, CVB Space, 407 West 13th Street (between 9th Ave. & Washington St.), NY, NY 10014, 646-336-8387, Hours: Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, 1PM – 6PM, subway: A, C, E, and L trains to 14th St. at 8th Ave.


October 25, 2006, 6PM – 9PM, CVB Space, 407 West 13th Street (between 9th Ave. & Washington St.), NY, NY 10014, 646-336-8387, exhibit closing reception, readings,book signings, and a lecture on "The Mystery of the Cat" by Clea Simon, author of Cattery Row
The Mystery of the Cat

This October 25th, CVB Space explores the ultimate escape artist: the enigmatic, contemplative cat. What is the feline mystique? Two authors offer their answers: Clea Simon's hip sleuth solves crimes on Cattery Row. Cynthia von Buhler's children's book ponders The Cat Who Wouldn't Come Inside. As the moon returns, and Halloween approaches, join us for an evening of art and words, celebrating the eternal feline.

City Critterswill have cats available for adoption at this event.


November 17, 2006, 5PM - 6PM, M is for Mystery, 86 East Third Ave., San Mateo, CA. 650-401-8077. Panel discussion and signing

November 17, 2006, 12 Noon - 4PM & November 18, 2006, 2PM - 3PM, CFA International Cat Show, San Mateo County Expo Center, 2495 South Delaware Street San Mateo, CA 94403, 650-574-3247, book signing & international cat fair

November 25, 2006, Storyopolis, 3PM, 12348 Ventura Boulevard, Studio City, CA 91604, 818-509-5600, cat sculpture workshop & book signing

December 2, 2006, 6PM - 8PM, The Spotty Dog Books & Ale, 440 Warren Street, Hudson, NY 12534, 518-671-6006, book signing during the WinterWalk Festival.

Thursday, December 7, 2006, 3rd Biennial Dimensional Salon opening reception. Exhibit of the book characters and set, 3rd Biennial Dimensional Salon, Main Gallery, The Museum of American Illustration, 128 East 63rd Street (between Park and Lexington Avenues), NY, NY 10021, 212-838-2560

Friday, December 8, 2006, 6:15 PM, Kate's Mystery Books Holiday Party. Holiday party and book signing, Kate's Mystery Books, 2211 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, NY 02140, 617-491-2660.


December 9, 2006, 3PM - 6PM, Diskovery, Oak Square, 569 Washington Street, Brighton, MA 02135, 617-787-2640, book signings and a lecture on "The Mystery of the Cat" by Clea Simon, author of Cattery Row.
Yolanda Stratter's used record and bookstore, Diskovery, and the record label/art gallery/dwelling, Castle von Buhler, the purple house in The Cat Who Wouldn't Come Inside were located around the corner from each other in the Allston neighborhood of Boston back when von Buhler's bands and her feral cat, Olympus, prowled the area. Diskovery and von Buhler have both moved, Diskovery to Brighton's Oak Square and von Buhler to New York City and this December they are joining forces with Boston-based author and music writer, Clea Simon, for a reunion event celebrating books, music, art, and cats!



December 6, 2006 – December 29, 2006, Exhibit of the book characters and set, 3rd Biennial Dimensional Salon, Main Gallery, The Museum of American Illustration, 128 East 63rd Street (between Park and Lexington Avenues), NY, NY 10021, 212-838-2560, Hours: Tuesdays 10AM – 8PM, Wednesdays – Fridays 10AM – 5PM, Saturdays 12 noon – 4PM. Closed most holidays.

December 18, 2006 – January 5, 2007, Exhibit of the book characters and set, Member’s Gallery, The Museum of American Illustration, 128 East 63rd Street (between Park and Lexington Avenues), NY, NY 10021, 212-838-2560, Hours: Tuesdays 10AM – 8PM, Wednesdays – Fridays 10AM – 5PM, Saturdays 12 noon – 4PM. Closed most holidays. The opening reception for The Member’s Gallery exhibit and additional related events will be announced soon.

February 24, 2007 – March 24, 2007 Group exhibit, Editorial & Book Exhibition, The Museum of American Illustration, 128 East 63rd Street (between Park and Lexington Avenues), NY, NY 10021, 212-838-2560, Hours: Tuesdays 10AM – 8PM, Wednesdays – Fridays 10AM – 5PM, Saturdays 12 noon – 4PM. Closed most holidays. Reception & Awards Gala: February 23, 2007, 5:30PM - 7:30PM.