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Weekend Kids’ Pick

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See a performance of ”Shadow Play” at the University Settlement, a multi-media production for 2 to 5 year olds.  Developed through workshops with shadow-experts (preschoolers), the play explores the question of what happens to your shadow when you go to sleep. Produced by Trusty Sidekick Theater, Saturdays at 10:30 and 12:30 through March 31. $5 for kids, $10 for … Continue reading

Weekend Kids’ Pick

McNally Jackson Bookstore hosts free reading and craft project for kids this Saturday.

McNally Jackson Bookstore hosts free reading and craft project for kids this Saturday.

In honor of Women’s History Month, McNally Jackson bookstore on Saturday is hosting a free reading and craft project featuring the life and work of Dr. Jane Goodall. Kids ages 3 to 8 will build a miniature replica of Jane’s chimpanzee reserve in Tanzania.  … Continue reading

Weekend Kids’ Pick

Pushcart Story Time - photo via Pushcart Coffee's Facebook Page

Pushcart Story Time – photo via Pushcart Coffee's Facebook Page

On Sundays at 4pm, Pushcart Coffee is hosting a storytime for kids. The perfect post-nap, pre-dinner family activity, featuring healthy snacks and delicious treats for kids and adults. Pushcart Coffee is at 221 East Broadway (at Clinton).

For more family friendly events and activities, please visit our … Continue reading

Weekend Kids’ Pick

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Cirque Le Jazz performs at the Theater for the New City this weekend.

Take the kids to see a mini circus/musical theater performance at the Theater for the New City this weekend. Cirque Le Jazz is a company of four performers who display their singing, dancing, twirling and acrobatic moves in one act, ideal for families with … Continue reading

Weekend Kids’ Pick

Catch a free screening of Disney's Beauty and the Beast this Saturday at Seward Park Library.

Catch a free screening of Disney's Beauty and the Beast this Saturday at Seward Park Library.

This Saturday, get the family out of the cold and watch Beauty and the Beast at the Seward Park Library. Part of the library’s Saturday Afternoon Family Movies series during February, the free movies are screened in the community room at 2:30. … Continue reading

More Pics From Chinese New Year Celebrations

Photo by Florence Eng.

Lion Dancing 2012. Photo by Florence Eng

Thanks to Florence Eng for sending us these photos from the Lion Dance activities that took place the day before the big parade. She writes: I love the publicity (the float parade on Sunday) receives but the lion dancing on Saturday received zero coverage.  It is a much more … Continue reading

Weekend Kids’ Pick

The "Festival of the Vegetables" at the Metropolitan Playhouse this weekend.

The "Festival of the Vegetables" at the Metropolitan Playhouse this weekend.

Do your children turn up their noses at vegetables? Perhaps showing them a land of life-sized talking vegetables will help win them over. The “Festival of the Vegetables” is series of short poems, piano pieces and dances that explore the secret lives of vegetables, as seem through the imagination of a child. The … Continue reading

Weekend Kids’ Pick

This Saturday take the kids to the the New Museum’s First Saturday for Families, where Nicolás Paris will lead a hands-on drawing workshop. The program is recommended for kids aged 4 to 15 and includes free New Museum admission for two adults per family (children under 18 are always free). Workshops take place in the 7th Floor Sky Room, from 10 … Continue reading

Weekend Kids’ Pick

The Nature Conservancy presents a birding lesson for kids at Park Here this Saturday.

The Nature Conservancy presents a birding lesson for kids at Park Here this Saturday.

The Nature Conservancy in New York presents a birding lesson for kids at Openhouse Gallery’s pop-up park (Park Here) on Mulberry Street this Saturday. From 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., kids will hear a story, ”Feathers for Lunch,” have a discussion about local birds, and then make their own ”binoculars” … Continue reading

Hey DOT, You Might Want to Run “Spell Check” on This One

Photo by Erin Egan Rodriguez.

Photo by Erin Egan Rodriguez for thelodownny.com.

TLD contributor Erin Rodriguez noticed this school crossing signage painted on the asphalt — right outside the Marta Valle High School on Stanton Street. Her take: “Really people? The proper spelling is on the building 5-yards away from where the DOT was painting the word!”

We’ll see how long it … Continue reading