Kids

The Chinatown YMCA is sponsoring a free "healthy kids day" tomorrow.   The national initiative features activities like "Family Zumba," a demonstration class featuring Imagination Playground blocks, a Veggiecation cooking class, "Teen Boot Camp," and a concert by the Bilingual...

Thanks to local resident, writer and Lo-Down reader Barbara Becker for sharing this recent post (and video) from her excellent blog, Beyond Siri.  It's called, "Talking to Strangers," and just goes to show you never know who you might...

Friday night the New Museum is throwing a teen party.   if your kids are between the ages of 14 and 19, they'll get to see the current exhibition - “NYC 1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star" -...

A favorite with the kids, and the young at heart, Trusty Sidekick is back (every weekend in March) with their popular show, Shadow Play. The multi-media performance explores what happens when local hero, Flash, loses track of his shadow...

Henry Street Settlement opened its doors this past weekend for a festive open house and introduction to their new Director of Education, esteemed dancer and choreographer Robert La Fosse. La Fosse was a long time Principal Dancer with the...

This one's last minute but better late than never!  The Chinatown YMCA's Teen Center at Two Bridges is hosting an open house tonight from 6-9:30 p.m.  The center is located at 285 South Street.  

Editor's note: To start the new year we have a new  feature --   tips for parents from Otis Kriegel, M.S.Ed., a veteran elementary school teacher, author, and artist. He offers advice for parents of elementary school kids on TheK5.com....

Here are a few special events happening this weekend. If you know of more ways to get out and support our neighborhood as we continue to recover and rebuild after Hurricane Sandy, email us here, post them on Facebook...

Seeing as Hurricane Sandy squelched the Halloween holiday for most residents downtown this year, the folks at Nightmare Haunted House, who put together the super scary show "Killers," at Clemente Soto Velez, are teaming up with local merchants to...

Standing in the lobby of The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center with John Harlacher, director of Killers: A Nightmare Haunted House, I can’t help but nervously flick through the pages of my notebook. Above the shadowy house...