Another spring-like day in New York might have you thinking about your family's summer plans. It just so happens Henry Street Settlement is holding a couple of open houses for "Camp Henry."Â They will be on March 28 and...
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...
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...
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).
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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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
