Kids and cartoon-loving adults should head to Dixon Place on Saturday for a cartoon slide show. The show, starting at 2 p.m., features stories, gags and audience participation, with contributions from cartoonists, children's book artists and contributors to Nickelodeon...
This weekend get the kids thinking ahead to spring. Help the Lower East Side Ecology Center plant daffodil bulbs to get East River Park ready for next spring. Tools and gloves will be provided, but bring a snack and water. You...
Saturday, Oct. 22 from noon until 3 p.m., spectators will gather in Tompkins Square Park to watch dogs on parade. All proceeds from the 21st annual Halloween Dog Parade will go to the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation...
Our friends at the Earth School are hosting their annual Fall Fair in Tompkins Square Park this Saturday from 11a-4p. All funds raised will support The Earth School on Avenue B, a public school serving the East Village and...
Saturdays and Sundays in October, Atlantic Theater Company is presenting The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs. The big bad wolf is put on trial for his alleged crimes against swine, and the audience gets to play jury....
Matthew Penrose, one of the main organizers of the soccer league, Groupstage, sent along info about the organization's growing youth program. If you're interested in enrolling your kids, there will be a free open session this coming Tuesday, at...
Now that school is back in full swing, kids (and their parents) may need some serious homework help. On Saturday at the Seward Park Library, volunteer high school students tutor children in math. From 2 to 3 p.m., help is...
On Saturday at 1pm, local students will perform "Students on Strike" as part of the HOWL Festival. The musical tells the story of a group of Virginia students who walked out of their segregated high school to protest the...
The Children's Museum of the Arts is moving to its new, larger, but farther-from-the-LES digs on October 1. This Sunday, from 12-5, take the kids to the old space at 182 Lafayette (between Grand and Broome) for a Goodbye/Hello Party with...
This Sunday, the 14th Street Y's annual open house will include free concerts and activities centered around educating the community on green living. Activities include: music from a solar-powered DJ, recycled art gallery exhibit, repurposed arts & crafts projects...