Greenbelt Nature Center in Staten Island- a place for a square dance? Why, yes!

Charles, our Music Listings Editor and Music Reviewer, manages to find the best and most interesting music events for us ALWAYS. And, this weekend is no different.

Have a dinosaur nut? Check out Rocker Rex and his 7 foot dinasour Rock on Friday morning. If classical music is more your style, bring a picnic and enjoy a concert on the big lawn of the Morris-Jumel Mansion Museum with New York City based cellist, composer, songwriter, and singer Emily Hope Price. Brooklyn Bride Park is continuing its international celebrations at Pier 1: this weekend they are featuring Haiti. You can also pick up a glass of wine at the newly beer/wine licensed Brooklyn Bridge Wine Bar that opened last week. And, last but not least as Charles asked, ” Okay.  Did you know that there’s a giant 2,800 acre part on Staten Island?  This is a great chance to get familiar with one of my favorite family activities– square dancing.  Add that with barbeque, take a pony ride and games and you’ve got a winner.”

Friday July 30th

10:30 am: Thaddeus Rex
Enjoy an interactive show with Rocker Rex and his seven-foot-tall dinosaur friend, Rock. The songs do actually rock and Rex and Rock know how to put a show that get kids and families involved.
Details: Sara Delano Roosevelt Park Forsyth and East Houston  Performance site it on the soccer courts  Cost: Free

11:00 am: Summer Dance at the NMAI
Come join Donna Couteau Cross (Sac and Fox) and Joe Cross (Caddo/Potawatomi) to learn about American Indian culture and heritage through this interactive dance program.
Details:National Museum of the American Indian Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, 1 Bowling Green (between State and Whitehall Sts)   Cost: Free Also at 1:00 pm

6:30 pm: Sunset Jam on the Hudson
I’ve been curious about how the kids would feel about a drum circle.  A drum circle at sunset seems an ideal way to introduce them.  There will be master drummers to teach basic patterns or just let the kids tire themselves out so they sleep late on Saturday.
Details: Robert F. Wagner Park Battery Pl (Battery Pl)   Cost: Free

Saturday July 31st

10:30 am: ABC Do-Re-ME! Open House
ABC Do-Re-ME! hosts an open house for little ones and their parents. You’ll find information about the children’s music program, and see demonstrations of the Kindermusik and pre-Suzuki classes.
Details: Lil’ Musicians Music School 853 Seventh Ave (between 54th and 55th Sts) Cost: Free

11:00 am: Kidz Bop Kids Concert
Somehow I’ve missed out on Kidz Bop.  As far as I can tell Kidz Bop consists of kids singing more or less current top 40 songs.  Not very original but clearly popular and these kids can sing.
Details: Macy’s Herald Square 151 W 34th St (between Sixth and Seventh Aves)   Cost: Free

11:00 am: Family Picnic Concert Series: Emily Hope Price
A concert on the big lawn of the Morris-Jumel Mansion Museum features New York City based cellist, composer, songwriter, and singer Emily Hope Price. Guests are encouraged to bring food and drinks for a family picnic!
Details: Morris-Jumel Mansion (in Roger Morris Park)  65 Jumel Terrace, Manhattan  Cost: $15 per person, children under 12 are free.  Reserve in advance by calling the Mansion, or AMS [917.267.9357], or email [email protected]

2:00 pm: Moona Luna
Moona Luna is kind of a kid/family-friendly version of the amazing Latin-Alternative group Pistolera.  The music is happy, honest, and irresistibly dancey.  An accordion in the hands of someone that knows how to use it is very powerful instrument.  Moona Luna sings in Spanish and English and Sandra Velasquez is a wonderful performer who will get you up and moving.
Details: Queens Theatre in the Park 111th St (53rd Avenue)   Queens   Cost: Free

4:00 pm: Bridge Culture Festival: Haiti
This week celebrate everything Haiti with storytelling, dance and music.
Details: Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1  Old Fulton St (at Furman St)  Cost: Free

4:00 pm: ‘Til the Cows Come Home Family Barbeque
Okay.  Did you know that there’s a giant 2,800 acre part on Staten Island?  This is a great chance to get familiar with one of my favorite family activities– square dancing.  Add that with barbeque, take a pony ride and games and you’ve got a winner.
Details: Greenbelt Nature Center 700 Rockland Ave (at Brielle Ave)   Staten Island  Cost: $7, $3 children 5-14

Sunday August 1st

1:00 pm: Bari Koral
Something about Bari Koral’s voice makes it hard to turn her music off.  Let her put you and your family under her spell!
Details: Peter J. Sharp Children’s Glade, Central Park   W 103rd St (Central Park West)   Cost: Free

3:00 pm: Sundae Sermon Dance Party
The idea is simple.  Get a picnic, your family, and your dancing shoes and head up to Morningside Park to lounge on the grass, eat, and alternate being watching others dance and dancing yourself.  Sounds heavenly.
Details: Morningside Park  Located at 40 Morningside Dr at 114th St   Cost: Free

7:00 pm: Acoustic Sunday with Xylos – Riverside Park South
Enjoy the sunset over the Hudson and hear some really neat music with Xylos.
Details: Pier I at 70th Street and the Hudson River Ages: All Ages

(Many thanks to Go City Kids.com, TONY Kids, NY Metro Parents, and Mommy Poppins for listing info!)

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Our music reviewer and listings editor, Charles is part of the dynamic duo Fati & Charles, called Abbasubi. They perform songs for children in Spanish from their original CD, El Baile del Sombrero. Fati, originally from Argentina & Charles, a native of Brooklyn, live in Midwood, Brooklyn with their two children who they are raising bilingually and who were the inspiration for the CD.

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