Tag: ‘family activity’
Exciting Fourth of July Events in NYC
by Serena on 6/30/11 | 2 Comment(s)
Happy Fourth of July weekend! This weekend is packed with Independence Day-themed events ranging from learning about bald eagles in Central Park to watching the hot dog eating contest in Coney Island to taking a cruise around the Hudson to check out the fireworks. No 4th of July would be complete without the Macy’s Fireworks [...]
Best Winter Family Fun Activities in Brooklyn
by Karen on 12/29/10 | 1 Comment(s)
I was asked by CBS New York to come up with my 10 favorite places for outdoor and indoor winter fun in Brooklyn. You can see the full article there with what to do and more info, but here is the short list. INDOOR Brooklyn Museum of Art The New York Transit Museum Urban Glass [...]
A Child Grows Event Picks: Nov. 20, 21
by Karen on 11/19/10 | 2 Comment(s)
1. The best of the best: I have to start my Event Picks with the art show of Fred Tomaselli’s work at the Brooklyn Museum. This is a wonderful retrospective of this artist’s hyper-detailed and beautiful work. My children SCREAMED when they entered into the first room of the exhibition. I mean it. They screamed [...]
Dumbo Arts Festival- open studios, yoga, water balloons and yes..art!
by Holly on 9/21/10 | 1 Comment(s)
One of my favorite festivals of the year, The DUMBO Arts Festival, an arts extravaganza featuring more than 500 local and international artists, is running this weekend and will include lots of family activities. Acrobuffos: Waterbombs! (a water balloon gladiator show), Yogi Bean (family yoga), Makedo (an innovative system for creating objects from recycled materials) [...]
Saturday- meet Curious George & board the Peking
by Karen on 8/12/10 | 1 Comment(s)
As some of you might know, I am an Ambassador for Kids Club Thirteen- which means I get to tell you all about the great events they have going on throughout the year and I get to go and meet you at them too! You need to join Kids Club Thirteen to get the special [...]
The Noguchi: Events for families- including this weekend
by Karen on 7/22/10 | 0 Comment(s)
The Noguchi Museum is working hard to introduce more family friendly events into their programming. As The Noguchi is one of my favorite museums in NY, I don’t need a lot of reasons to go, but I’m happy they are doing more to entice families. This Saturday, July 24th is their annual Summer Family Day. [...]
What to do for 4th of July weekend in NYC and Brooklyn
by Karen on 7/01/10 | 0 Comment(s)
There are plenty of reasons to stick around New York this 4th of July weekend: kids’ cruises, all the city swimming pools are open, lots of craft activities and more. If you think your child can stay up for the fireworks, you’ll have to station yourselves somewhere other than Brooklyn to watch them. Macy’s fireworks [...]
