Hi everyone!
Happy Columbus Day! Happy long weekend! Another busy weekend and we get an extra day to have fun!
This week we have free finger knitting for kids at the 2nd Annual Fiber Festival, check out Wallace & Gromit at the BAMkids Movie Matinees or head over to Prospect Park for the Raptor Fest or check out the Pumpkin Day in McCarren Park! Also going on if you want to do some dancing is the Hip Tot Music Fest with Lloyd H Miller, Dance Family Get-together at BAX and for storytimes we have Brooklyn Beanstalks at the BPL Central Library!
Monday there is the fun free 2nd Annual For Greene Track & Field Day and the Columbus Day Parade! Also weekend events are running an extra day this weekend like Boo at the Zoo and the Amazing Maize Maze! So start planning your long weekend now and the calendar has a full listing off all our weekend drop in storytimes, sing-a-longs and even more events!
Remember some places may be closed on Monday (like all Brooklyn Libraries) so if check to see if the venues are open on Monday before you head out!
Have a great weekend!
~ Deirdre (mom to O & C)
Friday October 11th
J Yum and Hum (Jewish Music, Stories and Cuisine Around the World) at Kings Bay Y at North Williamsburg
Fridays, 10:00 – 10:45am. Newborns to Toddlers
Learn about Jewish communities around the world through music, food and stories! J-Yum & Hum provides engaging, dynamic and interactive program for parents and their infants (up to crawlers), exploring culture and tradition through stories, music, foods, storytelling.
FREE and open to all – RSVP required via 718- 407-6388 or info@northwilliamsburgY.org
Movie for Kids at Brooklyn Public Library Bay Ridge
Friday 330-530p. Free movies for kids.
Oct 11th Puss in Boots
After School PJ Party at Juguemos a Cantar (South Slope)
Friday October 11th 330-530p
Our amazing After School PJ party is here! Music, play, projects and lots of fun for all ages (school age children are welcome!) Light refreshments. See you then!
Tickets: $10p/child- $5p/adult. Advance tickets required. (Limited Space) . Buy tickets here.
AT THE DOOR: $15p/ch – $10p/adult.
For more events for Friday October 11th please click here!
Saturday October 12th
BAMkids Movie Matinees at BAM (Fort Greene)
Saturday 10/12 11a. All matinees are just $7 for kids 12 & under.
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – Wallace and his dog Gromit tackle a truly massive bunny in this winsome claymation feature. Ages 7 and up.
Kings County Second Annual Fiber Festival at The Old Stone House
Saturday, October 12, 2013 10 am to 6 pm
Spend the day with natural fiber artists, crocheters, dyers, felters, knitters, quilters, spinners and weavers in the second annual fiber fair. The full day event will include a marketplace for independent fiber artists from the tri-state area, demonstrations, an art exhibit and more! See website for festival schedule.
Pumpkin Day at McCarren Park
Saturday, October 12, 11A-3P
Pick your own pumpkins, arts/crafts, pictures, live music, and lots more! $10 admission to the pumpkin patch, includes a pumpkin of your own picking and arts/crafts gift bag. Purchase tickets here to avoid the lines: http://tinyurl.com/Pumpkin-Day-2013. Proceeds benefit Town Square & Greenpoint Pack 7.
FALL/FEST Pumpkin Carving with Hugh McMahon at Sout Street Seaport
Saturdays in October 2:30PM & 4PM
Every Saturday in October, Hugh McMahon will be out at our Front/Row lawn carving pumpkins as part of Fall/Fest. Demonstration Times: 2:30pm & 4:00pm. Hugh McMahon takes an ordinary piece of fruit and creates dynamic sculptures that enlightens any environment. He’s an original artist whose talent for carving pumpkins and watermelons has featured him in many restaurants, events, television, magazines, and books throughout the world.
Brooklyn Beanstalk French & English Storytime @ BPL Central Youth Wing (Prospect Heights)
Saturday, October 12th, 3:30PM – 4:30PM. Free.
Volunteers from the Brooklyn Beanstalk Language Immersion School do an entertaining storytime program in French and Spanish. Space is limited. Tickets are handed out at the Children’s Desk beginning at 1:00 p.m.
For more events for Saturday October 12th please click here!
Sunday October 13th
Hip Tot Music Fest at ShapeShifter Lab (Gowanus)
Sunday October 13th 11a-2p. Tickets are just $10 in advance ($15 at the door)
Hip Tot Music Fest will kick off their season on October 13th, 2013 with Kindie rocker, Lloyd H. Miller. The concert will be the record release of his new highly anticipated solo album “S.S. Brooklyn.” Miller originally rose to fame as frontman for The Deedle Deedle Dees, who’ve won awards and national acclaim for their distinctive brand of historical rock for all ages. Also at Sunday’s show, author/illustrator Melanie Hope Greenberg will read her famous Brooklyn tale “Mermaids on Parade”. KidVentures NYC will be offering FREE crafts and face painting throughout the show!
Dance Family Get-together @ BAXBrooklyn Arts Exchange (Park Slope)
Sunday, October 13th | 11:00am-1:00pm
FREE | Contributions are welcome.
Hosted by BAX and facilitated by Adrienne Westwood and Abby Block
Dance artists (who happen to also be parents) and their children (any age) are invited to attend either or both of these sessions. Join us for discussion, diversion, and dancing. Let’s foster community, find more ways to support each other, and just spend time together.
Family Concert: FunkeyMonkeys at The Jewish Museum
Sunday, October 13, 2013, 11:30am – 12:30pm. Ages 2 to 6y.
Celebrate the Funkey Monkeys’ 10 year anniversary with a special all- out party, and get out your balloon tails and dancing shoes for their hilarious antics. Groove and giggle along to songs from the albums Moustache and Sing, Dance and Underpants.
Tickets: JM Family Members: $15 Adults / $11 Children & General Public: $18 Adults / $13 Children
Raptor Fest in Prospect Park
Sunday, October 13, 2013 12p–3p at the Peninsula in Prospect Park
Experience the thrill of viewing New York’s premier predators, live and up close with the Urban Park Rangers and the Prospect Park Audubon Center. Hawks, falcons, owls, and other birds of prey will be on hand for flight demonstrations and more! See website for full schedule.
For more events for Sunday October 13th please click here!
Columbus Day – Monday October 14th
Curious Jane Columbus Day Camp at The Old Stone House
On: Monday, October 14th 930a–430p; a drop-off event!
For: Girls ages 6-8 and 9-11 $75 per girl for the day ($65 each for siblings). Space is limited! Register now!
Come get creative with Curious Jane in Brooklyn on Columbus Day!
We are overrun with fun + fab craft supplies from camp this summer, and we need creative girls to dive in and use them up! While school’s out for the Monday holiday, let your daughter come get her DIY on with a day of open-ended making and creating with our wonderful instructors!
Watson Adventures: The Grand Central Scramble Family Scavenger Hunt
Monday, October 14 at 10:30AM & 1p. For ages 7 and up
Kids must be accompanied by adults, and vice versa—teams with only adults or only kids are not permitted on this hunt.
Kids and adults work together to uncover the secrets of this amazing train station. To win, you’ll have to go nuts in the Whispering Gallery, learn a secret about the stars, find TV stars in the Food Court, stand on fish under an upside-down tree in the Grand Central Market, learn the arrival time of a “ghost” train, and think like Willy Wonka in the Transit Museum Gallery. Advance purchase is required. Purchase tickets here.
Tickets: Adults $22 and children 7-17y $18
New York City’s 69th Annual Columbus Day Parade
Monday October 14, 2013 from 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM on Fifth Ave., 44th to 72nd Streets. Free. For all ages.
Nearly One Million Spectators from the Tri-State Area and Around the World Expected to Cheer Marching Bands, Dignitaries and CelebritiesThe parade starts at 11:30 at East 44th and travels north on Fifth Avenue till it reaches its destination of East 72nd Street.
The parade starts at 11:30 at East 44th and travels north on Fifth Avenue till it reaches its destination of East 72nd Street.
2nd Annual Fort Greene Track & Field Day at Commodore Barry Park
Monday Oct 14th 12n-4p. Free. For children 5-14y.
Participation in Fort Greene Track & Field Day is free and will take place on Monday, Oct. 14 from 12 to 4 p.m. at Commodore Barry Park at Flushing Avenue and Navy Street. Registration is at 11:30 a.m. For more information or to RSVP, contact Michael Randazzo at michael@youngrocksoccer.us.
Co-sponsored by the Young Rock Soccer Academy and Turf the Slab, this year’s event will be at Commodore Barry Park in Fort Greene. The Track & Field Day will feature sports and activities for kids aged 5 to 14. Athletes from LIU Brooklyn and the Pratt Institute will be on hand to lead healthy exercises and games. Volunteers from the NYPD 88th Precinct will also be leading activities throughout the day.
For more events for Monday October 14th please click here!
ALL WEEKEND
Amazing Maize Maze at Queens County Farm Museum
Saturdays & Sundays now until October 27th & Monday, October 14th 11 am – 4:30 pm (last ticket is sold at 4:30 pm)
Amazing Maize Maze: $9 adults, $5 kids age 4 to 11, free for kids age 3 and under. Hayride: $2.
Enjoy getting lost in our 3 acre interactive corn maze. The adventure begins with a Stalk Talk to prepare you for the challenge of finding clues, solving puzzles and making your way out of the maze.
Legend of Sleepy Hollow at Brooklyn Lyceum (Park Slope)
Saturdays & Sunday 12n & 130p October 12th-October 27th. $15 for one & $50 for 4 – for ages 7-10
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (and Ichabod Crane) visit the the Brooklyn Lyceum and shake things up with a classic tale for three weekends this fall.
While you may have heard of Ichabod Crane, Katrina Von Tassel, and The Headless Horseman you’ve never seen them quite like this. From the imagination from those in the bowels of the Brooklyn Lyceum(aka Public Bath #7) comes an interactive reading of Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Projections, actors, sound effects, and a deliciously malevolent set will accompany the reading, along with festive food and drink.
So, dress in your spookiest, and come down to enjoy what will be undoubtedly the scariest rendition of one of the greatest ghost stories ever told.
* Be forewarned: The text has been slightly condensed for maximum fright! Tickets at brooklynlyceum.wazala.com
Brick-or-Treat at LEGOLAND® Discovery Center, Westchester
Saturday October 12th through Thursday October 31st Mon-Sat 10a-930p & Sun 10a-7p
A ghoulishly good time is brewing at LEGOLAND® Discovery Center Westchester during Brick-or-Treat! Little ghosts and mummies can experience Halloween October 12 thru 31 with spook-tacular activities sure to please the whole family! Wear your Halloween costume and receive $3 off Admission.
Activities include*:
Brick-or-treat for LEGO® bricks around the Center to create a special jack-o-lantern model and take it home with you
Search for hidden monsters in MINILAND and enter to win a family four-pack of Annual Passes
Help us build our Monster Town by creating your own monster out of LEGO bricks
Learn how to build a scarecrow in the Master Builder Academy
*While supplies last
See website for ticket prices.
Halloween Harvest at Luna Park (Coney Island)
Luna Park is open from 12pm – 8pm Saturdays & Sundays in October and also Columbus Day Monday October 14th
Join us every weekend in October for pumpkin painting and FREE activities like trick or treating, scavenger hunts, daily entertainment, one of NYC’s largest pumpkins (guess the weight and win!) and more starting on October 5th!
– Pumpkin picking and painting is all day long!
– Guess the weight of our giant pumpkin and WIN is all day long!
– Face painting is FREE and is all day long!
– Trick or Treating is FREE and is from 2pm – 6pm at the Witch’s House located between the Brooklyn Flyer and Electro-Spin
– “Spooky” Caricatures are FREE and will be available from 2pm – 6pm
– A balloon artist will be roaming the park giving away FREE creations from 2pm – 6pm
– We will be playing games at the Dreamland stage from 2pm – 6pm and everyone is invited to participate!
http://lunaparknyc.com/plan-a-visit/park-prices.html
Taste of Brooklyn Bridge at Brooklyn Bridge Park
Saturday, October 12 – Sunday, October 13, 2013 12pm-6pm. $20
Taste of Brooklyn Bridge is a weekend food festival for those who love sampling a little bit of everything delicious, all while surrounded by real fresh air! It’s perfect for a solo adventure, a friend get-together (a nice change from late-night drinking), or even a family hangout. Folks from all walks of life will inevitably find themselves stretched on the park’s lush lawns in a pleasant food coma. For a list of the vendors click here for the website. To purchase tickets click here.
Peter Pan at The New Victory Theater (Times Square)
Saturday October 12th 2p & 7p, Sunday October 13th 12n & 5p
85 minutes with no intermission. For ages 7+
With no green tights in sight, this wild and unlikely PETER PAN lands on the New Victory stage with a dream ensemble via the brilliant imagination of Sydney’s Belvoir (The Book of Everything, New Vic 2012). Aided by a bit of fairy dust, ingenious stage magic and lots of happy thoughts, the Darlings explore J.M. Barrie’s Neverland as their bedroom becomes a lagoon full of mermaids, a pirate ship at sea and a cove overrun with lost boys. Under the spell of infectious make-believing, audiences are sure to un-grow up and fly along with them: second star to the right and straight on till morning! Tickets: $14-$38
Hansel and Gretel’s Halloween Adventure at Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre (Central Park)
Starts Tuesday October 1st 1030a & 12n and various days & times until Saturday November 2nd (check website here). Tickets: $7 children under 12y & $10 13y and up
Safely back at home during the Halloween season; Hansel and Gretel experience the most vivid dreams where Central Park and the Belvedere Castle serve as the backdrop for a magical explosion of music, dance and exciting encounters with a host of lovable characters. The brother and sister team once again embark on an adventure where beautiful mermaids, adorable monsters, swashbuckling pirates, charming vampires and a fabulous witch all intertwine for one unforgettable Halloween night in New York City.
The Haunted Pumpkin Garden at The New York Botanical Garden (Bronx)
Now until October 31st The Garden is open year-round, Tuesday – Sunday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
The Haunted Pumpkin Garden is Back and Spookier than Ever!
Experience the thrills and chills of the season with a garden full of intricately carved pumpkin sculptures, bugs, bats, parades, and more. New this year, the Haunted Pumpkin Garden features creepy creature encounters every weekend and the largest Spooky Nighttime Adventures trail ever! On October 19–20, watch master carver Ray Villafane of Food Network fame transform humongous pumpkins into unearthly creatures. It’s so much fun, it’s scary!
Pumpkin sculptures of spooky scarecrows, frightening spiders, sneaky snakes, and more await discovery at every turn in the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden. The display includes more than 500 intricately carved pumpkins that are sure to capture your youngster’s imagination. Every day kids can play inside a “gourd-geous” Pumpkin House, put on a scary show at the Pumpkin Puppet Theater, look for wiggly worms under a rotting log, and join a Halloween Parade, while every weekend offers even more treats.
Admission to the NYBG varies on the day of the week so see website for ticket prices.
Boo at the Zoo: Dragons and Dinosaurs at the Bronx Zoo
Weekends Saturday October 5th-Sunday November 3rd (also Monday Oct 14th) 10a-5p. Boo at the Zoo is free with zoo admission; Dinosaur Safari (10am–5pm) and the Museum of UnNatural Mysteries (11am–5pm) require the purchase of a Total Experience ticket.
The kids can venture through the Museum of UnNatural Mysteries; catch a magic show or Beasts of the Magical World, a musical theater performance; take in live music from Gigi and the Lend Me a Hand Band; explore a hay maze; learn about all kinds of no-longer-extant creatures at the extinct-animal graveyard; check out demonstrations by professional pumpkin carvers; and, of course, rock their outfits in a Halloween procession (12n, 2pm) and then embark on a trip back in time as you ride our Dinosaur Safari!
Details: General Admission Tickets: adult $16.95, child (Ages 3-12) $12.95, senior (65+) $14.95. Total experience adult $33.95, total experience child (3y-12y) $23.95, total experience senior $28.95 (discounts on ticket prices bought online. See website for details.
For a full calendar of events please click here!
ONGOING
Dinosaur Safari at The Bronx Zoo (Bronx)
Now through Sunday November 3rd from M-Su. 10:30am — 4:30p. All ages welcomed. It’s a guided wagon tour past life-like, animatronic dinosaur species! Ride through a land of life-like massive dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures that roar, snarl, hiss and move.
Details: Tickets for Bronx Zoo Dinosaur Safari: Total experience adult $33.95, total experience child (3y-12y) $23.95, total experience senior $28.95 (discounts on ticket prices bought online & Wednesdays is pay as you wish). See website for details.
Gazillion Bubble Show at New World Stages Theater (MIDTOWN)
Wednesday, Fri-Sun (various times) now through February 23, 2014
You’ve seen how your kids react to bubbles. Now, imagine how they would react to seeing people inside bubbles, or lasers shooting through bubbles, or bubbles within bubbles?! They will be enthralled…and so will you. I’m been to this twice because we love it so much. Awesome show and well worth the price and trip. The Gazillion Bubble Show in Manhattan, is all about bubble magic and everyone from David Letterman to Oprah thinks the show is pretty fantastic.
Details: 340 West 50th Street, NYC. All ages welcomed. Cost: $44.50 -$89.50 (VIP package). Purchase tickets: Telecharge at 212.239.6200 or at www.telecharge.com. Visit the website for more information.
Whales: Giants of the Deep at The American Museum of Natural History (UWS)
Through January 5, 2014 from 10am — 6pm
Get a load of this! Whales: Giants of the Deep brings you close to some of the most massive mammals on Earth. Featuring life-size models, interactive exhibits, films, as well as over 20 whale skulls and skeletons.
Details: Central Park West at 79th Street, NYC. All ages welcomed. Cost: $25 adults; $14.50 kids age 2-12; $19 seniors/students (General admission plus 1 ticket includes admission to the museum and Rose Center plus 1 special exhibition). Contact: 212-769-5100. Visit the website for more information.
For a full calendar of events please click here!