Hi everyone!
The last summer weekend before Labor Day Weekend is almost here!
There are loads of events happening this weekend in Brooklyn & NYC like the Central Park Family Performance Festival with Story Laurie, NYC Volkswagen Traffic Jam on Governor’s Island, 38th Annual Brighton Jubilee, Stories and Stilts at the Gallery at BRIC House, Battle of Brooklyn: Scavenger Battle! at BLDG92 and Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day!
Also happening this weekend is Hip Tot Family Day at Greenwood Park and NYC Parks Summer Movie Series: Coraline 3D at Brower Park. That is just some of the events so check out the calendar and see what else is happening this weekend in Brooklyn & NYC! Please remember to check with venues to see if there are any schedule changes. Remember to like us on Facebook for last minute events and news!
Have a great weekend!
~ Deirdre (mom to O & C)
Friday August 22nd
CMA Presents the Art of the Wild in Partnership with the Bronx Zoo
Fri Aug 22nd 11a-5p. For ages 5+. Free with zoo admission. At the Dancing Crane Plaza.
Spend your Friday at the Bronx Zoo and join CMA for a hands-on art making workshop inspired by the day’s adventures at the Zoo. Young Artists will work with a CMA Teaching Artist to create a field guide for their favorite animals throughout the Zoo. Each child will learn to make an accordion-style book, in which they can draw a variety of animals in their natural habitat throughout the pages. The last page is reserved for a self-portrait of the young artist in their natural habitat – home! They will finish the workshop with a Zoo Field Guide that serves as a journal to document their day at the Zoo!
Alden Moves Presents: Hot Hot Hot! at the Brooklyn Public Corelyou Library
Fri Aug 22nd 230-530p. Free. For ages 3-9y. 5-9y spots are filled but 3-4y with caregivers slots still available. Register here.
It may feel like fall is right around the corner, but Alden LaPaglia of ALDEN MOVES Dance Theater will soon be back at Cortelyou Rd Library to help the kids relish the final days of summer. On Friday, August 22nd, sunshine boys and girls ages 3-9 can turn up the heat with cool summer favorites like the Surfaris, Martha and the Vandellas, and the Beach Boys. As in all dance programs, Sunshine Days incorporates infectious music and fanciful explorations of rhythm, movement quality, and space. Guest can join us at the end for a mini-performance that will really take you back! Space is limited so advanced registration is required for both the 3-4 year old and 5-6 year old classes. Should the event sell out, you may contact aldenmoves@gmail.com to be placed on the waiting list. (Note: No itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini required, just comfortable clothes and socks.) We look forward to seeing you there!
North Slope Weekend Walks
Friday August 22nd 5-9p. Free. Fifth Avenue between Sterling Place and Dean Street.
Weekend Walks returns to the Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID on August 15th and 22nd between Sterling and Dean Streets (adjacent to the Barclays Center).
NYC Parks Summer Movie Series: Coraline 3D at Brower Park (Crown Heights)
Friday August 22nd 8-10p. Free.
See our city one movie at a time. Throughout July and August, NYC Parks is showing free movies in its parks and recreation centers! No RSVP required, just bring yourself and a blanket to sit on. In Coraline 3D, an adventurous girl discovers a door to a seemingly perfect world in her new house, but she soon discovers this world has sinister secrets. Rated PG.
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Saturday August 23rd
Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day
Sat Aug 23rd 930a-3p. Free for Kids Day activities, concert costs extra
Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day presented by Hess is the largest single-day, grassroots tennis and entertainment event in the world, with chart-topping performers, celebrities and some of the best tennis players in the game coming together to celebrate the life and values of tennis legend and humanitarian Arthur Ashe. The event takes place the Saturday before the US Open. Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day features a ticketed Stadium Show and concert inside Arthur Ashe Stadium preceded by a free Grounds Festival on the grounds of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. Activites include: Face Painting, Juggling Workshop, 10 and Under Tennis, Hair Beading and Braiding, Storytelling, Balloon Artists, Roving Entertainers, Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob, Patrick, Dora and Diego & The US Open American Express Fan Experience. See website for full schedule of events.
Legends of Oz Ride-a-Long Sing-a-Long (Manhattan)
Sat Aug 23rd 10a-1p. Free. The Legends of Oz: Ride-A-Long will take place in 45 minute ride intervals picking up from the following locations: The Plaza Hotel (5th Avenue at Central Park South), Central Park Zoo (64th Street at 5th Avenue), Rockefeller Center (49th Street Between 5th & 6th)
Come Ride With Us! Join Dorothy & all of her friends for a RIDE-A-LONG /SING-A-LONG Double Decker Bus Tour around Manhattan. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment presents a fun filled morning with the Holderness Family featuring games, prizes and even a special guest! Bring the kids, enjoy the ride, and sing-a-long to the irresistible songs from Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return! (Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return comes to Blu-ray and DVD August 26th)
Stories and Stilts at the Gallery at BRIC House
Sat Aug 23rd 11a-3p. Free.
Join us for a family event that includes art, performance, storytelling, live music, stilt dancing and participatory activities! The program will expand upon themes expressed in Laura Anderson Barbata’s Transcommunality exhibition (on view at BRIC House through August 31), and will include a performance by Amphibian Stage Productions, a Fort Worth, TX theater company that strives to produce innovative and engaging works of theatre. Amphibian will perform a short program presented by their Tad-Poles outreach program, titled Tad-Poles: Cuentos Mexicanos. The performance will involve costumes, storytelling, live music, discussion, and stilt dancing. Music and narration will be provided by Sinuhé Padilla Isunza and members of Jarana Beat. The Stories and Stilts event will also feature students, grades 10-12, from Oogie Art (an art portfolio prep school) who will share the results of their internship with Laura Anderson Barbata, presenting works in which ancient Korean Folk Tales and the Transcommunality exhibit intersect. A stilt walking workshop led by the Brooklyn Jumbies caps off the event, allowing youngsters and adults alike to learn how to walk on stilts!
Battle of Brooklyn: Scavenger Battle! at BLDG92
Sat Aug 23rd 1-5p. Free. Registration Encouraged
Team up with family & friends for a day of trivia, gaming and historical fun. Activities include: follow “Brooklyn vs. Britain” pop culture clues in an interactive scavenger hunt, play our Battle Ship Memory Match game, insert YOUR history in our unique historical Brooklyn arts & crafts timeline, have a Tea Party!
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Sunday August 24th
NYC Volkswagen Traffic Jam on Governor’s Island
Sun August 23rd starting at 10a. Free.
The NYC Volkswagen Traffic Jam is a spectator-judged vintage Volkswagen car show and picnic on Governors Island in New York City. With views of New York Harbor and the Statue of Liberty behind a vibrant line-up of nearly 100 Beetles, buses, dune buggies, Things, and other original VW’s circa 1950’s – 1970’s, this car show is a one-of-a-kind event for both the casual spectator and classic VW enthusiast.
38th Annual Brighton Jubilee
Sun Aug 24th 10a-5p. Free.
The Jubilee is a Brooklyn tradition that celebrates diversity. The multi-block festival features multiple entertainment stages and blocks of merchandise and informational booths, as well as kiddie rides and delicious food. Established 37 years ago, the Jubilee now attracts more than 125,000 people every year and is dedicated to bridging the communication gap through the international language of music.
Hip Tot Family Day at Greenwood Park (Park Slope)
Sun August 24th 12n-3p. FREE.
The folks at Greenwood Park are joining up with Hip Tot again this year for their monthly Family Day series. Hip Tot Family day includes sing-a-longs, story time, crafts, freebies and much more. 8/24 – End of Summer Dance Party – DJ Misbehaviour – Caron Levis author of Stuck with the Blooz
Central Park Family Performance Festival
Sundays starting June 15th 12n-1p until August 31st. Free. Performances are 60 – 90 minutes long.
At the Peter Jay Sharp Children’s Glade. Each summer, the Conservancy hosts a series of eco-education and multicultural performances for the whole family to enjoy. Formerly known as A Clearing in the Forest, this year’s Family Performance Festival is chock-a-block full of fun and learning through music, storytelling, in-Park adventure, puppetry, and more! Programs happen in the Park’s most natural playground, The Peter Jay Sharp Children’s Glade (located inside the Park near West 106th Street). Pack a picnic, grab your blanket, and get ready to discover Central Park in a whole new way! All ages are welcome. Advance registration is recommended. In the case of inclement weather programs will be canceled. For more information, click on the links below. For day-of weather-related changes and accessibility information, call 212-860-1370 or check the event on our online calendar. August 24th: Story Laurie
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All Weekend
Map NYC: ABC 123 at the NY Transit Museum (Downtown Brooklyn)
Sat & Sun Aug 23rd & 24th 130p-215p. Free with museum admission. For ages 3+
There are 24 subway lines and over 200 bus lines in New York City. Create your own personalized map of the city with existing routes and new subway and bus lines imagined by you!
Victorian Garden at Wollman Rink (Central Park)
Daily until Sun Sep 7th various times and admission & ride prices varies by day. See website. Enter park from 59th St. and 6th Avenue.
Victorian Gardens will open its gates Memorial Day Weekend! Opening weekend times: May 24th 10a-9p, May 25th and May 26th 10a-8p. Victorian Gardens is a traditional family amusement park featuring one-of-a-kind handcrafted rides, games of chance, classic concessions, face painting and live entertainment.
Bessies’s Big Shot at Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre (Central Park)
Sat-Sun Aug 23rd & 24th 1p. Tickets: $7 children under 12y & $10 all others. For all ages.
Based on the famed PuppetMobile show of the same name, this popular production makes its Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre debut! Directed by Bruce Cannon and co-written by Douglas Strich, Alexander Bartenieff and Bruce Cannon, this version of the beloved show will feature several new puppets in addition to new and extended scenes. It’s a bird … it’s a plane … no … it’s Bessie the cow! CPF’s original production, Bessie’s Big Shot, follows Bessie the cow’s dream of joining the circus. Can she lift more than Ziegfried, the strongest man in the world? Fly on a trapeze high above the crowd? Train Munson the Monkey? This variety show cheers Bessie on as she attempts the impossible and searches for her special talents.
CMA/Free Arts Island Outpost on Governors Island
Sat-Sun now until Sep 28th and Labor Day Sep 1st 11a-3p. For ages 1-15y. Free.
Join us as we spend the summer amongst the trees, with the crickets and cicadas, dreaming of far away spaces and surreal surroundings! Places with wonderful surprises and strange twists, where not making sense makes the most sense! Be prepared for theater games and film-making; painting, collage, and found object art; costume and prop-making; up-cycling, recycling, and re-purposing! And don’t forget: The Flubber Experience! Location: Governors Island, Outside Buildings 11 & 14 in Nolan Park.
Kids Corner at Habana Outpost (Fort Greene)
Saturdays & Sundays until August 24th 11a-3p.
Drop in for FREE, fun arts & crafts every Saturday and Sunday in the courtyard of Habana Outpost. August 23rd & 24th: Recycled Owl Family
Dinosaur Safari: Mysteries Revealed! at the Bronx Zoo
Now until November 2nd 10a-5p. Admission included in total experience ticket price. Dinosaur Safari: Mysteries Revealed! Nine new dinosaur species have been added this year including the deinonychus, prodohadros, stegosaurus, and edmontonia. Returning for the Dinosaur Safari: Mysteries Revealed, the ever-popular 40-foot long tyrannosaurus rex will send chills up the spines of Bronx Zoo adventurers. At the end of the experience, there is a field site that includes a fossil dig for children; a Tyrannosaurus rex photo-op; a paleontologist’s tent that includes a fossil museum; and an interactive robotic dinosaur that illustrates how the animatronics work.
Pterosaurs: Flight in the Age of Dinosaurs at the American Museum of Natural History (UWS)
Now until January 4th 10a-545p. Free with General Admission Plus One
In the new exhibition Pterosaurs: Flight in the Age of Dinosaurs, rare fossils, life-size models, and hands-on interactives bring these ancient animals to life. Step back in time to see pterosaurs, including giants such as Tropeognathus mesembrinus,with a wingspan of more than 25 feet, and find out how they moved on land and in the air. Get a first-hand look at the rare pterosaur fossils that have helped paleontologists learn all that we know about these animals. In a virtual flight lab, use your body to pilot a pterosaur over a prehistoric landscape. Encounter the exceptional creatures that flew in the age of dinosaurs.
Prospect Park Carousel Summer Hours
Now until September 1st 2014 Thu–Sun: 12n–6p. $2 per ride, $9 for a book of 5 tickets.
Kick off spring with a ride on the Park’s beautiful 102 year-old carousel. Located in the Park’s “Children’s Corner,” the Carousel features 51 magnificently carved horses, a lion, a giraffe, a deer, and two dragon-pulled chariots. Carved in 1912 by Charles Carmel, one of the foremost carousel designers of the time, and restored by the Prospect Park Alliance in 1990, the Carousel promises that classic summertime amusement will be available for generations of fun. In addition, the Prospect Park Carousel is one of the few in the world that is wheelchair accessible.
Pop-Up Audubon in Prospect Park
Saturdays & Sundays until October 19, 2014: 12n–5p. Free.
The Prospect Park Alliance presents Pop-Up Audubon, now in its second season, which invites families to directly engage with nature through outdoor learning in locations around the Park. JUNE: Incredible Invertebrates. Location: Entrance to the Ravine, downhill from the Picnic House
The Art of the Brick at Discovery Times Square (Hell’s Kitchen, Midtown West)
Now until Sep 7th. Sun-Tues 10a-7p, Wed & Thur 10a-8p, Fri & Sat 10a-9p. Tickets: $19.50/adult, $16.50 kids age 4-12y. The return of The Art of Brick!RT OF THE BRICK, and will feature a newly introduced gallery that showcases artist Nathan Sawaya’s In Pieces collection, a multimedia collaboration produced in tandem with award-winning photographer Dean West.
Sawaya’s original Art of the Brick exhibition is a critically acclaimed collection of intriguing and inspiring works of art made exclusively from one of the most recognizable toys in the world — LEGO® bricks. The Discovery Times Square exhibit will be the world’s biggest and most elaborate display of LEGO® art ever and will feature brand-new, never-before-seen pieces by Sawaya. Don’t miss the show named one of CNN’s Top 10 ‘Global Must-See Exhibitions.’
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