Hi everyone!
The first weekend of fall and the last weekend of September! This weekend is full of events for everyone!
Head over to the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum for the Breukelen Country Fair & then check out the DUMBO Arts Festival going on all weekend! Also happening this weekend is the Atlantic Antic where you can visit the NY Transit Museum Bus Festival, Chile Pepper Festival at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the Ragamuffin Parade in Bay Ridge and the Jeff Koons Family Day at the Whitney Museum of American Art!
This is the final weekend for on Governors Island and CMA/Free Arts Island Outpost! Some other events happening all weekend and ongoing is The Old Man and The Old Moon at the New Victory Theater, the Halloween Harvest at Luna Park & the Amazing Maize Maze at Queens County Farm Museum!
That is just some of the events so be sure to check out the calendar and see what else is happening 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!
Happy fall!
~ Deirdre (mom to O & C)
Friday September 26th
New Parent Meet-Up at LARK (Flatbush/Prospect Park South)
Fridays 1-2p. Free.
There seems to be a lovely little baby boom in our neighborhood of late. We’d love to offer our separate space on FRIDAY between 1-2pm for a new parent gathering. Come meet other new moms and dads and make some lasting connections with your neighbors! The first few months can be so difficult and isolating and it’s such a victory when you can get out of the house if only for one hour, so we hope you’ll join us.
Kids Construction Zone at the High Line (Union Square)
Friday Sept 26th 330-5p. Free. 14th Street Passage.
Drop in for super building sessions with the nuts, bolts, wheels, and pulleys of the Children’s Workyard Kit. Build life-sized structures you can climb in, play under, or drive.
Friday Family Movie Night at the Moxie Spot (Cobble Hill)
Fridays at 630p.
Enjoy your Friday evening with dinner and a movie! Friday 9/26 The Croods: When an earthquake obliterates their cave, an unworldly prehistoric family is forced to journey through unfamiliar terrain in search of a new home. But things for pessimistic dad Grug go from bad to worse when his daughter meets a clever cave boy. Netflix Recommended age is 8+ (Fri 10/3 the movie is The Lego Movie!)
The Old Man and The Old Moon at the New Victory Theater
Fri Sep 26th 7p. Tickets are $15-$38 based on seat locations. For ages 7+. 90 minutes with no intermission. Additional dates/times this weekend and in October. See website for details. The endlessly imaginative PigPen Theatre Co. elevates traditional storytelling to high art in the fantastical, song-filled play THE OLD MAN AND THE OLD MOON. After nearly a lifetime of tending to the old moon (which leaks its liquid light daily), an old man abandons his post when his wife unexpectedly leaves home. With spirited folk music, inventive theatrical effects and a rollicking array of ever-changing characters, the wunderkinds of PigPen perform a folk-rock fable about light, love and an epic journey to the End of the World.
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Saturday September 27th
Jeff Koons Family Day at the Whitney Museum of American Art (UES)
Sat Sept 27th 9a-1p. Free with Museum admission. No registration required.
9–11 am: Special early opening just for families! Bring your kids to visit Jeff Koons: A Retrospective. This family-friendly exhibition features a giant sculpture of a balloon dog, a larger-than-life sculpture of Play-Doh, and much more! We will offer art making activities, hands-on gallery stations, and other fun ways to help families learn about Koons’s art and process.
Chile Pepper Festival at Brooklyn Botanic Garden (Prospect Heights/Crown Heights)
Saturday September 27 11a–6p. Rain or Shine. Adults $20, Seniors/Students 12+ $15, children under 12 and BBG Members free.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s (BBG) hotly anticipated Chile Pepper Festival returns for its 22nd year on Saturday, September 27, 2014. One of the longest-running festivals of its kind on the East Coast, BBG’s Chile Pepper Festival features a full day of fiery live music and dance performances from international musicians; unique culinary creations showcasing chile peppers, spicy chocolates, and more; botanic tours of BBG’s own chile pepper plantings; a farmers’ market offering unusual peppers from around the world; and other activities inspired by the wide range of cultures that grow and use the chile. Visitors can sample or purchase spicy artisanal food products, explore the Garden, and kick back for live music on Cherry Esplanade, enjoying a special BBG café menu of chile-inspired dishes, craft beers, and other offerings.
Ragamuffin Parade (Bay Ridge)
Saturday Sept 27th 1p. Rain or Shine. Free. For all ages.
Thousands of youngsters from toddlers to pre-teens take part in the annual Children’s Ragamuffin Parade. Parade Route is: 76th – 92nd Street on 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge. Parade Assembly: 1230p 76th between 3rd and 4th Avenues/3rd and Ridge Blvd. Registration: 11a-1215p. Judging: 1130a-1230p. Where: Holy Angels Academy/O.L.A 74th Street (off 3rd Avenue) Grand Marshal: Jamie Gigantiello | Person of the Year: Arlene Rutuelo. Gifts will be presented to all children who submit their registration form and complete the parade.
Breukelen Country Fair at the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum
Sat Sept 27th 1-5p. Free (tickets required for some activities).
Join the Wyckoff Farmhouse museum for a day long family friendly extravaganza of crafting, creating, and hands on fun! Meet the makers and learn from the past to present how Breukelen does it best! This day long extravaganza of local making and creativity, turns the traditional harvest festival on its ear, and hosts an array of games, crafts, food, music, demonstrations, and family friendly workshops led by Brooklyn based participants. Learn from the past to present how Breukelen does it best! Activities will include: Colonial and traditional, homemade carnival games, Children’s improv comedy class, Yoga, Storytelling, Cider Pressing, Featured performance with women’s drum and dance collective ‘Sistah’s Laying Down Hands’!, Embroidery circle, Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s NYC Compost Project, Makers Photo Booth, Face painting, Music by DJ Lovely, Hot dogs, popcorn, cotton candy, and farm treats andHouse tours of NYC’s oldest house!
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Sunday September 28th
40th Annual Atlantic Antic
Sun Sept 28th 12n-6p, Free. Rain or shine.
THE ANNUAL ATLANTIC ANTIC, presented by the Atlantic Avenue Local Development Corporation (AALDC), is the street festival to end all street festivals! On this beautiful autumn day in Brooklyn, the Atlantic Antic will bring together thousands of people to Atlantic Avenue to celebrate the longstanding tradition of food, art, music, shopping, festivities, and fun! Make sure to visit the The NY Transit Museum 21st Annual Bus Festival at the Atlantic Antic!
Free September Hip Tot Family Day @ Greenwood Park (Park Slope)
Sun Sept 29th 12n-3p. Free.
OOT YOUR OWN HORN WITH THE TRUMMYTONES AND CLOWN AROUND WITH BIG APPLE CIRCUS FREE Family Day Sunday, September 28th, 2014 On Sunday, September 28th at noon get ready to jump to the sounds of The Trummytones trombonist Vinny Nobile and accordion player Matt Dallow at the Hip Tot Family Day at Greenwood Park in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Author/Illustrator Jasmin Ortiz will be reading her incredible book Penelope and her Puffy Brown Crown. And we aren’t clowning around: the Big Apple
Funny Food Art Workshop at Fairway Market Red Hook
Sun September 28th 1-3p.
Fairway invites friends and families to come and have fun with their food as Bill Wurtzel, author of “Funny Food 365 Fun, Healthy, Silly, Creative Breakfast” teaches families how to create funny food art. Fairway will supply all healthy ingredients, including waffles, strawberries, raisins, pita, bananas and much more, as well as entertainment from the author, who is a jazz musician. Signed copies of the book will be available for purchase. Cost per participant is $1. Register at customer service or here.
Apples & Honey in the Big Apple with the Mama Doni Band at the Museum of Jewish Heritage (Battery Park)
Sunday Sept 28th 1-4p. $10, $7 children 10 and under; Members special: Members pay $7 and bring up to 3 children for free
Family High Holiday Program! Celebrate the Jewish New Year with Mama Doni at this high-energy performance. Kids, parents, and grandparents are invited to dance and sing along. For ages 3 to 10. 1p-4p Craft Activities, 130p family mini tour, 2p concert.
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All Weekend
DUMBO Arts Festival (various locations)
Friday Sept 26th 6-9p, Sat Sept 27th 12n-9p & Sun Sept 28th 12n-6p. Free.
The DUMBO Arts Festival is a FREE public event. Each year it seeks to highlight Brooklyn’s commitment to and presence in the arts community by presenting the best in local, national, and international art amid the breathtaking backdrop of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan skyline. The DUMBO Arts Festival attracts 200,000 visitors over 3 days with the participation of over 400 artists from a variety of disciplines, 100 studios, 50 galleries and stages and 100 programming partners. See website for more details.
The Old Man and The Old Moon at the New Victory Theater
Fri Sep 26th – Sun Sep 28th various times. Tickets are $15-$38 based on seat locations. For ages 7+. 90 minutes with no intermission. Additional dates/times in October. See website for details. The endlessly imaginative PigPen Theatre Co. elevates traditional storytelling to high art in the fantastical, song-filled play THE OLD MAN AND THE OLD MOON. After nearly a lifetime of tending to the old moon (which leaks its liquid light daily), an old man abandons his post when his wife unexpectedly leaves home. With spirited folk music, inventive theatrical effects and a rollicking array of ever-changing characters, the wunderkinds of PigPen perform a folk-rock fable about light, love and an epic journey to the End of the World.
Halloween Harvest at Luna Park (Coney Island)
Sat & Sun until October 26th various times. Free admission. Fees for rides and games. See website for hours.
Join Luna Park in Coney Island on weekends until October 26th for our family-friendly activities, fall decorations and more. Luna Park’s Halloween Harvest features pumpkin picking and painting and FREE activities like trick or treating, daily entertainment, costumed characters, caricature artists, balloon benders and twisters, magicians, one of NYC’s largest pumpkins and more! ou don’t have to travel upstate or out to Long Island to pick a pumpkin – you can pick your very own gourd right here in Brooklyn! Visit our pumpkin patch and for $5 take home a pumpkin to call your own. Don’t forget to paint it at our pumpkin painting station, too!
Baylander Tours at Brooklyn Bridge Park
Sat 10a-4p & Sun 10a-2p. Free. Pier 5 Promenade.
Join a free public tour of this historic U.S. Navy vessel that was originally deployed during Vietnam and later used to train U.S. helicopter pilots.
Amazing Maize Maze at Queens County Farm Museum
Saturdays & Sundays until October 26th & Columbus Day (10/13) 11a-430p (last ticket sold 430p). Amazing Maize Maze: $9 adults, $5 kids age 4 to 11, free for kids age 3 and under. 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. Feel up to the challenge? Then join us for the fun of getting lost and loving it! *NOTE: Sept 20-21 & Oct 26 there is an admission fee to enter the farm grounds. These are the days of the Queens County Fair and Children’s Fall Festival.
Sensory Room Family Hours at Brooklyn Children’s Museum (Crown Heights)
Tue & Thu 3-445p & Sat & Sun 2-445p. Free with museum admission. Space is limited; availability on first come, first served basis.
Over, under, swing, and rock as you explore our newest space at BCM. Unlock doors on our Sensory Snake or relax and read on our fluff chair mountain This is an inclusive space that engages children of all abilities. This room provides a welcoming environment for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).
CMA/Free Arts Island Outpost on Governors Island
Sat-Sun now until Sep 28th 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.
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 Fall Hours
Now until October 26th 2014 Thu–Sun: 12n–5p. $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
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