Hi everyone
Lots of fun events happening this week in Brooklyn & NYC!
This week head out and enjoy The 37th Aunnual Museum Mile Festival, check out a Summer Reading Storytime at Brooklyn Bridge Park and dance at Stomp, Clap and Sing with Emily and Friends at the Central Brooklyn Public Library. Don’t miss Hudson RiverKids: Story Pirates at Pier 25 and Audra Rox at the Kids Concerts in Madison Square Park! Also make sure to visit the American Museum of Natural History’s Gateway Storytime in the Discovery Room before it ends for the summer!
Also happening this week is A New York Public Library Summer Reading Kick-Off Celebration at the Tompkins Square Library and Baby Caravan: Back To Work 101 Workshop at Diaperkind and a Backyard Sing-a-Long with Lloyd H. Miller at Norman & Jules. For more events check the calendar! Remember to like us on Facebook for last minute news and event reminders.
Have a great week!
~ Deirdre (mom to O & C)
Monday June 8th
Gateway Storytime in the Discovery Room at the American Museum of Natural History (UWS)
Mondays 1015a & 1115a. Programs do not run on public school holidays. Only 3 Mondays left before school is closed! Age: 2 1/2 – 5y. Free with Museum admission. Free passes for the 1015 and 1115 Gateway Storytime sessions are available the day of the program at the Discovery Room entrance on a first come, first served basis. The Discovery Room invites preschoolers and their parents or caregivers to explore! Each week highlights a topic in natural science or a cultural theme. There is a period of free play followed by a story, song, and visit to a related Museum hall.
A NYPL Summer Reading Kick-Off Celebration at Tompkins Square Library (East Village)
Monday June 8th 4p. Free. For children ages 3 to 6 years old with parent/caregiver. Get ready to play air guitar, jump high, go innie and outie, count the odds, pop the bubbles, and stroll in the garden with Monkey Monkey Music. Meredith LeVande’s videos air on PBS stations -Kids 13 and NJTV- in between favorite shows like Curious George and Sesame Street and now you can participate in this high energy, fun, interactive show.
Hudson RiverKids: Story Pirates at Pier 25 (Tribeca)
Monday June 8th 630p. In case of rain, Hudson RiverKids will take place in the lobby of Pier 40. Free. Hudson River Park brings out all of your favorite New York City family performers each Monday evening! From music to magic to interactive storytelling, Hudson RiverKids will keep your family entertained all summer long!
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Tuesday June 9th
Summer Reading Storytime at Brooklyn Bridge Park
Tuesday June 9th 1030a-1130a. Free. Location: Granite Terrace near Pier 3. Come and join The Brooklyn Public Library on the second Tuesday of June, July and August at 10:30am for a rollicking good time listening to stories, singing songs, and enjoying the breeze from the water! Our Brooklyn Heights children’s librarian will read stories from the library’s summer reading list, plus a whole lot more! The only thing more fun than a good storytime is one with a view of the Brooklyn Bridge!. In the event of rain, Storytime will be held the following Tuesday.
Stomp, Clap and Sing with Emily and Friends at the Central Brooklyn Public Library (Grand Army)
Tuesday June 9th 11a-12n. Dweck Center. Free. Put the rhythm in your feet, dance your body and feel the beat! Sing-a-long with songs you know and rock out with Emily’s original tunes! With the release of her new CD, Sun In The Morning ‘Til The Moon At Night, Emily is thrilled to be coming back to share her music with you.
The 37th Annual Museum Mile Festival (UES)
Tuesday June 9th 6-9p. Free. Rain or shine. Location 5th Ave from 82nd-105th Street. Fifth Avenue is closed to traffic and becomes a strollers’ haven. Special exhibitions and works from permanent collections are on view inside the museums’ galleries and live music from jazz to Broadway tunes to string quartets is featured in front of several of the museums. Family Activities: There will also be an array of outdoor family activities for Museum Mile Festival attendees: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the National Academy Museum, and Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum will offer chalk drawing projects with museum educators. Families can explore shape, pattern, and design in dance through an interactive performance and demonstration with the Martha Graham Dance Company and get fun keepsakes of the evening at the photobooth at the Metropolitan Museum. The National Academy Museum will offer an open drawing class with a live model and self-guided treasure trove educational program based on The Annual 2015 exhibition. Visitors to the Jewish Museum can create playful accordion books using collage and drawing inspired by imagery in the exhibition Revolution of the Eye: Modern Art and the Birth of American Television. El Museo del Barrio will offer kite-making for the entire family. A wide variety of additional entertainers will be featured along Museum Mile that evening, including Razzle Dazzle, Magic for Kids; Magic Brian; Daisy Doodle’s Parties, Magic, Face Painting & Balloons; Silly Billy the Very Funny Clown; and Sammie & Tudie’s Imagination Playhouse. For more details see the festival website.
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Wednesday June 10th
Sing Along at Edamama Cute Cuts & More (Williamsburg)
Wednesdays 1030a-1115a. For babies & toddlers. $8. Requirement: One adult should accompany each toddler during the class. Our sing-a-longs are fun and full of contagious energy! Expect to hear old favorites, new hits and unique original music and be prepared to have fun! Please note that space is limited and please reserve your spot by emailing edamamacutecutsnmore@gmail.com
Lavender Blues at SuperFrench Studio (Bedford Stuyvesant)
Wednesdays at 1230p. $12/drop-in. Babies only! Special 30 min infants only music class. A bit calmer and more intimate of a group! A lovely bonding experience for baby and you!
City Stomp at Dizzy’s (Park Slope)
Wednesdays. Seating at 5:30 (show at 6p). City Stomp are now doing shows every week at Dizzy’s. Called the Best Place to Rock Out While Having Dinner by Time Out New York Kids, shows are free with a dinner reservation. Reservations required to make reservations please send an email to citystompdizzys@gmail.com. Spaces fill up fast so email early!
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Thursday June 11th
Kids Concerts in Madison Square Park (Flatiron)
Thursdays until July 30th at 1030a (lawn opens at 10a). Mad. Sq. Kids Concert Series is a free interactive concert on the Farragut Lawn! Children can learn simple skills and the appreciation of music from an eclectic mix of today’s top children’s performing artists. Concerts are rain or shine. Rain location for concerts is held on the southern gravel. Adult supervision is required. This week you can’t miss Audra Rox, crowned the “queen of the NY Kids Rock scene” by Time Out NY Kids! Stick around at our EXPLORE! Cart after the show for some self-guided worksheets and games for all ages.
Baby Caravan: Back To Work 101 at Diaperkind (Gowanus)
Thursday June 11th 330-530p. Mama & baby: $50 (plus service fee) or you and a friend (and babies) $80 (plus service fee). Purchase tickets here. Join us for an evening of community, education, wine and appetizers. In this two hour class we will discuss everything you need to know about going back to work, strategies you can implement to help smooth the transition, and resources to create a support system. Future classes: July 30th and September 24th.
Backyard Sing-a-Long with Lloyd H. Miller at Norman & Jules (Park Slope)
Thursdays 4-445p. $12 for first child and $3 for additional child. For infants to 4yrs. Caregivers must be with their children at all times. Singalong with Lloyd (From The Deedle Deedle Dees!
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Ongoing
Splash Pad at the LeFrak Center at Lakeside in Prospect Park
Mon-Sat: 10a-7p & Sun: 10a-6p. Free. Open Memorial Day through Labor Day, weather permitting. The Splash Pad, officially known as the Matilda Raffa Cuomo Water Playground, is the LeFrak Center’s free water play area for kids 12 and under. Open from Memorial Day to Labor Day, the water feature welcomed over 30,000 visitors last summer. Featuring 47 water spray jets and covering 16,000 square feet, Splash Pad is largest water play area in Prospect Park. In addition, the LeFrak Center offers roller skating, the Bluestone Café, and surrounding landscapes for picnicking and relaxation.
Art in the Park in Madison Square Park (Flatiron)
Mondays & Wednesdays 10a-2p June 1st-September 30th. No sessions on the last Monday of each month (6/29, 7/27, 8/31 & 8/28). Free. The Mad. Sq. Park Teaching Artist can be found in the Moira Ann Smith Playground each Monday and Wednesday from June 1 – September 30 with free hands-on creative arts activities at 10am and 2pm. Children are encouraged to participate in free flowing art-based activities. Adult supervision is required. Monday June 1st: Kandinsky’s Kones (10am) Scoop up some facts about artist Wassily Kandinsky while using his “Circles” artwork to make ice cream cone confections! Henri’s Scissors (2pm) Learn to paint with paper like the artist Henri Matisse! We will read all about Matisse’s life and work before creating symmetrical collages using tissue paper. Wednesday June 3rd: Watercolor Wings (10am) Draw your own flying friend using shapes and learn watercolor techniques that will ruffle these bird’s feathers! Breezy Trees (2pm) Learn about warm and cool colors by making trees representing all of the seasons! Use a paint-blowing technique to make realistic branches that will bring your trees to life! See the website for future art project themes.
Jeppe Hein: Please Touch the Art at Brooklyn Bridge Park
Open daily 6a-1a until April 17, 2016. Free. Visitors entering the park at Pier 1 will encounter Hein’s iconic water sculpture, Appearing Rooms installed on the Bridge View Lawn. Vertical jets of water will gradually appear forming seven-foot-tall “walls”, which moments later will disappear, enabling visitors to move to different “rooms”, all without touching a drop of water. Systematically, these “walls” appear and disappear through a timed cycle, enticing visitors to step onto the gridded platform and move from space to space within the sculpture. The cycle of changing walls may also be observed from outside the piece as a dynamic and perceptually engaging work of art. The second major component of the exhibition is a newly conceived, large-scale Mirror Labyrinth to be installed at the Pier 3 Greenway Terrace. The third body of work, Modified Social Benches, will be on view throughout the park,surprising visitors with each chance encounter. See website fore the full descriptions of the art.
Backyard Playtime at Norman & Jules (Park Slope)
Mondays 930a-530p and Tuesday-Friday 930a-3p. $12 first child, $6 additional child. Single 10 Packs also available. See website for details. Our backyard is intended for ages 6m to 6y. Caregivers must be with their children at all times.
Play Space Spring Schedule at Juguemos a Cantar North Slope
M-F 9a-12n. $10 per visit / sibling $2 per visit. Play passes also available. Drop in play space with activities: Mon 10a Let’s Paint, Tue 10a Arts & Crafts, Wed 1030a Sing with Tucker, Thu 1030a Sing with Ale, Fri 1030a Sing with Damian. Also Play Space hours 9a-12n M, W & F South Slope location. See website for more information.
Jack and the Beanstalk at Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre (Central Park)
Tue–Fri 1030a & 12p, Wed 1030a, 12p & 230p, Sat & Sun 1p until June 28th. See website for July & August showtimes. Tickets are $7/children and $10/adults. Based on the classic English fairytale, this fresh retelling of the Swedish Cottage original production takes Jack on an enchanting adventure up a magical beanstalk. In this starry new world, Jack encounters the notorious Giant, Milford, whose thieving ways have brought misfortune upon Jack and his mother. Determined to make life better for his family, Jack, with help from friends old and new, risks his life to take back what the Giant stole.
To see all the events click here for the calendar!