Hi everyone,
So as we all know the weather might disrupt plans for the NYC weekend so remember to verify the events are running before you head out this weekend!
Before the snow hits check out MARY POPPINS jr at Brooklyn Music School Playhouse, Triangles, Squares and Circles, Oh My! at Private Picassos Studio, The Velveteen Rabbit at The New Victory Theater and The Gumball Gang: Crime-Solving Kids at TADA Youth Theater. Also happening this weekend the annual Beam Center’s Inventgenuity Festival at PS32/MS442, Alice in Wonderland at Puppetworks, Suzi Shelton at the Jalopy Theatre, Aleph Bet Ship at the Jewish Children’s Museum, Tim Kubart’s Midwinter Celebration Concert at the Central Brooklyn Public Library, Adventures in Storytelling House Party at BRIC, BAMkids: Chargaux, Just Kidding: The Not-Its! at Symphony Space and New Year’s Celebration: Oshogatsu at Japan Society.
There are more events and open play places on the calendar so check it out to see everything happening in Brooklyn & NYC! Don’t forget to like us on Facebook for last minute events and news!
Bundle up & stay safe!
~ Deirdre (mom to O & C)
Friday January 22nd
Triangles, Squares and Circles, Oh My! at Private Picassos Studio (Park Slope)
Fridays 1015-11a & 315-4p (also Wednesdays) until March 25th (no class 2/17 & 2/19). For 18-48 mos. $28/drop-in. Young artists will explore shapes, color and strengthen their fine motor skills through a variety of 2-3 dimensional art materials. By focusing on a specific color or theme each session, children will build their skills with drawing, collage, painting and small-scale sculpture.
MARY POPPINS jr at Brooklyn Music School Playhouse (Fort Greene)
Friday January 22nd 630p, Saturday January 23rd 5p & 8p. Tickets: $15/adults, $10/kids and seniors, $5/low income. To Benefit the BCT Scholarship Fund. Brooklyn Children’s Theatre presents Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins jr. Original Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, Book by Julian Fellowes, New Songs and Additional Music and Lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, Co-created by Cameron Mackintosh, Based on the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney Film.
The Velveteen Rabbit at The New Victory Theater
Friday January 22nd 7p (also Saturday January 23rd 2p & Sunday January 24th 3p). See website for additional showtimes next weekend. For ages 6+. Run time: 90 minutes including one intermission. Tickets start at $15. There was once a velveteen rabbit, and in the beginning he was really splendid. He was fat and bunchy, as a rabbit should be; and he yearned to be real. The days grew long and the rabbit’s coat became shabby, for the Boy loved him, and wherever the Boy went, the Rabbit went too. London’s Unicorn Theatre (Tom’s Midnight Garden, New Vic 2001) brings Margery Williams’s timeless tale of THE VELVETEEN RABBIT to life in this poignant adaptation about love, loss and growing up. Also there is a Velveteen Rabbit: Autism-Friendly show Saturday January 23rd at 7p. See website for details.
The Gumball Gang: Crime-Solving Kids at TADA Youth Theater (Chelsea)
Friday January 22nd 7p also Saturdays & Sundays 2p & 4p until February 14th. Recommended for ages 3+. Tickets: $25 Adults/$15 Kids. Running time: 1:10. Join The Gumball Gang as they try to solve The Case of the Missing Masterpiece. TADA! Youth Theatre’s World Premiere Musical, The Gumball Gang: Crime-Solving Kids, follows the exciting adventures of a group of kids as they set out to find stolen paintings in the case of the missing masterpieces.
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Saturday January 23rd
BAMkids: Chargaux (Fort Greene)
Saturday January 23rd 1030a & 2p. For ages 5-11y. Tickets: $10. Brooklyn-based string duo Chargaux is the product of a chance encounter, when Margaux stumbled upon Charly playing violin on a Boston street corner. Becoming fast friends and inventive collaborators, they breathe new life into the viola and violin. Drawing from Charly’s synesthesia, their infectious performances and dazzling compositions lead audiences on a journey into the sound of color.
Just Kidding: The Not-Its! at Symphony Space (UWS)
Saturday January 23rd 11a. Run time about 60 minutes. Tickets: $15; Members $13. With an out-of-this-world sound evoking both the Go-Go’s and 90s power-punk, Seattle’s The Not-Its! mix crunchy guitars and smooth, four-part harmonies, for a show full of perfectly crafted pop gems about everyday kid stuff from the first day of school to taking a bath. For over half-a-dozen years, The Not-Its! have rocked kids and families with their up-tempo albums and live concerts that give children their first “rock show” experience. This Seattle kindie rock quintet will have children and their parents on their feet and raising their hands for more from the moment they hit the dance floor! The show will have all the great Not-Its! songs the kids know and love, plus brand new songs from their forthcoming album, Are You Listening? They are Sarah Shannon (voice), Danny Adamson (rhythm guitar), Tom Baisden (lead guitar), Jennie Helman (bass), and Michael Welke (former drummer of Harvey Danger). As parents, they add 10 children to the crowd, ranging in ages from 3-11. So grab your pink & black tutus and skinny ties and join The Not-Its! Nation!
Adventures in Storytelling House Party at BRIC (Fort Greene)
Saturday January 23rd 12n-5p. This event is free with RSVP. RSVP here. Brooklyn’s Best All-Ages, All-Day Party! Brooklyn’s best family daytime parties continue with special daytime activities, including family dance classes, gaming, art making, and other participatory activities, all ending with a family disco party. Adventures in Storytelling is a memorable exploration of community storytelling through song, dance, film, and more. RESCHEDULED! Now happening February 6th 12n-5p. See details here.
Tim Kubart’s Midwinter Celebration Concert at the Central Brooklyn Public Library
Saturday January 23rd 1-2p. Free. Location: Dweck Center. Probably best known as the “Tambourine Guy” from the viral music collective Postmodern Jukebox, Kubart has performed with PMJ in sold out shows across the country and internationally. Along with his “Sunny Side Up” co-host Chica the Chicken, Tim sings songs, performs sketches, and celebrates everyday moments for a national audience of kids and their caregivers on the only live morning show for preschoolers each day. Favorite visitors to the show include OK GO, Lentil the Dog, Matt Lauer, Wrangler the Dog, William Shatner, and the First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama.
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Sunday January 24th
Suzi Shelton at the Jalopy Theatre (Carroll Gardens/Red Hook)- CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
Sunday January 24th 11a. Price: $5 kids/$10 adult/$25 family. Suzi couldn’t be more excited to play once a month this Winter for her second residency at Jalopy! For this show, she will be joined by NYC guitarist @Greg Mayo! Join her and guest musicians on the fourth Sunday of each month from Jan-April at her favorite music venue in Red Hook. Hear new songs, meet new friends and have a grand ol’ time!
Film Forum Jr. Sunday Matinee: Explorers at the Film Forum (South Village)
Sunday January 24th 11a. EXPLORERS introduced by Ethan Hawke! All tickets $7.50. Advance tickets on sale at the box office and online. Classics For Kids and Their Families! Sunday January 24th: (1985, Joe Dante) Science-minded kids Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix (in their film debuts) build a spacecraft inspired by mysterious dreams that – to their surprise – actually works. But when they manage to break orbit, they must escape a shifty government agency and – possibly – real extra-terrestrials. 35mm. Approx, 109 mins. See the website for future movie titles.
Aleph Bet Ship at the Jewish Children’s Museum (Crown Heighs)
Sundays 12n-4p until February 22nd except Sunday January 31st (also Mondays-Thursdays 1-3p). Free with Museum admission. For children 2 and older. Youngsters will go on an ‘underwater’ journey to discover the Hebrew “Aleph Bet” letters, while playing the role of captain, with hats, ship barrels, and a captain’s wheel. Throughout the trip, the young captains will get to explore and experiment with aleph bet letters by shaping letters with kinetic sand, playing a magnetic matching game with fish along the ocean wall, relaxing with a variety of aleph bet books in the reading nook, exploring the letters in a discovery alcove, and sending the letters up in a wind tunnel.
New Year’s Celebration: Oshogatsu at Japan Society (Midtown East)
Sunday January 24th 1-4p. Tickets: $18/$10 Japan Society & corporate members; free for children ages 2 and under. Price includes festival (1–4 PM) and one taiko drumming session at either 130por 230p. Celebrate the New Year holiday at Japan Society’s annual Oshogatsu event and participate in various traditional activities. Families watch live taiko drumming and accompanying lion dancing (shishi-mai) and have the chance to participate in a brief taiko practice session at either 1:30 or 2:30 PM (session is chosen at time of ticket purchase). Other fun activities include rice pounding (mochi-tsuki), calligraphy (kakizome), kite (tako)-making, traditional games (fukuwarai), and top spinning (koma-mawashi). Recommended for all ages.
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All Weekend
Beam Center’s Inventgenuity Festival 2016 at PS32/MS442 (Carroll Gardens) – CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
Saturday-Sunday January 23rd-24th 11a-5p. Admission to the festival is free, advance registration required. Advance online reservations for workshops ($8.25 each) available here. Workshops are for kids 7+! Beam Center will put kids’ hands on the levers of natural phenomena in a big collaborative project, workshops and demonstrations at its seventh annual Inventgenuity Festival. The 2016 theme is NATURAL MACHINERY. As it does in its public school collaborations, camps, and afterschool programs, Beam Center blends art, science and imagination at this popular annual winter celebration of making things, this year at a new location, PS32/MS442 in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. In this year’s Festival Project, the Mechanical Marsh, (designed by sculptor Andrew Brehm) kids will construct real and imagined mechanical birds that will appear to take flight in a large-scale kinetic sculpture-scape. Participation in the project is free as are demonstrations that will include presentations from DBA Arcade Cabinets, Nerdy Derby, and Gerb’s Garage. Attendees may also sign-up for one of the rotating slate of 45-minute workshops. Scheduled workshops with Beam Center faculty will explore the NATURAL MACHINERY theme: through making Thaumatropes (Alex Nathanson), Color Wheels (Elizabeth Hurst), Omnivorous Plants (Jaimie Warren), Balancing Sculptures (Brett Van Aalsburg), Wooden Snakes (Mitchell Dose) and more. The Festival will also feature several of the large-scale projects that the Beam Center faculty has collaborated on with NYC public school students and teachers: Funktions: algebraic visualization screen (Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School), Digital Poetry Machine: a word board that uses the Twitter API (Brooklyn International High School), Wall of Boomboxes (MS 442).
The Velveteen Rabbit at The New Victory Theater
Friday January 22nd 7p, Saturday January 23rd 2p & Sunday January 24th 3p. See website for additional showtimes next weekend. For ages 6+. Run time: 90 minutes including one intermission. Tickets start at $15. There was once a velveteen rabbit, and in the beginning he was really splendid. He was fat and bunchy, as a rabbit should be; and he yearned to be real. The days grew long and the rabbit’s coat became shabby, for the Boy loved him, and wherever the Boy went, the Rabbit went too. London’s Unicorn Theatre (Tom’s Midnight Garden, New Vic 2001) brings Margery Williams’s timeless tale of THE VELVETEEN RABBIT to life in this poignant adaptation about love, loss and growing up. Also there is a Velveteen Rabbit: Autism-Friendly show Saturday January 23rd at 7p. See website for details.
The Gumball Gang: Crime-Solving Kids at TADA Youth Theater (Chelsea)
Friday January 22nd 7p also Saturdays & Sundays 2p & 4p until February 14th. Recommended for ages 3+. Tickets: $25 Adults/$15 Kids. Running time: 1:10. Join The Gumball Gang as they try to solve The Case of the Missing Masterpiece. TADA! Youth Theatre’s World Premiere Musical, The Gumball Gang: Crime-Solving Kids, follows the exciting adventures of a group of kids as they set out to find stolen paintings in the case of the missing masterpieces.
Metro Measure at New York Transit Museum (Downtown Brooklyn)
Saturday-Sundays until January 24th 130-215p. Free with Museum admission. For ages 5+. How many people can squeeze into a subway car? Is a subway station as long as a football feild? Can a giraffe fit in a subway station? Take to our Platform level with tools and measuring instruments in hand to make numerical discoveries about subway cars and stations.
Ed Center in Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1 – CLOSED THIS WEEKEND DUE TO WEATHER
Saturdays and Sundays from 1–5p (also Thursdays 3-5p). Free. The Ed Center is open for free, drop-in hours three afternoons a week! Get to know Brooklyn Bridge Park with our 250 gallon aquarium filled with critters from the East River, a 10’ scale model of Brooklyn Bridge Park, crafts, a reading corner, and much more!
Alice in Wonderland at Puppetworks (Park Slope)
Saturdays & Sundays until April 24th and Monday January 18th 1230p & 230p. For 3y+. Admission for a Child is $9, an Adult $10. No credit cards accepted. Reservations are suggested: 718-965-3391 (current day or advance reservations) or e-mail us: puppetworks@twcmetrobiz.com (NO same day e-mail reservations). Lewis Carroll’s English Adventure with an Original Song Score adapted for Marionettes by Adam Kilgour & Nicolas Coppola.
PLAY (Greenpoint)
Saturday 10a-5p** & Sunday 10a-4p** ** (except during private events – please call ahead, email or like our Facebook page for updates) also Monday-Friday 10a-6p. Drop in (all-day pass) – $20 per child & $10 per sibling. Packs and memberships also available. See the website for all the information. PLAY is an early-childhood education center and the first and original indoor playground in Williamsburg/Greenpoint Brooklyn. PLAY provides an ideal environment for children (newborn through age six) to discover and develop, cut loose and create, all in a 3,000 sq. ft. facility committed to innovation, imagination, safety and cleanliness. Children explore various play areas, installations and toys through role play. Our environmentally and locally-built playset & slides, over-sized toys and riders, food market, laundry set and modern kitchen for foodies-in-training, a wide-open tumbling gym, and music & art studio will keep the little ones entertained and busy. Loud music instruments and noise makers and large or mobile toys are simply not suitable for city apartments and homes… but here at PLAY, we’ve got them all! Our designated PLAY baby area is the perfect environment for crawling around and exploring, or kicking back and having some quiet time with your littlest ones. We also have a new lounge area for parents and caregivers featuring self-serve cafe. A convenient beverage center well-stocked with iced coffee, water, organic juices and a microwave are available as well. At PLAY, we like it to be clean and safe. All of our toys and surfaces are disinfected and cleaned using professional ‘green’ products and equipment. Bring your socks! PLAY is a shoe-less, socks-only environment!
Open Play at Curiosity on Court (Cobble Hill)
Saturday-Sunday 9a-12n (also Monday-Friday 10a-6p). Open Play drop-in: $25 per child, $20 for siblings. Welcome to Curiosity on Court, a world of energy busting excitement! Our custom designed play structures and exhibits were created to raise the curiosity and fuel the imagination of kids 1–10 yrs old. Whether they’re conquering our climbing wall, taking a ride on the subway, making connections on the magnetic wall or finding their route through our multi-level play structure, there’s hours of fun for everyone. Weekend Open Play hours are extended if we don’t have birthday party/event. Please call to check. 347-294-0160
14th Annual Holiday Train Show at Grand Central Terminal (Midtown East)
Ongoing until February 21st. M–F: 8a–8p, Saturday and Sunday: 10a–6p. Free. Location: NY Transit Museum Gallery Annex and Store Shuttle Passage. Presented annually by the New York Transit Museum, this popular model railroad exhibition features Metro-North, New York Central, and subway trains departing from a miniature Grand Central Terminal on a 34’-long, two-level “O” gauge layout. The Museum’s store and booth at the Holiday Fair also offer great gifts for your holiday shopping. Transit gifts are available online at www.nytransitmuseumstore.com.
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