A jammin’ new musical with live accompaniment featuring the timeless music and lyrics of Bob Marley, Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds shares the legendary reggae artist’s message of peace and love with a new generation of songbirds. Opening the day after… Read More »Giveaway: 4 Tickets to New Victory Theater’s Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds
Hi everyone, I hope everyone is surviving the cold weather and snow! There are 55 days left until Spring! You can keep warm and busy by checking out all the fun events going on this… Read More »Weekend Events: Inventgenuity Festival, The Little Mermaid, Illuminated, Celebrating Red Hook, Special Day for Special Kids, Little Swappie Swap & More!
Recently someone I know not that well died. It was sad, but about as good as these things can go, he was 96, had just celebrated his 70th wedding anniversary and was surrounded by… Read More »Parenting: An Occupation Not an Accomplishment
Hi everyone, Hope you are having an enjoyable long weekend! I keep forgetting we have another day to enjoy! Yeah for no school tomorrow! If you want to celebrate Martin Luther King Day with the… Read More »Brooklyn & NYC Events for MLK Day and January 21st-23rd!
Hi everyone January is half over and Monday is Martin Luther King Day so NYC public schools are closed and we are looking forward to a long weekend! If you are in town this weekend… Read More »Weekend Events: Martin Luther King Jr. Events, Cinderella, Recess Monkey, Miss Nina, Still Awake Still! and Much More!
In my opinion there are three kinds of restaurants in this world: kid-oriented, kid -friendly, and kid-prohibitive. The following is my dining-out rubric. Kid-oriented restaurants are places made for kids, Chucky Cheese, The Moxie Spot,… Read More »Dining Out with Kids: Why the Sommelier is Glaring at You
By: Christine Dehne As the daughter of a Suzuki Piano teacher, learning to play an instrument on the iPad seems impossibly silly. I don’t believe you’ll actually learn to play an instrument well using an… Read More »Keeping Kids Appy: Fostering a Love of Creating Music
Hi everyone, Well I think we will have a week with no snow or Polar Vortexs which is great news so we can get out and have some fun! This week free trials going on… Read More »Fun Weekday Events for January 13th-16th in Brooklyn and NYC!
Hi everyone, Hope everyone survived those really cold days and I am looking forward to some more normal temperatures! This weekend is packed with activities! There is the annual Icky Fest Weekend at the Brooklyn… Read More »Weekend Events: Icky Fest, Dan Zanes House Party, Handmade History, Mil's Trills Winter Bash & Much More!
Now that it is officially wet, sloppy, slippery and gross outside, it’s time to come in from the cold. Sure, sledding over the weekend was fun, fun that is thankfully over. And by now, with… Read More »Restaurant and Play Space in One: The Moxie Spot