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Center for Architecture Family Program: Brooklyn Bridge Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place,
Celebrate the 141st birthday of the Brooklyn Bridge. Learn how this iconic suspension bridge transformed New York City. Families will then create their own suspension bridges to span one of…
🎟 $15
MOCACREATE: Super Small Businesses Museum Of Chinese In America 215 Centre Street,
Celebrate favorite Chinatown small businesses and making our own. Design a storefront with Teaching Artist Yu Rong using cardboard, fabric, foam, and more. Got the juiciest mangos? The coolest clothes?…
Sea Chanteys and Maritime Music South Street Seaport Museum 12 Fulton Street,
Join South Street Seaport Museum on the Tall Ship Wavertree for a round-robin of shared sea songs, featuring members of The New York Packet and friends. Listen in, lead or…
Tall Timber Towers The Skyscraper Museum 39 Battery Place,
Join a family program built on new exhibition, TALL TIMBER: The Future of Cities in Wood. Learn about how high-rise buildings have been using engineered wood called Mass Timber as…
Rosie Revere Engineer & Friends BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center 199 Chambers Street,
TheaterWorks USA's fun musical based on the books Rosie Revere, Engineer; Iggy Peck, Architect; and Ada Twist Scientist spotlights the STEM curriculum (focusing on science, technology, engineering and math). Ms. Greer’s…
🎟 $40
Family Harmony: Mother’s Day Greenwich House Music School 46 Barrow Street,
Join Mozart for Munchkins interactive family concert, with sing-alongs, jazz performances and a special tribute to mothers. Playful elements allow audience members to become active participants in the music-making process…
🎟 $37, free/ages 12 & under
Sensory Friendly Hour at Sloomoo Sloomoo Institute 475 Broadway between Broome & Grand Streets,
Explore slime wonderland Sloomoo during a Sensory Friendly hour, with a limited guest count and lower noise low for those who are more sensitive. Noise canceling headphones and nose plugs…
🎟 $48
La MaMa Kids: Creative Dance La MaMa 66 E 4th Street,
Discover the body as an instrument, and explore the elements of dance: space, time and energy, and self-expression through the exploration of creative ideas through movement. This class is designed…
🎟 $15/kids, free/accompanying adults
Next Stop, New York City! Subway by Christoph Niemann The Skyscraper Museum 39 Battery Place,
Explore the many different modes of transportation available in large cities today, including trains, buses, ferries, and bikes. Through a read-aloud of Christopher Niemann’s picture book Subway, learn about one…
Center for Architecture Family Program: Building Ornament Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place,
Take a neighborhood walk to find examples of different types of ornament among the beautiful buildings of Greenwich Village, then return to the Center for Architecture where families will create…
🎟 $15
Jazz Age Lawn Party Governors Island Governors Island,
Time travel to the twenties with jazz music on two stages, a sprawling dance floor, and performances from Michael Arenella & His Dreamland Orchestra, Queen Esther, the Charlie Roman and…
🎟 $55/ages 12 & up, free/ages 11 & under
La MaMa Kids: The Adventures of Seucy and Boto and the River Creature La MaMa 66 E 4th Street,
See the next adventure in Loco7 Dance Puppet Theatre Company's episodic series for kids about the adventures of Seucy, a brave little girl who, along wth her friends Boto, half-boy/half-dolphin,…
🎟 $15
“All-of-a-Kind Family” Walking Tour Museum at Eldridge Street 12 Eldridge Street,
Classic kids novel All-of-a-Kind Family comes to life in a walking tour following the stories of five immigrant sisters growing up on the Lower East Side a century ago. Stroll…
🎟 $15/adults, $10/ages 5-17