Upper West Side
St. Patrick’s Day Slime & Cupcake Decorating Play Street Museum 805 Columbus Avenue at W 100th St,
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day at a new hands-on museum/play space. In addition to playtime, make a batch of rainbow slime and decorate a rainbow cupcake. Remember to wear or bring socks for the play session. Socks will be available for purchase upon arrival if forgotten.
🎟 $45/child, $10/adult
Shabbat Shabbang Jr + Settoga365 Purim Party JCC Manhattan 334 Amsterdam at W 76th Street,
Join a delicious Shabbat dinner, Purim fun, and a lively carnival with bouncy houses and games. Children are encouraged to attend in costume. The evening will culminate with a gathering in the lobby for a Shabbat friendly, live family show, mishloach manot making and dessert. After registering, you will receive a form with the opportunity…
🎟 $25
Pint-Sized Playtime Play Street Museum 805 Columbus Avenue at W 100th St,
Join playtime at new Play Street Museum for kids 3 and under. Get wiggles out, exercise problem-solving skills, develop social skills, and let creativity blossom. Remember to wear or bring socks. Socks will be available for purchase upon arrival if forgotten.
🎟 $45
Shamarr Allen David Rubenstein Atrium Broadway between W 62nd & 63rd Streets,
Join a free family-friendly show as Shamarr Allen brings his signature New Orlean sounds back to Lincoln Center. Hailing from the Lower 9th Ward of the composer, writer, producer, and lead vocalist/trumpeter of “Shamarr Allen & The Underdawgs,” mixes include jazz, Hip-Hop, rock, funk, blues, and country. Enter on Broadway between W 62nd & 63rd…
R&R: Shabbat @ The JCC JCC Manhattan 334 Amsterdam at W 76th Street,
Join free art workshops, live music, storytelling, food, indoor and outdoor play and other activities for all ages around rotating themes in a friendly, inclusive, multi-floor hang. This week, celebrate Purim. Make themed art and join singer Michelle Green and the MusicTalks band for a Purim celebration featuring a costume parade, dances, and songs.
Purim At SAJ SAJ – Judaism That Stands for All 15 W 86th Street,
Join a free Purim Carnival with a bouncy house, face painting and games followed by a 6 pm pizza dinner and 6:30 pm sing-a-Long, multi-generation Megillah reading, & Purim spiels.
Carlo Maghirang’s MA-NA-NANG-GAL Lincoln Center W 65th Street & Broadway,
Filipino mythmaking meets technology in an outdoor sculpture series based on the Filipino folklore creature manananggal. Bodies are split and scattered in Hearst Plaza, retelling the popular myth through the artist’s personal lens of displacement and migration. Using a series of contemporary and digital fabrication processes—from photo manipulation/collage, generative AI, and 3D modeling, Maghirang reimagines…
Forest of the Sea Children's Museum of Manhattan (CMOM) 212 W 83rd Street between Broadway & Amsterdam,
Learn about coral reefs through art-making and sensory play. Use mixed media materials to sculpt coral reef habitats while learning about this fascinating ecosystem. Engage in waterplay and scoop out pretend marine animals and corals while making up ocean-themed stories.
🎟 $16, $13/seniors, free/babies under 1
Easter Bunny Brunch and Easter Egg Hunt Harry's Table by Cipriani 235 Freedom Pl S,
Celebrate Easter with an Italian flair at Harry's Table, including a special visit from the Easter Bunny, a festive brunch, and a lively Easter egg hunt. The egg hunt kicks off at 11 am; brunch follows at 11:3 0am.
🎟 $101/ages 2+
B’nai Jeshurun Purim Carnival B'nai Jeshurun 257 W 88th Street,
Celebrate Purim with games, inflatables, costumes, activities, and snacks. The carnival will open at 11 am for 0-5 year olds and 11:30 am for everyone else. A quiet room will be available for anyone that gets overstimulated.
🎟 $30/ages 12 & under, free/adults
WeBop Family Jazz Party Jazz at Lincoln Center 10 Columbus Circle,
Join Ms. Sofía and the WeBop Family Jazz Band for a show celebrating the fearless female pioneers of jazz. Dance and sing along to an all-women jazz band and learn about Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, and the many other courageous ladies who’ve paved the way for women in jazz. WeBop Family Jazz Parties are designed…
🎟 $35
CMOM’s Annual Easter Scavenger Hunt: Eco-Easter Eggs Children's Museum of Manhattan (CMOM) 212 W 83rd Street between Broadway & Amsterdam,
Join CMOM'S weekend-long celebration with activities such as basket weaving, eco-easter eggs design, interactive storytelling, and more. In an ongoing museum-wide Easter egg hunt, learn about amazing creatures from all over the world. Each egg represents a different animal—find out where they live and the support they need to thrive. Each egg you find will…
🎟 $16, $13/seniors, free/babies under 1
April Fool’s Monday Children's Museum of Manhattan (CMOM) 212 W 83rd Street between Broadway & Amsterdam,
Stop by the Children's Museum of Manhattan for a full roster of silly fun. Take the stage and try being stand-up comedians CMOM’s Open Mic, make a mixed-media Joke in the Box, create Peek-A-Boo Masks, respond to super silly prompts at Mural Wall: Silly Bell Ringers and join Interactive Story Time.
🎟 $16, $13/seniors, free/babies under 1
Opera Starts with Oh! The Festival of Thalie, Muse of Comedy Children's Museum of Manhattan (CMOM) 212 W 83rd Street between Broadway & Amsterdam,
Join Teaching Artist and professional dancer, Julia Bengtsson, for a fantastical opera celebrating the muse of comedy, Thalie. Dance, sing, and craft with the gods as they battle for the spot of most popular muse. An Opera Lafayette Family Program. At 2 pm & 3:14 pm. Sign-up in the lobby one hour before the event.
🎟 $16, $13/seniors, free/babies under 1
Upper West Side Broadway Fair UWS Broadway between W 96th & 106th Streets,
Shop over 350 vendors on 10 blocks of Broadway.
Solar Eclipse Day American Museum of Natural History 200 Central Park West at W 79th Street,
Gather on the Arthur Ross Terrace (weather permitting) for family-friendly educational activities before the eclipse. Guests can score a pair of AMNH eclipse glasses, while supplies last.
🎟 Free with museum admission
Eid al-Fitr at CMOM Children's Museum of Manhattan (CMOM) 212 W 83rd Street between Broadway & Amsterdam,
Show gratitude and appreciation through art making in honor of Eid al-Fitr, a time to unite communities by sharing love for one another. Make a charity box to fill with gifts or kind words to give to someone in need. Create a paper fanous, a colorful lantern used to illuminate homes and city streets around…
🎟 $16, $13/seniors, free/babies under 1
Disney Live: Music From Favorite Films & Sing-a-long JCC Manhattan 334 Amsterdam at W 76th Street,
Join MusicTalks for a special tribute to some of the most beloved Disney tunes performed by a string ensemble. From Aladdin to Frozen, Little Mermaid to Encanto, celebrate the beauty of film music. The show will culminate with an exciting sing-a-long of beloved songs from Let it Go to We Don't Talk About Bruno! The…
🎟 $15
Big Umbrella Festival Lincoln Center W 65th Street & Broadway,
Lincoln Center welcome kids, teens, and young adults for a weekend of programming, designed with and for neurodiverse audiences. Join multi-sensory, interactive, and engaging artistic experiences with thoughtful accommodations. Build your own festival experience by booking individual, accessible events including Playful Tiger, a thrilling interactive dance piece with music,; Motus' TREE, A World in Itself, a multi-sensory,…
🎟 Choose-what-you-pay
The King, The Cat, and the Fiddle Alice Tully Hall 1941 Broadway at W 65th Street,
Join the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center for entertaining concerts for kids. Does the king really need live music at the palace? The fiddling cat knows the answer in the comical, fantastical story by Yehudi Menuhin and Christopher Hope with music by Bruce Adolphe. Try out instruments featured in the program at the Instrument…
🎟 $10-$30