The Secret World of Elephants
American Museum of Natural History 200 Central Park West at W 79th Street, New York
Somewhere to Roost
American Folk Art Museum 2 Lincoln Square, Columbus Avenue at W 66th Street, New York
Passover Celebration at CMOM
Children's Museum of Manhattan (CMOM) 212 W 83rd Street between Broadway & Amsterdam, New York
Week of Events
The Secret World of Elephants
How do elephants “hear” with their feet? Use the 40,000 muscles in their trunks? Or reshape the forests and savannas they live in, creating an environment upon which many other species rely? Learn new science about both ancient and modern elephants, including elephants’ extraordinary minds and senses, why they’re essential to the health of their…
Metropolitan Opera/ABT Rush Tickets
Get $25 rush tickets online for Metropolitan Opera and American Ballet Theatre performances. Available online, first-come, first-served, same day at noon for Monday through Friday evening performances, four hours before curtain for matinees and at 2 pm for Saturday evenings. Create an account and log on before the tickets go on sale, they go quickly.…
Ellen Reid SOUNDWALK
A free, GPS-enabled work of public art uses music to illuminate the natural environment. Created by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and sound artist Ellen Reid, the experience is guided by the listener: the path you choose dictates the music you hear, and no two visits will be exactly the same. After installing the free app and…
Somewhere to Roost
Explore the ways that artists evoke and construct ideas of “home" in over 60 works including paintings, textiles, photographs, and sculptures by self-taught artists.
Tulip Festival
Admire over 100 varieties of tulip and other flowers in a charming community garden, open to all from dawn to dusk. Frequent visitors will see the tulip display changing every few days, as some varieties fade and others come into bloom. Learn about gardening and enjoy other activities April 13-14 and April 20-21, 10 am-4…
Passover Celebration at CMOM
Passover Celebration at CMOM
Join a celebration of Passover through art making projects in honor of freedom, hope, and resilience. Design your own cup to adorn your Passover table as you learn the significance of Elijah’s cup at the Passover Seder. Collage the foods traditionally eaten during the Passover feast (Seder) onto a Seder plate display. Imagine a seder…
Kids Week: Gather Around the Campfire
Kids Week: Gather Around the Campfire
Gather by the campfire to enjoy an afternoon of story-telling and fireside activities. Join the Urban Park Rangers to experience nature in a hands-on and fun way.
Spring Into Action: Animal Rescue
Spring Into Action: Animal Rescue
Learn about threats to animals and design solutions. Make a safe home for endangered animals using recycled materials and learn how to protect these creatures against forest degradation. Transform the PlayWorks Lab into an exciting math safari with a Sumatran elephant-themed counting and sorting activity. Help provide a haven for our bee friends by creating…
Living History: 18th-Century Street Food
Living History: 18th-Century Street Food
Join historical interpreters to learn about the diversity of late 18th and early 19th century vendors and experience what it would have been like to buy street food. Learn more about history in the hands-on children's museum in the basement.
Little New-Yorkers
Little New-Yorkers
Join museum educators in the lovely children's library for story time and crafts. Each class includes a special hello song, silly dances and games, a story book reading, and a craft to do after the story. Themes related to New York history and current exhibits change monthly.
Spring Into Action: Animal Rescue + Ballet Hispánico:
Spring Into Action: Animal Rescue + Ballet Hispánico:
Learn about threats to animals and design solutions. Make a safe home for endangered animals using recycled materials and learn how to protect these creatures against forest degradation. Transform the PlayWorks Lab into an exciting math safari with a Sumatran elephant-themed counting and sorting activity. Help provide a haven for our bee friends by creating…
MusicTalks Outdoor Concert
MusicTalks Outdoor Concert
Boogie woogie at a freepop up concert tomorrow with cellist Elad Kabilio playing favroites from Bach to Aladdin! Swing by for a relaxing and lovely sunset concert - audience members are welcome to bring blankets or lawn chairs for their comfort, a snack and a fun beverage to make the experience extra special. Family or…
Spring Into Action: Animal Rescue + Bash the Trash
Spring Into Action: Animal Rescue + Bash the Trash
Learn about threats to animals and design solutions. Make a safe home for endangered animals using recycled materials and learn how to protect these creatures against forest degradation. Transform the PlayWorks Lab into an exciting math safari with a Sumatran elephant-themed counting and sorting activity. Help provide a haven for our bee friends by creating…
Kids Week: Nature Exploration for Kids
Kids Week: Nature Exploration for Kids
Learn all the nature that surrounds us on a walk through Central Park. Join the Urban Park Rangers to experience nature in a hands-on and fun way.
David Rubenstein Atrium Concerts
David Rubenstein Atrium Concerts
Lincoln Center presents weekly free concerts with artists from across the globe and community events for all in a spacious, welcoming atrium. Programming is for all ages (though some content is more mature, see the schedule), with room to dance in the back. Enter for shows on Broadway between W 62nd & 63rd St. No…
Spring Into Action: Animal Rescue + The Galapagos Animal Puppet Show
Spring Into Action: Animal Rescue + The Galapagos Animal Puppet Show
Learn about threats to animals and design solutions. Make a safe home for endangered animals using recycled materials and learn how to protect these creatures against forest degradation. Transform the PlayWorks Lab into an exciting math safari with a Sumatran elephant-themed counting and sorting activity. Help provide a haven for our bee friends by creating…
Little New-Yorkers
Little New-Yorkers
Join museum educators in the lovely children's library for story time and crafts. Each class includes a special hello song, silly dances and games, a story book reading, and a craft to do after the story. Themes related to New York history and current exhibits change monthly.
David Rubenstein Atrium Concerts
David Rubenstein Atrium Concerts
Lincoln Center presents weekly free concerts with artists from across the globe and community events for all in a spacious, welcoming atrium. Programming is for all ages (though some content is more mature, see the schedule), with room to dance in the back. Enter for shows on Broadway between W 62nd & 63rd St. No…
EarthFest
EarthFest
Join a full day of family-friendly activities, performances, and lectures showcasing local and international efforts devoted to preserving planet Earth. In Polyglot Theatre's Bees (10:30 am, noon, 2:15 pm & 3:30 pm), life-sized bees take over the Museum’s galleries, inviting children to explore their dynamic world through movement, sound, and play. Try hair, makeup, and…
Spring Into Action: Animal Rescue + Artist Workshop with Ebony Bolt
Spring Into Action: Animal Rescue + Artist Workshop with Ebony Bolt
Learn about threats to animals and design solutions. Learn about the importance of bees and create “Bee Hotel” and puppets that pollinate. At 2 & 3 pm, join artist Ebony Bolt for an interactive artmaking workshop informed by her creative practice and mural installation Driving the Future (currently on view). Design your own pattern using…
John Luther Adams’ Crossing Open Ground
John Luther Adams’ Crossing Open Ground
In celebration of Earth Month, Juilliard and Lincoln Center present Crossing Open Ground, an outdoor work by John Luther Adams for winds, brass, and percussion. The piece, written for multiples of 40 musicians, will be performed across Lincoln Center’s 16-acre campus by an acoustic ensemble of Juilliard student and alumni musicians and dancers with guest…
Singing at a Senior Center
Singing at a Senior Center
Sing and spread cheer at a nursing home. Singers of all ages and abilities welcome and greatly appreciated. At 2:30 pm, sing concert style, led by a professional singer, Sero Chaser, then stroll through the halls 3-4pm singing outside or inside the resident's rooms.Please RSVP via email. Song books provided. Hosted by Nursing Home Card…
Spring Into Action: Animal Rescue + Artist Workshop with Ebony Bolt
Spring Into Action: Animal Rescue + Artist Workshop with Ebony Bolt
Learn about threats to animals and design solutions. Learn about the importance of bees and create “Bee Hotel” and puppets that pollinate. At 2 pm, The Culture Tree and WonderSparks present the journey of three environmentally responsible friends who join forces to save planet Earth. Learn about climate change and what we can do to…
New-York Historical Society Sunday Story Time
New-York Historical Society Sunday Story Time
This weekly program in a charming children's library includes the reading of a New-York-themed book, a related craft project and silly dances and games. Books change weekly and are often related to current celebrations and seasons. This month features books related to Women's History Month.
Living History: Exploring Seneca Village
Living History: Exploring Seneca Village
Interpreters bring to life the stories of landowning Black New Yorkers. Learn about the diverse group of people they rented to within Seneca Village, a thriving Black community in Central Park about 170 years ago. Interact with everyday objects the residents would have encountered. Then learn more about the people of Seneca Village in exhibition…