Events

Explore the Himalayas at your own pace . . . 

Learners of any age are welcome to stop in and use their imagination at the RMA's Garuda Open Studio.  Play Asian games (like with the abacus), make art inspired by a gallery visit (such as your own mandala), dress up in colorful Himalayan costumes and scarves, and read in the Story Corner stocked with more than 100 Asian tales, including Jataka Tales (Buddhist parables), and I Once Was a Monkey. 

Can you move like a painting?

Making art more interactive for a younger audience, this program encourages understanding of art through interpretative movement.  Guided by RMA educators, children will transform the artworks they encounter into poses, movement, and sound.

Moving Through Art is for kids ages 3-5 (accompanied by an adult).  Participants should bring their own thin, yoga-style mat; the program meets in the theater.

CITY PARK KIDS PRESENTS HERITAGE OP Heritage Op fuses conventional music with modern trends using mostly traditional instruments to create this unique FREE musical experience. Inspiring and uplifting lyrics paired with strong beats will get the audience up and dancing! Friday, July 25 10:30 AM LOCATION: Crotona Park, Haffen Park Crotona Park E. & Charlotte St. Performance Site: Crotona Park Tennis House on Crotona Ave. Rain Site: St. Mary Recreation Center, East 145th St. & St. Ann’s Ave.BRONX For more information visit: www.CityParksFoundation.org

CITY PARK KIDS PRESENTS EBONY HILLBILLIES

Ebony Hillbillies are not only one of the last string bands in America; they are the only string band based in New York City. Ebony Hillbillies have crossed musical boundaries while maintaining a strong grassroots following and will impress children of all ages with this FREE performance.

DATE: Friday, July 25 TIME: 11:00 AM

LOCATION: Brower Park, BROOKLYN

Brooklyn Ave. & Prospect Pl. Performance Site: Basketball courts Rain Site: St. Johns Recreation Center, 1251 Prospect Pl. between Troy and Schenectady

For more information visit www.nycgovparks.org

Three days of animation:

Best of the Ottawa International Animation Festival 60min Fri, Jul 25 at 2, 4:30, 6:50, 9:15pm Animation Weekend opens with Lapsus (pictured) from Argentina, about a curious nun; John and Karen, about the romantic complications of a British polar bear; and I Met the Walrus, an Academy Award-nominated film.

Animation Block Party 1 90min Sat, Jul 26 at 2, 6:50pm Experimental works and music videos include Air, an abstract collage of smoking; Illuminant, a stop-motion animation made up of photographs; andOne Skin (pictured).

Animation Block Party 2 90min Sat, Jul 26 at 4:30, 9:15pm Features Guy Talk, in which dude mice talk smack about ladies on a plane; the inventive Teat Beat of Sex, a take on sex exclusively from a woman's perspective; and Hot Dog by celebrated NYC animator Bill Plympton.

Animation Block Party 3 90min Sun, Jul 27 at 2, 6:50pm A secret agent attempts to rescue a child's goldfish in Operation Fish, while Goobees exposes the dark side of candy manufacturing, and two superheroes share a drink in a Gotham bar in Batman and Wolverine.

Animation Block Party 4 90min Sun, Jul 27 at 4:30, 9:15pm Everyone's favorite packing material has its day in Fantaisie in Bubblewrap,while Whoopi Goldberg's eyebrows go AWOL in Whoopi's Eyebrows, and a pear and apple discuss life in the fridge in Fresh Fruit.

For tickets and more information visit www.bam.org

Queens Farm Museum July 25, 26 and 27 30th Annual Thunderbird American Indian Mid-Summer Pow Wow

http://www.queensfarm.org/events.html 

New York City 's oldest and largest powwow will feature three days of intertribal Native American dance competitions to which the public is invited. Over 40 Indian nations are represented at this spectacular event held in the apple orchard on the farm grounds. A large selection of quality Native American art, crafts, jewelry and foods are available.

Admission: Adults $9.00 (all weekend pass $15.00), children: $4.00 (age 12 and under) (all weekend pass $5.00) Performance

Times Friday 7:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m. Gates open at 6:00 p.m.

Saturday 12:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Gates open at 12:00 p.m.

                   7:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m. Gates open at 6:00 p.m.

Sunday 12:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Gates open at 10:00 a.m.