Another weekend with threats of heavy rain! If it does pour, some of our outdoor event picks may be canceled, rescheduled or move inside. We're doing our best to keep this post updated, but if it does rain on Saturday or Sunday, be sure to check the events' official websites (or better yet, their Twitter feeds or Facebook pages) to find out if anything has changed. Four of our top family event picks for June take place this weekend and we're trying to figure out if we can hit them all because we can't seem to choose! There's Madison Square Park's tasty annual Big Apple Barbecue Block Party, the interactive arts festival Figment on Governors Island, the Egg Rolls & Egg Creams Festival on the Lower East Side and a FREE concert by kid rockers Dan Zanes and Elizabeth Mitchell in Battery Park.

But wait—there's more! Other weekend highlights include the Long Island City Bike Parade and Celebrate Brooklyn!'s annual Ezra Jack Keats Family Concert . Oh how we wish we were better at making decisions. And if you're one of our many readers who live in Westchester County, we've got some big news for you: There's now a Mommy Poppins Westchester where you can read about the best things to do in Southern Westchester, Northern Westchester and the Hudson Valley, although we hope you'll keep reading us, too, in case you'd like to take a trip into NYC.

These are just a few of the great things going on this weekend. All of our best bets are below. As always, you can find additional options in our Event Calendar and our Summer Fun Guide.

While NYC offers tons of outdoor summer activities, sometimes you want your fun to come with a little air conditioning. Happily there are a slew of new museum exhibits this season that are perfect for families, so you can soak up some cool culture while literally staying cool.

We've got the scoop on ten awesome summer installations, many of which are interactive. Find out where your kids can get up close and personal with live frogs, stand in an indoor rainstorm without getting wet, collaborate with professional artists and more this summer.

Growing up in Queens, I remember visiting Ridgewood with my grandmother, mainly to buy specialty items from butchers. As a kid, I always assumed Ridgewood was actually in Brooklyn, probably because of the architecture. The quiet residential neighborhood is known for its rows of early 20th-century brick and stone townhouses and has the highest concentration of landmarked structures in all of Queens in its huge National Historic District.

In fact, I wasn't far off. Ridgewood was part of the early Dutch settlement of Boswijk (Bushwick) and didn't have a Queens zip code until 1978! Though Ridgewood's population was once primarily Italian and German, these days you'll find many Eastern European and Latin American families plus a smattering of young artsy types moving in from the hipster enclaves of Williamsburg and Bushwick.

It's easy to see why the nabe appeals to parents: The side streets have a suburban feel but the shops on Myrtle Avenue, Fresh Pond Road and Forest Avenue are just a stroll away. Plus there are multiple public parks, and local listservs like Ridgewood Queens Moms Meetup are starting to pop up. Ridgewood is also a pretty easy commute to midtown Manhattan via the M train, and abuts Brooklyn's Bushwick and Queens' Maspeth/Middle Village.

Throughout June, we'll be exploring everything Ridgewood has to offer families including the best places to play, eat and experience with kids. For the purposes of our posts, our boundaries are Flushing to Jamaica Avenues, between Cypress and Wyckoff Avenues and 69th Street, which we realize includes a bit of neighboring Glendale so we can highlight some cool family attractions there, too, like the Shops at Atlas Park and Highland Park. We kick off our series with the top 20 things to do with kids in and around Ridgewood, Queens.