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Jun 13 2013

This Week: Father's Day Fun, NYC Summer Camp Deals, Free Outdoor Movies for Kids

Things to do with kids: This Week: Father's Day Fun, NYC Summer Camp Deals, Free Outdoor Movies for Kids

Father's Day was the theme this week on all of our sites with posts about the best ways for families to celebrate in NYC, Westchester, Long Island and beyond. Our Boston site also shared four easy-to-make treats kids can prepare for dad. Moms don't have the monopoly on dining in bed, you know.

If you're still searching for the perfect NYC day camp, our summer deals post has a bunch of great options, including discounts to chess, language and circus programs. And we've got the exclusive scoop on how to snag a coveted spot in the NYC Parks Experience Summer Day Camp which, at $500 for the entire summer, may be the best deal around.

Our crowdfunding campaign for the Mommy Poppins Kids' Activities App hit the 31% mark! You've got two more weeks to contribute $2 to help us make this app FREE for all. Donate more and you can earn some really cool rewards. There's only one more day to enter this week's giveaway: a Shark Sonic Duo Floor and Carpet Cleaner, a $250 value. (Getting someone else besides you to use it: priceless.)

Here's what else we covered this week on the NYC site:

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Jun 12 2013

Father's Day Weekend with NYC Kids: Free SummerStage Brooklyn Family Day, Fish Parade & Festival, Jazz Age Lawn Party June 15-16

Things to do with kids: Father's Day Weekend with NYC Kids: Free SummerStage Brooklyn Family Day, Fish Parade & Festival, Jazz Age Lawn Party June 15-16

Dad's the king on Sunday but you can celebrate Father's Day in NYC all weekend long with a wide variety of fun family outings. Saturday brings the annual Hunts Point Fish Parade and Festival and the Turtle Cove Golf and Baseball Center's opening season festivities. On Sunday, groove to cool tunes at SummerStage Brooklyn Family Day or catch a 19th-century style baseball game at the historic Bartow-Pell Mansion. Or dance the weekend away at the retro Jazz Age Lawn Party on Governors Island.

For those of you who like to plan ahead, two awesome free summer performance series kick off this weekend: the River to River Festival in Lower Manhattan, which runs through Sunday, July 14 and the Harlem Meer Performance Festival in northern Central Park, which goes through Labor Day weekend. Also, beginning this Friday you can enter the lottery for the NYC Park Department's FREE summer swimming lessons, which start in July.

All of our best bets for Father's Day weekend are below. You can find additional options in our Event Calendar and our Summer Fun Guide. Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there!

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Jun 11 2013

Where to See Macy's 4th of July Fireworks in New York City 2013

Things to do with kids: Where to See Macy's 4th of July Fireworks in New York City 2013

On Thursday, July 4, crowds will flock to Manhattan's West Side to watch Macy's 4th of July Fireworks light up the night sky in honor of Independence Day. More than 40,000 fireworks will burst forth from four barges floating on the Hudson River, synchronized to an eclectic soundtrack of patriotic standards, and classic and current pop songs that were all handpicked by Grammy Award winner Usher. In fact, he even helped influence the design of the fireworks!

While it may seem like the holiday is a long way off, it's actually just three weeks away. Tickets for paid viewing options, like 4th of July fireworks cruises and watching from the deck of the Intrepid, are already on sale and going fast. Of course you don't need to spend a penny see the sparklers, but there are some important things to know before you go. We've got the scoop on how to find the best places to watch Macy's 4th of July Fireworks with your family.

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Jun 6 2013

This Week: Free Summer Outdoor Entertainment, Best Museum Exhibits for Kids, New Mommy Poppins Westchester Site

Things to do with kids: This Week: Free Summer Outdoor Entertainment, Best Museum Exhibits for Kids, New Mommy Poppins Westchester Site

We were all about the new on Mommy Poppins this week. We kicked off a new neighborhood focus for the month, Ridgewood, Queens, we're hosting a new giveaway of a week of cooking camp and we launched our brand-new site Mommy Poppins Westchester. We're particularly excited about that last one since our Westchester readers had been begging for their own site for years. We love giving the people what they want! Now you can find out about the best things to do with kids throughout Westchester County and the Hudson Valley and sign up for the local newsletter.

Over on our Travel site, we rounded up Father's Day family vacation deals to destinations both near (Mystic, Connecticut) and far (the Bahamas). Of course you don't need to leave the city to do something special. Our Summer Fun Guide is filled with fun ideas for Father's Day and beyond, including a bunch of just-added posts like FREE outdoor kids' concerts and performance festivals, and the best new museum exhibits for families.

We made great progress on our Mommy Poppins App as well this week: Our IndieGoGo campaign is almost 30% funded. If we reach our goal the app will be FREE to all so please consider contributing—a donation as small as $2 truly makes a difference and if you give more you get some awesome rewards.

Here's what else we covered on the NYC site this week:

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Jun 5 2013

Free & Fun Things to Do this Weekend with NYC Kids: Figment Festival, Egg Rolls & Egg Creams, Big Apple BBQ, Dan Zanes June 8-9

Things to do with kids: Free & Fun Things to Do this Weekend with NYC Kids: Figment Festival, Egg Rolls & Egg Creams, Big Apple BBQ, Dan Zanes June 8-9

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.

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