Target First Saturday at The Brooklyn Museum - Prospect Heights
Although this fete starts in the evening, if you arrive on the early side your whole gang can partake in charcoal drawing workshops and hear live Afro-Latin Jazz before running home to bed. FREE

John Lithgow - The Sunny Side of the Street – Upper East Side
Catch the incomparable actor-singer in a concert at the Metropolitan Museum full of silly songs, amusing games and other entertaining surprises. Tickets are still available! $15

First Saturdays for Families at the New Museum – Lower East Side
Families go on an adventure through the museum looking for flowers in the artwork, then end the morning making their own floral fantasies. FREE

Rocknoceros – Upper West Side
The DC-based trio rocks NYC! Keep an eye on the super-talented drummer, who simultaneously sings and plays the accordion without missing a beat on the snare drum. Kids will love the band's original ditties as well as the unusual instruments they play. Kazoo anyone? $10.

Go Back to Where You Are Performance with Playtime by Sitters Studio – Midtown West
When was the last time Mom and Dad got a little grownup culture?  The folks at Playwrights Horizons feel your pain and are offering a special adults-only matinee of their new production, Go Back to Where You Are, by David Greenspan, with in-house babysitting by Sitters Studio. The sitters are working artists and will keep your kids entertained with crafts, music, dance and other activities while you enjoy the play. Brilliant. Click here for particulars on Sitters Studio. $55 per theater ticket; $15 flat fee for childcare.

Cinderella – Prospect Heights
The song and dance numbers in this musical rendition of Cinderella make the familiar tale feel new again. FREE


Sunday, April 3, 2011


Qing Ming Festival Family Day – Chinatown
This annual Chinese celebration of ancestry includes sweeping family graves each spring. After the work is done, the fun starts, usually in the form of kite flying and other seasonal amusements. At this Museum of Chinese in America festival, visitors can register for a kite-making workshop, catch Beijing natives Cui Yongping and Wang Shuqin in their U.S. debut with their world-renowned shadow puppets, or work on family trees. Also on offer are family-friendly tours, including a cool puzzle exhibit, and drop-in arts programs for kids and adults. $10

Princess Katie & Racer Steve – Tribeca
The multi-genre band delivers a high-energy, interactive performance that will have kids up on their feet shaking their groove things at 92YTribeca. Don’t forget to dress your little dude or diva in their best rocker gear! $15.

Ukrainian Easter Egg Decorating Workshops – East Village
Pysanky or Ukrainian Easter eggs are really amazing. Using a super-fine stylus and wax, old-fashioned folk designs are drawn on the eggs, then they are colored and the wax is removed. My aunt used to make them and I have always wanted to try my hand at it, too. Between now and Easter, families can learn this ancient folk art at a decorating workshop. Best suited for kids 12 and up. $15 for adults, $10 for kids 16-18 and $5 for kids 12-15.

Maria’s World of Storybooks – Upper East Side
In honor of the Jewish Museum's brand-new exhibit, Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World), the NYC artist makes a personal appearance and reads from one of her 12 children’s books. Free with museum admission.

Pre-Passover Fun Day – Tribeca
Little bakers can make their own unleavened bread from scratch. The day includes mixing, kneading, rolling and baking matzo, and then creating their own one-of-a-kind Seder plate to take home. $8

Brett Band for Kids Family Concert – East Village
Get down and boogie with popular preschool music instructor, Brett Rothenhaus, as he inspires kids to sing, dance and play their air guitars. Pre-registration suggested. $30 per family.  

NanoDays – Midtown East
More nano fun! Kids ages 7 and up can learn about incredibly small pieces of technology and the science behind them. Experiments abound with kids delving into study structure, material and scale. Afterward, hit the nanotechnology exhibit. First come, first served. FREE.

Outside of NYC:

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