All weekend:

Daydream – Prospect Park
Each Saturday and Sunday in June, at the Imagination Playground, the players from PLG Arts put on a short 45 minute performance of their adaptation of “A Midsummer Night's Dream" complete with construction workers and fairy royalty. Afterwards check out the free post show activities or splash in the fountain.  FREE

Richard III – Central Park
My kingdom for a horse! Instead of Shakespeare in the Park, how about Shakespeare all over the park?  Watch the talented yet roving band of actors from the New York Classical Theater as they perform Richard III throughout the park. You don’t need to wait in line for the tickets - just show up – and it is free (donations accepted). FREE


Saturday June 12, 2010

Centennial Bee-Day Party -- Brooklyn
A great day for NYC as our beloved Brooklyn Botanic Garden celebrates it 100th year.  A huge bee- themed party is taking place complete with live music of every sort, special tours of the gardens and more. Learn about bees and how important they are to the environment, check out the many live hives on display and taste some small batch artisan honey.  Kids can create bee costumes, puppets and have lots of fun buzzing around the garden.  Plus in honor of this special day admission is FREE.

Country in the City – Inwood
The Dykman Farmhouse, a Dutch farmhouse built in the 18th century turned museum is one of the oldest structures in the city. Saturday is their open house with local artists working outside in the ½ acre formal garden.  After watching them work families can tour the house to learn its fascinating history and kids won’t want to miss the special story time about Miss Rumphius, who made the world more beautiful. Then they can create some beauty themselves.  FREE

Family Scavenger Hunt—Central Park
Kids just love scavenger hunts and this one is perfect since it leads them around the Children’s District of Central Park. FREE

Fix Your Own Bike Day – Battery Park City
Let the whole family learn how to maintain and fix their bikes in this hand on workshop.  All tools and materials supplied.  FREE

4th Annual Field Day – Lower East Side
A day of outdoor fun in Nathan Straus park hosted by The Educational Alliance.  Join the neighborhood school kids and enjoy old fashioned playtime with activities like relay races, hula hoops, jump ropes and beanbag toss. Kids can get their face painted and they even throw in a picnic lunch. FREE

Get Your Hands Dirty Day – The Bronx
First take in a demonstration of creative container planting then plant your own seedlings, easy-care herbs and flowers to take home with the expertise of the Wave Hill staff.  Demo is FREE but the make and take workshop is $10 per family

Tech in the Plaza: Peeking into Playstation – Midtown East
Ever wonder what makes your video games work? Well the helpful staff at Sony’s
Wonder Technology Lab will help you take apart Playstation consoles and controllers to find out.  FREE

WNNS 10th Anniversary Celebration—Williamsburg
Join in on the party at the Williamsburg Neighborhood Nursery School at their 10th Anniversary Carnival that benefits the school and their great work. The days fun includes games, hula hoop workshops, a book sale, crafts for kids from SpaceCraft, tie dying, planting plus live music and great raffles. FREE

Go Fish – Battery Park City
Try to catch one of the 30 fish species that live in the harbor using no-barb hooks.  All fish are explored in saltwater tanks before they are put back into the water. Bring your own rod, reel and bait or borrow one from the conservancy. This week entertainment provided by Rene Collins & The Great Movement’s folk, reggae and hip hop stylings.  FREE

W.O.R.D. UP! Words of Real Distinction—Brooklyn
Sit in on a special reading by none other than Tina Louise AKA Ginger from Gilligan’s Island as she reads from her children’s book What does a Bee Do? FREE with museum admission (which is free until 11:00 am on Saturday)

Photography Workshop—Brooklyn Heights
Visit the transit inspired photo exhibit See it split, see it change and then work with photographer and educator to take your own photographs of lower Manhattan.  After the photo session kids can return to the Transit Museum’s Technology Lab to digitally edit their photos and create mosaics with them.  Bring your own equipment or let the museum know and they will provide for you.  Reservations required and children must be accompanied by a chaperone. $15

Story in the Garden—Murray Hill
Visit the former home of JP Morgan and take a special family tour of the new exhibit Romantic Gardens: Nature, Art, and Landscape Design and then make a garden of your own design inspired by a favorite storybook.  Gardens will be created out of foam core, mosses, lichen and other materials. Be sure to bring a favorite storybook with a garden to inspire.  Tickets: $6 for adults, $2 for children.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream—Greenwich Village
Watch a performance of the bard performed by the talented all girl youth ensemble of The Arts Effect. Seats are limited and tickets must be purchased in advance.  $10

Sunday June 13, 2010

FAB Fest—Fort Greene
Brooklyn sure knows how to party! Join in on the fun at one of these three block street fairs going down every Sunday in June.  This week they celebrate the release of the new reggae movie Wah Do Dem with live music and djs. There will also be 3-on-3 soccer, crafts and street side mad libs for the kids. Parents will dig the awesome food demos - mozzarella cheese or jam making, pickling, butchering and even some moonshine.  Don’t miss the red velvet cupcake decorating contest for kids hosted by Cake Man Raven. FREE

PS 75 Spring Carnival—Upper West Side
School carnival season is winding down so this could be the last carnival for the year.  Support a NYC public school by playing traditional carnival games like the ever popular dunk tank or dine at their international food court.  FREE

Milstein Science Series Presents: Science in the Everglades—Upper West Side
Gather underneath the giant whale to learn about the unique ecosystem of Florida’s Everglades while meeting some of the animals that call it home, alligators, crocodiles and a Burmese python.  FREE with museum admission

Bowery Kids Presents: The Hullabaloo Band – The Bowery
Have a hootenanny of a time in this intimate performance space with kid-folk from the award winning Hullabaloo Band.  $10

Outside of NYC:

I hear that rodeos are a lot of fun for kids so if you are Jersey bound you may want to check out the professional Montgomery Rodeo taking place in Skillman. Watch as cowboys and girls perform daring feats on top of broncos and bulls and a whole lot more.  The little buckaroos will love it.  $15

Out on Long Island visit Benners Farm a cool, family run, real live working farm in the middle of suburban Setauket:.  This weekend is their annual Strawberry Festival.  Watch as Mr. Benner hand cranks his own berry-filled ice cream and then get a taste!  $6 for adults and $5 for kids.

Still looking for something to do? This is just a sample of what is in our events calendar .

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