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Fairfield Museum & History Center - 9:30 AM Pick
Buckland Hills Mall - 2:00 AM
Stepping Stones Museum for Children - 9:00 AM
Buckland Hills Mall - 2:00 AM
Stepping Stones Museum for Children - 9:00 AM
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Lighthouse Point Park - 5:00 PM
Pratt & Whitney Stadium - 5:00 PM
Hebron Fairgrounds - 5:00 PM
Hubbard Park - various times
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Free Fun Friday: ID Day, Music Festivals, Medieval Gardens
Audra Rox
Outside of the Father's Day selections, these are the events that I thought were the most interesting and worth heading out to this weekend:
The Museum of Natural History hosts an Identification Day. Like a natural history Antiques Roadshow, bring in your backyard finds (shells, rocks, insects, arrowheads, feathers, fossils, bones, pottery, textiles) and have museum scientists tell you what it really is. FREE with museum admission.*
New York City Police Museum is hosting its 4th Annual Family Fair, a fun-filled day of activities including visits by members of NYPD Special Units such as the Mounted Unit and the Emergency Services Unit, games and prizes, face painting, and special appearances by McGruff the Crime Dog and PC the Patrol Car. Children and adults can pose for pictures in police uniforms. And, younger children can practice calling 9-1-1 on the Museum’s emergency simulator. Plus balloons, a Super Slide, hot dogs, popcorn, and cotton candy! FREE.
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The annual celebration of the gardens at The Cloisters will feature events focused on aromatic and scented plants used in all aspects of medieval life, from cooking and housekeeping to perfumery and religious rites. Making Sense of Scents—a program for children ages 4 to 12 and their families—will be offered in English and Spanish. A perfumer will give a talk and demonstration of medieval perfume-making. FREE with Museum admission.*
Uptown County Fair. We listed this last week. Go to it this week. FREE
AudraRox Presents: 1st Annual Carlyle Music Fest at the Yard. AudraRox, The Dirty Sock Funtime Band, Astrograss, Toxic Muffin, and Magnolia grace us with the hottest kiddie rock in town. Win free tickets to this event from achildgrowsinbrooklyn.com.
Kid Acts! Afternoon Performance & Dance Party with the Music of David Weinstone and the Music for Aardvarks band plus the comedic magicians Imagination in Motion and the hula-hoop hijinx masters Groovehoops, you can't miss with this event in Riverside Park. FREE
*The Met (The Cloisters is part of the Met) doesn't like to announce it, but admission to the Met is by siggested donation and you are not required to pay, so technically free
