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Children's Museum of the East End - 11:00 AM
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Children's Museum of the East End - 11:00 AM
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Children's Museum of the East End - 9:45 AM
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Town of Babylon History Museum - 12:00 PM Pick
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Free Fun Friday: Family Events that are fun for Mom and Dad too
We all know you secretly sing along to Laurie Berkner, but that doesn't mean you don't occasionally enjoy real grown up entertainment. This week our family friendly activities really are fun for the whole family, focusing on stuff that the grown ups will enjoy for themselves, but we think cool NYC kids will love too.
The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival. What a great way to set the stage and introduce your kids to Chinese culture and the Olympics! This weekend, on Saturday and Sunday, enjoy two days of dragon dances, martial arts performances, and arts and crafts tent including Chinese calligraphy, rice doll making, paper cutting and other crafts. Plus of course the dragon boat races!
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If you need to stick to more kid-centric family activities, Celebrate Brooklyn's Family Concert is on Saturday, August 2. Father Goose, The Sippy Cups and Joan Osborne (of "What if God Was One of Us?" fame and who now has a children's album inspired by her own foray into motherhood) will be performing kid music that youll definitely be humming along to.
Here's another great family event if you've got really cool kids (and I know you do). Central Park's Summerstage performance tonight, Friday August , will feature Dance Brazil with a kinetic Afro-Brazilian style based on Capoeira, the Brazilian gymnastic martial arts form. Also performing will be Max Pollack and RumbaTap, which melds, Latin, Jazz, tap and body percussion. I think cool kids will be mesmerized by the fun, gymnastic energy and movement of both these performances.
Could the movie The Red Balloon be any more magical? How about watching it for free, outdoors Against the darkened East River at Socrates Sculpture Park? The film is only 34 minutes, and begins at 7PM so you can still get the kiddies home at a decent hour. Or if they fall asleep, stay for Persepolis. Socrates Sculpture Park, Wednesday, August 6.
