Boston International Children’s Film Festival - MFA, Boston
Continues through 4/21
Films $10

The Festival continues with animated and live-action shorts and films from around the world. Not sure if the films will appeal to your kids? Check out what a team of top-notch Kid Critics assembled by Mommy Poppins LA has to say before you go. And if your children would like to share a review of one of the festival films that they saw, LA families would love to hear their thoughts, too.

Schoolhouse Rock - Boston Center for the Arts
Opens Friday; weekends through 5/5
Tickets $25        

Based on the popular Saturday morning cartoons of the 1970s and '80s, Schoolhouse Rock! is an entertaining and educational journey into the worlds of multiplication, science, government and grammar. Features such memorable songs as "Just A Bill," "Conjunction Junction," and "Interjections." Presented by Boston Children's Theatre.

Kids' Shows: Davey the Clown - Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline
Sat 4/20
$8 children, $10 adults        

Davey the Clown is a physical comedian, juggler, unicyclist and accordionist. Davey's show includes juggling, amazing magic, incredible unicycling (on a 6-foot unicycle!), wacky antics, balloon sculpture, audience participation, and a rubber chicken! Plus accordion music, and a parade with volunteers from the audience.

Tim Seston Concert - Barefoot Books Studio, Concord
Sat 4/20
$10/family        

Families can enjoy clever rhyme, song, puppets, classic storytelling and guitar music as Tim combines his favorite Barefoot Book Sing-A-Long songs with his original tales about children and their imaginations.

Pre-registration preferred; drop-ins welcome.

6th Annual Bookish Ball and Shakespeare’s Birthday Celebration - Harvard Square, Cambridge
Sat 4/20
FREE

The free, family-friendly festival features book store strolls, live music, dancing, performances, birthday cake and a sidewalk procession. Events include:

• 12pm – 1pm COOP Kids – Poetry Out Loud! Brattle Plaza (in front of Crema Café at 27 Brattle Street): The Harvard COOP opens up its annual poetry contest archives and shares poems submitted by COOP kids over the years. Children can make their own poetry journal and play the poetry trivia game – winners receive tickets for the “Hahvahd” Tour!
• 1pm – 1:15pm Children’s Musical Performance from New School of Music Brattle Plaza (in front of Crema Café at 27 Brattle Street).
• 1:15pm – 1:50pm Join the Sidewalk Parade! Everyone is welcome to join the fun as book lovers, Shakespeare enthusiasts, actors, musicians, and some special guests march from Brattle Plaza to Plympton Street for our Bookish Ball Street Fair.
• 1:50pm – 4:30pm Bookish Ball and Shakespeare’s Birthday Celebration (intersection Plympton Street and Massachusetts Avenue), with poetry readings, cake, ice cream, face painters, and a performance by local singer/songwriter Patrick Mulroy (3:30pm)

National Astronomy Day - Cambridge Science Festival
Sat 4/20
Most FREE

Celebrate National Astronomy Day with Cambridge Science Festival events including:

• Sidewalk Astronomy - BU Marsh Plaza, Boston
• Space and Rockets Day - Danehy Park, Cambridge

Art Connections Family Afternoon - New Art Center, Newton
Sat 4/20
FREE

The New Art Center hosts an afternoon of fun, interactive activities. Families can explore the gallery together through scavenger hunts, discussion starters and crafts projects. Drop-in any time, for all ages.

Earth Day at Stone Zoo - Stone Zoo, Stoneham
Sat 4/20
Free with admission

Special Earth Day activities teach visitors about the Zoo's animals as well as ways everyone can contribute to a healthy planet, including zookeeper encounters, a performance by The New England Dance Ensemble (11am & 1pm); and games, prizes and music with MAGIC 106.7 (11am-1pm).

Chemists Celebrate Earth Day - Museum of Science, Boston
Sun 4/21
Included with admission

Visitors try their hands at a number of green chemistry activities: make solar cells out of blackberries, learn about the environmental impacts of cleaning supplies, make biodiesel, test for acid rain with cabbage juice, and assess the effects of soil salinity and acidity on plant growth.

Party for the Planet - Franklin Park Zoo, Dorchester
Sun 4/21
Free with admission

Celebrate Earth Day at Franklin Park Zoo, where visitors learn more about the incredible animals that call the Zoo home as well as ways everyone can contribute to a healthy planet.

Blue Discoveries Family Day: Earth Day Celebration - New England Aquarium, Boston
Sun 4/21
Free with admission

Families learn more about the blue planet through art, science and storytelling. Earth Day-focused program highlights Aquarium favorites as well as often-overlooked inhabitants.

Curious George Store Turns 1 - World's Only Curious George Store, Cambridge
Sun 4/21
FREE

It’s The World’s Only Curious George Store’s First Birthday, and visitors can enjoy face painting, performers, raffles, prizes, tasty treats, plus a visit with Curious George himself (in costume character form).