Outdoor fun, plus lots of cool kids' culture makes for a packed week of awesome activities. There's even a global food crawl—no plane tickets necessary! 

Festivities for the Tribeca Film Festival continue with the Family Street Fair and ESPN Sports Day happening this Saturday. Kids can also celebrate the arts with the WBGO Kids Jazz Concert in nearby New Jersey, or take a day trip to Planting Fields in Long Island for its Arbor Day Family Festival, complete with live shows and a petting zoo. You'll also find live animals, along with other surprises, at A Night at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History in New Haven. Other fun includes Tarrytown Music Hall's semi-annual family fest with circus workshops, music, arts and crafts.

Planning your next family vacation? Our Travel site has details on the best things to do with kids in Houston, Texas, as well as an historic adventure in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Here's what else we covered on the NYC site this week:

Could life really get any better than it is in Fairfield County? We think so! There's always something new to learn, no matter how long you've lived in a place. If you've already scoured our Museums Guide, our Classes Guide and our Indoor Play Guide but still want more, well, we've got it. Here are 10 tricks for parenting wisely and well in this neck of the woods. And if you're Yoda enough to know all of these already, please share a few of your secrets!

When we moved to Peekskill in 2006, only three places on the following list even existed! So to say that Peekskill has experienced a restaurant boom in the past decade is an understatement. There is a restaurant for nearly every palate, and many of them are extremely family-friendly.

As we continue our focus on Peekskill this month, we’ve rounded up some of the best family dining the city has to offer. Our list includes a range of culinary options, traditional kid-pleasers to more exotic fare, long-time local favorites to new-on-the-block eateries worth checking out. Read on to find out where to dine with kids in Peekskill.

Science, Earth Day; Earth Day, science. One follows the other, but which came first? Did someone say, "Science rocks! Let's apply it to the Earth!" Or was it, "The Earth is so cool; I wonder what the science behind it is?"

Either way, there are going to be a lot of inspired kids this weekend. Inspired to be primatologists and engineers, chefs and yogis, artists and opera singers. Kids will be running away to join the circus and skating off to Pixie Hollow.

It looks like it's going to be one big party in LA this weekend. Or maybe a bunch of little ones. Or maybe some smaller ones and then a supersize, I-didn't-know-there-were-that-many-people-here party. All I know is: it's gonna be super fun.

Keep reading for the most earthy events this weekend... scientifically proven!

After a brutal winter, the warm weather is finally here! Let’s rejoice and spend as much time outside as possible. Fairs and festivals are popping up all over the Garden State in places like Cape May, Toms River and Hoboken. You really should get your NJ family to one of these fun-filled festivals in our wonderful state, because, after all, it's only fair. For more outdoor fun, check out our list of 30 Ways to Get Good & Messy outside.

You can honor our planet this weekend at several Earth Day celebrations across Long Island. Kids can also learn to garden at Benner's Farm, or discover everything there is to know about chickens at Chick-a-Palooza in Riverhead.

Families can head over to Roslyn for programs at the Nassau County Museum of Art, or take a drive to Islip to spend the day at the Seatuck Family Nature Club.

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This last weekend of April brings plenty of fun indoor and outdoor activities for families. Highlights include the annual Sheepshearing Festival at Gore Place in Waltham (pictured) and the last days of the Cambridge Science Festival. The Art in Bloom family event at the MFA Boston is a great way to celebrate spring indoors, or head to Musketaquid Earth Day in Concord to honor our planet with tons of fun outdoor activities.

There's still plenty of time to catch everyone's favorite ogre in Shrek the Musical at Wheelock Family Theatre (but first, read our review). Other great performances for families this weekend include A Little Light Music with the North Cambridge Family Opera and a BSO Family Concert, which includes an instrument petting zoo.

Also on Mommy Poppins Boston this week:

• Pack up the family for a close-to-home getaway in historic Portsmouth, NH.
• These Velcro blocks are easy to make and loads of fun to play with.
• Our parent film review of Monkey Kingdom can help you decide if it's a good fit for your kids.
• For a tasty treat, try making these three-ingredient peanut butter and jelly cookies with your little ones.
• If you have a Minecraft player in the house, check out this online summer program.
• Find out what we think of Boston's other green monster in our review of Shrek The Musical.

Enjoy your weekend, and don't forget to check out our full Event Calendar!