Closing time... One of our top places to visit with kids in Brooklyn Heights, the independent art house movie theater Brooklyn Heights Cinema, is shutting its doors after 43 years in the neighborhood. The happy ending? It's not going out of business, it's merely moving to nearby Dumbo. Once details on the new space are finalized, we'll see about adding the new-old cinema to our list of things to do with kids in Dumbo.

Also in Brooklyn, Crown Heights children's store, Stork is calling it quits after two years since the owners are moving to New Jersey. Stop in Friday to Sunday through August 31 to say goodbye, and save big on clothes, gear and whatever else is left in stock.

We've long admired Jim Power's lamppost mosaics on St. Mark's in the East Village. However, the artist himself is taking down some of his Astor Place artwork to protest the plaza's impending redesign. Though the City had offered to preserve his street art, when details couldn't be hammered out Power decided to remove the works and incorporate the materials into new mosaics elsewhere in the neighborhood. Recycling at its finest.

Auditions and opportunities Celebrated musical theater education program, TADA!, invites NYC performers ages 8 to 18 to audition for its Resident Youth Ensemble, a FREE theater training program that gives participants the opportunity to perform in shows and other perks. No experience is necessary, just enthusiasm and talent. Tryouts will be held in mid-October on a number of dates and preregistration is required. Find all the details on TADA!'s website.

Also auditioning this fall: the Young People's Chorus of New York City, which we highlighted in our roundup of NYC children's choruses. Singers ages 7 to 18 can set up a September audition time via mail or phone. Those selected will receive vocal training, sight-singing instruction and opportunities to perform.

Got a kid who's more into computers and coding (like mine) than stages and spotlights? I just found out that Young Rewired State—a UK-based organization that supports kid coders all over the world—is hosting a weekend hack-a-thon in NYC November 1-2. It's open to coders ages 18 and under, and is FREE but registration is required. My son worked with the org this summer creating apps with the help of mentors and peers, and he can't speak highly enough of it.

If you're looking for an inexpensive after school, take note: registration for the NYC Parks Department's FREE after-school program takes place next week and the week after, depending on which location you're interested in. Sessions are held at indoor recreation centers in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx, and are open to children ages 6 to 13. Find all the details and registration dates and hours on the website.

Getting schooled After months of protests, opt outs and calls for more transparency, the New York State Education Department has finally released about a quarter of the questions used on the 2013 and 2014 ELA/Literacy and Mathematics Common Core state tests for third through eighth grades. There are also annotations explaining the methodology. So you can now decide for yourself whether you think the tests are age appropriate... or not. Have you reviewed the questions yet and if so, do you think they're raising the standards or needlessly confusing the test takers?

Speaking of the tests, the scores for 2014 are out! You can see how your kid's school fared on the NYC Department of Education's website, though deciphering those massive spreadsheets feels like a test, too. Inside Schools crunched the numbers and there were modest gains, but the citywide percentage of students who passed is still depressingly low. Anxious to see your child's individual scores? The DOE says that info will be available via ARIS Parent Link come the last week of August.

And finally, a followup to our item about new school hours: Inside Schools reports that about 450 schools will change their start and end times come September, with some opening as much as 40 minutes earlier, and others ending 30 minutes later. Is your school one of the ones affected, and how do you feel about the change? Tell us in the comments, below.