Register for Free Swimming Lessons for Kids in NYC Knowing how to swim prevents drowning and improves your health, fitness, and safety. To help teach New Yorkers to swim, Parks is offering free swimming lessons for people of all ages at our indoor pools during the...
WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER Ten years after it reclassification, Pluto is still dogged by its lack of planet status, begging the questions, if Pluto isn’t a planet, then what is? What made the International Astronomical Union reclassify Pluto in 2006? It isn’t like the other planets in...
Dinosaurs Among Us It is a bird, or a dinosaur? Dinosaurs Among Us will examine how one group of dinosaurs evolved into the fascinating living creatures we call birds. The exhibition will feature ancient, rarely seen fossils, and life-like models, including a 23-foot-long feathered tyrannosaur (Yutyrannus huali) and a small four-winged dromeosaur...
Deciding what to do for your child's birthday can be a big deal! You want it to be special, right? Below we are focussing on a few businesses which will make your child's party VERY special - even the talk of the playground. Lucky Strike Manhattan Looking to throw an...
The Paper Bag Players, celebrating their 57th year of bringing original, contemporary musical theater to kids, return to the Jewish Museum on Sunday, March 13 with two performances of Pop-Pop-Popcorn, at 11:30 am and 2pm; and Become a Paper Bag Player, a special behind-the-scenes workshop...
SUMMER CAMP FOCUS Although it probably doesn't feel like it just now, summer will be here before we know it. And, we all know that summer means that kids can enjoy camp! Our kids are so lucky as the choice of camp out there is fantastic -...
Did Staten Island Chuck call for an early spring or more winter? Staten Island, NYC: The gates of Staten Island Zoo once again opened early this morning, Tuesday February 2, for it's annual Groundhog Day celebration. Staten Island Chuck was tasked once again with predicting whether or not to expect more...
Vered and the Babes will star in a hip concert for families at the Jewish Museum on Sunday, February 21 at 11:30 am. The band, featuring Vered Benhorin with Rob Jost and Matt Hilgenberg, performs funny, poignant, and upbeat melodies, reminiscent of doo-wop, from their hit...
An amazing 122-foot long Titanosaur has been unveiled at the American Museum of Natural History. The Titanosaur's neck is peeking out of the exhibition room as the 122-foot cast of the dinosaur is just too big to fit entirely inside the space! Paleontologists suggest this dinosaur, a giant...
Mil's Trills 6th Annual Winter Bash Each year Brooklyn families look forward to shaking the winter blues away at the annual Mil's Trills Winter Bash, a veritable explosion of music, art, and community. The sixth annual Mil's Trills Winter Bash will take place at 11:30 a.m....