The Jewish Museum is presenting Let the Colors Roar! Family Day for Jack Goldstein, a fun-filled multi-generational event celebrating the exhibition Jack Goldstein x 10,000 on Sunday, May 19 from 12 noon to 4 pm. Activities include two performances by Jukebox Radio, a huge drop-in art workshop, painting sessions, and family tours. This event is free with Museum admission. Continue reading →

City Parks Foundation proudly announces its 2013 season of SummerStage, New York’s largest free performing arts festival! They are bringing a huge variety of over 100 free performances to seventeen parks throughout all five of the boroughs this year. The festival runs from June 4th until August 29th. Continue reading →

Enjoy 2 VIP tickets for a 2-hour princess & pirates-themed tour; includes lunch and activities. Continue reading →

SATURDAY APRIL 20

Rolling River: Rock the River Spring Festival @ Rolling River Day Camp
Open to the entire community, this family-friendly spring festival features carnival rides, games, pony rides, aninteractive crafts and vendor fair, playgrounds, tumbling center, music and dancing, face painting, sponsor giveaways, arts and crafts and more. Continue reading →

Prospect Park Zoo Hosts Annual Fleece Festival:
Saturday and Sunday, May 18 – 19
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Two babydoll lambs at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Prospect Park Zoo play in their pasture as mother, Ginger, watches closely.

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New York Family Magazine Presents the New York Baby Show May 18 & 19, 2013 at Pier 92 Featuring More Than 120 Exciting Experiences for Families

Rosie Pope, the Go-To Expert and Educator for All Things Mom, to Host New York Baby Show

A grand family-friendly mega-show, the New York Baby Show will help new parents and parents-to-be discover many of the best products for maternity, baby and toddler from national and local companies, as well as offer an inspiring menu of lectures, seminars and demonstrations from highly regarded and beloved figures in the world of parenting and pregnancy. The New York Baby Show is expected to be the single biggest consumer event for families in the northeast this year.  Continue reading →

The Wildlife Conservation Society’s New York Aquarium’s summer educational programming is back post-Hurricane Sandy with a new lineup of programs for children of all ages. Registration is now open for the 2013 summer camp season.  Continue reading →

SATURDAY APRIL 13

Watson Adventures’ Fright at the Museum Family Scavenger Hunt @ AMNH
If you enjoyed “Night at the Museum”, you’ll love this adventure, which features exhibits in the Museum of Natural History that inspired scenes in the hit movie. Kids and adults work together to take on a not-so-woolly mammoth with tooth trouble, a scary Easter Island statue, an attack by a monster whale, humongous warring mooses, dangerous dinosaurs and more. Continue reading →

Aquarium on Track to Help Spark Coney Island Comeback from Hurricane Sandy

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The Wildlife Conservation Society will partially reopen the New York Aquarium on Saturday, May 25. Continue reading →

2013 New York Children’s Theater Festival

Three original productions for kids to be showcased in NYC April 19 to May 5

The New York Children’s Theater Festival co-founders Michael Shawn Lewis, Chelsey Shannon, and Renee Barnett have announced the shows for its second season. This year’s selections are all original premieres: The Tale of Jamie Freel: a Faerie Story; Cheater, Cheater, Pumpkin Eater!; and Molly Bloom Lately. Continue reading →