Picks Of The Week: October 17-23

Looking
for some activity inspiration for the week ahead? Just check out our
“Picks of the Week” blog, in which our listings editor Sandy Krulwich
picks her favorite family events for each day of the week, whether it’s a
workshop, special story time for kids, or a musical performance. See
this week’s picks after the jump. —

Monday,
October 17

Perfectly Penguin at NYPL 67th Street Branch
328 East 67th Street

4pm

Penguin-lovers ages 3-12
will swoon over this animal afternoon full of puppets, games, songs and drama. Presented
by the Wildlife Theater from the Central Park
Zoo.

Tuesday,
October 18

18th Annual Family Party At The American Museum Of Natural
History

79th
Street
and Central Park West
5-7:30pm


The NYC science destination comes alive for the 18th Annual Family Party. This
beloved tradition features fascinating educational activities and spectacular
entertainment (like a performance by Laughing Pizza) for children ages 2-12.
Buy your tickets before it’s too late!

Wednesday,
October 19

CarnegieKids Presents The
Itty Biddies At The LaGuardia Performing Arts Center

31-10
Thomson Avenue
10am, 11:30am

CarnegieKids invites you
to this free cabaret-pop concert for all ages. Imagination required!

Thursday,
October 20

Gears at the Jefferson Market Branch Library
425 Avenue of the Americas
3:30pm

Learn how gears make a
clock work by making a see-through model! Workshop presented by the Children’s Museum of Manhattan, only 25 slots available – first come, first served.

Friday,
October 21

Candlelight Ghost Tours Of Manhattan’s Most Haunted House
29
East 4th Street
6pm-9:30pm

Older (and braver!) kids
will enjoy this haunted tour of the Merchant’s House Museum. Happy (early) Halloween.

The Complete World Of Sports (Abridged) At The New Victory Theater
209 West 42nd
Street

This witty spoof makes it’s
New Victory debut for older sports fans, ages 10 and up.

Saturday,
October 22

21 st Annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade
East 9th Street between Avenue A and B
Noon-3pm

Canines
in their best and scariest can compete for fun prizes at this annual Halloween
parade – just for them!

Sunday,
October 23

Alastair Moock CD Release Party at 92Y Tribeca
200 Hudson Street
11am

Join Alastair Moock for an
entertaining concert of folk tunes from his newest album.

Who’s Got The Beat? At The Little
Orchestra Society

1 & 2:30pm
330 West 42nd
Street,
12th Floor

Join the Little Orchestra
Society for the kick off of their popular Lolli-Pops series for classical-lovin’
kiddos, ages 3-5. This brand new show encourages the audience to find the
missing beat…where oh where could it be?

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New Settlement Community Center

<p>Offering a host of healthy, fun and exciting programs for children ages 6 months and up, including ballet and hi-hop dance with Alvin Ailey, group and private swimm classes, mixed martial arts, youth technology, piano, violin and guitar lessons, and more.</p>

Adventuring Portal

<p><a name="m_-1473885667065203258__Hlk72147528"></a>Adventuring Portal runs Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) games for kids.   We have created a safe online space for tweens and teens to learn and play D&D.</p> <p>Our D&D Summer Camp session are a one-week experience.  Monday – Friday.  Each day will be 3 hours of gaming (with 2 breaks build in).  15 total gaming hours for $180.  If you have played with us before, you are entitled to 10% off.   </p> <p>Need your kids, nieces or nephews, grand kids or neighbor’s kids to be occupied for a bit so you can get work done & take care of your to-do list? Maybe your tween or teen is still a bit isolated and craves connection with their peers? Whether your teen/tween has played D&D before or is brand-new to the experience, this safe space brings players together to have fun and solve problems as a team in ways few other online opportunities do.</p> <p>All our games focus on experiential learning.   Our players leave knowing all the basic game play as well as experiencing: teamwork, bravery, compassion, generosity, negotiation, improvisation, gamer etiquette, strategy, critical thinking, problem solving, cartography and probability - all through online D&D adventuring!</p> <p>We are an inclusive organization and welcome gamers who are LGBTQIA+ and those on any spectrum. </p> <p>All girls’ groups available. </p> <p>I am a parent, a certified elementary school and middle school math teacher and last summer in the midst of the mess started Adventuring Portal, an online Dungeons & Dragons business for kids. There are so many benefits to playing D&D and I hope you will consider us as a great way for your child to safely socialize, grow as people and have a great time.</p>

The School at the Mark Morris Dance Center

<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" data-sheets-value="{" data-sheets-userformat="{">The School at the Mark Morris Dance Center offers year-round, community-based dance and music programming in a fully inclusive and nurturing environment, located in the heart of the Brooklyn Cultural District. The School’s diverse and professional faculty provides progressive and non-competitive instruction with all of our classes accompanied by live music. Though we are a non-recital school, there are opportunities for students to perform and for parents to see their dancers in action.</span></p>