Events: Top Kid-Friendly Activities For The Week

Vanessa Trien and the Jumping Monkeys will be performing this Saturday at Symphony Space; photo via symphonyspace.org

By Gavriella Mahpour & Tiffany Lu

Who’s ready to have an outstanding October?! It’s time to ring in a new month with loads of fresh, family-friendly events, including one of our favorite annual Halloween shows in Central Park, a Marine Science fest, a sweet, honey-filled extravaganza, and more. Happy Monday!

Beginning Wednesday, October 1

Hansel and Gretel’s Halloween Adventure
The Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre, Central Park
Various times
Get in the Halloween spirit early this year with a visit to Central Park’s Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre to see their production of “Hansel and Gretel’s Halloween Adventure.” This puppet performance finds the sibling duo confronted by monsters, mermaids, vampires, pirates, and other terrifying characters. Set in NYC on a spooky All Hallows’ Eve night, this holiday tale just screams Halloween! Tickets are $7 for kids and $10 for adults (ages 13 and up). No performances on Mondays. Runs through Saturday, November 1.

Beginning Friday, October 3

New York Super Week
Various locations
Various times
Celebrate pop culture in NYC as the city becomes overrun with colorful characters–such as super heroes, villains, and vampires–in celebration of Super Week. This weekend’s events include Astronomy Night at the Intrepid Museum, a a conversation with Neil De Grasse Tyson and Malcom Gladwell, and a Feline Film and Video Festival. Through Sunday, October 12.

Saturday, October 4

Vanessa Trien and the Jumping Monkeys
Symphony Space
11am
Kicking off the “Just Kidding” season at Symphony Space’s Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater, Upper West Side native Vanessa Trien and the Jumping Monkeys promise a fun musical show for the whole family! Listen up and sing along to Trien’s original family folk songs as she shares her love for music with young ones. Tickets are $14 for kids and $21 for adults.

Saturday, October 4-Sunday, October 5

Honey Weekend
Wave Hill
10am-4pm
Celebrate bees and their honey at Wave Hill in the Bronx with a weekend of fun and educational activities. There will be bee-centered family art projects, a candle making workshop, honey tastings, a demonstration on extracting honey, and an information station where you can try on real beekeeping gear! Free with garden admission.

Sunday, October 5

Submerge! NYC Marine Science Festival
Pier 26, Hudson River Park
11am-3pm
Head over to Hudson River Park for a splash of science in the city at New York’s Marine Science Festival, Submerge! Families can enjoy a whole day of educational fun with hands-on activities, interactive demonstrations, live music, fishing, food, and more! Noted experts will also be giving a variety of talks on relevant topics. This event will be held rain or shine. Free.

Harvest Festival
Randall’s Island Urban Farm
11am-3pm
Enjoy the sights and sounds of Randall’s Island during its Harvest Festival. This Sunday, the island’s Urban Farm will host a pumpkin hunt, face painting, farm tours, apple cider and rice cake making demos, and more. Free.

Athletic Association of Yorkville Youths

Serving the families and children of NYC for over 50 years with high-quality recreational activities that foster life-lessons which empower young people to succeed beyond sports. Our programs encourage positive attitudes and growth through teamwork and sportsmanship, attendance, fair play, respect, hard work, integrity and fun. Your child can participate in clinics and leagues in such sports as baseball, basketball, flag-football, lacrosse, soccer, hockey, wrestling, track, and tennis. We also offer weekly dodgeball tournaments, drama and musical theater workshops, and after school programs.

The Language Workshop For Children

After offering both group and private lessons for many years and analyzing the results over&nbsp;time, The&nbsp;Language Workshop for&nbsp;Children, founded&nbsp;in1973, has decided&nbsp;to emphasize private remote lessons at shorter intervals.&nbsp;Our skilled educators&nbsp;will&nbsp;focus their attention exclusively on the&nbsp;unique needs, learning style, and interests of your child.&nbsp;This allows a&nbsp;bond&nbsp;to develop&nbsp;between teacher and student, which&nbsp;has been&nbsp;shown to&nbsp;drastically improve retention.&nbsp; OUR METHOD&nbsp; Developed by the pioneers of language education for children, our programs bring decades of&nbsp;experience to your living room with individualized, active language classes. Each lesson is based on proven methods and materials perfected to capture your&nbsp;child&rsquo;s attention during the ages when he/she absorbs information the fastest. &nbsp;&nbsp; While other online language classes rely on videos for passive learning, we deliver interactive, and engaging lessons with native-fluent teachers. In addition, all our teachers are certified in the Thibaut&nbsp;Technique which has been featured&nbsp;in the New York&nbsp;Times, the&nbsp;Wall Street Journal, and many other well-respected&nbsp;publications.&nbsp;&nbsp; Our short one-on-one lessons give kids the chance to focus, hear pronunciation clearly, and practice speaking in their target language.  THE PROCESS&nbsp; First, students have a short meeting with our Director&nbsp;Francois&nbsp;Thibaut, in&nbsp;English, with&nbsp;their parent(s)&nbsp;present.&nbsp;Mr. Thibaut&nbsp;will determine&nbsp;the best course of study, including&nbsp;class length and&nbsp;frequency, the&nbsp;right&nbsp;teacher, lesson&nbsp;format and materials (or action games for younger students.) Then the learning&nbsp;begins!&nbsp;Mr. Thibaut will continually check in on your child&rsquo;s learning to assure they are getting the most&nbsp;of&nbsp;their&nbsp;classes.&nbsp; OTHER OFFERINGS&nbsp; We can also help your child prepare for: the French subject tests for SAT, AP &amp; CLEP, the European DELF/DALF, the Canadian TEF and other standardized testing, college entry exams, studying or traveling abroad,&nbsp;cultural changes when moving abroad,&nbsp;and much more!&nbsp; &nbsp;

Visit Schoharie County

The Schoharie Valley is home to things grown well - trees, crops, produce, people. It is filled with inviting farms and businesses beckoning visitors to experience what locals love about the region. Its enchanting vistas, rich farmland, and strong sense of community are what make Schoharie County such a fascinating place to visit and to live.