Hello, Spring Break! We’re
happy to see you. If your plans include a “stay-cation,” (we’re right there
with you) enjoy the variety of cultural and entertaining activities this week.
You can even take virtual trips to Paris and Japan without leaving the city! How about them apples? —
Monday, April 9
Fifth Annual Naturemania
Festival at Swindler Cove Park
10th
Avenue
and Dyckman
Street
9:30am-3pm
This week-long
festival will engage your kiddo’s senses through the observation of forest
surroundings and wild animals in the Inwood/Washington Heights area. Activities
include hiking through Highbridge Park, seining in the Harlem River, face painting, cooking
demos and meeting live animals. Event
takes place Monday through Friday.
Tuesday, April 10
Spring Break Crafts, Games
& Shakes at Mount
Vernon Hotel Museum and Garden
421
East 61st Street
11am-4pm
Boredom is not an option this Spring Break! Kids
can play historic games in the garden and construct a 19th-Century craft. Each
adult admission also comes with a coupon for a free kids’ milkshake at Johnny
Rockets Restaurants with an entree purchase. Event takes place Monday through Sunday.
Wednesday, April 11
Creature of Light: Nature’s Bioluminscence Exhibit At The American Museum of Natural History
79th Street and Central
Park West
Look at a live flashlight
fish and a scale model of a deep sea submersible (plus, stand underneath a
really cool “sky” of glowworms) and see so many more florescent wonders at the Museum of Natural History’s new light-based exhibit.
Thursday, April 12
KIDS! Spring Break: Let’s
Go to Paris! at Whole Foods Market (Bowery Culinary Center)
95
East Houston Street
11am-12pm for ages 5-8; 1-2:30pm for ages 9-13
Oui, s’il vous
plait! Travel to the culinary world of Paris for an afternoon of cooking and eating
with Taste Buds’ Jessi Walter. Kids will learn how to make their own versions
of French classics like berry crepes with fresh cream and chocolate chip
croissants.
Friday, April 13
Play’s the Thing: Jump and
Thump! at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan
212
West 83rd Street
1:30pm, 2:30pm, 3:30pm
Inspired by AHHH
HA!, Jump and Thump! is a physical theater family workshop led by New
Victory Theater teaching artists. Kiddos will learn the art of acrobatics,
physical acting and movement.
Saturday, April 14
J-CATION 2012: Sakura at
the Japan Society
333
East 47th Street
11am-11pm
In celebration of the cherry blossoms, the Japan
Society is hosting a J-CATION 2012: Sakura Festival filled with arts and
crafts, workshops, language lessons, film screenings, game shows, concerts, a
DJ party, art exhibits and refreshments.
The Butterfly Opens At Making Books
Sing
311 West 43rd Street
2pm, 4pm
The literacy-based theater brings the
heartwarming tale of two girls (who ultimately become friends) living in WWII
Nazi-occupied France, one Jewish and one Catholic, to the stage again.
Sunday, April 15
Poem Runs And
UnBEELieavles With Douglas Florian At Poets House
10 River Terrace at Murray Street
11am
Celebrate National Poetry
Month with bees and baseball. The hilarious Douglas Florian will lead a poetry workshop
directly following his reading. Best for
ages 4-10.
Zorro
at Tribeca PCAC
199
Chambers Street
3pm
The arrival of a cape-wearing, sword-wielding,
masked man creates a flurry of mystery! The townspeople must discover if he is
a friend or foe. For some swashbuckling fun, watch Zorro travel from one tough
situation to another.
