Picks Of The Week: July 18-July 24

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 storytime
for kids, or a musical performance. See this week’s picks after the jump. —    

Monday,
July 18

Coney
Island Movies on the Beach: Rango

Dusk (around 8pm)

Keep the family beach weekend going with a free flick,
voiced by Johnny Depp.

Tuesday, July
19

The Jimmies Concert at Madison
Square Park
Madison
Square Park
10:30-11:30am

The (kiddie) musical mayhem continues this summer with the super silly Jimmies!

Moey’s Music Party at Carl
Schurz Park
East End Avenue & East 86 St.
4pm

Gather
your party pals and come dance and sing on the Upper East Side with the #1 mommy
rocker.

Wednesday,
July 20
Sandbox Music in Central
Park
West
110th Street
Playground in Central Park
11am

Meet up in the AM to enjoy some cool tunes with your buddies in the sandbox.

Thursday,
July 21
Riverside
Park‘s
Children’s Performance Series
Pier
I at 70th St.
10:30-11:30am

Catch
The Bossy Frog Band (banjo!) at this rockin’ Thursday concert in Riverside Park.

Broadway
in Bryant Park
Bryant
Park
12:30-1:30pm

The
alfresco 42^nd St fun continues with the
casts of The Addams Family, Rock of Ages,
Memphis, Billy Elliot and the new smash sensation – Voca People.

Friday,
July 22
Jim Henson’s Fantastic
World at the Museum of the Moving Image
36-01
35 Avenue

Did
you miss out on opening weekend? Not to fret, there is still so much time to get
in on the 75^th birthday celebration (and lifetime career
achievement) of Muppets maestro, Jim
Henson. Catch family-friendly puppetry workshops, guided tours and special screenings
of Henson’s TV shows and movies.

Back to the Future Free Screening at The
Intrepid
West 46^th St and 12^th Avenue
Doors
at 7:30pm, Film at Sunset

Join Marty McFly as he is transported back to 1955 and must return
home before changing the course of history. Don’t forget the Twizzlers and blankets!

Saturday,
July 23

Charlton
Street Festival

Charlton Street, between Hudson and Greenwich Streets
Noon-5pm

Fantastic and free family art festival on the future block of the Children’s Museum of the Arts.

Sunday,
July 24

SummerStage Queens
Family Day

Queensbridge Park

3pm

SummerStage
finally comes to Queens! There’ll be music from Shine & the Moonbeams
and JoSunJari; plus Multiple Parents’ Choice Award winner Robbi K, and
imaginative performer Matt Brown. Check out masterful storytelling from Daniel
Carlton and David Gonzalez. CityParks Puppetmobile adds to the awesome factor
with a live performance of “Bessie’s Big Shot.”