Picks Of The Week: November 28-December 4

Contributing Writers: Kat Harrison

With Turkey Day come and gone, the holiday season is officially upon us. And it seems like every venue has an impending celebration on the horizon, starting this week. Where to begin? —

Monday,
November 28

12th Annual Winter’s Eve Festival At Lincoln Square
Broadway & 63rd Street
5:30-9pm

Get into the holiday
spirit at Lincoln
Square! Featuring
a performance by Joanie Leeds & The Nightlights, a tree lighting ceremony led
by folk legend Arlo Guthrie and the cool acrobatics of the Big Apple Circus,
this winter-y fest is totally free. Make the night even sweeter by bringing a
jacket to donate to the New York Cares
Coat Drive.

Tuesday,
November 29
Citi Pond’s Tree Lighting Ceremony
Between W. 40th and W.
42nd Streets and 5th and 6th Avenues
7-8pm

Don’t miss Citi Pond at
Bryant Park’s annual tree lighting ceremony, this year featuring Grammy
Award–winning singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan. (Plus, performances by several
Broadway shows!)

Wednesday,
November 30
The Film Society of Lincoln Center Presents The Sound of Music Sing-A-Long
70 Lincoln Center Plaza
10:30am or 2:30pm

Belt out the words to “Do-Re-Mi” and “My Favorite Things” with Maria and the
gang.

Thursday,
December 1
Math Wizards Number Collage At CMOM
212 West 83^rd Street
10am & 1pm

Kids
4 and younger can create their own colorful numbers collage.

Friday,
December 2
Cirque Shanghai‘s Bai Xi At The New Victory Theater
209
West 42nd Street

You won’t believe your
eyes! Witness an amazing performance by Cirque Shanghai’s Bai Xi in their New York premiere. Their New York Victory show opens today.

Winterfest At The Central Park Zoo
Southeast Corner of Central
Park
2-6:30pm

Today kicks off the winter-y (and animal-filled) wonderland at the Central Park
Zoo. Come spend some quality time in the company of your favorite creatures!
Watch holiday movies and indulge in festive crafts, too.

Saturday,
December 3

Holiday Party At The Police Museum

100 Old Slip
11am-2pm

Come learn about the daily duties of an officer (and try on a uniform from the
museum’s extensive collection!), all while learning about the customs of
Christmas, Hanukkah, Eid and Kwanzaa. Guests are invited to bring a donation
for Toys for Tots.

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus At The Tribeca Performing Arts Center
199 Chambers
Street
1:30pm

Do you know where the first Christmas tree was decorated or why we hang
stockings? Find out the answers to this historic holiday questions in this
performance, based on the story of Santa’s early years.

Sunday,
December 4
powerHouse Kids Holiday Party
37 Main Street, DUMBO
3-5pm

Kids
ages 3-9 can get in the holiday spirit with themed readings by some of our
favorite children’s authors (like Oliver Jeffers!). RSVP to kids@powerHouseArena.com.

Thalia
Kids’ Book Club: Chris Van Allsburg’s The
Chronicles Of Harris Burdick At Symphony Space
2537 Broadway
1pm

Illustrator
Chris Van Allsburg (The Polar Express,
Jumanji) created The Chronicles Of
Harris Burdick in 1984. Now storytellers (like Stephen King) have written a
short story collection inspired by the original illustrations.

The Little Gym of Bay Ridge- Bensonhurst

At The Little Gym of Bay Ridge-Bensonhurt, we specialize in unique, educational classes that revolve around active play. We give children a safe and inspiring space to direct their energy, build confidence, and develop key skills. Explore the range of classes we offer at The Little Gym of Bay Ridge-Bensonhurst to find the one that&rsquo;s just right for your child.&nbsp;

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;

Play On! Studios

Play On! Studios offers theater day camps and after-school classes on the UWS that are guaranteed to give kids a summer full of acting, music, and fun they won't soon forget! Young actors will rehearse and perform in a full production, work with professional NYC actors/teaching artists, build up their skills in a nurturing, non-competitive environment and play lots of drama games! Creative Drama Camps are perfect for kids entering grades K-4. Campers will work each week to put on a brand-new show! Each session, they will receive a script, rehearse a production, make a set and costumes, and perform their play. Kids will also play drama games, play outside (weather permitting), and have tons of fun! Musical Theater Camps are aimed at kids entering grades 4-9. In Musical Theater Performance Camp, campers put on a complete musical production in a professional NYC theater! Campers will stretch their skills with drama exercises and games, vocal coaching, field trips, and building a professional set. Our incredible teaching artists and campers come together to put on a truly remarkable show! During the school year, classes are great for beginners or more experienced actors - sing, dance, and put on a play! Whether your child is just starting out, or ready for Broadway, we&rsquo;ve got the class for them. Classes are available for grades PreK-8, after school or on Saturdays! Come play with us. &nbsp;