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 67^th Street Branch
328 East 67^th 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 42^nd
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 9^th 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 42^nd
Street,
12^th 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?

Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian's Legacy

The Morgan Library &amp; Museum will present a major exhibition devoted to the life and career of its inaugural director, Belle da Costa Greene (1879&ndash;1950). Widely recognized as an authority on illuminated manuscripts and deeply respected as a cultural heritage executive, Greene was one of the most prominent librarians in American history. The exhibition will trace Greene&rsquo;s storied life, from her roots in a predominantly Black community in Washington, D.C., to her distinguished career at the helm of one of the world&rsquo;s great research libraries. Through extraordinary objects―from medieval manuscripts and rare printed books to archival records and portraits―the exhibition will demonstrate the confidence and savvy Greene brought to her roles as librarian, scholar, curator, and cultural executive, and honor her enduring legacy.

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;

Academics West

Academics West is an accredited high-support college preparatory school designed to meet the academic and social-emotional goals of its students. Our unique model allows for each student to benefit from a customized educational experience to ensure they are acquiring the skills necessary to navigate their post-secondary lives whether they attend college or pursue another path to future success. Students can select different tracks to construct the most beneficial program to suit their needs and goals. Unlike conventional education, this innovative model enables students to prepare for an ever-changing world that requires young people to have advanced executive functioning, interpersonal and leadership skills to become independent and resilient adults. &nbsp;