Weekend Planner: February 24-26

Contributor: Meghan Gearino

While
it seems that the city decided to usher in spring a little early this week, we’re not entirely sold just yet. So here’s a list
of fun indoor activities to whip your weekend into shape, from a really cool
family day at the Rubin Museum to an Oscar kick-off (with the Muppets, of
course) in Queens. —

FRIDAY-SUNDAY

The recipe for a great weekend: birthday bashes and safari animals. Head to
the final days of The Intrepid’s Kids Week.

Catch Cirque Le Jazz at the Theater for the New City for some Big Band anthems,
Broadway-style dancing and aerial acrobatics.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY

Classic scenes from The Nutcracker plus brand new ballets
will be shown at Ballet Academy East’s Studio Showing.

FRIDAY

Girls ages 8 and up can meet award-winning author
Mary Casanova at The American Girl Place. Bring a book to have signed!

Screen a few unique
family films at the Film Society of Lincoln Center this weekend. Those with
imaginary friends of their own will love the tale of Twigson and also find out what happens when The Great Bear kidnaps Jonathan’s little sister.

SATURDAY

It’s the New Year all over again at the Rubin Museum’s Himalayan New Year
celebration for families. Get ready for butter sculptures and tea, plus a
collaborative mandala project.

Bring your royal wee
ones to
the Medieval Arts Children’s Workshop at St. John The Divine. 4’s and up will
learn how to carve a block of limestone or master the art of weaving.

Recess always reigns, even on weekends.
Check out Recess Monkey, a quirky pop rock trio, at Symphony Space.

Join the JCC for their Special Free
Saturday spotlighting Street Arts. Events include a graffiti workshop, art from
Keith Haring and a panel discussion.

No MoonSoup party is complete without music, dancing, instruments
and stories.

SUNDAY

What do you get when you combine hilarious lyrics, an accordion and special jigs?
Ben Rudnick and Friends at 92Y Tribeca.

“Hands ON” is the motto for Baby Got Bach at Le Poisson Rouge. Not only can
kiddos hear great chamber music, but they’ll also touch and play great
instruments that are usually off-limits for children.

Hear all about the
companionship between a boy and his mutt when the Tribeca Performing Arts Center performs Henry & Mudge.

And the Oscar goes to…the Muppets (or so we
hope). Check out the special Oscar Day Muppet Movie Triple Feature at the
Museum of the Moving Image. May the best original song win!

Get to El Museo del
Barrio
for their first ever Sundae Sermon Indoor Series for music (like Latin and
afro), dancing and facepainting—all to benefit two charities that aid patients
with HIV.

For even more events and activities this weekend and beyond, check out our Family Calendar.

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Brooklyn Robot Foundry - Virtual Classes

Brooklyn Robot Foundry offers super fun online robot-building classes for children 2-13 years old!&nbsp;&nbsp;Each week, students are introduced to new engineering concepts and components while building that day&rsquo;s robot in their own &ldquo;workshop&rdquo;.&nbsp;&nbsp;All classes maintain a very low student-to-teacher ratio, allowing for plenty of individualized instruction and socializing. The supplies are shipped in advance and classes are led by amazing instructors, taking all the pressure off parents.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Foundry&rsquo;s main focus however, is that kids have fun, get creative, and enjoy being part of this STEAM-loving community!&nbsp;

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;