Weekend Planner July 23-24

Why we love New York: no matter how long you’ve lived here—there’s
always something to do. This weekend, introduce your kiddos to a new
neighborhood or visit an old favorite at one of the great events happening all over
the city. From baboon birthdays in Brooklyn
(they’re turning one!) to a Lower
East Side block party,
there are tons of options to make this an only-in-New-York weekend. Trust us, you’ll
be having so much fun – you won’t even notice the heat! —

Spend Saturday on the LES
at the New
Museum Block Party, where you can enjoy eclectic performances from downtown
locals, repurpose household items (like ice cream scoopers) into crafts and search
your way through a scavenger hunt. Participants at the Block Party get free
admission to the museum.

Fancy a ride? Interact
with a fascinating BK ‘hood by taking Coney
Island’s Nostalgia Train. Start at the Transmit Museum, where guests get special access to exhibits and the museum’s store,
then take an old-fashioned train to Coney Island and
learn all about its rich history on the way. Explore the island and hit the
beach, or stay on the train for more wheeled fun!

On Saturday, ferry on over
to Governors Island to celebrate blue skies in the best way: by making
and flying your own kite. At Let’s
Fly a Kite Day, Island staff and volunteers will help kids construct
kites and send them soaring. Get there early to get first pick at hundreds of materials.
Enjoy outdoor family fun in Queens, too, at SummerStage
Queens Family Day on Sunday. Check out Multiple Parents’ Choice Award
winner Robbi K, watch a performance from the CityParks Puppetmobile, and catch
soul group Shine & the Moonbeams, all for free.

And we bet you’ve never
been to a (Brooklyn) b-day party like this one before. At the Prospect
Park Zoo, baboons
Aziza and Jabari are turning one. Watch them get special presents, learn
more about baboons and party like a primate.

Looking for even more fun?
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calendar of all family events happening this weekend and every day of the week.

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PaleyLand Holiday Experience

Celebrate the holidays at PaleyLand at the Paley Museum, New York's must-visit destination for a holiday adventure, just steps from Rockefeller Center! Our five-floor immersive holiday extravaganza, includes photos with Santa and holiday characters, crafts, giveaways, screenings of classic holiday favorites, hot chocolate, a magical train display, and more. Escape the cold and the crowds, and enjoy our indoor wonderland where families can play, relax, and create timeless memories together in our holiday oasis in the heart of midtown Manhattan. General Admission to PaleyLand is free for children under 12. The holiday extravaganza is open from November 20 &ndash; January 5 at the Paley Museum, 25 W 52 Street, NYC. Paley Members enjoy free access. Come to PaleyLand again and again to see all your favorite characters and screenings. After just one visit, membership pays for itself! &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;

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.