Family Activities CREATIVE MOVEMENT FOR KIDS Dancer Tysan Lerner ...
CREATIVE MOVEMENT FOR KIDS
Dancer Tysan Lerner teaches kids ages 8-12 various styles; North Meadow Recreation Center, Central Park (midpark at 97th St.), 212-348-4867; Fri. 4-5:30, free [through 2/23].
FAMILY ART PROJECT
Learn the ancient art of papermaking during "Pulp Projects"; Kerlin Learning Center at Wave Hill, 675 W. 252nd St. (Indep. Ave.), Bronx, 718-549-3200; Sat. & Sun. 1-4, free w/grounds adm.
FAMILY ART WORKS
Art activity classes for children & parent, grandparent, friend or caregiver, or legal guardian; The Educational Alliance, 197 E. B'way (Jefferson St.), 212-780-2300, ext.316; Sun. 1-2:30, free [through April].
FAMILY FUN ON THE HIGH SEAS
"Kids Week" returns w/"On the Home Front," "Airplane Adventure" & "Space Exploration" workshops, plus treasure hunts, paper airplane making & secret code de-coding; Intrepid-Sea-Air-Space Museum, Pier 86, W. 42nd St. (12th Ave.), 212-245-0072; Weds.-Fri. 12-3, $10, $8 st./s.c., $1-$5 kids.
FAMILY PROGRAMS AT BMA
Weekend activities, drop-in programs, performances, dance lessons & movies incl. screenings for The Children's International Film Festival (Sun. at 3) & jazz performance by Roy Campbell Quartet (Sun. at 4); Brooklyn Museum of Art, 200 Eastern Pkwy (Washington Ave.), Bklyn., 718-638-5000, ext.330; Sat. & Sun. starting at 11, free w/mus. adm.
LEARN TO PLAY CHESS
Chess-in-the-Schools-Program sponsors program for kids ages six to 12; Seward Park Branch Library, 192 E. B'way (Jefferson St.), 212-477-6770 reg. req.; Fri. 3-5, free [through 2/23].
OPEN CLIMBING
Ages 8-17 are invited to take on Adventure Room's new climbing wall; Central Park North Meadow Recreation Center, 97th St. (mid park), 212-348-4867; Sun. at 11, free [through 2/25].
OPEN KITCHEN
Treva Offutt hosts poetry & performance workshop for teens; The Kitchen, 512 W. 19th St. (betw. 9th & 10th Aves.), 212-255-5793; Sat. 1-3, free.
ORIGAMI STORYBOOK
Storytelling plus origami booklet-making for coordinated children six & older; Donnell Library Center, 20 W. 53rd St. (5th Ave.), 212-621-0636, res. req.; Sun. at 3, free.
SATURDAYS ALIVE!
Family events incl. "Collage & Paint Family Portraits" w/Michelle Godwin (12:30, $2); also, Theatersport & Freestyle Repertory Theater put on an anything-goes show (Sat. at 3, $6); Arts Connection, 120 W. 46th St. (betw. 6th Ave. & B'way), 212-302-7433; Sat.
TAI CHI FOR KIDS
Kids 8-12 learn basics of ancient martial art w/Master Derrick Trent; North Meadow Recreation Center, Central Park (midpark at 97th St.), 212-348-4867; Tues. at 4, free [through 2/27].
Things to See & Hear
BETSY BLUE
Or "I Was a Nine-Year-Old Blues Diva," musical about youngster who gets the blues when she finds out her mom's having another baby; Looking Glass Theater, 422 W. 57th St. (betw. 9th & 10th Aves.), 212-307-9467; Sat. & Sun. at 2 & 4, $10, $8 child [through 2/25].
GLOBAL KIDS!
Learn about community & global issues w/high school students who might be president someday; Adelphi Univ., 75 Varick St., 2nd fl. (Canal St.), 212-226-0130; Fri. at 4, free.
THE LITTLE MERMAID: A MUSICAL
Will she choose a new love on land, or her old life in the sea? Show's preceded by workshop at 1; YWCA, 610 Lexington Ave. (53rd St.), 212-866-5170; Sat. & Sun. at 2, $15, $5 workshop fee [through 3/4].
MAYA THE BEE
Jazz puppet play for tykes 3-9 is based on German book about a bee who runs away from her hive; Salon Theater, 45 Bleecker St. (Lafayette St.), 212-539-6644; Sat. at 2, $7-$15.
MISS MAJESTY'S LOLLIPOP PLAYHOUSE
Sleeping Beauty (1:30); Hansel, Gretel & The Jolly Gingerbread Man (3:30); Grove St. Playhouse, 39 Grove St. (betw. Hudson & Bleecker Sts.), RSVP 212-741-6436; Sat. & Sun., $8.50 [through 2/25].
NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL
American Museum of Moving Image screens three classic fantasy films: The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, Earth vs. The Flying Saucers & Mysterious Island; American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Ave. (36th St.), Astoria, 718-784-0077; Weds.-Fri. at 2, $8.50, $5.50 st./s.c., $4.50 kids 5-18.
OYA
The Yoruba Dance Drama celebrates Black History Month; National Black Theatre, 2033 5th Ave. (betw. 125th & 126th Sts.), 212-722-3800; Fri. at 7:30, Sat. at 2 & 7:30, Sun. at 3, $15 [through 2/25].
PLACE FOR JUNIOR HIGH STUDENTS
Metropolitan Museum of Art hosts interactive classes incl. art writing workshop "Kaleidoscope" w/museum big-shot Felicia Blum; 1000 5th Ave. (82nd St.), 212-570-5121 to reg.; Thurs. at 3:30, free w/mus. adm. [through 3/29].
PUPPET PLAYHOUSE
String puppets perform "Ed Sheehy's Marionette Varieties"; Mazur Theater, Asphalt Green, 555 E. 90th St. (betw. York Ave. & East End Ave.), 212-369-8890; Sat. & Sun. at 10:30 & 12, $7 [through 3/11].
RAP WRITERS & PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP
Free seminar for teens on the history & business of rap music, in case they didn't learn it from the lyrics; Riverside Church, 91 Claremont Ave. (betw. 120th & 122nd Sts.), 212-870-6739; Fri. 7-9 p.m. [through 5/11].
THEATERWORKS/USA 20001
Weekly performance for young audiences (ages 5-9) incl. Judy Blume classic "Superfudge" (Sat.) & "Sundiata, Lion King of Mali" (Sun.); Auditorium at Equitable Tower, 787 7th Ave. (betw. 51st & 52nd Sts.), 212-627-7373; Sat. & Sun. at 12:30, $19.
VITAL CHILDREN'S THEATER CO.
"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," adapted from Mark Twain's short story (Sat. at 11 & 1); "Ricki Ticki Tavi," the adventures of a family & their cobra-hunting mongoose (Sun. at 12); Vital Theater Company, 432 W. 42nd St. (betw. 9th & 10th Aves.), 212-592-4508; $10 [through 3/28].
WARM, WILD & WONDERFUL AT GEO ZOOM
Special holiday programming feat. Kwanza celebrations (apparently Kwanza lingers for a while), movies & more, plus continuing interactive exhibition on geography; Brooklyn Children's Museum, 145 Brooklyn Ave. (St. Marks Ave.), Bklyn., 718-735-4400; Sun. 10-5 [through 3/2001].
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY BALL
Celebrate our first President's birthday as dancers, dressed-up like it's the 18th-century sing & gyrate at Abigail Adams Smith Museum, 421 E. 61st St. (1st Ave.), 212-838-6878; Sun. 1-3, $6, $4 child.