FAMILY ActivitiesBIG HELPNickelodeon hosts various interactive outreach program for kids ages ...
BIG HELP
Nickelodeon hosts various interactive outreach program for kids ages 7-15 interested in helping their environment, feat. games & workshops on topics like water preservation; Hudson River Park, Pier 25, West Side Hwy. (Chambers St.), 212-533-PARK or www.hudsonriverpark.org, programs run year round call for sched.
CENTRAL PARK CONSERVATORY
Conservancy offers basketball, climbing courses, fitness programs & more; North Meadow Recreation Center, Central Park (midpark at 97th St.), 212-348-4867, reg. req.; Weds.-Tues., call for times, free.
GONE FISHING
More fish fun as attendees experience catch & release techniques at Esplanade Plaza; Battery Park City, West Side Hwy. (Battery Pl.), 212-267-9700; Fri. 11:30-1:30, free.
MUSEUM OF AMERICAN FOLK ART
Drop in for crafts workshop, they change every two weeks so call before you come; 2 Lincoln Sq. (betw. 65th & 66th Sts.), 212-595-9533; Sun. 2-4, $3 material fee.
MUSEUMKIDS
Film screenings, tours of the museum, gallery workshops, introduction to the encyclopedia collection & storytelling?call for complete sched.; Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Ave. (82nd St.), 212-570-3961; call for times, free w/mus. adm.
NEW YORK ANNUAL KIDS ART FESTIVAL
Month-long festival recognizes family diversity through paintings, dance & workshops; Theater of the Riverside Church; 91 Claremont St. (betw. 120th-122nd Sts.), 212-843-9231; Sun. 1-6, $5. [through 7/26]
THE NY BOTANICAL GARDEN
Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden is now open. Discover the fun of gardening flowers & herbs; plus demonstrations & yummy compost facility. Highlights incl. animal garden, reflection garden, row row row your boat, flower bed, plant philharmonic & shoe families; NY Botanical Garden, 200th St. (Southern Blvd.), Bronx, 718-817-8700 or www.nybg.org; Weds.-Fri. & Tues. 1-5, $4-$10.
SONY WONDER
Sony hosts weekly activities for families teaching kiddies to use technology to their advantage (incl. Sony's); Sony Plaza, 550 Madison Ave. (55th St.), 212-883-8100 or www.sonywondertechlab.com; Sun. 3-5, $10.
SPACE ADVENTURE SWEEPSTAKES
Enter to win a round-trip all-expenses paid jaunt to the Parent/Child Space Camp in Titusville, Florida, incl. accommodations & spending money; log onto www.nabiscoworld.com for details; contest ends July 14.
Things to See & Hear
ARTHUR'S WORLD
Artists Marc Brown, creator of Arthur series, exhibits his work at the Children's Museum of Manhattan, 212 W. 83rd St. (betw. Amsterdam & B'way), 212-721-1234; Begins Fri., $5. [through 8/31].
GREEN EGGS & SILLY CATS
"An absurd comical poetic-adventure for the whole family" also described as "reader's theater" performed by adults & kiddies; Greenwich Village Center, 219 Sullivan St. (betw. 3rd St. & Bleecker), 212-254-3074; Weds.-Fri. at 2 & 7, $10 [through 6/16].
MAYA THE BEE
Entertaining families for a year now, the jazz puppet play for kids 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.
PICTURE BOOK HOUR
Kids age 3-6 come for reading & seeing at the Donnell Library Center Central Children's Room; 20 W. 53rd St. (Madison Ave.), 212-621-0636; Fri. at 4, free. [through 6/29]
STORIES FOR ALL AGES
Ben Jacobs takes kiddies around the world w/myths & legends utilizing humor, music & zany physical behavior. Call for more info; Battery Park City, West Side Hwy. (Battery Pl.), 212-267-9700; Sat. 11, free.
WISEACRE FARM
A birthday on the farm at Thirteenth St. Rep, 50 W. 13th St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-675-6677; Sat. at 1, $7.