Manhattan
Pinkalicious The Musical Actor's Temple Theatre 339 W 47th Street,
Vital Theatre Company's cheery musical based on popular children's book Pinkalicious features a spunky pink-lover who eats so many pink cupcakes she changes colors. 🎟 Save 30-40% through Groupon.
🎟 $49.50-$59.40
Book Reading & Signing with Samantha Brown Big and Tiny Battery Park 300 Vesey Street,
Join a special book reading and signing event featuring stylist and author, Samantha Brown. Enjoy coloring and arts & crafts stations, snacks provided by Little Spoon, and storytime from Samantha Brown's children's book Dressing Up. Books will be available to purchase during the event followed by a meet + greet and book signing with the…
Art Making with MoMA: What Makes a Chair? MoMA Design Store 81 Spring Street at Crosby,
Experiment with materials to create your own chair in a drop-in family activity inspired by chairs featured in the MoMA Exhibition Crafting Modernity: Design in Latin America, 1940–1980. What makes a chair…a chair? What parts does a chair really need in order to be a chair? For families with children ages 5 and up.
Architects of Air’s Daedalum Lincoln Center W 65th Street & Broadway,
Explore a gigantic, whimsical labyrinth formed out of 19 egg-shaped domes, twisting and turning into the tunnels of a maze.. Translucent elements throughout create mysterious sight-lines and viewpoints. The 600-piece pattern of the main dome ceiling was loosely inspired by Rome’s Pantheon with its radiant oculus mimicking the sun and the Gustave Doré drawing of…
L.O.S. KIDS – Gershwin & Copland ❤ New York 92nd Street Y 1395 Lexington Avenue between 91st & 92nd Street,
Gershwin and Copland visit 92NY to share their love of NYC and their iconic music in a funny, interactive hour long show. Young composers perform original works alongside soloists and dancers from the New York Theatre Ballet School, all accompanied by the renowned professional Little Orchestra.
🎟 $23-$61
New-York Historical Society Sunday Story Time New-York Historical Society 70 Central Park West at 77th Street,
This weekly program in a charming children's library includes the reading of a New-York-themed book, a related craft project and silly dances and games. Books change weekly and are often related to current celebrations and seasons. This month features books related to Women's History Month.
🎟 $22/adults, $13/students, $6/ages 5-13
Sleepy Sheepy and the Sheepover Author Storytime Books Of Wonder 42 W 17th Street,
Enjoy a storytime featuring Lucy Ruth Cummins, Sleepy Sheepy and the Sheepover! This sweet tale features an out-of-sorts little Sleepy Sheepy, because *gasp!* he's not sleepy! However will he survive his very first sheepover?
Rubin Family Sundays: Planting Seeds of Paradise Rubin Museum of Art 150 W 17 Street,
Join an afternoon of creativity and self-exploration for both kids and grown-ups in the interactive Mandala Lab. Each month explores a new theme, with related art-making. Drawing inspiration from painting, Sacred Realms and Heavenly Paradises, depicting a future golden age of peace and harmony and Earth Day on April 22 to create a vision of…
How Did They Do That? Stone Carving The Met Cloisters 99 Margaret Corbin Drive,
Peek at technique and learn—through handling tools and materials—how works of art were created. Stop by for hands-on demonstrations and conversations with educators, conservators, artists, and more. Demonstrations repeat every 30 minutes. For visitors of all ages.
🎟 $30 (suggested), $17/students, free/ages 12 & under
STEM Plus Boiling Ice Cream Samples Science Adventure Kids 112 West 14th Street Suite 3W,
Science Teacher Sarah demonstrates how objects interact with liquid nitrogen, going from solid to liquid to gas in the blink of an eye, with experiments that include boiling gases, crackling balloons, smoky bubbles, and more. The demo ends with samples of ice cream made with liquid nitrogen. Email Sarah@ScienceTeacherSarah.com to reserve 1 pm or 3…
Adventure to Neverland 92nd Street Y 1395 Lexington Avenue between 91st & 92nd Street,
Join Peter Pan, Tinkerbell, and Captain Hook and fly away on a joyous journey to Neverland. This 45-minute theatrical celebration, a dynamic tale told by dancers, is a fun introduction to this classic story the power of childhood dreams and a beautiful celebration of song and movement. A soaring, swashbuckling adventure and heartwarming ode to…
🎟 $20-$35
Uptown Jazz: Titans of Tin Pan Alley Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue at 105th Street,
Enjoy music and entertainment celebrating the song pluggers of Tin Pan Alley with tunes inspired by centennial exhibition, This Is New York: 100 Years of the City in Art and Pop Culture. Dandy Wellington strikes up his seven-piece band to bring these iconic songs to life, featuring timeless dance performance by the dynamic duo, The Uptown Belles. Sets…
🎟 Suggested $20, $14/students & seniors, free/ages 19 & under
Galli Theater: Little Red Riding Hood Galli Theater 72 Warren St,
See an updated version of a classic fairy tale in an intimate theater. Little Red Riding Hood sets out through the forest to bring food to her grandmother. But who is in grandmother’s bed when she gets there? Can a little girl in a red cape outfox a big bad wolf?
🎟 $25/adults, $20/kids
TREE By Théâtre Motus Lincoln Center W 65th Street & Broadway,
Babies and toddlers will be mesmerized by Motus' TREE, a fully interactive, multi-sensory universe, wrapped in soft light, music, and silence, where five characters interact with little ones. Settle into a cozy nest with the mama bird brooding her luminous eggs. The magical world of the tree opens up with its soft or rhythmic music. …
🎟 $20 suggested, pay-what-you-wish
Cinderella (Enchanted Edition) Brick Presbyterian Church Park Ave & E 91st Street,
The prince is giving a ball! The Brick Church Community Theater presents Rodger and Hammerstein's musical adaptaion of the classic fairy tale preformed by members of the church and school community accompanied by a live orchestra.
Passover Celebration at CMOM Children's Museum of Manhattan (CMOM) 212 W 83rd Street between Broadway & Amsterdam,
Join a celebration of Passover through art making projects in honor of freedom, hope, and resilience. Design your own cup to adorn your Passover table as you learn the significance of Elijah’s cup at the Passover Seder. Collage the foods traditionally eaten during the Passover feast (Seder) onto a Seder plate display. Imagine a seder…
🎟 $16, $13/seniors, free/babies under 1
The Westfield Good Festival: Sing for Hope Earth Performance Westfield World Trade Center Oculus 185 Greenwich Street,
Sing for Hope celebrates Earth Day with a playlist inspired by the natural beauty and wonder of planet Earth. World Trade Center stores including Damselfy Flowers, Eataly, and Kiehl’s will be popping-up each day of the Earth Day Good Festival with sustainably themed product displays, information, and free samples to take home.
Kids Week: Gather Around the Campfire Morningside Park Morningside Ave, 113th to 115th St,
Gather by the campfire to enjoy an afternoon of story-telling and fireside activities. Join the Urban Park Rangers to experience nature in a hands-on and fun way.
Spring Break! Family Activities @ MCNY Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue at 105th Street,
Inspired by the museum’s centennial exhibition This Is New York: 100 Years of the City in Art and Pop Culture, explore what moves New York City’s streets and subways with art activities – from sketches to mosaics – with a different project each day. Pick up a scavenger hunt or a kids’ guide to the exhibition.…
🎟 Suggested $20, $14/students & seniors, free/ages 19 & under
Earth Day Collaging Chelsea Recreation Center 420 W 25th Street,
Join NYC Parks for environmental artistic exploration. Celebrate Earth Day by creating a collage of the earth from upcycled mixed materials.