Shearing of the Heather & Community Parade
Fort Tryon Park Abby's Lawn, New York, NY Suggested Ages: All, Adult FriendlyBring musical instruments and join in a community parade through the Heather Garden led by traditional bagpipers. Learn why Fort Tryon Park has the largest heath and heather collection in the northeast, and how to propagate your own heathers with clippings from the shearing. Make flower-themed crafts, join a scavenger hunt, get your face painted…
The Met Cloisters Family Tours
The Met Cloisters 99 Margaret Corbin Drive, New York, NY Suggested Ages: 3 to 11Share ideas and enjoy hands-on gallery activities that bring medieval works of art to life in a castle-like setting.
Color Wink Studio First Saturday Family Art Making
Sugar Hill Creamery 184 Lenox Avenue between 119th St & 120th St, New York, NY Suggested Ages: AllJoin Color Wink Studio and Sugar Hill Creamery to make some art and enjoy some ice cream. On the first Saturday of every month there will be free drop-in art making for the whole family.
Discovery Walks for Families: The North Woods
Charles A. Dana Discovery Center 110th Street Between 5th and Lenox, New York, NY Suggested Ages: 5 to 14+Learn about the design of the largest of the Park's woodlands, a 40-acre forest retreat in the middle of New York City, and how the plants and trees contribute to the health of an urban woodland community. Includes hands-on exploration and guided activities in a complementary Discovery Journal.
Drop-in Drawing at The Met Cloisters
The Met Cloisters 99 Margaret Corbin Drive, New York, NY Suggested Ages: All, Adult FriendlyExperience The Met Cloisters collection through creative drawing challenges in the galleries with expert teaching artists. Materials are provided, but you may bring your own sketchbook. Only pencils are allowed in the galleries. Demonstrations repeat every 30 minutes. For visitors of all ages.
NYSoM Easter Eggstravaganza
Sherman Creek Park 3725 10th Ave, New York, NY Suggested Ages: AllEnjoy Egg Hunts (groups of 5-15 hunters at a time), an Easter Activity Village with painted Easter Egg giveaways and Easter crafts, a visit from the Easter Bunny and more spring festivities.
Movies for Minis | Annie (2014)
Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue at 105th Street, New York, NY Suggested Ages: 4 to 14+Sing along to showtune classics like “Tomorrow” and “It’s a Hard Knock Life” during a screening of the 2014 adaption of Annie starring Quvenzhané Wallis as Annie, Jamie Foxx, Rose Byrne, and Cameron Diaz. Based on the 1924 comic strip, Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray, Annie has been a household name for a century…
Miller Theater Pop-Up Concert
Miller Theatre 2960 Broadway at West 116th Street` Upper West Side, New York, New York Suggested Ages: All, Adult FriendlySit onstage during free and fun concerts. Mingle with the musicians and fellow concertgoers after the show. Violinist Olivia de Prato returns with a program featuring new works for violin and electronics. Onstage seating is first-come, first-served. Concert starts at 6pm; doors open at 5:30pm.