Family Activities BABY BOTANISTS Fossil family fun at The New York ...
BABY BOTANISTS
Fossil family fun at The New York Botanical Garden?kids learn about ancient botany & geology in Everett Children's Adventure Garden, 200th St. (Southern Blvd.), Bronx, 718-817-8700; Weds.-Fri. & Tues. 1-3:30, $3, $2 st./s.c., $1 kids 2 & under [through 4/15].
CENTRAL PARK CONSERVATORY
Conservancy offers basketball, climbing courses, fitness programs & more?ages 8-18; North Meadow Recreation Center, Central Park (midpark at 97th St.), 212-348-4867, reg. req.; Weds.-Tues., call for times, free.
EARTH CELEBRATIONS
"Fostering Ecological Awareness Through the Arts" program feat. workshops for children eight & older at the Green Oasis Garden, 8th St. (betw. Aves. C & D), 212-777-7969 or www.earthcelebrations.com; call for days & times.
FAMILY ART PROJECT
Make a moving sculpture during "Early Bird Gets into the Mobile" workshop at 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].
LEARN TO PLAY CHESS
Chess-in-the-Schools-Program for kids ages six to 12, especially good for smart kids who will be expected to kind of know chess; Seward Park Branch Library, 192 E. B'way (Jefferson St.), 212-477-6770 reg. req.; Fri. 3-5, free [through 3/30].
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.
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].
SATURDAYS ALIVE!
Family events incl. "Dieu Donne Papermill Tour," "Out of Your Seat & On Your Feet" w/Freestyle Repertory Theater & "World Hand Drumming" workshop (Sat. at 12:30, $2), later on it's mimes, masks & storytelling w/Doug Berky in "No Show" (Sat. at 3, $6); Arts Connection, 120 W. 46th St. (betw. 6th Ave. & B'way), 212-302-7433.
"STICKY" ANIMALS
Kids ages five to seven learn about animals that utilize their extremities to latch onto things, plus sticker-making; Bronx Zoo, 185th St. (Southern Blvd.), 718-220-5131; Sat. at 1:30, $35.
SPACE ADVENTURE SWEEPSATKES
Enter to win a roundtrip expense paid trip to the Parent/Child Space Camp in Titusville, Florida incl. accommodations & spending money; log onto www.nabiscoworld.com for details; contest ends July 14.
TISSUE PAPER PAINTING
Crafts program w/Jamie Fallon; 96th St. Regional Library, 112 E. 96th St. (betw. Park & Lexington Aves.), 212-289-0908, res. req.; Tues. at 4, free.
Y VILLAGE: FAMILY CAMPFIRE COOKOUT
Eat some dogs, sing campfire favorites & look at the stars; 92nd St. Y, 1395 Lexington Ave. (92nd St.), 212-415-5500 for info; Sat. at 6-11, $40 per adult, $20 child.
YOUTH OPEN CLIMBING
Scale the new indoor wall in the Adventure Room?for ages 8-17; North Meadow Recreation Center, Central Park (midpark at 97th St.), 212-348-4867; Sun. 11-1 & Tues. at 5:30, free [through 4/29].
Things to See & Hear
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.
INVENTOR CENTER
In honor of Women's History Month, the Children's Museum of Manhattan hosts hands-on exhibit feat. inventions by unsung women; 212 W. 83rd St. (betw. B'way & Amsterdam Ave.), 212-721-1233; Weds.-Sun. 10-5, $6, $3 s.c. [through 3/31].
KIDS 'N COMEDY
Kids ages 9-15 try to make the audience laugh, which might very well incl. recitations of Chris Rock; Gotham Comedy Club, 34 W. 22nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-877-6115; Sun. at 4, $15.
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. at 2, $15, $5 workshop fee [through 3/31].
MISS MAJESTY'S LOLLIPOP PLAYHOUSE
Jack & The Beanstalk (1:30); Snow White & The Seven Dwarves (3:30); Grove St. Playhouse, 39 Grove St. (betw. Hudson & Bleecker Sts.), RSVP 212-741-6436; Sat. & Sun., $8.50 [through 4/22].
PICTURE BOOK & STORIES
For ages two to four; Donnell Library Center, 20 W. 53rd St. (5th Ave.), 212-621-0636, res. req.; Tues. at 11, free [through 4/24].
THE PUMPKIN PIE SHOW
Performance group pres. Kiddie Korner, "four stories about children at their most hilariously perverse & endearingly disturbed" at the Red Room at KGB, 85 E. 4th St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 212-802-9350; Fri. & Sat. at 10:30, $20, $10 st. [through 3/31].
RAP WRITERS & PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP
Free seminar for teens on the history & business of rap music, w/a guaranteed spotlight on Puffy's most recent PR event; Riverside Church, 91 Claremont Ave. (betw. 120th & 122nd Sts.), 212-870-6739; Fri. 7-9 p.m. [through 5/11].
RINGLING BROS. & BARNUM & BAILEY
131st edition of the "Greatest Show on Earth"; Nassau Coliseum, 1255 Hempstead Turnpike, Uniondale 212-307-7171; call for times $10-$45 [through 4/15].
SLEEPOVER
TADA! youth theater pres. musical about hanging out in your pj's; TADA! Theater, 120 W. 28th St. (betw 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-627-1732; Fri. at 7, Sat. & Sun. at 2 & 4, $15, $6 kids 15 & under [through 4/1].
SNOW WHITE & THE SEVEN DWARFS
After Dinner Opera Co. pres. funny opera for the whole family; 319 Bowery (2nd St.), 212-477-6212; Sat. at 11:30 & 1:30, $15 [through 4/14].
THEATERWORKS/USA 20001
Weekly performance for young audiences (ages 5-10) incl. the classic "Charlotte's Web"; Auditorium at Equitable Tower, 787 7th Ave. (betw. 51st & 52nd Sts.), 212-627-7373; Sat. & Sun. at 12:30, $19.
ONCE UPON A SPRINGTIME
Reading of Jean Marzollo's book about a newborn deer; Scholastic Store, 557 B'way (betw. Prince & Spring Sts.), 212-343-6166; Tues. at 11, free.
VITAL CHILDREN'S THEATER CO.
"Mortimer, The Lazy Bird," addresses the friendship between a bird & worm (Sat. at 11 & 1, Sun. at 12); Vital Theater Company, 432 W. 42nd St. (betw. 9th & 10th Aves.), 212-592-4508; $10.