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FAMILY Activities BIG HELP Nickelodeon hosts various interactive outreach ...

| 16 Feb 2015 | 05:17

    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.

     

    FISHING: CATCH & RELEASE Central Park Conservancy staff teaches you the proper way to release a fish without hurting yourself or fellow fishermen; Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 110th St. (5th Ave.), 212-860-1370 to reg.; Weds.-Sun. & Tues. 10-5, free. [through 11/31]

     

    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.

     

    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.

     

    PAPER TALES

    Storytelling origami whiz entertains & instructs kids to create "folded treasures"; The Storytelling Center, Estonian Educational Society, 243 34th St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 212-613-3117; Weds. at 7:15, $10.

     

    SONY WONDER Sony hosts weekly activities for families teaching kids to use technology to their advantage; 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

    Artist 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 Aug.].

     

    GREEN EGGS & SILLY CATS "An absurd comical poetic-adventure for the whole family" also described as "reader's theater" performed by adults & children; Greenwich Village Center, 219 Sullivan St. (betw. 3rd & Bleecker Sts.), 212-254-3074; Weds.-Fri. 2 & 7, $10 [through 6/16].

     

    LEGENDS & LORE OF THE ROSE Big-time rose experts lead family tours through the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden; New York Botanical Garden, Bronx River Parkway (Fordham Rd.), 718-817-8616; Sat & Sun 2, $4.

     

    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.

      MISS MAJESTY'S LOLLIPOP PLAYHOUSE The Princess & the Pea (1:30); Pinnochio (3:30); Grove St. Playhouse, 39 Grove St. (betw. Hudson & Bleecker Sts.), RSVP 212-741-6436; Sat. & Sun., $8.50 [through 6/17].

     

    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].

     

    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.