FAMILY Activities AFRICAN-AMERICAN INFANT ADOPTION Orientation for families & ...
AFRICAN-AMERICAN INFANT ADOPTION
Orientation for families & children; 212-369-0300 for details; Mon. at 6.
BACKGAMMON
After-school sessions of a game that you probably never wanted to learn, but wouldn't mind learning; Nelson A. Rockefeller Park, Battery Park City (Liberty St.), RSVP 212-267-9700; Mon. 3:30-5:30, free [through 8/27].
BASKETBALL CLINIC
Practice for tournaments held Mon. through Thurs. till Sept. 7; North Meadow Recreation Center, Central Park (midpark at 97th St.), 212-348-4867; Thurs. 6-8:30, free.
CLAY CREATIONS
Workshop challenges kids to create an alien that can survive in a specific environment; New York Hall of Science, 47-01 Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 718-699-0005; Thurs.-Sun. at 2 & 3:30, $3 [through 9/2].
DRAWING FROM NATURE
Learn the ABC's of watercolor w/Michael DiGiorgio; Henry Luce Observatory, Belvedere Castle, Central Park, 79th St. (midpark), 212-772-0210; Sat. at 1, free.
ESPN SUMMER X GAMES
"Off the Hook Skate Jam" feat. top skateboarders & ESPN personaltity Sal Masekela; Harlem YMCA, 180 W. 135th St. (betw. Lenox Ave. & Adam Clayton Powell Blvd.), 212-283-8570; Thurs. 1:30-3:30, call for info.
FAMILY ART PROJECT
This week, create decorative headgear during "Sombreros de la Naturaleza" 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.
ILLUSTRATING BOOKMAKING: DINOSAUR POP-UP
Create your own book & dig up dirt; Riverside Branch Library, 127 Amsterdam Ave. (betw. 65th & 66th Sts.), 212-870-1810; Weds. at 3, free.
KIDS' CHOICE
Duracell sponsors toy testing event where 25 toys will be tried out by some 11-year-old kids, who apparently run our country according to Time's insightful summer coverage; YMCA, 122 W. 17th St., #204, 212-741-8729; Weds. & Thurs., call for times.
KIDS PROJECT SUMMER CAMP: COME AS YOU ARE
Awareness program for disabled kids using activities & disabled puppets; Jefferson Market Library, 425 6th Ave. (10th St.), 212-243-4334; Thurs. at 2, free.
MADE IN THE SHADE
Afternoon of workshops, performances, music, exhibitions & more; P.S.1, 22-25 Jackson Ave. (46th St.), L.I. City, 718-784-2084, www.ps1.org, Sun. 12-6, $5, $2 st./s.c.
OPENING GAMBITS
Chess for teens & advanced players?but not young hustlers. You have to learn from Old Joe behind the fire hydrant; Nelson A. Rockefeller Park, Battery Park City (Liberty St.), RSVP 212-267-9700; Tues. 10-1, free [through 8/28].
SONY WONDER
Sony hosts weekly activities for families. This week, the future family classic Charlie's Angels screens (Thurs. at 6, free); And build a robot during "Get Wired" workshop (Sat. 2-5, $5); Sony Plaza, 550 Madison Ave. (55th St.), 212-883-8100 or www.sonywondertechlab.com.
SUMMER KIDS DANCE
Broadway Dance Center hosts summer program for kids ages 3-12 interested in learning forms & techniques; 221 W. 57th St., 5th Fl. (B'way), 212-582-9304; call for days & times [through 8/11].
TEEN ART
Drawing, painting, sculpture & pin-hole photography instruction keep teens' portfolio skills up; Nelson A. Rockefeller Park, Battery Park City (Liberty St.), RSVP 212-267-9700; Tues. 3:30-5:30, free [through 8/28].
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; call for times, $5 [through 8/31].
CHILDREN'S STORYTIME
Weekly readings followed by dance performance. This week, author Paulette Bogan reads from latest Spike book, Spike in the Kennel; Union Sq. Barnes & Noble, 33 E. 17th St. (betw. B'way & Park Ave. S.), 212-253-0810; Weds. at 5, free.
CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG
Reads stories at Scholastic Store, 557 B'way (betw. Prince & Spring Sts.), 212-343-6166; Sat. at 11, free.
EXTREME CHOICES
3-D laser show exposes kids to dangers of nicotine & smoking; Liberty Science Center in NJ, 201-200-1000 for info; daily, $3-$3.50 [through 6/2002].
HANSEL & GRETEL
Puppet show recommended for kids ages 4-8; St. Agnes Library, 444 Amsterdam Ave. (81st St.), 212-877-4380; Fri. at 3, free.
HONEY I SHRUNK THE KIDS
Curiously, there is not yet a Honey I Shrunk The Kids DVD. Classic movie screens for kids ages 6-12; Chatham Square Branch Library, 33 E. B'way (betw. Catherine & Market Sts.), 212-964-6598, reg. req.; Weds. at 3, free.
LINCOLN CENTER OUT-OF-DOORS FESTIVAL
Cleo Parker Robinson Dance pres. works inspired by Black history (Fri. at 10:30 a.m.); Monte/Brown Dance (Tues. at 10:30 a.m.); Josie Robertson Plaza, 63rd St. (Columbus Ave.), 212-875-5000; free.
MAYA THE BEE
Entertaining families for more than a year now, 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.
OHMLAND LIVE
Interactive production teaches yoga to kids by associating each movement w/a piece of world music; 45 Bleecker Theater, 45 Bleecker St. (Lafayette St.), 212-206-1515, www.ohmland.com; Sat. at 11, $15, $7 child [through 9/1].
PENINNAH SCHRAM
Recites Jewish stories in Rector Park E., Battery Park City, W. Thames St., 212-267-9700; Sat. at 11, free.
SUMMERTIME STORYTELLING FESTIVAL
Annual storytelling at the Hans Christian Andersen statue, feat. professionals reciting a different tale each week from around the world, Central Park, 72nd St. (5th Ave.), Weds. at 11, free.
TALES IN THE PARK
Children's theater group, Once Upon a Time Inc., pres. Little Red Riding Hood; Queens Museum of Art, New York City Bldg., Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 718-592-9700, www.queensmuse.org; Sat. at 3, free [through 8/19].
URBAN RENAISSANCE
Weekly afternoons in the park w/music, art & storytelling; Imagination Playgound in Prospect Park, Ocean Ave. (Lincoln Rd.), Bklyn, 718-965-8954 or www.prospectpark.org; Sat. 5-7.
WISEACRE FARM
A birthday on the farm at Thirteenth St. Rep, 50 W. 13th St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-675-6677; Sat. & Sun. at 1, $7.