Things to do
Things to do with kids in New York, including events this week, free things to do, fairs and festivals, story time, theater for kids, and kids' entertainment.
- Dinosaur Safari at the Bronx Zoo
- Carlyle's Sophie at the City
- Funny Food Art exhibit
- "In Search of the Unicorn"
- Buzz-worthy birthdays
Dinosaur Safari at the Bronx Zoo
Dinos at the zoo? Yep—starting on May 25!
Carlyle's Sophie at the City
Blogger Jessica Shyba tells us about her family's special experience at the UES hotel.
Funny Food Art exhibit
Chelsea Market is home to the city's goofiest—and tastiest—photography exhibit.
"In Search of the Unicorn"
Help the Cloisters celebrate the big 75 with this mythical creature–themed show.
Buzz-worthy birthdays
Planning your child's next bash? Take a look inside some of the city's most sought-after parties.
Events for kids this week
"Frogs: A Chorus of Colors"
- Price band: 2/4
- American Museum of Natural History Central Park West, at 79th St, 10024
- Wed May 22 - Sun Jan 5
DanceAfrica
- Price band: 2/4
- BAM Howard Gilman Opera House 30 Lafayette Ave, between Ashland Pl and St. Felix St
- Fri May 24 - Mon May 27
"Shipwreck: Pirates & Treasures"
- Price band: 2/4
- Discovery Times Square 226 W 44th St, between Seventh and Eighth Aves
- Fri May 24 - Sat Aug 31
"Block Party"
- Price band: 2/4
- Liberty Science Center 222 Jersey City Blvd, between Philip and Wilson Sts
- Fri May 24 - Sun Sep 15
Free things to do with kids
- Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Pier 86, Twelfth Ave, at 46th St, 10036
- Fri May 24 - Fri Aug 23
"Tap Your Heart Out"
- Free
- Nola Studios 250 W 54th St, between Broadway and Eighth Ave, 11th floor
- Sat May 25
Fairs and festivals
4th Annual Kings County Fair
- Price band: 1/4
Older kids can enjoy a bevvy of stomach-churning roller coasters, while
- Aviator Sports and Events Center Floyd Bennett Field, Hangar 5, 11234
- Wed May 22 - Mon May 27
Family Festival at the Cloisters: In Search of the Unicorn
Kids and their families can spend the day at the Cloisters at this
- The Cloisters Fort Tryon Park, 99 Margaret Corbin Dr
- Sat May 25 - Sun May 26
Howl! Festival
- Critics choice
- Free
Prowl the annual Howl! Festival beginning with a reading of Allen
- Various locations
- Sat Jun 1 - Sun Jun 2
World Science Festival
- Price band: 1/4
Shhh: Your kids might actually learn something while having fun at this
- Various locations
- Wed May 29 - Sun Jun 2
Things to do with kids this spring
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Upcoming holidays for families
Memorial Day Weekend on Governors Island Photograph: Filip Wolak
Central Park Summer Stage Family Day Photograph: Dominic Perri
Story time for kids
MoMA Design Store Book Series: Frank Viva
Award-winning illustrator Frank Viva will have jaws hitting the floor when
- MoMA Design Store 81 Spring St, at Crosby St
- Sat Jun 1
Storybooks and Art
- Price band: 1/4
Spend Sunday with the kids listening to a story from the museum's library
- The Jewish Museum 1109 Fifth Ave, at 92nd St
- Sun May 26
Macy's Sunday Story Time: Memorial Day
- Price band: 1/4
Today's storytime will feature a reading of Memorial Day Surprise, by
- DiMenna Children's History Museum 170 Central Park West, at Richard Gilder Way (77th Street)
- Sun May 26
Theater for kids
Mario the Magician and His Suitcase Machine
- Price band: 2/4
Take your little Houdini to learn a new trick or two from full-time
- Metropolitan Room 34 W 22nd St, between Fifth and Sixth Aves
- Sat Jun 1 - Sat Jul 6
Goldilocks & the 3 Bears
- Price band: 1/4
In Teatro SEA's bilingual take on the classic tale, audiences meet the
- Teatro LATEA 107 Suffolk St, between Delancey and Rivington Sts
- Sat May 25
Click, Clack, Moo
- Price band: 2/4
Enter a world where cows can use computers and farm animals go on strike
- Tribeca Performing Arts Center at the Borough of Manhattan Community College 199 Chambers St, between Greenwich and West Sts
- Sat Jun 1
- Shipyard Park 13th St, at Shipyard Ln
- Sat Jun 1 - Sat Oct 5
Kids entertainment
FAB Concerts for Kids
- Free
Every month during the spring and summer, FAB Alliance hosts live outdoor
- Putnam Triangle Plaza Fulton St, between Cambridge Pl and Grand Ave, 11238
- Fri May 31 - Fri Sep 27
Special Musical Performance for Families: The Deedle Deedle Dees
This Brooklyn-based foursome combines the styles of Ben Folds and Sufjan
- New York Transit Museum Boerum Pl, at Schermerhorn St, 11201
- Sat Jun 1
Family Fun Nights at Shipyard Park
- Free
Take the crew to sit waterside in Hoboken's Shipyard Park where they'll
- Shipyard Park 13th St, at Shipyard Ln
- Tue Jun 4 - Tue Aug 20
McGraw-Hill CarnegieKids: Elizabeth Mitchell and You Are My Flower
- Free
Folksy kids' crooner Elizabeth Mitchell presents tunes from her album You
- Brooklyn Public Library, Central Branch 10 Grand Army Plaza, at Flatbush Ave
- Thu Jun 6
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