It's back! You loved our Chocolate Chip Guide to the Holidays and now we're getting you through the last few weeks of summer before school starts. These are great cultural activities that are also big FUN! Your Fav 5 didn't make the cut? Let us know about them. You never know they may make the 2011 edition.
1. Harlem Week
It's not summer without Harlem Week! Here is a recap of some of the upcoming children's activities:
Saturday, August 14, 2010
NY City “Children’s Festival”
W.135th St. btwn. Malcolm X & A.C. Powell Jr. Blvds.
Featuring Excerpts from Disney musicals, games, arts & crafts, live music and dance, healthy eating and living exhibits, open houses by the Harlem YMCA, “Back to School” exhibits, sports and recreation clinics.
National Historic Black College Fair & Expo
W.135th St. (btwn. Malcolm X & A.C. Powell Jr. Blvds.)
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Kids' Night on Broadway (KNOB) and HARLEM WEEK 2010 have partnered this summer to give kids age 6-18 a chance to see a participating Broadway show for free when accompanied by a full-paying adult.
For a complete listing of activities click on the link below:
2. Arthur Ashe Kids Day
The kick off the 2010 US Open Season
Saturday August 28, 2010
9:30 am – 1 pm: Grounds Activities at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center – Free for all!
1:00 pm: Arthur Ashe Stadium Show featuring Disney stars The Jo Bros (aka The Jonas Brothers) and Demi Lovato
Great seats for $10 & $20!
To purchase tickets click below
He's been gone since 1993 and I'm still touched by his inspiring story. To help children ages 4-8 learn more about Arthur Ashe pick up the book written by his daughter and photographed by his wife Jean in his final days: Daddy and Me : A Photo Story of Arthur Ashe and his Daughter Camera
Brooke and I borrowed it from the library around Father's Day and it left an indelible mark on her not only as a budding African American tennis player, but most importantly as daddy's baby girl.
For young adults and parents check out Days of Grace, a poignant autobiography chronicling the life of this amazing man, husband, father, athlete and activist!
3. Jazz for Kids
@ the Jazz Standard
116 E. 27th St., New York, NY 10016
$5, Sundays from 2-3pm
Performance by the Jazz Standard Youth Orchestra
The food at Blue Smoke is pretty good too:)
4. Family Art Project @ Wave Hill
Saturdays and Sundays 10am-1pm in the Ecology Building
West 249th Street and Independence Avenue (front gate)
Our neighbors told us about these great activities that they try to check out weekly.
Wave Hill is a public garden and cultural center tucked away NOMA (North of Manhattan) in the Riverdale section of the Bronx.
Free admission to the grounds Saturdays until noon
Spray a Garden, Flutter with the Butterflies, Fishy Fun, Be a Bee and more to come
5. 64th Annual Shinnecock Powwow
Shinnecock Reservation
West Gate Road
Southampton, NY
631-283-6143
Presented by Shinnecock Indian Nation
September 3 - 6, 2010
I vividly remember attending this event as a child with the E. 218th Street delegation led by Flo and Drew Suggs, my neighbors who owned their own bus company. The Harvest celebration is an outdoor gathering on the beautiful Shinnecock Indian Reservation. Activities include music & dance performances, fire lighting at sunset, demonstrations, foods and native crafts.
Grounds open Friday: 3:00pm, Sat-Mon: 10:00am
Tickets: $12 Adults, $10 Kids, Seniors & Handicap
This is an awesome activity list.
ReplyDeleteI may be inclined to find the inner kid in me and go to the Shinnecock Pow wow *(and maybe sneak on the golf course).
I will be sure to direct some parents to this blog.
You are an amazing wealth of information...please keep it coming!
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