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 & history of the earth 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.
CINÉKIDS
New film series for kids feat. "Kids Make Movies" workshop; Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Ave. (88th St.), 212-423-3840; Sat. at 12, free w/mus. adm.
DIGGING UP THE PAST
Join member of the Brooklyn College Archaeological Research Center to learn history of the five boroughs; Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden, 421 E. 61st St. (1st Ave.), 212-838-6878; Sun. at 2, $6, $4 child.
FAMILY ART PROJECT
Make pinwheels & gliders during "Frolic w/the Wind"; 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; Seward Park Branch Library, 192 E. B'way (Jefferson St.), 212-477-6770 reg. req.; Fri. 3-5, free [through 3/30].
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. "Make Shadow Puppets" w/Hobey Ford (Sat. at 11, $6), "April Showers, Paper Flowers" workshop (Sat. at 12:30, $2) & later on it's master puppeteer Hobey Ford in "World Tales" (Sat. at 3, $6); Arts Connection, 120 W. 46th St. (betw. 6th Ave. & B'way), 212-302-7433.
SONY WONDER
This weekend at workshops @ the Lab, create a robot during "Build-a-Bot" (Sat. 11-1, $10) & try your luck with "Weather Forecasting 101" (Sun. 3-5, $10); plus screening of The Bridge on the River Kwai starring William Holden & Alec Guinness (Thurs. at 8, free); Sony Plaza, 550 Madison Ave. (55th St.), 212-883-8100 or www.sonywondertechlab.com.
SUNDAY SCIENCE SPECTACULARS!
This month, "Spy: Investigative Techniques"?kids learn about new technologies used to solve crimes; 92nd St. Y, 1395 Lexington Ave. (92nd St.), 212-415-5500 for info; Sun. at 10, $35 per adult & child, $10 each additional child.
Things to See & Hear
AFRICAN BURIAL GROUND PROJECT
Annual youth symposium w/film screenings & burial ground site tours; 212-432-5707 for res. & location; Sat. at 12.
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. & Tues. 10-5, $6, $3 s.c. [through 3/31].
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. & Sun. at 2, $15, $5 workshop fee [through 4/1].
MAYA THE BEE
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
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].
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].
THEATERWORKS/USA 20001
Weekly performance for young audiences (ages 7 & up) incl. "Footprints on the Moon"; Auditorium at Equitable Tower, 787 7th Ave. (betw. 51st & 52nd Sts.), 212-627-7373; Sat. & Sun. at 12:30, $19.
VITAL CHILDREN'S THEATER CO.
"Mortimer, The Lazy Bird," addresses the friendship between a bird & worm (Sat. at 11 & 1); "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," adapted from Mark Twain's short story (Sun. at 12); Vital Theater Company, 432 W. 42nd St. (betw. 9th & 10th Aves.), 212-592-4508; $10.