Weekend Guide April 28-30

 

The last weekend of April is upon us.  Next time we speak it will be May! How is this possible?!  The weather is forecasted to be hot this weekend so get out there and enjoy it, in between all the sporting events and birthday parties we all shuffle our kids to. 

Sophomore Circus

Start off the weekend right here in Rye Brook at the Sophomore Circus taking place at Blind Brook High School tonight, Friday, from 4-8pm.  There will be Games, prizes, food, jumping castle, and a haunted house. 

Harrison Library

Today, at the Harrison Library, check out Chloe's Sign and Play from 3-3:30pm.  “Give your child the gift of language! Sign & Play is a fun class where families can learn to communicate with their pre-verbal children using real signs from American Sign Language. 

Based on the award-winning Baby Signing Time series, this class will give parents a window into the hearts and minds of their little ones. Through fun songs, stories and games, parents and children will learn many useful signs for everyday communication. Come sign with us!”

From 4-5pm, Friday, Yoga With Angela will take place.  “Bring your own mat and water to this lovely, mind and body relaxing YOGA experience with Harrison resident Angela Brandt (Registered and Certified Yoga Instructor). Opportunity to create self-esteem, physical coordination, breath relaxation and strength. Grades 2-5.”

And on Saturday from 10:30-11:30am, check out Storytime and Craft.  “Join us for a family storytime and fun craft! All ages.”

From 11am-12pm, Meet and Read with Angie, a beautiful therapy dog.

And finally Saturday from 1-3pm, stop by and check out Maker-In-Residence: The Shirt Guy.  “Come see screen printing and embroidery machines live in action and meet our Maker-In-Residence, Matt Brandt, a Harrison resident and owner of The Shirt Guy.  

He will demonstrate a few techniques used to create custom t shirts and products we see and wear everyday and answer all your questions.  Learn about the t-shirt and sign making programs being offered in May and June.”

From 4-4:30 on Sunday check out Sing Along Sundays with Chloe.  “Celebrate early childhood through music and movement!  Children and parents are sure to love the captivating songs, live accordion music, and activities designed with specific cognitive milestones in mind.  

This class will feature a variety of child-sized instruments and props, and a wealth of both traditional and original songs to add to your singalong repertoire!  

Get ready for a fun, creative, and engaging experience!”

The above are taking place at the main branch but the West Harrison Branch also has a couple of fun activities.  At 10:30am there’s a Bilingual Storytime and Craft for Children and at 11am check out Saturday Craft for Children.

 

Bruce Museum

The Bruce Museum is a hidden gem located just up the road from us in nearby Greenwich, CT.  After you’ve checked out the museum, head across the street to a super fun playground the kids are sure to love! 

On Friday from 2:30-2:45pm, check out the Marine Tank Animal Feeding.

On Sunday from 11:30-12:15 head out on a Family Gallery Tour.  “Designed for families with children ages 6-10. These tours, led by a Museum educator, provide an interactive, discussion-based exploration of the Museum's current exhibitons. Free with admission; no registration required.”

Also on Sunday from 1-3pm, Art Adventures: Imagined Street Scenes.  “A drop-in program designed for children aged 4 and up and their families. In this program, participants will have the opportunity to craft fun and creative works of art inspired by the museum’s collections and exhibitions. This program is free with general admission and no advanced registration is required.”

 

 

Westchester Children’s Museum

Good news! The Westchester Children’s Museum is open for business and for you and the kids to enjoy!  This “sunlit, colorful, vibrant learning space is filled with interactive exhibits that explore science, art, technology, design and the environment, with places to build, play, and create.”  The museum is open Wednesdays through Sundays 10-4.  Current exhibits include:

MAKERSPACES

BUILD YOUR OWN ROLLER COASTER

KEVA PLANKS

WIND TUNNEL DESIGN CHALLENGE

TODDLER BEACH

SHADOW PUPPET THEATER

Happy Birthday to the museum!  Don’t miss the WESTCHESTER CHILDREN'S MUSEUM 1st BIRTHDAY PARTY on Saturday, April 29th from 12-4pm.  “The Westchester Children’s Museum is celebrating its First Birthday with a party for everyone: first time visitors, repeat visitors, longtime supporters and new friends are invited! Check our birthday invitation for updates on activities, performance schedules and other news about this special day of play.” 

 

Art Gallery: Chris Brown Illustrations

Opening March 29, on view through June 25, 2017

Our gallery will be filled with fun, funny, and smart cartoons featuring the timely work of Westchester-based illustrator, Chris Brown. He is best known for his work featured in the Journal News, but has also illustrated books and magazines throughout the country.

 

DESIGN & BUILD FAMILY WEEKEND at Lyndhurst Mansion

This Saturday and Sunday from 10-4 “one of Lyndhurst’s most popular family programs returns this spring to once again bring fun, dynamic activities to kids interested in architecture, engineering, and design. The weekend’s events include the interactive creation of a 3D village using recycled materials, massive LEGO® sculptures, robotics battles, scavenger hunts along Lyndhurst’s historic property, crafts, food, and entertainment.

The event runs from 10 am to 4 pm on both Saturday and Sunday. Admission is just $8 for kids and $10 for adults and tickets are available for purchase online before the event and at the Welcome Center on the day of.

Fun Family Activities Include:

  •   Interactive LEGO® brick building activities
  •   Huge LEGO® brick sculptures on display
  •   Digital animation, 3-D printing & technology
  •   Robotics builds and robotics battles
  •   Local kids’ sculptures and designs on display
  •   Free build spaces with blocks big and small
  •   Historic playhouse
  •   Carnival games
  •   Crafts, food, and entertainment

Admission $8 for kids, $10 for adults.”

Click here to learn more or buy tickets.  

 

Stamford Nature Center

The Stamford Nature Center is a wonderful place to stroll around and they have animals for the kids to see and a fun playground to play in. 

Connecticut Waterways Exhibition will be on display from Feb 18-May 29.  “Explore these themes through dramatic and poignant images captured by the Women Photographers of Connecticut, a diverse group of women photographers from across the state. This exhibition is being presented at a critical moment for our community, as the National Weather Service has recently reclassified the ongoing drought in Fairfield County as severe, with ground water, wells, rivers, and streams all below normal levels.”

 

Clay Arts Center Saturday Drop in Class

Every Saturday from 2 - 4pm there’s a fun opportunity to stop by the Clay Arts Center in Port Chester and have fun experimenting with clay.  There’s a fee of $25 adult and $20 children under 12.  (includes materials and firing).
 This is a “one-time class for adults, children and families interested in experimenting with clay for the first time Plan a great afternoon with friends, family, or just for you while exploring your inner artist in this fun and messy introduction to clay! Projects take between 1.5- 2 hours. SPACE IS LIMITED. Tickets go on sale at the front desk at 10am the day of class. Call us at 914-937-2047 to register or drop in by 1:45. First Come First Served.  Class maximum is 12 people.”  No Class 5/27, 6/2

 

Barnes & Noble

This Saturday at 11am head to Barnes and Noble for The Wonderful Things You Will Be Storytime.  “From brave and bold to creative and clever, this rhythmic rhyme expresses all the loving things that parents think of when they look at their children. With beautiful, and sometimes humorous, illustrations, The Wonderful Things You Will Be is a book grown-ups will love reading over and over to kids. Activities to follow.”

Our closest Barnes & Noble is in White Plains, City Center but there are other nearby locations in Stamford, Palisades Center and Yonkers. And a newly opened location in Eastchester that has a restaurant too!

 

Stepping Stones

Stepping Stones museum is another amazing place for the kids.  Located about 20 minutes north of Rye Brook, in Norwalk, CT, it’s perfect for the whole family! Check them out here, then head on over for a fun filled day of learning and hands-on activities the kids will adore!  

On Saturday from 10:30-11:15 Mutt-i-grees will take place.  “Enjoy a special canine storytime and discussion, and visit with a shelter dog as you learn these social and emotional skills. Shelter dogs courtesy of P.A.W.S.  Recommended for ages 3 and older.”

At 11:15am Feed the Caterpiller will take place.  “In preparation for Storybook Pajama Party, come “feed” our Very Hungry Caterpillar and learn about yummy, healthy and delicious snacks!  All Ages.”

   

On Sunday, Musical Jamboree will take place at 10:30am.

Also on Sunday from 11:15-11:45 check out Friendly Frogs.  “Come join us for story time and a frog friend craft!  Ages 3 and older.”

Finally ATW:Show me a Tale will take place from 2-3pm on Sunday.  "How Night Came: a Brazilian folk tale".  At the beginning of time, the daughter of the Great Sea Serpent used shadows from the depths of the ocean to create night. Create sculptures in the Afro-Brazilian ferramentaria style (metal-smithing).  Ages 5 and older. Limit 20 children.”

     

 

Maritime Aquarium

There is always SO much going on at the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, CT.

From 10-5 on Saturday, don’t miss the Earth Day Celebration.  Free with Admission.  “Join us as we "Party for the Planet" with special activities, including the opportunity to create a simple bird feeder, learn about the environment at educational tables, and dance along with a children's entertainer!” 

Check out the Coral Reef Exhibit!  “A rainbow of colors dart and dash in our new 3,000-gallon Coral Reef exhibit, open now just past the Sea Turtles exhibit.

Meet more than 40 species of reef fish native to the Indo-Pacific, including brilliantly colored varieties of tangs, triggerfish, wrasses and more.

Displays explain why reef systems are so important to the ocean, yet why they’re also so fragile.

Plus, learn how global ocean currents can connect water in reefs on the other side of the planet to our local Long Island Sound – and thus, how our stewardship of the Sound also means good stewardship of all Earth's marine ecosystems.”

The aquarium is definitely worth a trip up the Merritt or 95 and IS open on Easter Sunday!

Click here to learn more about Maritime.

 

Hudson River Museum

The Hudson River Museum, in Yonkers, boasts an amazing Planetarium, six galleries, and a mansion!

Saturdays & Sundays 12 - 5 pm there’s “a safe space for children to explore, play, and create with their families.  The room hosts a large-scale dollhouse, blocks, puppet theater, and books.  A Junior Docent is present to answer questions and suggest activities.”

And Saturday and Sundays from 1-4, kids can do fun art projects.  This April Make a plaster cast keepsake.

Science Project making will take place on Saturdays from 1 - 4 pm this April & May.  “See how lenses bend light and create patterns, and make an artwork from the patterns you see.”

In addition, there are planetarium shows Saturdays and Sundays that the whole family can enjoy!

To learn more, click here.

 

Rockland Free Fair at the Palisades Center

From April 20th – April 30th check out the Rockland Free Fair at the Palisades Center in Nyack.  There’s FREE admission and FREE Parking.

The fair will take place Monday –Friday 5-11pm and Saturday and Sunday 12-11pm.  The fair will feature:

The World of Wonders Oddity Show-See 10 good old fashioned acts from sword swallowing to snake handling.

Records and Burpee Petting Zoo-
A premier experience with live farm animals from a llama to a billy goat.

Ticket Prices are as follows, Single ticket $1.50, 20 tickets $25, 50 tickets (includes 1 free ride) $50.  Unlimited Ride Wristbands available every day.  $25 Mondays – Thursdays.  $30 Fridays – Sundays.”

 

Greenburgh Nature Center

Animal Anatomy will take place at the GNC on Saturday, April 29th from 2-4pm.  “Learn how animal’s physical attributes are connected to their methods of hunting, protection, travel and nesting through films produced by Mercy College students. Filmmakers tell the animals’ stories through their eyes. Screening is open to all ages.”

 

Michael’s

Most Saturdays from 10-12 Michael’s offers a fun Kids Club® craft that kids can participate in while their parents shop.  This Saturday’s project is making Kids Club® Spring 3D Canvas.  The cost is $2 per project and supplies are included.  Sign up in store or online, or just drop in.  Parent or guardian must remain on premises during the event.

Also from 1-3 Saturday, have fun with the slime bar!  “Get creative with spring’s hottest trend, Slime!  Join us at our Slime Bar MAKEbreak on Saturday to customize your own creation!  All supplies are free.  While supplies last.”

 

Lakeshore

Lakeshore also hosts a free craft workshop for kids most Saturdays from 11-3pm.  This Saturday’s craft also sounds super fun, creating a Little Ladybug! Teacher Appreciation Card.  Appropriate for kids ages 3 & up. No reservation necessary. Free.”

 

Westchester Broadway Theatre Production of Mamma Mia

One of my favorite musicals of all time, ABBA’s Mamma Mia comes to the dinner theatre from March 23 - June 25th.  This will be the theatre’s 200th production.

“Based on the songs of the Swedish pop group ABBA, Mamma Mia , is set on the Greek island of Kalokairi. A 20 year old woman named Sophie wants to have a traditional wedding and hopes her father will walk her down the aisle, but there's one problem: she has no idea who her father is! With help from her mother’s journal, she narrows the possibilities down to three men, and hilarity ensues as they all claim her as their child! Featuring all the hits you know and love, like“Dancing Queen”, “Thank You for the Music”, and, of course, “Mamma Mia!”, this show will have you singing and dancing in the aisles!”

There are showtimes this weekend Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Prices include meals.

Buy tickets here.

 

Stone Barns Center

Stone Barns is a great spot to visit with the family.  “Experience what’s happening on the farm, meet our farmers and greet the season!

On a Saturday or Sunday visit to Stone Barns from April through November, participate in a variety of seasonal, hands-on activities and drop-in tours, all included with your one-day admission ticket.

Weekend tickets sell out. We recommend purchasing tickets in advance:
Tickets become available for purchase 6 weeks in advance.

This season on the farm
Because every day is different on the farm, exact programming changes each week, but a sample weekend day this spring, summer or fall will include activities like:

Meet the: Sheep 10:00 – 10:45 am


Farm Activity: Egg Collecting 10:45 am - 12:00 pm

Farm Activity: Lettuce Planting 11:00 am - 12:00 pm


Blue Hill chef joins the Farm Activity 11:30am - 12:00 pm

Getting Grounded: Adult Walking Tour 11:30 am (45 minutes)


Hands-on Taste: Spring Rolls 1:00 - 1:45 pm

 
Making the Rounds: Greenhouse Tour 1:15 pm (20 minutes)


Meet the: Sheep 2:00 - 3:00 pm


Farm Activity: Prep the Field Beds 2:00 - 3:00 pm


Meet the: Compost 2:30 - 3:00 pm


Meet the: Pigs 3:00 - 3:30 pm 


Getting Grounded Tour: Adult Walking Tour 4:00 (45 minutes)

This is a sample schedule; a full schedule of the day's programs will be available to you upon entering the farm the day of your visit.”

Click Here for more information..

 

Family Fun Day at The Tarrytown Music Hall

On Sunday, at 10am, “The Tarrytown Music Hall is happy to announce our seventh semi-annual open house event, Family Fun Day! Please join us for a fun-filled day of circus arts, dance, music, arts & crafts, healthy snacks, and many other FUN and MAGICAL surprises. You and your children will enjoy a variety of hands-on arts & crafts activities, including our spring-themed coloring corner, colorful egg shakers, bird feeders, sun-catchers, planting sunflowers and much more! This event is FREE and open to the public. No tickets required. Spring is here...shake off your winter coats and join us for some fun on the stage with Westchester Circus Arts, Y Dance Academy and Starlight Starbright Music. Special Guest: Prepare to be amazed by Kenneth W. Salaz, "The Master of Astonishment"! He will be strolling about, dazzling young and old with his spectacular feats of magic.

Click here for more info.”

 

Other weekend ideas?

 

The movies are always a fun weekend option.  Born in China, a movie from Disney, hit theater last weekend.  Smurfs: The Lost Village is still in theaters!  Boss Baby and Beauty and The Beast are also still out!

 

Have you checked out Fun Fuzion in New Rochelle yet.  Fun Fuzion is Westchester’s only indoor amusement park.  There’s bowling, mini golf, billiards, lazer tag, and a fun house with games and rides.  There’s also a movie theater next door! Definitely a spot worth visiting! 

 

Legoland is a fun place to visit with the kids! 

 

What about a baseball game? The Mets are on the road but the Yankees are home taking on the Orioles. 

Perhaps the Zoo?  Nearby ones include the Bronx Zoo, The Central Park Zoo and the Beardsley Zoo in Connecticut.

Maybe take a stroll around the New York Botanical Gardens.

And Bowlmor bowling alley is a fun option in White Plains!

Remember, it’s always a good idea to call ahead, to ensure a scheduled activity is still running.  Email me at ryebrook@hamlethub.com and let me know if we missed any super fun, family friendly events and/or if you would like to advertise with us!

Photo Credit: Kelly Schwark

 

 

 

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