Sunday, January 8, 2012

Kid Friendly New York

Looking for a fun outing in New York City with kids in tow?  Luckily, you’ve come to the right place. Here are a few events that should not only engage your kids, but you’ll have a blast, too.
Happy Chinese New Year!

•    Happy Chinese New Year: At 1pm on January 29 you and your family are invited to celebrate the beginning of the Chinese Year of the Dragon at a parade traveling from Little Italy down into Chinatown. Marching bands, floats, and lion and dragon dancers will entertain the crowds, beginning at Mott and Hester Streets. Before the parade begins go down to Sara Roosevelt Park at Canal and Forsyth Streets for demonstrations and performances to help ring in the New Year right. For more information contact 917-660-2402.

•    The History Mystery is a musical theater production which takes children six years old and up on a journey to meet some of history’s most fascinating figures, including Martin Luther King, Jr., Eleanor Roosevelt and the Wright Brothers, when they were still kids.  At the TADA! Theater at 15 West 28th Street between Fifth Avenue and Broadway on the second floor. Performances will begin on January 20 and ending on February 19. Call for more info: 212-252-1619.

•    Brooklyn’s premier film venue, the BAM Rose Cinemas is worth checking-out for events especially geared to the younger among us. Call them for more information: 718-636-4100.