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Where to Celebrate Chinese New Year This Weekend

Ring in the Year of the Rat with these special Chinese and Lunar New Year celebrations: make puppets with the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, dumplings with MOLD Magazine, indulge in multi-course feasts at Mission Chinese – so much happening in the coming week. Whatever you prefer, there are plenty of ways

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Martin Luther King Day 2019 Celebrations In Brooklyn

Photo via Wikimedia CommonsRev. Martin Luther King, Jr. would have turned 90 on January 15. Various local organizations will celebrate MLK Day on Monday, January 21 with events including readings, movie screenings, musical performances, volunteering, and more. Commemorate the legacy of Dr. King at these events happening throughout Brooklyn. Brooklyn

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Happy Kwanzaa!

Yesterday, Dec. 26, marked the first day of Kwanzaa, a holiday created by Dr. Maulana Karenga in 1966. The celebration lasts a week (ending January 1) and honors the African heritage. At the end of the week, there is a big feast with plenty of gifts. As families celebrate #Kwanzaa

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Can Jewish Life Thrive In Space?

CROWN HEIGHTS — NASA is working on sending humans to Mars as early as 2030 and some people are already planning for the trip. Space was the theme for a couple of dozen people that came out to Tech Tribe’s “Chanukah on Mars” talk Wednesday night at the Brooklyn Children’

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Lander Hosts Event Today To Bring Back B71 Bus

CROWN HEIGHTS – Council Member Brad Lander (District 39) is hosting a family-friendly event this afternoon at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum to rally for the return of the B71 bus route. “8 years ago, the MTA removed the B71 bus route that ran along Union Street,” Lander posted to Facebook

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Commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In Brooklyn

Photo via Wikimedia CommonsMartin Luther King Jr. Day is Monday, January 15, and various local organizations are celebrating what would have been the iconic civil rights leader’s 89th birthday with events featuring readings, talks, musical performances, movie screenings, and more. Honor the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King

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Five New Lactation Pods Installed Across City For Nursing Moms

A lactation pod located at Citi Field via InstagramNursing mothers visiting the Brooklyn Children’s Museum (145 Brooklyn Avenue) in Crown Heights can now comfortably breastfeed their babies in the privacy of a lactation pod. The NYC Department of Health recently unveiled five new lactation pods installed in public spaces—

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Create Your Own Summer Camp With Brooklyn’s Many Attractions

Some kids — and parents — prefer a summer of family-led Brooklyn exploration over traditional summer camps. So we’ve put together a list of museums, beaches, and trails to explore. Additionally, check out unique Brooklyn activities while you’re out, like the most creative ice cream shops, the last remaining independent

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11 Brooklyn Summer Camps For Your Young Artist

Photo by Textile Arts CenterArt can be found anywhere, whether it’s music, painting, science, or cooking. With that in mind, check out these 11 super fun summer camps that approach art from multiple entry points. Pick your favorite, or try them all! Science and Art It takes an artist’

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Where To Hunt For Easter Eggs In Brooklyn This Weekend

Photo via maxelmanWith Easter this Sunday, there will be plenty of opportunities this weekend to take the kids hunting for painted eggs (and other goodies!) in and around the neighborhood. We’ve pulled together a comprehensive list of kid-centered Easter events in Brooklyn. As always, if we’ve missed any

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10 Family Outings For City Kids With Special Needs

By Christen Bush With temperatures freezing outside, parents across the five boroughs are desperately seeking fun activities for the kids that take place inside. Finding just the right spot can be especially tough, though, when your child is on the autism spectrum, has sensory processing disorder, or countless other special

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10 Family Outings For City Kids With Special Needs

Courtesy Theater Development FundWith temperatures freezing outside, parents across the five boroughs are desperately seeking fun activities for the kids that take place inside. Finding just the right spot can be especially tough, though, when your child is on the autism spectrum, has sensory processing disorder, or countless other special

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5 Ways To Celebrate A Family Style NYE In Brooklyn

Don’t write off a fun and festive New Year’s Eve celebration just because you have kids! Even if you can’t swing a babysitter this year, Brooklyn is bursting with some fantastic ways to rock a family style NYE. Here are five of our favorites: Courtesy Brooklyn Children

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10 Brooklyn Experience Gifts For Kids Around The Borough

Brooklyn apartments are small. Really small. Thanks to Ikea and external storage units, life is manageable – until you have kids. For such tiny little humans, they come with a lot of stuff, and even if you’re the master of organization, several years of giant Christmas gifts from Grandma can

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BP Adams Allocates Millions For Local Dance, Arts And Cultural Groups

Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams presented honorary checks to organizations that are helping to build the “Brooklyn brand” throughout the borough. (Photo Credit: Malcolm McDaniel/Brooklyn BP’s Office)A massive windfall in funds is coming in 2016 to dozens of Brooklyn cultural institutions and libraries thanks to an

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Enjoy Music, Games & More At The DUMBO Family Fest

Families enjoying Brooklyn Bridge Park, via Shinya Suzuki on FlickrAn awesome chance to celebrate newly accessible parkland is coming up soon! If you’ve looked down while traveling on the Manhattan Bridge subway tracks over DUMBO, you’ve likely seen cranes and dump trucks rolling around the waterfront. Back in

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Fort Greene Summer Camps

Fort Greene is known for its artists so it’s no wonder that many of our local summer camps are focused on the arts: acting, writing, sculpting, singing, dancing, drawing, glass making. We could go on and on. In fact we will go on and on! Science is simply art

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Museum Based Camps

Enrolling in a city-based camp, or a museum-based camp, is a great way to expose your little one to Brooklyn’s vast culture. Some of the camps, like the ones at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden (150 Eastern Parkway), are only for a few hours. Other camps, like the one run

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Time to Start Looking for Summer Camps

The weather outside is cold and windy, yet now is the time to decide what your child will do when the weather is hot and humid. We have the most comprehensive compilation of summer camps that exists in Brooklyn. Check back daily or weekly to see our featured camps, special

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18 Spring Break Ideas Outside of Day Camp

The question is: I can’t afford camp! How do keep kids entertained during spring break without breaking my budget? Never fear, we’ve got ideas. Prospect Park is our go-to solution for free (and almost free) kid-friendly entertainment. Audubon Center–Open April 14 to 22, 12-4pm. Free. While there,

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Summer Camps at NYC Parks and Museums

Our cultural institutions host summer camps as well as summer classes, and the city also organizes subsidized camps. Additionally, many private camps bring campers to museums at least once a week. Following is a list of camps that feature museums. Brooklyn Cultural Adventures Program 789 Washington Ave, Prospect Heights, 718-638-7700

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Playtime In Park Slope: Upcoming Children’s Events

Looking for some fun stuff to do with the kids while you’re all home for the Thanksgiving break? Here are some events going on in or near the neighborhood: DIY: Makerspace Wednesdays Tech Edition When: Wednesday, November 27, 4pm Where: Central Library, Grand Lobby, 10 Grand Army Plaza What:

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Spring Break Activities 2013

Public schools are on Spring Break from Monday, March 25 to Tuesday, April 2. School resumes Wednesday, April 3. The question is: How do you keep kids entertained for the week-and-a-half break if they aren’t in camp? Never fear, we’ve got ideas. Prospect Park—Our go-to solution for

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A Million Ways for Kids to Celebrate Halloween in Park Slope

If you’ve got a kid who loves the Halloween season, we’re in the best place in Brooklyn to celebrate. Here are some of the events, starting this weekend, that you can enjoy in and around Park Slope: The House of Ichabod Crane The Old Stone House Saturday, October

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Bedbugs at The Brooklyn Children’s Museum

Bedbugs have been found at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, reports the NY Daily News (who then made a disgusted face and screamed “ewww!” several times). The Daily News reports that some employees say that since the discovery of bedbugs (August 16), they fear the cleanup has not been thorough