Destinations 16 Free, Cheap & Exciting Ideas For Your End Of Summer Bucket List The end of summer is nigh, as public school students report for roll call on September 9. The question now is: How do we make the most of the remaining summer days? We’ve created a bucket list of exciting free or cheap activities for you and the kids. Which
art Critters, Art and Beer At June 13 Open Source Fundraiser Open Source Gallery (306 17th Street at 6th Avenue) will be hosting the first in a series of fundraisers on Thursday, June 13, that aim to winterize the art house in 2014. Owner Monika Wuhrer tells us that the gallery has “a plan to build a modular system out of
Arts & Culture Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Summer Camps The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music (58 7th Ave, Park Slope) is offering three camps for kids this summer: • Brooklyn Goes “MAD” (June 24-28, 9am-12pm) offers kids ages 3-4 music, art, and dance every day through a collaboration with two other Park Slope community arts organizations: The Painted Pot and Dancewave.
kids Ways to Celebrate Kwanzaa in the Area Happy Kwanzaa! Today is the first day of of the holiday, which neighbors around the borough are celebrating throughout this week. Looking for some family-friendly ways to enjoy it in the area? Here are a few events happening nearby: Kwanzaa Celebration at the Central Library Thursday, December 27, 3pm Central
kids Daytime Activities for Toddlers Now that your school aged kids are busy from 8am to 3pm, what do you do with your toddler? We’ve pulled together daytime activities around the neighborhood. Fitness • Urban Martial Arts offers an after school program for “parents wanting their children to reach their peak potential.” • Latin Fever Dance
Fishing Kids Can Learn to Fish This Summer in Prospect Park Hoping to catch a big fish just like this by Prospect Park, on Flickr. Macy’s Fishing Clinics are back at Prospect Park starting this Sunday. Kids 15 and under will learn about the recreational sport of fishing, fishing safety, and fish-friendly techniques. And it’s all
Arts & Culture Local Art Group Gives Troubled Teens Attention, Skills And A Second Chance The Brooklyn Streetcar Artists’ Group launched a free program this week for troubled youths who have been arrested due to minor offences and for students on probation, with the hopes of nurturing their creativity and helping rehabilitate them. The program builds on the group’s mission to “promote interest in
charity Family-Friendly Film Fest At United Artists Sheepshead Theater Source: Regal Entertainment GroupAs a member of the struggling demographic known as “Nowhere Near Being Rich and Not Yet Famous,” who also loves going to the movies, and who furthermore is not ashamed to use coupons and look for good bargains, I was dismayed that a very good bargain tried
boutiques Kids Boutique Moves, Rebrands Remember Socks & More…, the Sheepshead Bay Road “designer boutique” that used to have two of its three walls covered in crazy socks? Yeah, those made great gifts for the people in your life who ask very little of you. I bought my mother a few pairs… Well, Socks &
