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01/27/12	Irvington Town Hall Theater 85 Main Street A community-wide event, featuring teams composed of firefighters, teachers, students, politicians, writers, actors, students, and commuters. This fund-raiser for the local library includes live music, mop-headed judges, and raffle prizes. For more information or to register to compete visit www.friendsoftheirvingtonlibrary.org. Snow Date: Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 11am.
01/27/12 through 01/29/12	Joyce Theater 175 Eighth Ave. (19th St.) A huge hit when she appeared at The Joyce in 2010, Camille A. Brown is noted for mixing modern dance techniques with West African dance elements to produce "focused bursts of energy and frozen positions that explode into motion" (The New York Times). At The Joyce, her company will present three snazzy performances of a program that includes The Groove to Nobody's Business, set to Ray Charles and Brandon McCune, and Been There, Done That, a duet filled with "Brown's considerable and effortless humor." The Boston Globe
01/27/12	New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) Ravel composed the Concerto in G Major after a trip to the United States. It has been seen as a reflection on Gershwin and American musical comedy. Ravel described the work as "... written in very much the same spirit as those of Mozart and Saint-Saëns," and that "it uses certain effects borrowed from jazz, but only in moderation." (Arbie Orenstein, Ravel: Man and Musician.) When the Paris Opera Ballet staged In G Major, under the name "En Sol," it commissioned scenery and costumes by Erté, which were borrowed by New York City Ballet. Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) was born in the French Basque town of Ciboure. His family moved to Paris and encouraged him to take piano lessons. At fourteen he was admitted to the Paris Conservatory, where he studied with Fauré, who became his principal teacher of composition. His ballet scores include Pavane pour une Infante Défunte, Jeux d'Eau, Boléro, Daphnis and Chloe, Ma Mère L'Oye, and L'enfant et les Sortiléges, a ballet-opera.
01/27/12	New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) NYCB brings together the legendary Sir Paul McCartney and Ballet Master in Chief Peter Martins for a hallmark collaboration. Ocean's Kingdom marks the first time that McCartney has composed for dance, and Martins' choreography will follow the music's libretto of a romance between lovers from conflicting kingdoms. With costumes designed by another McCartney, renowned fashion designer Stella and projections by S. Katy Tucker with lighting designs by Mark Stanley.
01/27/12	New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) In this suite of dances in 18th-century courtly style, eight couples are divided into left and right quadrilles. (A quadrille is an 18th-century dance form originating with squadrons at tournaments; it is also referred to as a square dance.) The dancers form geometric patterns ? diagonals, diamonds, squares ? and dance in unison as well as mimicking the movements of the opposing quadrille. Tombeau means "memorial" or "tomb." In 1919 Ravel composed a commemorative suite for piano in six movements (prelude, fugue, forlane, minuet, rigaudon, and toccato) in memory of six friends who died in World War I. In 1920 the composer orchestrated the piece, eliminating the fugue and the toccato. Ravel honors 18th-century French music in general and the French Baroque composer François Couperin in particular; Couperin was court musician and composer to Louis XIV, the Sun King. Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) was born in the French Basque town of Ciboure. His family moved to Paris and encouraged him to take piano lessons. At fourteen he was admitted to the Paris Conservatoire, where he studied with Fauré, who became his principal teacher of composition. His ballet scores include Pavane pour une Infante Défunte, Jeux d'Eau, Bolero, Daphnis and Chloé, Ma Mère L'Oye, and L'Enfant et les Sortilèges, a ballet-opera.
01/27/12	Metropolitan Opera Amsterdam Ave. btw. W. 62nd & 65th Sts. With its cataclysmic climax, the Met's new Ring cycle, directed by Robert Lepage, comes to its resolution. Deborah Voigt stars as Brünnhilde and Gary Lehman is Siegfried?the star-crossed lovers doomed by fate. James Levine conducts.
01/27/12	Green Meadow Waldorf School 307 Hungry Hollow Rd This two-hour event for parents includes a video presentation, "Waldorf Education: A Vision of Wholeness," a question and answer period with the school's administrator, and a campus tour. Pre-register with Admissions Coordinator, Patricia Owens, powens@gmws.org.
01/27/12	Link Elementary School 51 Red Hill Road The Bossy Frog Band presents this Pajama Party benefit concert for the Clarkstown Family Resource Center. Kids are encouraged to come in their PJs.
01/27/12	Emelin Theatre 153 Library Lane Spotlights the Fab 4 from the early days of the Cavern Club through Seargent Pepper, and beyond, complete with authentic costumes and instruments. Call (914) 698-0098 or go to www.emelin.org for tickets.
01/27/12	BirthingWisdom.com 2 Pvt. Lovett Ct. Infant Massage promotes health, bonding, and communication between infant and caregiver. Topics of discussion in this class include, but are not limited to: growth & development, building your baby's brain, starting solids, attachment parenting, baby sign language, and normal sleep behaviors. This class can be taken during pregnancy and then repeated with the baby after the birth at no charge for the repeat class. Fee includes workbook, organic massage oil, and relaxation CDs. Pre-registration is required.
01/27/12	Magnet Open House 50-05 31st Avenue The Magnet School Of Global Communication and Foreign Language ? International Baccalaureate Candidate, PS 151, invites you to an Open House of Friday January 27 at 10am. The international baccalaureate program is accepted world-wide as an accredited standard of excellence. Students at PS 151 have the opportunity to learn Spanish or be part of the French dual language program. The school has a new library, computers in each classroom, music and art classes, and after-school enrichment activities. All classes are rigorous and standards based. For more information or to receive an application please call 718-759-4977
01/27/12	The Sports Place 600 Bradley Parkway Mention Rockland Parent when you buy five bags of tokens and get one free.
01/27/12	You, Me and Dupri 2297 Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard Budding artists ages 2-4 will explore paint, crayons, oil pastels, collage materials, air-dry clay, and recycled sculpture in this process-oriented art class. This class introduces young artists to a structured class and helps strengthen their fine motor skills and ability to represent the world around them. Preregistration required; email info@privatepicassos.com.
01/27/12	New Victory Theater 209 W. 42nd Street Edgar and Heathcliff have always been Catherine's whole world, and the battle between her heart and her head consumes her. "Choose, choose, and make peace with your choice," her housemaid Nelly urges her in this fearless stage adaptation of Emily Brontë's sweeping love story. Played on a spare set evoking the wild and mysterious nature of the moors, this contemporary production exposes the timeless nature and inescapable power of the classic novel as part of The Zoem! New Dutch Theater festival.
01/27/12	The Field Library 4 Nelson Avenue Stories, songs, fingerplays, and fun. Interactive, drop-in storytime for tots ages 2 and older with a caregiver.
01/27/12	Westchester County Center 198 Central Avenue See some of the area's best high school basketball match-ups. The four-day tournament showcases 24 of the best boys' and girls' teams in the area, featuring some of the most exciting play of the upcoming high school basketball season. A complete bracket of games is available at www.countycenter.biz.
01/27/12	Congregation Sons of Israel 300 North Broadway Infants and toddlers up to age 5 are invited to celebrate Shabbat with stories and games.
01/27/12 through 02/03/12	The Juilliard School 60 Lincoln Center Plaza Juilliard's FOCUS! 2012 Festival celebrating the centennial of John Cage opens on Friday, January 27 at 8 PM in Juilliard's Peter Jay Sharp Theater with an all-Cage program. On Monday, January 30 at 8 PM, also in Sharp Theater, Daniel Druckman leads the Juilliard Percussion Ensemble in works of Cage, Cowell, and Harrison. The Festival continues with chamber works on Tuesday, January 31 at 8 PM in Sharp Theater; Wednesday, February 1 at 8 PM in Paul Hall featuring vocal, chamber, and solo works by Cage; and Thursday, February 2 at 8 PM in Paul Hall with vocal, chamber, and solo works by Cage. The Festival concludes on Friday, February 3 at 8 PM in Alice Tully Hall with the New Juilliard Ensemble led by Joel Sachs. FREE tickets available at the Kramer Box Office at Juilliard. For further information, call (212) 769-7406 or go to www.juilliard.edu.
01/27/12	Nassau Coliseum 1255 Hempstead Turnpike A fun family event that will make boys (and girls) squeal with delight as the big monster trucks come barreling in performing daredevil feats.
01/27/12	Haverstraw King's Daughters Public Library 10 West Ramapo Road Use the library's LEGOs or bring your own. Work with friends or make new ones. No registration required.
01/27/12	Haverstraw King's Daughters Public Library, Village Branch 85 Main Street Kids can challenge themselves and their friends on the Wii.
01/27/12	Brooklyn Public Library, central branch 10 Grand Army Plaza For teens only! Beginners and advanced players learn and practice their chess game.
01/27/12	The Picture House 175 Wolfs Lane The Muppets meet J.R.R. Tolkien in Jim Henson's story of a race of grotesque birdlike lizards called the Skeksis, gnomish dragons who rule their fantastic planet with an iron claw. Traditional puppets, marionettes, giant bodysuits, and mechanical constructions are mixed seamlessly in a fantasy world of towering castles, simple huts, dank caves, a giant clockwork observatory, and a magnificent landscape. Rated PG; recommended for ages 7+. (93min, USA, 1982).
01/27/12	Teatown Lake Reservation 1600 Spring Valley Road Throughout the month of January, drop by Teatown for Friday afternoon story-time in the Carriage House. Gather around a nice, warm fireplace to read a winter-themed story, visit with one of Teatown's Animal Ambassadors, and go for a short walk outside. For children 4-7 years old, accompanied by an adult. Program dates: January 6, 13, 20 and 27, from 3:30-4:30pm. Please call 914-762-2912 ext. 110 for more information, or to make a reservation.
01/27/12	Westchester Sandbox Theatre 931c East Boston Post Road The Mainstage production of "Children of Eden" is a musical spectacle from the composer of the current hit Broadway show, "Wicked." "Children of Eden" tells the story of the early chapters of the Bible with memorable music. Through Sunday, February 5. Call 914-630-0804 to order tickets.
01/27/12	Aviator Sports 3159 Flatbush Avenue, Hangar 5 The Brooklyn Aviators have returned to their home base at Aviator Sports (in Floyd Bennett Field) for another season of hockey excitement. Come and support them as they battle for domination in the newly formed Federal Hockey League.
01/27/12	M.A.T.S.S. Kids' Gym-Syosset 171 Eileen Way Kids will have fun at the Pajama Night and Annual Charity Pajama Drive. Enjoy pancakes, pajama craft "Decorate a Pillow Case," games and dessert. Donate a pair of new pjs to support The Pajama Foundation LI Chapter.
01/27/12	Playland Ice Casino Playland Park Live DJ, party lights, on-ice contests, giveaways, and more.
01/27/12	Staten Island Children's Museum 1000 Richmond Ave Make soft pretzels, a Bavarian delight.
01/27/12	The Moxie Spot 81 Atlantic Ave. Enjoy family friendly movies in a festive setting.
01/27/12	Queens Library: Far Rockaway Branch 1637 Central Avenue Teach your kids to continue the spirit of giving after the holidays have ended. This ten-week course in crocheting and knitting is for all ages, and for a good cause, too. Come and learn a new and useful skill for free, and the library will donate some of the finished items to the Far Rockaway community.
01/27/12	Queens Library: Laurelton Branch 134-26 225th Street Join the America's Young Reformers Group for a fun and interactive dialogue. Discuss today's top issues such as bullying, violence, cheating, relationships, and much more. This program is for teens. Preregistration is required.
01/27/12	Queensborough Community College 222-05 56th Avenue Funny stories, thrilling paper bag sets and costumes, freewheeling dances, lots of audience participation, and new songs you'll be singing long after you've left the theater, are all a part of this brand new show. The Paper Bag players are going on a rollicking journey ? and taking you and your kids, grades pre-k-3, along for the ride. From a musical story about the first day of school to the tale of a magical contraption that does all your chores for you, this show will tickle your funny bone, stretch your child's imagination, and make you smile from ear to ear.
01/27/12	Queens Library: Central Branch 89-11 Merrick Boulevard Improve your presentations with PowerPoint, and learn to help your school-aged kids with all their slideshow assignments. In this workshop, you will learn how to create a slide presentation, add photos, images, videos, and charts, and create handouts for your audience. To register, please call 718-990-5102 or visit the Job Information Center.
01/27/12	What's Cooking? 30 East Main Street It's Super Bowl Party time when children will make a craft, create treats and finger food. The MVP Menu includes chicken wings, pigs-in-a-blanket, tacos, chips and dip and a root beer float. Call to reserve a spot.
01/27/12	Stepping Stones Museum 303 West Avenue Children enjoy an interactive half-hour of music in the Multimedia Gallery.
01/27/12	Whitney Museum of American Art 945 Madison Avenue The museum's Teaching Fellows lead engaging tours of current exhibitions for new moms and dads when the Museum is closed to the public. Crying babies are welcome. Registration required at www.whitney.org/families.
01/27/12	The Joyce Theater 175 Eighth Avenue Award-winning choreographer Brown is noted for mixing modern dance techniques with West African dance and hip-hop elements.
01/27/12	Lynbrook High School Union Ave A charming theatrical event performed by middle school students in Plaza Theatrical's Performing Arts Academy.
01/27/12	Long Island Children's Museum 11 Davis Avenue Kids listen each week to a different story that relates to the season. After the story, all little hands are on deck to create an art project about the story that was read.
01/27/12	Long Island Children's Museum 11 Davis Avenue Fashion your own snow puddle pal that will melt your heart. Use a variety of snowy soft materials to create these fun winter keepsakes.
01/27/12	Baruch Performing Arts Center 55 Lexington ave Dzul Dance announces the premiere of their latest choreography, MAYA 2012: a new beginning, to be presented at the Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue (at 25th Street) in Manhattan, from January 26th, 2012 through January 29th, 2012. In Maya 2012, Dzul Dance fuses modern dance with aerial arts and contortionism as a means to communicate indigenous pre-Hispanic culture. One of the only indigenous Mayan choreographers in the world, Artistic Director Javier Dzul was born and raised in a Mayan tribal community in southern Mexico performing ritual dances, speaking Mayan and studying ancient teachings until the age of 16. Dzul provides a bridge between contemporary art and historical heritage, illustrating the ancient Mayan prophecies related to the 2012 phenomenon. The choreography simultaneously explores Dzul?s past experiences with rituals of transformation, as well as his past relationship and connection to the natural world. The 2012 January program features performances by Artistic Director Javier Dzul, guest contortionists Jonathan Nosan (Director of Acroback) and Anna Venizelos (former soloist with Cirque du Soleil), along with Dzul Dance company members Kyla Ernst-Alper, Desiree Sanchez (Chelsea Piers), Ji Hyeun Bang, Chellamar Bernard, Cornelius Brown, Robin Taylor Dzul, Courtney Jackson, Nicole Lichau, Orlando Martinez and Matthew Sparks. With lighting design by Mike Inwood and costume design by Javier Dzul, this diverse and eclectic group opens the door to another dimension. WHAT: Dzul Dance 2012 Season: Maya 2012: A New Beginning WHEN: Thursday, January 26 8pm Friday, January 27 8pm Saturday, January 28 8pm Sunday, January 29 3pm WHERE: Baruch Performing Arts Center 55 Lexington Avenue at 25th Street (Lex. & 3rd Ave.) COST: Tickets are $30 general admission, $25 student and seniors. Tickets may be purchased online at www.baruch.cuny.edu/bpac or call Box Office at (646) 312-5073.
01/27/12	Baruch Performing Arts Center 55 Lexington Avenue Dzul Dance fuses modern dance with aerial arts and contortionism as a means to communicate indigenous pre-Hispanic culture. One of the only indigenous Mayan choreographers in the world, artistic director Javier Dzul was born and raised in a Mayan tribal community in southern Mexico performing ritual dances, speaking Mayan, and studying ancient teachings until the age of 16. Dzul provides a bridge between contemporary art and historical heritage, illustrating the ancient Mayan prophecies related to the 2012 phenomenon. The choreography simultaneously explores Dzul's past experiences with rituals of transformation, as well as his past relationship and connection to the natural world. The 2012 January program features performances by artistic director Javier Dzul, guest contortionists Jonathan Nosan (director of "Acroback") and Anna Venizelos (former soloist with Cirque du Soleil), along with Dzul Dance company members Kyla Ernst-Alper, Desiree Sanchez (Chelsea Piers), Ji Hyeun Bang, Chellamar Bernard, Cornelius Brown, Robin Taylor Dzul, Courtney Jackson, Nicole Lichau, Orlando Martinez, and Matthew Sparks. With lighting design by Mike Inwood and costume design by Javier Dzul, this diverse and eclectic group opens the door to another dimension.
01/27/12	Carnegie Hall 57th St. & Seventh Ave. In October 2007, Paul Hillier and Theatre of Voices premiered David Lang's little match girl passion; only a few months later, it won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for music. On this concert, part of the Making Music series that focuses on today's leading composers, Hillier and his acclaimed vocal group return to perform Lang's poignant work, followed by some of today's most exciting independent rock musicians who give the New York premiere of a newly composed companion piece.
01/27/12	Nuyorican Poets Cafe 236 E. 3rd Street Described as ?. . . a cross-cultural collaboration that spins & grooves? by the New York City Jazz Record, Eugene Marlow's Heritage Ensemble is an imaginative and tight quintet that churns out an intoxicating brew of in-the-pocket grooves and reverent soulful performances of original compositions and arrangements in various jazz, Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, and neo-classical styles. The Heritage Ensemble has recorded three albums. Its most recent is "A Fresh Take" (MEII Enterprises 2011), a follow-on to "Celebrations" (MEII Enterprises 2010). Both albums have received critical acclaim in domestic and international press. Later this year Eugene Marlow's MEII Enterprises indie label will release "Obrigado Brasil" a set of 10 Marlow originals inspired by the music and culture of Brazil. The Heritage Ensemble's January 27th encore performance at the Nuyorican will include charts from "Obrigado Brasil" and its last two albums. The quintet includes: award-winning founder/leader/arranger/pianist Eugene Marlow, multi-Grammy and Latin-Grammy nominee drummer Bobby Sanabria, Phi Beta Kappa bassist Frank Wagner, NEA Performance grantee saxophonist Michael Hashim, and Nuyorican virtuoso percussionist Cristian Rivera. More about Eugene Marlow and The Heritage Ensemble at www.eugenemarlow.com.
01/27/12	Theater for the New City 155 First Avenue The troupe will present dances, stories, and traditional music from the Iroquois and Native Peoples of the Northwest Coast, the Southwest, the Plains, and the Arctic regions. Proceeds from the pow-wow will go toward college funds for needy Native American students. Highlights will include storytelling, a Hoop Dance by a Cherokee tribe member, a Caribou Dance by the Inuit people of Alaska, a Buffalo Dance by the Hopi people, a Grass Dance and Jingle Dress Dance by the Northern Plains people, a Stomp Dance by the Southeastern tribes, and a Shawl Dance by the Oklahoma tribes. Featured performers will include the Heyna Second Son Singers (from various tribes). In the final section of the program, the audience will be invited to join in the Round Dance, a friendship dance. A Pow-Wow is more than just a spectator event: it is a joyous reunion for native peoples nationwide and an opportunity for the non-Indian community to voyage into the philosophy and beauty of Native culture. Traditionally a gathering and sharing of events, Pow-Wows have come to include spectacular dance competitions, exhibitions, and enjoyment of traditional foods. Pageantry is an important component of the event, and all participants are elaborately dressed. Most dances are performed in the traditional Circle, which represents a unity of peoples. There is a wealth of cultural information encoded in the movements of each dance. More than 10 distinct tribes will be represented in the performance. Throughout the performance, all elements are explained in depth through detailed introductions by the troupe's director and emcee Louis Mofsie (Hopi/Winnebago). An educator, Mofsie plays an important part in the show by his ability to present a comprehensive view of native culture. Native American craft items will be displayed in the TNC lobby. The Thunderbird American Indian Dancers Scholarship Fund receives its sole support from events like this concert (it receives no government or corporate contributions). It has bestowed more than 350 scholarships to-date.
01/27/12	B.B. King Blues Club & Grill 237 W. 42nd St. (7-8 Aves.) Cowboy Mouth is New Orleans rock 'n' roll. Annually presenting roughly 150 shows, releasing nearly a dozen records, and featured on TV shows and radio stations everywhere, the band has been seen and heard by millions of fans worldwide. For more than 15 years, the members of Cowboy Mouth have preached and shouted at the top of their lungs the joys of being alive and the joys of being in and from New Orleans, sharing a slice of Mardi Gras heaven with fans around the world. As frontman Fred LeBlanc has said, "If The Neville Brothers and The Clash had a baby, it would be Cowboy Mouth." Cowboy Mouth's releases include two records on MCA, one on Atlantic, and several on its own Cowboy Mouth Records label. Known for its legendary live shows, the band has performed for over nine million fans to date, headlining at major festivals and venues around the country. The band has also made several film and television appearances, including a performance in the Steven Soderburgh film The Underneath and appearances on MTV, VH1, Live with Regis and Kelly, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and The Late Show with Craig Kilborn. The group's numerous tours have included expeditions with friends in Hootie and the Blowfish, Barenaked Ladies, Sister Hazel, and Better Then Ezra. Cowboy Mouth's latest full-length studio release is Fearless (2008), which includes some of the band's most popular live songs: "Anything," "Disconnected," "Belly," and "Tell the Girl Ur Sorry." The track "I Believe" has also become a sleeper hit after being picked up for airplay by several large country stations. In addition, the band recently released a live concert DVD titled The Name of the Band is Cowboy Mouth. Shot at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles, it's one of Cowboy Mouth's finest performances, capturing the excitement, energy, and top-notch musicianship of the band's live show in front of a thousand screaming fans.
01/27/12	Highline Ballroom 431 W. 16th St. Coeur de Pirate is the solo project of award-winning singer, songwriter, and pianist B?atrice Martin. After a brief stint as keyboardist with the now-defunct December Strikes First, Martin briefly joined the Montreal-based indie pop band Bonjour Brumaire as a vocalist and pianist. She left in 2008 to record and release her debut album Coeur de Pirate. The album won national and international acclaim, propelled by an unexpected gift courtesy of YouTube. Francis Vachon, a photographer from Quebec City, used the album cut "Ensemble" as the soundtrack to a time-lapse video of his nine-month-old son. This immensely popular clip showcased her music to millions of new fans, earning her praise from Good Morning America, The Globe and Mail, and Perez Hilton, among many others. The album has since sold over 600,000 copies worldwide. North American and European tours followed, gaining her legions of fans in France and Germany. Martin then went into the studio to record a duet with Julien Dor? and collaborated on the Coca-Cola theme song for the Vancouver Olympics, "Open Happiness," with Jay Malinowski and Kardinal Official. She also recorded a duet with David Usher ("Everyday Things"). Two Felix Awards followed in 2009 and 2010, and she won a 2010 Victoire de la Musique Award for Original Song of the Year. Coeur de Pirate has also been nominated for a Juno and long-listed for the Polaris Prize. Now, after several additional high-profile collaborations and a prominent voiceover spot as the voice of a Smurfette in the major motion picture The Smurfs, Coeur de Pirate recently released her highly anticipated sophomore effort, Blonde (2011). The first single "Adieu" is a sophisticated pop mini-masterpiece. Featuring rolling waves of bass and drums supported by Martin's pixie-dusted vocals, the track is a bouncing melody of keyboards, guitar, and handclaps, kissed with a hint of menace.
01/27/12	Cupcake Corner Too 62 New Hyde Park Rd. KID-FIT Long Island is raising awareness for building healthy lifestyle habits in preschool children. The sessions will iclude movement and fun fitness activities, learning about healthy food choices, using physical education equipment, educational handouts and coloring sheets. Reservations required. Call or visit the website or email jennifer@kidfitlongisland.com.
01/27/12	Abrons Arts Center 466 Grand Street A three-concert series by composer Eve Beglarian. In the fall of 2009, Beglarian journeyed down the Mississippi River by kayak and bicycle. Traveling slowly along the spine of the United States, she encountered sights, sounds, people, and communities that inspired a new body of "experimental Americana" music. The series includes three distinct evenings of Eve Beglarian's innovative and compassionate music, as she and her co-performers embody the many moods of the Mississippi - at turns brazen, calm, destructive, life-affirming, but always beautiful and mesmerizing. Performed by the RiverProject band BRIM (Beglarian and ETHEL co-founder and violinist Mary Rowell) with guest artists loadbang, Guidonian Hand, Newspeak, Malcolm J. Merriweather, and Taylor Levine. The three concerts comprise a mini-festival of music from the RiverProject, with some overlapping repertoire in varied arrangements each night, and some repertoire unique to each concert. Everywhere there are echoes of the folk, blues, jazz, and funk that have grown up in the regions touched by the river. The music also reflects a range of texts and influences that arose from meeting and talking with an array of individuals along the river, which make a unique statement about modern day America. Each performance will feature BRIM (Beglarian and Rowell) and many special guests. January 21: loadbang, Guidonian Hand, Eve Beglarian, and Mary Rowell A lung-powered evening with the voices and wind-instruments of loadbang and the trombone quartet Guidonian Hand, featuring The Island of the Sirens, in which the harsh sound of a warning alarm in Plaquemine, Louisiana, is electronically deconstructed alongside a plaintive text by Rilke about returning home after a long journey without any words to describe it. January 27: Newspeak, Eve Beglarian, and Mary Rowell An amplified evening with punk-classical octet Newspeak performing the New York premiere of Waiting for Billy Floyd, inspired by Beglarian's visit to the ghost town of Rodney, Mississippi, and a short story by Eudora Welty that takes place there. January 28: Eve Beglarian, Taylor Levine, Mary Rowell, and Malcolm J. Merriweather An intimate evening with the BRIM core duo of Beglarian and Rowell, along with guitarist Taylor Levine (of Dither and Newspeak) and singer Malcolm J. Merriweather. This more intimate performance will include the New York premiere of Well-Spent, which juxtaposes the Muddy Waters song "You Got to Take Sick and Die Some of These Days" with Leonardo da Vinci's serene thoughts on life and flowing water.
01/27/12	Five Angels Theater 789 Tenth Avenue The 52nd Street Project, through which accomplished theater-makers work with Hell's Kitchen kids to create original theater, will present "Wide Open Spaces: The Outdoor Plays" January 27-29. These shows are the culmination of The Project's Two-on-Two series, in which each of six duos of kids (ages 13?15) is paired with two professionals: one who writes a play for them, and another who directs. Admission is free, but reservations should be made in advance by visiting www.52project.org or calling 212-642-5052. The kid actors featured in "Wide Open Spaces" are Hashem Ahmed, Michael Banister, Gabriella DeJesus, Devin Gonzales, Jasmine Hernandez, Wendell Joseph, Katie Liu, Lauren Robinson, Chamel Rodney, Edison Sibri, Mari Ulloa, and Elizabeth Vazquez. The adults writing the plays include Dustin Chinn, Larkin Clark, Liz Flahive ("From Up Here," "Nurse Jackie"), Michael Mitnick, Christopher Oscar Pe?a, and Melisa Tien. Directing the kids will be Molly Coogan ("Stairway to Stardom"), Rachel Dart, Katie Flahive, Jacob Grigolia-Rosenbaum (Fight Director: "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson," "Peter and the Starcatcher"), Lee Rosen ("Gabriel," "The Normal Heart," understudy Broadway) and Michael Walkup. Original music composed by Eric March. The Two-on-Two series is one of the more advanced parts of the theatrical education furnished by The 52nd Street Project. After a week of working on the plays, the kids are taken (along with their volunteer adult directors) out of town for an "actors retreat" in the countryside. The finished plays enjoy a three-day run of public performances. Although the adult mentors are always present in the wings during the performances, Project kids learn to rely on and support one another on stage for the first time.
01/27/12	Bounce U Farmingdale 101 carolyn blvd Farmingdale NY 11735 You don't need a special occasion to get your bounce on. Give us a call and reserve your spot at our next All-Ages Open Bounce, then come on by and enjoy our awesome inflatables, fantastic games, and wall-to-wall fun. You bring the socks - we'll take care of music, fun, and everything else!
01/28/12	New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) Originally created for The Royal Ballet, DGV propels 26 dancers through space with a supercharged, minimalist score by Michael Nyman.
01/28/12	New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) Balanchine's Firebird was one of the choreographer's first creations for the young New York City Ballet, using elaborate sets and costumes. The story, the choreography, the sets, and the music all integrated many brilliantly colored elements from Russian folklore. Because Balanchine chose to use the orchestral suite rather than the complete three-act score, he simplified the story and emphasized the mythical elements of the Firebird's character. For revivals in 1970, 1972, and 1980, Balanchine changed his choreography for the Firebird ? and sometimes the costume as well ? to suit the ballerina cast in the leading role. At Balanchine's invitation, in 1970, the artist Marc Chagall came to New York City to supervise the construction of new sets and costumes based on his designs for a new production. For the 1970 revival, Robbins contributed new choreography for the monsters' dance. The current production was staged in 1985. Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), born in Russia, is acknowledged as one of the great composers of the twentieth century. His work encompassed styles as diverse as Romanticism, Neoclassicism and Serialism. His ballets for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes included The Firebird, Petrushka, The Rite of Spring, and Apollo. His music has been used in over thirty ballets originating with New York City Ballet from 1948 through 1987, including Danses Concertantes, Orpheus, The Cage, Agon, Monumentum pro Gesualdo, Rubies, Symphony in Three Movements, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Concerto for Two Solo Pianos, Suite from L'Histoire du Soldat, Concertino, and Jeu de Cartes.
01/28/12	New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) NYCB's former first-ever Resident Choreographer, Christopher Wheeldon now travels the world as one of the most in-demand dance makers. Wheeldon returns to choreograph a world premiere for the New Combinations Evening, which honors Balanchine's birthday each year with the performance of new work.
01/28/12	New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) "Romantic with comic twists," is how Christopher Wheeldon describes his new work set to ten eclectic piano pieces by Ligeti. Its brief sections run the choreographic spectrum from the bold, neoclassic angularity of Balanchine through playful duets, a dreamy waltz, a gentle, plaintive solo to the intense intertwining of one couple. Anchored by dynamic opening and closing ensembles filled with twisting turns, jabs and quirky hard movements, its eight dances seem to be tearing through the musical fabric. Overhead horizontal lifts, rolls and pushes off the floor contrast with classical ballet steps. The first of two key duets for the leading principal couple evokes sea creatures swimming, while the second looks like a strange plant growing and closing in on itself. The last horizontal lifts and fade out arrest the movement, frame it and let it dissolve like a film. Ligeti's polyphony (many individual voices sounding simultaneously) with fleeting references to Stravinsky, Debussy, Kodály and Prokofiev, among others, finds its match in the choreographer's interweaving of ballet and modem dance movement.
01/28/12	New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) The Steadfast Tin Soldier, based loosely on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, focuses on the wistful courtship and love between a tin soldier and a paper-doll ballerina. The work was commissioned by the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. The present pas de deux stems from a 1955 collaboration in which Balanchine, Francisco Moncion, and Barbara Milberg choreographed all of Bizet's Jeux d'Enfants. Both the context and the woman's variation of The Steadfast Tin Soldier were derived from this earlier work. The soldier's variation was restaged for the new pas de deux. Georges Bizet (1838-1875) is best known for Carmen, one of the most successful operas ever written. However, he had more success in his lifetime with non-operatic works. He was an excellent pianist, and wrote many pieces for that instrument, including Jeux d'Enfants. Many of the operas Bizet wrote, with the exceptions of Carmen and The Pearl Fishers, were destroyed by the composer or never finished.
01/28/12	New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) An eight-minute display of ballet bravura and technique, Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux uses music that the composer belatedly created for Act III of Swan Lake. It was hurriedly composed for Anna Sobeshchanskaya, a Bolshoi prima ballerina who was scheduled to make her debut in the title role at the fourth performance of the 1877 Moscow production, and sought to enrich the part of Odile. Because the music was not in the original score, it was not published with the rest of Swan Lake, and disappeared for more than half a century. When it was discovered in the Bolshoi Theater archives in 1953, Balanchine sought ? and was granted ? permission to use it for his own choreography.
01/28/12	New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) In 1937, George Gershwin asked Balanchine to come to Hollywood to work with him on Samuel Goldwyn's "Follies." Tragically, Gershwin was felled by a brain tumor before he completed the ballet music for the film. Thirty-three years later, Balanchine choreographed Who Cares? to 16 songs Gershwin composed between 1924 and 1931, including "I Got Rhythm," "The Man I Love," "Embraceable You," and "My One and Only." Kay's orchestrations draw extensively on Gershwin's own piano arrangements of his songs. Balanchine used the songs not to evoke any particular era but as a way to portray an exuberance that is both broadly American and charged with the distinctive energy of Manhattan.
01/28/12	Metropolitan Opera Amsterdam Ave. btw. W. 62nd & 65th Sts. Patricia Racette won plaudits when she first sang the title role at the Met in 2010. Now she returns with Roberto Alagna and Aleksandrs Antonenko alternating as her heroic lover, Cavaradossi. George Gagnidze and James Morris share the role of Scarpia.
01/28/12	Metropolitan Opera Amsterdam Ave. btw. W. 62nd & 65th Sts. In one extraordinary new work, lovers of Baroque opera have it all: the world's best singers, glorious music of the Baroque masters, and a story drawn from Shakespeare. In The Enchanted Island, the lovers from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream are shipwrecked on his other-worldly island of The Tempest. Inspired by the musical pastiches and masques of the 18th century, the work showcases arias and ensembles by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, and others, and a new libretto by Jeremy Sams. Eminent conductor William Christie leads an all-star cast with David Daniels (Prospero) and Joyce DiDonato (Sycorax) as the formidable foes, Plácido Domingo as Neptune, Danielle de Niese as Ariel, and Luca Pisaroni as Caliban. Lisette Oropesa and Anthony Roth Costanzo play Miranda and Ferdinand. The dazzling production is directed and designed by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch (Satyagraha and the Met's 125 anniversary gala).
01/28/12	Metropolitan Museum of Art Fifth Ave. @ 82nd St. An evening of traditional Persian music. Three-time GRAMMY nominee Kayhan Kalhor is an internationally acclaimed virtuoso on the kamancheh (a Persian bowed string instrument). He has studied the music of Iran's many regions, in particular those of Khorason and Kordestan, and has toured the world as a soloist with various ensembles and orchestras including the New York Philharmonic and the Orchestre National de Lyon. He is co-founder of the renowned ensembles Dastan, Ghazal: Persian & Indian Improvisations and Masters of Persian Music. Kayhan Kalhor has composed works for Iran's most renowned vocalists Mohammad Reza Shajarian and Shahram Nazeri and has also performed and recorded with Iran's greatest instrumentalists. He has composed music for television and film and was most recently featured on the soundtrack of Francis Ford Coppola's Youth Without Youth in a score that he collaborated on with Osvaldo Golijov. Kayhan is a member of Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project and his compositions appear on all three of the Ensemble's albums.
01/28/12	Church of St. Paul the Apostle Columbus Avenue and W. 60th Street More than 60 camps for children with disabilities will participate, including days camps from the five boroughs of NYC and sleepaway camps from the tri-state area. Attendees will learn about appropriate summer programs for children with special needs and will receive a free guide to area camps (in English and Spanish).
01/28/12	Theater at Madison Square Garden 4 Pennsylvania Plaza (Seventh Ave. & 32nd St.) Gigantour featuring Megadeth, Motorhead, Volbeat & Lacuna Coil will be one of the heaviest shows of the year - don't miss the metal!
01/28/12	Emelin Theatre 153 Library Lane Jack has to use his wits to save himself from the terrible Giant, but a host of familiar fairytale characters keep messing up his plans...and then there's that annoying Stinky Cheese Man! Characters slide in and out of stories and nothing is quite the same as you remember it from classic fairy tales in this stage adaptation of the book by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith. Ages 4 and older. Call (914) 698-0098 or visit www.emelin.org for tickets.
01/28/12	Staten Island Zoo 614 Broadway One of Staten Island Zoo's most loved programs. Join us for a tour of our animal kitchen, help prepare some food for critters and watch them eat. Meet some animals close up and have a breakfast snack while you are here.
01/28/12	Emelin Theatre 153 Library Lane Are the people in the fairy tales we grew up with always as happy as they seem? Or do they have problems just like us? Join this group of 6th-8th graders as they perform their way through "Unhappily Ever After," an original musical revue conceived and produced by the Applause team of teachers.
01/28/12	Saddle River Valley Cultural Center 305 West Saddle River Road This lively marionette puppet show tells the tale of the Dragon King. A terrible drought has overtaken the land and the world is brown and lifeless. The Dragon King is ruler over all things but has done nothing to restore life. Follow Grandmother as she journeys to the bottom of the sea to seek the Dragon King and make things right.
01/28/12	Queensborough Performing Arts Center 222-05 56th Avenue They?re back! Relive the incredible excitement of the most influential rock group in the history of pop music. The #1 Beatles tribute act in the world, Yesterday, recreates the historic performances of the Beatles from 1964 to 1974 on The Ed Sullivan Show, at The Hollywood Bowl, and at Shea Stadium with their "Magical Mystery Tour.? The first act focuses on the early years and the second act of the show chronicles their amazing career from the Sgt. Pepper era on. Complete with costume changes, witty stage banter, vintage film footage and exciting vocals, Yesterday transports the audience back to a bygone era of peace and love.
01/28/12	Church of St. Paul the Apostle Columbus Ave. and W. 60th St. Resources for Children with Special Needs (RCSN) - Annual Special Camp Fair - Parents of children and teens with special needs: it may be hard to believe, but now is the time to think about summer camp. Camps open registration in the winter, and space and financial assistance is limited. You can meet experts from over 60 summer programs at the Free Annual Special Camp Fair presented by RCSN. The Fair will take place Saturday January 28, 2012, from 11 AM to 3 PM at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle (Columbus Ave. and W. 60th St. Manhattan). For more information and to enter a free prize drawing, visit www.resourcesnyc.org or call Resources for Children with Special Needs at (212) 677-4650 ext. 34.
01/28/12	LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts 100 Amsterdam Avenue Students (ages 11-19) will take part in a unique dance and song masterclass led by Broadway artists, followed by an audition for 2012 enrollment. Preregistration required; come with sheet music from a Broadway show and be prepared to sing 32-64 bars for a vocal audition. There will also be a chance to win two tickets and a backstage tour of "Mary Poppins" on Broadway. The Broadway Experience is an international musical theatre program designed to create triple-threat performers. Students undergo an intense study of dance, voice, and acting and have the opportunity to work with current Broadway professionals and master teachers.
01/28/12 through 01/29/12	New York Transit Museum Boerum Place at Schermerhorn Street Learn about the people who work underground, keeping the subways working safely and efficiently. Handle artifacts used in these and other jobs while exploring special areas of the museum. Make a badge for the kind of job you would like to have.
01/28/12	The Field Library 4 Nelson Avenue Discover your inner artist at this drop-in craft event.
01/28/12	New Victory Theater 209 W. 42nd Street Edgar and Heathcliff have always been Catherine's whole world, and the battle between her heart and her head consumes her. "Choose, choose, and make peace with your choice," her housemaid Nelly urges her in this fearless stage adaptation of Emily Bront?'s sweeping love story. Played on a spare set evoking the wild and mysterious nature of the moors, this contemporary production exposes the timeless nature and inescapable power of the classic novel as part of The Zoem! New Dutch Theater festival.
01/28/12	THE GYM Armonk 99 Business Park Drive THE GYM Armonk is holding classes to raise money for Make-A-Wish Foundation throughout the month of January. Today: Sport Pump with Rob F.
01/28/12	Ossining Public Library - Children's Program Room 53 Croton Avenue Origami projects for children ages 7 and older. Limited to the first 12 children to arrive by 2pm.
01/28/12	Westchester County Center 198 Central Avenue See some of the area's best high school basketball match-ups. The four-day tournament showcases 24 of the best boys' and girls' teams in the area, featuring some of the most exciting play of the upcoming high school basketball season. A complete bracket of games is available at www.countycenter.biz.
01/28/12	Wave Hill 675 West 252nd Street With guest artist and book maker Wennie Huang, learn how to create both simple and sophisticated books for all ages. Write your own short story about the woods, and press some natural materials between its hand-bound pages. Admission to the grounds is free until noon.
01/28/12	Wave Hill 675 West 252nd Street Thriving beehives exist in community gardens, backyards, and on rooftops throughout New York City. Share the joys and challenges of urban beekeeping with Bronx beekeepers Roger Repohl and Sara Katz. Learn what you need to start a hive, including equipment, start-up costs, and where to obtain bees, to help you decide if urban beekeeping is for you. Registration required, online at www.wavehill.org, by calling 718-549-3200 ext. 305, or at the Perkins Visitor Center.
01/28/12	Teatown Lake Reservation 1600 Spring Valley Road Animal eyes come in all shapes and sizes, from the built-in binoculars of hawks to the multi-faceted eyes of insects. See how animals look at the world in their own unique ways. Call 914-762-2912 ext. 110 to make a reservation.
01/28/12	Maritime Aquarium 10 North Water Street This informative program allows visitors access to the marine-education programming available to school groups. Check the Aquarium's website for today's subject. Fifteen participants are taken on a first come first served basis for each time slot. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
01/28/12	Congregation Sons of Israel 300 North Broadway Families with toddlers are invited to celebrate Shabbat with singing, dancing, praying, story-telling, and other activities.
01/28/12	Stepping Stones Museum 303 West Avenue America's leading Hungarian ethnic dance ensemble and a renowned folk music group take visitors on a tour of Hungary through dance, music and costume.
01/28/12	Stepping Stones Museum 303 West Avenue Dog puppet Dash teaches children about the uniqueness and desirability of shelter dogs.
01/28/12	Ridgefield Playhouse 80 East Ridge Avenue Despite his mother's disapproval, Jack trades the family cow for magic beans that take him to a faraway land above the clouds where he encouters a miserly and ill-tempered giant.
01/28/12	Nassau Coliseum 1255 Hempstead Turnpike A fun family event that will make boys (and girls) squeal with delight as the big monster trucks come barreling in performing daredevil feats.
01/28/12	Groove 108 Chatsworth Avenue Family Jams at Groove are interactive musical experiences for the whole family. The music is live and the vibe is truly original. Each Jam is led by talented musician/educators who really know how to play. Most appropriate for ages 6 months-5 years. Registration required at www.findgroove.com.
01/28/12	Nauraushaun Nursery School 51 Sickletown Road Parents of prospective students are invited to stop by this open house and registration event. Snow date is Saturday, February 4.
01/28/12	The Playroom 168 Main Street Mr. Ric, owner/director/teacher at The Busy Bee Playschool of Rockland, shares his musical versions of such popular children's book as Green Eggs and Ham; Brown Bear, Brown Bear what do you see?; Chicka chicka boom boom; and many others. Meanwhile, parents can enjoy coffee and the newspaper at an adult-friendly lounge at the front of The Playroom?
01/28/12	Eisenhower Hall Theatre Eisenhower Hall A musical based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker and the film by Steven Spielberg. The story of a woman named Celie, who finds her unique voice in the world. Nominated for eleven Tony Awards®, The Color Purple is a celebration of love and a Broadway phenomenon with a GRAMMY®-nominated score featuring jazz, gospel and blues.
01/28/12	Straight A's 180 East Post Road Today, kids can drop in to make a penguin craft. They'll color a learning booklet about penguins, then create their very own paper penguin. Straight A's sells educational toys, gifts and teacher supplies.
01/28/12	Straight A's 180 East Post Road Kids in Kindergarten to 6th Grade can practice their spelling abilities. Everyone tries grade-appropriate words or easier, until there is one speller left.
01/28/12	The Picture House 175 Wolfs Lane The Muppets meet J.R.R. Tolkien in Jim Henson's story of a race of grotesque birdlike lizards called the Skeksis, gnomish dragons who rule their fantastic planet with an iron claw. Traditional puppets, marionettes, giant bodysuits, and mechanical constructions are mixed seamlessly in a fantasy world of towering castles, simple huts, dank caves, a giant clockwork observatory, and a magnificent landscape. Rated PG; recommended for ages 7+. (93min, USA, 1982).
01/28/12	Irvington Town Hall Theater 85 Main Street Revisiting one of their most rousing concerts, the extraordinary WJO will explore the engaging rhythms and melodies of Brazil, Argentina, and Spain. Jofre Romarion returns on bandoneon and Rogerio Boccato on percussion to perform the works of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Astor Piazzolla, and other Latin greats.
01/28/12	Alcott School 27 Crane Road You?ll swear it's The Fourth of July because beginning at 10am, the carnival atmosphere will include a bouncing castle, carnival games, a professional balloonist, an exciting storyteller, face painting, and music and movement sessions. Don't plan on breakfast or lunch because it will be available at Alcott, including the tastes and smell of summer including: hot dogs, cotton candy, pizza, popcorn, and delectable desserts and snacks. There will be raffles and silent auction items promising great gift certificates, exciting get-a-ways, wonderful prizes and so much more, donated by local merchants and friends of Alcott. Plan on having a great family day out of the winter doldrums.
01/28/12	Hudson Highlands Nature Museum's Wildlife Education Center 25 Boulevard The nature center and surrounding grounds are beautiful any time of year, plus they're a scenic drive from Rockland County. Stop by for the World of Bees and Brook Trout Exhibits then at 2:30pm join a Museum Educator to "Meet the Animal" of the week. Museum hours are 12-4pm.
01/28/12	Westchester Sandbox Theatre 931c East Boston Post Road The Mainstage production of "Children of Eden" is a musical spectacle from the composer of the current hit Broadway show, "Wicked." "Children of Eden" tells the story of the early chapters of the Bible with memorable music. Through Sunday, February 5. Call 914-630-0804 to order tickets.
01/28/12	Wolf Conservation Center 7 Buck Run Winter offers families a unique opportunity to visit the wolves during their favorite time of year. Guests will visit Ambassador wolves Atka, Alawa, and Zephyr as well as the center's other endangered wolves, and enjoy hot beverages in the woodstove-heated classroom. Pre-registration is required.
01/28/12	Westchester County Center 198 Central Avenue The show offers couples the opportunity to shop for all their wedding needs in one location. A wide variety of styles and prices to suit every taste and budget will be represented, as well as elegant fashion shows, live bands, displays, and samples of fine foods and confections.
01/28/12	Brooklyn Public Library, central branch 10 Grand Army Plaza Fedoras, vaudeville, and washboards: The Wiyos transport us back to the 1920s and '30s by inviting kids and adults alike to holler, stomp and sing along to old-time American folk music. This Brooklyn-based trio captures the vintage spirit of the era by drawing on blues, ragtime, spirituals, and Appalachian jug-band music.
01/28/12	Madison Square Garden 4 Pennsylvania Plaza (Seventh Ave. & 32nd St.) Garden legend Bernard Lagat will headline in the men's mile in a USA Track & Field meet that promises to showcase the best of the sport's tradition in a streamlined in-stadium and broadcast presentation. The U.S. Open will be the first track meet to be held in The Garden following the completion of the first phase of the building's historic, top-to-bottom, three-year Transformation, and will be the first major professional meet in the United States as the 2012 Olympic Year gets under way. The road to London runs through New York City!
01/28/12	Rockland Lake State Park Rt 9W This winter celebration, now in its sixth year, honors the history of the ice industry at Rockland Lake State Park. The Festival features an ice carving competition, a bonfire, nature walks, a KIDZ Ice Park, an historic ice art gallery, food and beverages, entertainment, and "Artists in the Park" painting on Saturday and selling their works on Sunday. Dress for the weather and walking and be warned, there are no bathrooms at this event.
01/28/12	Ridgefield Playhouse 80 East Ridge Avenue The cast perform hits that are popular with several generations of fans.
01/28/12	John Jay Middle School Theatre at Cross River 40 North Salem Road Interactive entertainment for children and grown-ups with music, humor, stories, and games.
01/28/12	Hudson River Museum & Planetarium 511 Warburton Avenue After seeing Winfred Rembert's scenes of daily life in the exhibit, Amazing Grace, create your own colorful picture of your day with felt.
01/28/12	Westport Public Library 20 Jesup Road Play the flight simulation game IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey with your friends.
01/28/12	Lakeshore Learning Store 2079 Hillside Avenue Keep those little hands busy as they create craft projects every Saturday this month. Children ages 3 and up are welcome at all Lakeshore Learning locations. For more information, visit www.LakeshoreLearning.com/FreeCrafts4Kids.
01/28/12	The High School of Fashion Industries 225 W. 24th Street Learn more about this sewing academy's new fashion design classes for tweens and teens ages 11-17. Classes begin February 18. Students will learn how to execute basic hand and machine stitches in the form of samples. They will ultimately complete a sewing skills portfolio and a finished Dirndle skirt.
01/28/12	Staten Island Children's Museum 1000 Richmond Ave Create a self portrait with colored pencils.
01/28/12	Queens Museum of Art Flushing Meadows Corona Park ArtAccess presents a fitness class for families affected by Autism. Come and experience the traditional Indian dance Bhangra and the exhilaration of Bollywood! The name, The Masala Bhangra Workout, is derived from two Indian words: Masala, which is a spice combination used in Indian cooking, and Bhangra, which is a traditional folk dance from the northern state of Punjab, India. In three sessions, students will learn distinct moves from the program and create a choreographed sequence. To register contact Michelle Lopez at autisminitiatives@queensmusuem.org.
01/28/12	Wilton Library 137 Old Ridgefield Road Children read to therapy dogs. The use of trained therapy dogs in reading programs can result in children who feel comfortable reading out loud, read more often, attempt more difficult books, and actually look forward to reading. Children must read independently to participate. Registration is required.
01/28/12	Wilton Library 137 Old Ridgefield Road Children ages 4 and up are invited see this live performance of a story by award-winning author Lois Lowry. After the performance, children can ask questions and receive autographs from the performers. Registration required, no fee.
01/28/12	Easton Public Library 91 Morehouse Road The pop artist and author who is known for using cereal boxes and labels from other sources has a children's program first, then offers something for teens at 1pm. Snow date is February 11.
01/28/12	Greenlight Booksstore 686 Fulton Street A different Brooklyn-based author comes in to read their work aloud to preschoolers and young elementary kids.
01/28/12	Queens Library: Flushing Branch 41-17 Main Street Come to the library for a festival to celebrate the Year of the Dragon. Culinary Arts and Crafts begin at 10:30 a.m. Learn How to prepare Sujebe, a popular Korean soup at 11:30 a.m. Make dough Chinese dragon figures with Catherine Lau at 1:30 p.m. For even more family fun, enjoy an afternoon of traditional Korean song and dance with the SongHee Lee Dance Company in collaboration with the Korean Traditional Performing Arts Association (KTPAA) at 3:00 p.m. All events are first come, first serve.
01/28/12	Tarrytown Music Hall 13 Main Street A musical retelling of Dickens' famous novel, "Oliver Twist." The plot concerns the adventures of an orphan boy in 19th-century London as he escapes abusive treatment in an orphanage and joins a group of pickpockets. Songs include "Where is Love," "Consider Yourself," "I'd Do Anything," and "As Long As He Needs Me." The production is made up of over 100 young people who are divided into four casts. They come from throughout the tri-state area and have a wealth of theater, film, and television experience.
01/28/12	Studio Theatre 141 South Wellwood Avenue When Dorothy's house squashes the Wicked Witch of the East, she and her dog Toto set out on the adventure that has charmed millions. With her friends, Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion and Tin Woodsman, this remarkable journey takes them to the great Oz. A timeless story for kids of all ages.
01/28/12	B.B. King Blues Club & Grill 237 W. 42nd St. (7-8 Aves.) NYC's Longest Running Beatles Show STRAWBERRY FIELDS featuring former members of Broadway's BEATLEMANIA Doors: 11am - Show: 12pm Ticket includes All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet, Show, Tax and Tip $40 adv, $42.50 door STRAWBERRY FIELDS is a look-a-like, sound-a-like Beatles tribute, dedicated to bringing you as close to a real Beatles concert as you can get. They take you on a Magical Mystery Tour beginning in 1964 complete with mop top hair, black suits with thin ties & the 1st four albums of music. Next stop, 1967, features the psychedelic era of "Sergeant Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band" album with all the costumes & jackets on the album cover. The last stop includes: "White Album", "Abbey Road" & "Let It Be".
01/28/12	Greenwich Audubon Society 613 Riversville Road Learn how insects survive winter's cold. Search for some hardy insects known to be active on the snow and along the winter-chilled Byram River. Also search for insects hidden away under logs, tree bark, and other winter retreats. Ages 5 and up. RSVP to Store at ext. 221.
01/28/12	Guild Hall 158 Main Street, John Drew Theater The current exhibition showcases student art from Montauk through Bridgehampton. Last year's exhibition featured over 3,500 pieces of student art that covered the gallery walls floor to ceiling, salon-style. The opening of Part I of the festival celebrates the work of students in pre-school, elementary and middle schools. At the reception there is also performances by The East Hampton Middle School Bonnettes and Amagansett School on the stage of the John Drew Theater.
01/28/12	Theatre Three 412 Main Street A handful of magic beans starts Jack on one of the best-remembered adventures. Come explore the castle in the sky with Jack and his many friends. An original musical for the entire family.
01/28/12	Riverhead Foundation with Captain Lou Fleet departs from 28A Woodcleft Avenue View winter harbor seal populations throughout Hempstead Bay. A naturalist is on board to discuss biology and behavior of seals and other marine life encountered. Proceeds support the New York State Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Rescue Program. Reservations required.
01/28/12	BayWay Arts Center 265 East Main Street Pinkalicious loves pink and wants everything in her life to be pink. Follow her through this musical romp of the famous children's book.
01/28/12	Broadhollow Theater at Elmont 700 Hempstead Turnpike A sleeping princess, a spellbound Prince and more fairies than you can shake a stick at are all part of this quirky adaptation of the popular tale.
01/28/12	CM Performing Arts 931 Montauk Highway The popular character makes his way to the stage.
01/28/12	The Showplace at the Bellmore Movies 222 Pettit Ave Children will enjoy this musical with the beloved Winnie the Pooh and they will be thrilled to meet and greet the actors following the show.
01/28/12	Lynbrook High School Union Ave A charming theatrical event performed by middle school students in Plaza Theatrical?s Performing Arts Academy.
01/28/12	Children's Museum of the East End 376 Bridgehampton/Sag Harbor Turnpike Older siblings are dropped off to construct works of art from LEGOs while the rest of the family is playing in the museum. Their creations will be on display until the next club meets. The program is designed to encourage older siblings to continue visiting the museum. To help CMEE develop this new program call (631) 537-8250 or email Daphne@cmee.org to donate LEGOs.
01/28/12	Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center 76 Main Street Giant puppets dance and act in narrated ballets to bring these two Beatrix Potter stories to life, with music by William Walton. This full-scale theatrical production features masks, costumes and rod puppets up to 8 feet tall.
01/28/12	Fire Island Lighthouse Robert Moses State Park parking field 5 Winter storms and waves wash in shells that you might not find in the summertime. The life histories of some of the animals that make these shells are discussed during the walk. The program starts in the east end of parking field 5 at Robert Moses State Park and ends at the Fire Island Lighthouse with a look at a collection of some uncommon Fire Island seashells that were missed on the walk. Roundtrip walk 1 mile.
01/28/12	The Family Wellness Center 641-B Old Country Road Class includes instruction in various breathing techniques, gentle and deep stretching, and strengthening muscles and bones. The intention of this class is to create deeper connection to self and deep peace. Call to register.
01/28/12	CM Performing Arts Center 931 Montauk Highway Stanley Lambchop thinks life is too normal. He wants to travel the world, do something amazing. Careful what you wish for, Stanley. Find out how Stanley achieves his goal with hilarious results. Kids will love this musical travelogue.
01/28/12	Long Island Children's Museum 11 Davis Avenue Tots will be up to their elbows in goop, guts, shaving cream, and Play-Doh in this class full of artistic activities that everyone loves but no one wants to clean up after. The afternoon will offer a variety of sensory activities for children 18 months to 4 years.
01/28/12	World Financial Center Winter Garden 220 Vesey Street Celebrate the most popular Chinese holiday with gravity-defying acrobatics, festive musical ensembles, costumed folk dancers, and of course, the lion dance. Young audiences learn traditional techniques of paper cutting, dough figurines, face painting, and calligraphy.
01/28/12	The Joyce Theater 175 Eighth Avenue This show celebrates the groundbreaking, visceral, and politically innovative music of Sly and The Family Stone, one of the first major national bands integrated along race and gender lines. The piece for eight dancers explores the prophetic possibilities of music and dance and invites everyday people to find strength and joy in the muck and mess - the funk - of everyday life. The Joyce Theater performance will be the NYC premiere of the fully staged version of "Prophets of Funk" and a return of David Dorfman Dance to The Joyce for the first time since 2005.
01/28/12	The Joyce Theater 175 Eighth Avenue Award-winning choreographer Brown is noted for mixing modern dance techniques with West African dance and hip-hop elements.
01/28/12	Tilles Center for the Performing Arts 720 Northern Boulevard Known for presenting quality ballet for young audiences, New York Theatre Ballet dancers spring to life as Alice, the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter and many others.
01/28/12	Long Island Children's Museum 11 Davis Avenue The word chocolate is said to be derived from the Mayan word for a popular drink, xocoatl. Learn more about the Mayans by listening to stories of their culture and tasting variations of ancient recipes.
01/28/12	Children's Museum of Manhattan 212 W. 83rd Street Food & Finance High School members of EATWISE (Educated and Aware Teens Who Inspire Smart Eating) will lead fun games, interactive demos, and lessons on healthy snacking to show that a healthy lifestyle is important to every child's well being.
01/28/12	Baruch Performing Arts Center 55 Lexington Ave. Dzul Dance announces the premiere of their latest choreography, MAYA 2012: a new beginning, to be presented at the Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue (at 25th Street) in Manhattan, from January 26th, 2012 through January 29th, 2012. In Maya 2012, Dzul Dance fuses modern dance with aerial arts and contortionism as a means to communicate indigenous pre-Hispanic culture. One of the only indigenous Mayan choreographers in the world, Artistic Director Javier Dzul was born and raised in a Mayan tribal community in southern Mexico performing ritual dances, speaking Mayan and studying ancient teachings until the age of 16. Dzul provides a bridge between contemporary art and historical heritage, illustrating the ancient Mayan prophecies related to the 2012 phenomenon. The choreography simultaneously explores Dzul?s past experiences with rituals of transformation, as well as his past relationship and connection to the natural world. The 2012 January program features performances by Artistic Director Javier Dzul, guest contortionists Jonathan Nosan (Director of Acroback) and Anna Venizelos (former soloist with Cirque du Soleil), along with Dzul Dance company members Kyla Ernst-Alper, Desiree Sanchez (Chelsea Piers), Ji Hyeun Bang, Chellamar Bernard, Cornelius Brown, Robin Taylor Dzul, Courtney Jackson, Nicole Lichau, Orlando Martinez and Matthew Sparks. With lighting design by Mike Inwood and costume design by Javier Dzul, this diverse and eclectic group opens the door to another dimension. WHAT: Dzul Dance 2012 Season: Maya 2012: A New Beginning WHEN: Thursday, January 26 8pm Friday, January 27 8pm Saturday, January 28 8pm Sunday, January 29 3pm WHERE: Baruch Performing Arts Center 55 Lexington Avenue at 25th Street (Lex. & 3rd Ave.) COST: Tickets are $30 general admission, $25 student and seniors. Tickets may be purchased online at www.baruch.cuny.edu/bpac or call Box Office at (646) 312-5073.
01/28/12	Romemu 165 W. 105th Street Sing traditional and new songs and tefilot (prayers) together. The service will culminate with an animated reading and storytelling of the Torah portion of the week.
01/28/12	Queens Theatre 14 United Nations Avenue South - Flushing Meadows Corona Park The son of a former Nun and Franciscan brother takes audiences on a hilariously twisted and true journey in Guilt: A Love Story. John Fugelsang's Drama League-nominated solo performance is a story of forbidden love, celebrity Klansmen, unexpected miracles, and how guilt makes people?and religions?do very strange things.
01/28/12	Baruch Performing Arts Center 55 Lexington Avenue Dzul Dance fuses modern dance with aerial arts and contortionism as a means to communicate indigenous pre-Hispanic culture. One of the only indigenous Mayan choreographers in the world, artistic director Javier Dzul was born and raised in a Mayan tribal community in southern Mexico performing ritual dances, speaking Mayan, and studying ancient teachings until the age of 16. Dzul provides a bridge between contemporary art and historical heritage, illustrating the ancient Mayan prophecies related to the 2012 phenomenon. The choreography simultaneously explores Dzul's past experiences with rituals of transformation, as well as his past relationship and connection to the natural world. The 2012 January program features performances by artistic director Javier Dzul, guest contortionists Jonathan Nosan (director of "Acroback") and Anna Venizelos (former soloist with Cirque du Soleil), along with Dzul Dance company members Kyla Ernst-Alper, Desiree Sanchez (Chelsea Piers), Ji Hyeun Bang, Chellamar Bernard, Cornelius Brown, Robin Taylor Dzul, Courtney Jackson, Nicole Lichau, Orlando Martinez, and Matthew Sparks. With lighting design by Mike Inwood and costume design by Javier Dzul, this diverse and eclectic group opens the door to another dimension.
01/28/12	Orange Splot Art Spot 1009 Park Street Play games with art ideas, explore gravity and motion, and create your own marble tracks with the whole family.
01/28/12	Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of Music 58 7th Avenue BQCM faculty member Michael Rose performs two of Beethoven?s late works for solo piano: the rarely heard Bagatelles Op. 126 and the epic ?Hammerklavier? sonata.
01/28/12	YCP TheaterWorks Van Cortlandtville School, Route 6 Tennessee Williams' classic drama focuses on the story of outsiders in St. Louis on the eve of World War II.
01/28/12	Theatre Three 412 Main Street A handful of magic beans starts our hero on one of the best-remembered adventures. Come explore the castle in the sky with Jack and his many friends. An original musical for the entire family.
01/28/12	Ford Theater 1031 Elm Street Celebrating its 6th consecutive season, The Children's Theatre Company of Peekskill presents a double musical treat, appropriate for children and adults. "The Butter Battle Tale," is a musical adaptation by Lory Lazarus, based on the "Butter Battle Book" by Dr. Seuss, with music and lyrics by Lori Lazarus. "Stone Soup," is an adaption by Mehr Mansuri and Jill Bolstridge, with music and lyrics by Frank Sanchez and Mehr Mansuri in collaboration with Lory Lazarus.
01/28/12	Seven Bar & Grill 350 7th Avenue New York, NY 10001 Date & Time: Saturday, January 28, 2012 8:30 PM-10:00 PM Male ages: 42-57 Female ages: 40-52 Location: Seven Bar & Grill 350 7th Avenue New York, NY 10001 Cost: $33.75 Description: Speed Dating- Up to 15 dates in one night! We do not mix multiple age groups together. Proof of age required. 38+ Engagements, 27+ marriages, a few kids and a lot of other happy couples! Keywords Text: NYC Singles,Single NYC, NYC Dating, NYC Single, Singles Events NYC, Dating NYC, NYC dating, NYC singles event, singles NYC, speed dating NYC Website: http://www.WeekendDating.com E-mail: Info@WeekendDating.com Phone: 516-908-9638 Entered by: Jay Rosensweig
01/28/12	Carnegie Hall 57th St. & Seventh Ave. From her work in the 1980s with MTV favorite 'Til Tuesday through her acclaimed solo discs Whatever and I'm With Stupid in the '90s, Aimee Mann has always been at the forefront of contemporary songwriters, known for her clever, literate, and insightful songs.
01/28/12	Ward Pound Ridge Reservation Routes 35 & 121 Experience a variety of winter sports that can offer fun-filled and challenging experiences on Saturday, January 28. From 10am-3pm, the experts from EMS will demonstrate the basics of cross country skiing and snow shoeing, and discuss how to select the proper equipment. There will be equipment for you to try out and you can test out your new-found skills on brief guided tours. They'll also discuss winter hiking and camping and what gear is necessary, so you can have a safe and fun experience throughout the long months of winter in the Northeast. The event will take place at Shelter #5 on Michigan Road, and will be held weather and conditions permitting.
01/28/12	Radio City Music Hall 1260 Sixth Ave. (50th St.) Rock star Lenny Kravitz takes the stage of Radio City on Saturday, Janaury 28. Expect to hear songs from his upcoming album, Black and White America.
01/28/12	Theater for the New City 155 First Avenue The troupe will present dances, stories, and traditional music from the Iroquois and Native Peoples of the Northwest Coast, the Southwest, the Plains, and the Arctic regions. Proceeds from the pow-wow will go toward college funds for needy Native American students. Highlights will include storytelling, a Hoop Dance by a Cherokee tribe member, a Caribou Dance by the Inuit people of Alaska, a Buffalo Dance by the Hopi people, a Grass Dance and Jingle Dress Dance by the Northern Plains people, a Stomp Dance by the Southeastern tribes, and a Shawl Dance by the Oklahoma tribes. Featured performers will include the Heyna Second Son Singers (from various tribes). In the final section of the program, the audience will be invited to join in the Round Dance, a friendship dance. A Pow-Wow is more than just a spectator event: it is a joyous reunion for native peoples nationwide and an opportunity for the non-Indian community to voyage into the philosophy and beauty of Native culture. Traditionally a gathering and sharing of events, Pow-Wows have come to include spectacular dance competitions, exhibitions, and enjoyment of traditional foods. Pageantry is an important component of the event, and all participants are elaborately dressed. Most dances are performed in the traditional Circle, which represents a unity of peoples. There is a wealth of cultural information encoded in the movements of each dance. More than 10 distinct tribes will be represented in the performance. Throughout the performance, all elements are explained in depth through detailed introductions by the troupe's director and emcee Louis Mofsie (Hopi/Winnebago). An educator, Mofsie plays an important part in the show by his ability to present a comprehensive view of native culture. Native American craft items will be displayed in the TNC lobby. At the 3pm matinee performance, cast members will remain in the theater after the show to personally meet the children attending and be photographed with them. The Thunderbird American Indian Dancers Scholarship Fund receives its sole support from events like this concert (it receives no government or corporate contributions). It has bestowed more than 350 scholarships to-date.
01/28/12	Long Island Science Center 11 West Main Street Make hands-on crafts, create bubbles, solve the pizza mystery, see what glows in the dark, talk and listen with a whisper tube or change your look with concave and convex mirrors.
01/28/12	Arena Players Repertory Theater 180 Little Neck Road The Tale of the Frog Prince is an audience participation comedy based on the story of a lonely Frog Prince who lives in a swamp on a large kingly estate. Can he find a beautiful princess to break the spell and turn him back into a real prince? Reservations recommended.
01/28/12 through 01/29/12	B.B. King Blues Club & Grill 237 W. 42nd St. (7-8 Aves.) Israeli pop star Kobi Peretz is a late offspring of a family with 10 brothers and sisters. He was born in Kfar Shalem, Tel-Aviv, and today lives in Holon. His father, Amram (Peti Armo), was a famous Moroccan singer that regularly performed in the royal palace for King Hassan II. Peretz started performing at the age of 16 and released his first album, A Life Mistake, in 1992. He followed up this debut with a run of acclaimed releases, including You Are Like Fire (1995), The Creator (1997), The Arrow of Love (1999), Living Like I Want To (2000), Confuse Him (2003), Crazy About You (2004), All That I Have (2006), How Much Love (2008), and more. Among Peretz's most-loved songs are his hits "How Much Love" (the most-played love song on Israeli radio in 2007, according to ASCAP), "Confuse Him," "All My Strength," "The One In My Life," "You Are Like Fire," "I Love You," "Needing You," "Maybe," "At Nights," and "Together," his duet with Ishtar that won the title Duet of the Year at the Big Apple Music Awards. In February 2010, he made Israeli cultural history after performing in Nokia Hall - a performance whose success and musicianship were unprecedented. The performance resulted in a celebrated live album, Live in Nokia Hall, released in 2011. Peretz has a large, loyal audience of fans that have accompanied him throughout his career. His music receives constant radio play, and he makes frequent television appearances. He began his career as a "crying" artist and is now one of the most prominent stars of Israeli pop music.
01/28/12	Highline Ballroom 431 W. 16th St. Born in Detroit to Argentine parents in the late 1970s, Diego Garcia immersed himself in the sounds of Iggy Pop and MC5 at an early age. Music carried him throughout childhood until his cardiologist father moved the family back to Tampa, FL, when Garcia was a young teenager. By age 14, Garcia got himself an acoustic guitar and started writing songs. As he approached college life at Brown University in 1996, music was still calling him despite his course load in economics. During his junior year, he realized he wanted a career in music instead. He left for New York City upon his 2000 graduation and began to look for musicians, eventually playing with the band Circus for a brief time. A year later, he formed Elefant with bassist Jeff Berrall, guitarist Mod, and drummer Kevin McAdams. Since the band broke up in June 2010, Garcia has embarked on a solo career. His music fuses the sounds of visionaries like David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, and Bryan Ferry with the romanticism of troubadours like Roberto Carlos and Julio Iglesias. With lush string arrangements, delicate Spanish guitars, and a distinctly Latin flavor, the sound is worlds apart from Elefant. What remains constant, however, is the romantic within. This fresh sound and ubiquitous romanticism are on full display on Garcia's solo debut Laura, released earlier this year. The first single from the album, "You Were Never There," has caught ears across the country and has been featured as both the iTunes "Single of the Week" and the Starbucks "Pick of the Week." About the single, RCRD LBL declared: "'You Were Never There' is today's aural aphrodisiac - a gentle flush of guitars and strings, yelping hooks, and love-worn lyrics." Since its release, Laura has shot up the charts, becoming one of the top 15 Alternative albums on iTunes - a harbinger of the great music to come from this talented artist.
01/28/12	The Dix Hills Performing Arts Center 305 North Service Road This roster of extremely talented funny women featuring Anne LiPuma, Kit Stewart, Carie Karavas, Marla Schultze and Sherry Davey, consistently draw standing-room only audiences who come to enjoy a night filled with raucous laughter.
01/28/12	The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue Enjoy an evening of traditional Persian music. Three-time Grammy nominee Kayhan Kalhor is an internationally acclaimed virtuoso on the kamancheh (a Persian bowed string instrument). He has studied the music of Iran's many regions, in particular those of Khorason and Kordestan, and has toured the world as a soloist with various ensembles and orchestras including the New York Philharmonic and the Orchestre National de Lyon.
01/28/12	The Skyscraper Museum 39 Battery Place Families will learn about the world's tallest building, Burj Khalifa in Dubai, and the Shanghai Tower, now under construction, to see how vertical metropolises are combining a range of activities in clusters of high-rise buildings. Kids will create model mixed-use buildings using different materials.
01/28/12	The Skyscraper Museum 39 Battery Place Families will learn about the world's tallest building, Burj Khalifa in Dubai, and the Shanghai Tower, now under construction, to see how vertical metropolises are combining a range of activities in clusters of high-rise buildings. Kids will create model mixed-use buildings using different materials.
01/28/12	Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary and Audubon Center 134 Cove Road For those over age 12, this early morning program will instill a sense of wonder! Learn how birds are captured and banded, why it is important in understanding their health, migration, and ecology, and even have a chance to help with the release of these delicate creatures. A light breakfast will be served. May be cancelled due to inclement weather.
01/28/12	Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary and Audubon Center 134 Cove Road Have you ever wanted to meet a live owl? Come out for a live owl presentation, followed by a night hike to hear the calls of native Long Island owls. Bring flashlights and dress warmly. Registration required.
01/28/12	Manhattan Children's Theatre 380 Broadway Based on the book by Doreen Cronin, this musical is the sequel to the barnyard blockbuster "Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type." Farmer Brown is going on vacation. He asks his brother, Bob, to take care of the animals. "But," he warns, "keep an eye on Duck. She's trouble." Bob follows the instructions in Farmer Brown's notes exactly...but is that giggling he hears? Who's REALLY running this farm?
01/28/12	The Skyscraper Museum 39 Battery Place Families will learn about two of the world's tallest buildings, Burj Khalifa in Dubai and the Shanghai Tower in China. These vertical cities house a wide range of businesses and living spaces, so kids will design their own model mixed-use buildings and decide what to include in the process.
01/28/12 through 01/29/12	BAX | Brooklyn Arts Exchange 421 5th Ave Started in 1991, YOUTHWORKS is a yearly opportunity for young people (ages 7- 18) to imagine, create, and perform their own original performance work at BAX. Year after year we are amazed at the 8-week journey these young artists go through from orientation to performance. Young artists come in from all over the City, most with nothing more than the desire to create "something," and set themselves to work. Professional artists volunteer their time to coach young artists through the creative process as they create anything from plays, dances, poetry in performance, and original songs. Pieces have been solos, group pieces and have even included a father/daughter collaboration! Participants have an opportunity to collaborate in the technical aspects of their performance and experience a technical rehearsal (many for the first time) with our in-house professional technical director. The culminating performance is fully produced (with lights, sound and stage manager) and takes place in our theater space. This unique program is FREE for self directed young artists committed to creating original work. YOUTHWORKS director, Donna Costello, assisted by the festivals intern, Dominique Fluker, leads the orientation workshop, recruits the coaches, coordinates rehearsals and produces the performance. Costello guides the process and assists in the interchange between artists and coaches with an inquiry-based practice. Tickets: $5 https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/898025 For more information, visit http://bax.org/youthworks.
01/28/12	Brooklyn Arts Exchange 421 5th Avenue Performance features the work of young people (ages 7-18) who have imagined, created, and will be performing their own original performance work using poetry, dance, original songs, and theater.
01/28/12	Brooklyn Arts Exchange 421 5th Avenue Performance features the work of young people (ages 7-18) who have imagined, created, and will be performing their own original performance work using poetry, dance, original songs, and theater.
01/28/12	Brooklyn Arts Exchange 421 5th Avenue Performance features the work of young people (ages 7-18) who have imagined, created, and will be performing their own original performance work using poetry, dance, original songs, and theater.
01/28/12	Bank Street Bookstore 610 W. 112th Street Does your child love making everyone laugh? Let him/her try improv comedy at a new class called "Improv It!" Class instructor Elise Baker works with children to explore their natural creativity while creating funny improvisation theater scenes. For ages 8 and older. Reservations recommended.
01/28/12	The JCC In Manhattan 334 Amsterdam Avenue @ 76th Street The JCC In Manhattan Announces: The 2011/2012 Season of R&R @ the JCC WHO: Pupil Suite Performed by: Gallim Dance, Celebrating Non-Verbal Forms of Expression: Painting with Marbles, Adult Crafts: SHABBOX: Capture a Shabbat Afternoon with Artist Amy Cohen, Improv for All Ages with Rebecca Diaz, An Introduction to American Sign Language, Learn the history, language structure, common words and phrases of ASL, Soundscape Workshop: The Tempest Ladies and much, much more!!! WHAT: R&R Saturdays are FREE at the JCC! Make your Shabbat afternoon special and share in our community. Workshops, Art, Yoga, Meditation, Food, Music, Study Sessions, film, origami for all ages, creative art projects , Spa Experiences, Indoor & Outdoor play! There are programs for both children and adults. Guaranteed fun for the whole family! All are welcome. WHEN: Saturdays, 2:00pm-5:00pm, Now - March 31 (EXCEPT January 21st) WHERE: The JCC In Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Avenue @ 76th Street, New York, New York 10023 Why: An amazing weekly opportunity to be together as a family and as a community. R&R is an incredible alternative to the typical New York Saturday and... IT'S ALL FREE! For more information: www.jccmanhattan.org/rr or join our Facebook page for updated information https://www.facebook.com/pages/RR-Shabbat-at-The-JCC-in-Manhattan/193553367387562
01/28/12	Queens Botanical Garden 43-50 Main Street 3-Session Glass Painting Workshop with Cristina Cipriani - Saturdays, January 28, February 4 and 11, 2 to 3:30pm - Fee: $90 class fee + $30 materials fee for a complete glass painting kit Bright colors, transparency, and light: this is what glass painting is all about. Create a unique decoration for your home or a personalized present for someone special in a joyful way! During three classes, you'll learn the complete process of creating a design, selecting colors, and using different techniques to paint on glassware. Students will learn how to decorate a candle holder in preparation for a final project. All materials are included in the fee: candle holder, paints, brushes, and materials for the design (for the final project, students can bring a plain glass item or choose one brought by the instructor). Registration required, please email rwolf@queensbotanical.org or call 718.886.3800, extension 230.
01/28/12	Abrons Arts Center 466 Grand Street A three-concert series by composer Eve Beglarian. In the fall of 2009, Beglarian journeyed down the Mississippi River by kayak and bicycle. Traveling slowly along the spine of the United States, she encountered sights, sounds, people, and communities that inspired a new body of "experimental Americana" music. The series includes three distinct evenings of Eve Beglarian's innovative and compassionate music, as she and her co-performers embody the many moods of the Mississippi - at turns brazen, calm, destructive, life-affirming, but always beautiful and mesmerizing. Performed by the RiverProject band BRIM (Beglarian and ETHEL co-founder and violinist Mary Rowell) with guest artists loadbang, Guidonian Hand, Newspeak, Malcolm J. Merriweather, and Taylor Levine. The three concerts comprise a mini-festival of music from the RiverProject, with some overlapping repertoire in varied arrangements each night, and some repertoire unique to each concert. Everywhere there are echoes of the folk, blues, jazz, and funk that have grown up in the regions touched by the river. The music also reflects a range of texts and influences that arose from meeting and talking with an array of individuals along the river, which make a unique statement about modern day America. Each performance will feature BRIM (Beglarian and Rowell) and many special guests. January 21: loadbang, Guidonian Hand, Eve Beglarian, and Mary Rowell A lung-powered evening with the voices and wind-instruments of loadbang and the trombone quartet Guidonian Hand, featuring The Island of the Sirens, in which the harsh sound of a warning alarm in Plaquemine, Louisiana, is electronically deconstructed alongside a plaintive text by Rilke about returning home after a long journey without any words to describe it. January 27: Newspeak, Eve Beglarian, and Mary Rowell An amplified evening with punk-classical octet Newspeak performing the New York premiere of Waiting for Billy Floyd, inspired by Beglarian's visit to the ghost town of Rodney, Mississippi, and a short story by Eudora Welty that takes place there. January 28: Eve Beglarian, Taylor Levine, Mary Rowell, and Malcolm J. Merriweather An intimate evening with the BRIM core duo of Beglarian and Rowell, along with guitarist Taylor Levine (of Dither and Newspeak) and singer Malcolm J. Merriweather. This more intimate performance will include the New York premiere of Well-Spent, which juxtaposes the Muddy Waters song "You Got to Take Sick and Die Some of These Days" with Leonardo da Vinci's serene thoughts on life and flowing water.
01/28/12	The Muse 32D South 1st St. Come out and celebrate the amazing decade of the 90s with some dancing, drinks, music and special performances at The Muse (www.facebook.com/TheMuseBrooklyn) Age: 21+ Cover: $10 Dress Code: Come dressed in 90s attire, whether it be your own ensemble or that of your favorite 90s cartoon or t.v. character. DJ'ing: Love the Bassex (www.facebook.com/LovetheBassex) Special Performances throughout the night--including dance, aerial silks, fire spinners, and much more!
01/28/12	St. Mark?s Day School 1346 President Street Information session about group travel to Bahia, Brazil. Learn about courses offered in preparation for the trip, including samba, Portuguese language, and more.
01/28/12	Dancewave 45 4 Avenue Creative movement takes an exhilarating head-first dive into the extraordinary as real-life member of Blue Man Group, Peter Musante, takes this class on a full-bodied exploration of character-driven physicality and play. Using fun group exercises inspired by various dance and physical theater approaches, Musante will allow students to unleash their creativity through a unique blend of physical comedy, improvisation and kinesthetic learning. Reservations are required.
01/28/12	Five Angels Theater 789 Tenth Avenue The 52nd Street Project, through which accomplished theater-makers work with Hell's Kitchen kids to create original theater, will present "Wide Open Spaces: The Outdoor Plays" January 27-29. These shows are the culmination of The Project's Two-on-Two series, in which each of six duos of kids (ages 13?15) is paired with two professionals: one who writes a play for them, and another who directs. Admission is free, but reservations should be made in advance by visiting www.52project.org or calling 212-642-5052. The kid actors featured in "Wide Open Spaces" are Hashem Ahmed, Michael Banister, Gabriella DeJesus, Devin Gonzales, Jasmine Hernandez, Wendell Joseph, Katie Liu, Lauren Robinson, Chamel Rodney, Edison Sibri, Mari Ulloa, and Elizabeth Vazquez. The adults writing the plays include Dustin Chinn, Larkin Clark, Liz Flahive ("From Up Here," "Nurse Jackie"), Michael Mitnick, Christopher Oscar Pe?a, and Melisa Tien. Directing the kids will be Molly Coogan ("Stairway to Stardom"), Rachel Dart, Katie Flahive, Jacob Grigolia-Rosenbaum (Fight Director: "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson," "Peter and the Starcatcher"), Lee Rosen ("Gabriel," "The Normal Heart," understudy Broadway) and Michael Walkup. Original music composed by Eric March. The Two-on-Two series is one of the more advanced parts of the theatrical education furnished by The 52nd Street Project. After a week of working on the plays, the kids are taken (along with their volunteer adult directors) out of town for an "actors retreat" in the countryside. The finished plays enjoy a three-day run of public performances. Although the adult mentors are always present in the wings during the performances, Project kids learn to rely on and support one another on stage for the first time.
01/28/12	Bounce U Farmingdale 101 Carolyn Blvd You don't need a special occasion to get your bounce on. Give us a call and reserve your spot at our next All-Ages Open Bounce, then come on by and enjoy our awesome inflatables, fantastic games, and wall-to-wall fun. You bring the socks - we'll take care of music, fun, and everything else!
01/28/12	Bounce U Farmingdale 101 Carolyn Blvd You don't need a special occasion to get your bounce on. Give us a call and reserve your spot at our next All-Ages Open Bounce, then come on by and enjoy our awesome inflatables, fantastic games, and wall-to-wall fun. You bring the socks - we'll take care of music, fun, and everything else!
01/28/12	NHL Powered by Reebok 1185 Sixth Ave. at 47th St. Ruslan Fedotenko of the New York Rangers will participate in an autograph signing at the NHL Powered by Reebok Store. Noon-1pm. (Please note: No memorabilia or other merchandise will be signed. One (1) autograph per person. Player availability subject to change.)
01/28/12	P.S. 126 80 Catherine Street The public is invited to bring clean, portable, reusable items to share with those who can use them. No one is required to bring something to take something - you may simply show up with a bag and see what's free for the taking. Books, toys, fashionable clothing, housewares, and electronics are just a few of the items that will be up for grabs.
01/28/12	Chelsea Piers, Pier 59 West 18th Street and the Hudson River New York is the first stop on the maiden U.S. tour of the new Rainbow Warrior, Green Peace's first custom-built "green" campaigning vessel. Visit the new ship, meet the crew, and learn about the many environmental issues it supports. Free group tours can also be scheduled from January 30 through February 3; email jelaborn@greenpeace.org or usa-shiptour@greenpeace.org.
01/28/12	Highline Ballroom 431 W. 16th St. EVERY SATURDAY LATE NIGHT at The Highline Ballroom: The Rewind Show with live performances and celebrity DJs. File Under: Rock, Dance, Electronic, Late Night. 21 or over to enter. Doors at 10:30pm, Show at 11:00pm. $20 at door. RSVP to info@4kent.com. The Rewind Show is a vision we have had for as long as we have been in the business of night clubs and event planning. We are tired of the same concept that every night-club in NYC has been stuck with over the years and think that it's time to change the way to party! As we all know nothing can compare to a live performance and therefore we have created the Rewind Show! We want to bring an experience like no other by combining the live music of the 80's Rock & Roll era along with the best DJ's spinning the present hits. Every Saturday night, the Highline Ballroom will operate as a high-end night club to let people experience the Rewind Show.
01/28/12	Highline Ballroom 431 W. 16th St. EVERY SATURDAY LATE NIGHT at The Highline Ballroom: The Rewind Show with live performances and celebrity DJs. File Under: Rock, Dance, Electronic, Late Night. 21 or over to enter. Doors at 10:30pm, Show at 11:00pm. $20 at door. RSVP to info@4kent.com. The Rewind Show is a vision we have had for as long as we have been in the business of night clubs and event planning. We are tired of the same concept that every night-club in NYC has been stuck with over the years and think that it's time to change the way to party! As we all know nothing can compare to a live performance and therefore we have created the Rewind Show! We want to bring an experience like no other by combining the live music of the 80's Rock & Roll era along with the best DJ's spinning the present hits. Every Saturday night, the Highline Ballroom will operate as a high-end night club to let people experience the Rewind Show.
01/29/12	New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) This ballet was created for "Salute to Italy," a New York City Ballet program celebrating the 100th anniversary of Italy's unification. Balanchine felt he needed a "cheerful and sunny work" to offset the more somber tone of the other ballets on the program, which included La Sonnambula.
01/29/12	New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) NYCB brings together the legendary Sir Paul McCartney and Ballet Master in Chief Peter Martins for a hallmark collaboration. Ocean's Kingdom marks the first time that McCartney has composed for dance, and Martins' choreography will follow the music's libretto of a romance between lovers from conflicting kingdoms. With costumes designed by another McCartney, renowned fashion designer Stella and projections by S. Katy Tucker with lighting designs by Mark Stanley.
01/29/12	New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) "Romantic with comic twists," is how Christopher Wheeldon describes his new work set to ten eclectic piano pieces by Ligeti. Its brief sections run the choreographic spectrum from the bold, neoclassic angularity of Balanchine through playful duets, a dreamy waltz, a gentle, plaintive solo to the intense intertwining of one couple. Anchored by dynamic opening and closing ensembles filled with twisting turns, jabs and quirky hard movements, its eight dances seem to be tearing through the musical fabric. Overhead horizontal lifts, rolls and pushes off the floor contrast with classical ballet steps. The first of two key duets for the leading principal couple evokes sea creatures swimming, while the second looks like a strange plant growing and closing in on itself. The last horizontal lifts and fade out arrest the movement, frame it and let it dissolve like a film. Ligeti's polyphony (many individual voices sounding simultaneously) with fleeting references to Stravinsky, Debussy, Kodály and Prokofiev, among others, finds its match in the choreographer's interweaving of ballet and modem dance movement.
01/29/12	Walt Whitman Theatre at Brooklyn College Campus Road and Hillel Place Even if your kids don't like vegetables, they won't be able to resist Hot Peas 'N Butter! This children's musical group combines an interactive, invigorating approach to performance with multicultural music, blending jazz, R&B, folk, rock, and Afro-Caribbean tunes that will have your kids dancing in the aisles.
01/29/12	Bergen PAC 30 North Van Brunt Street THIS SHOW IS SOLD OUT. Bubble artist and consultant to Cirque du Soleil, Casey Carle, brings his sudsy show to BergenPAC. Carle's performance features visual comedy, quick wit, big band music, and a bounty of big beautiful bubbles.
01/29/12	The Town Hall 123 W. 43rd St. (Broadway-Sixth Ave.) This brilliant pianist returns to PSC with a program including two virtuosic showpieces.
01/29/12	Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts 2900 Campus Road The duo of Danny Lapidus and Francisco Cotto, aka Hot Peas 'N Butter, combine a range of music influences with original songs in what amounts to a very interactive family concert. They have won three Parents' Choice awards and have appeared on Nickelodeon, testimony to their talent indeed.
01/29/12	Emelin Theatre 153 Library Lane Do we embrace the Golden Rule everyday? Do we really treat everyone equally and with respect? This group of 5th and 6th graders will make you laugh, cry, and sing as they explore the topic of equality in "Seize the Day" an original musical revue conceived and produced by the Applause team of teachers.
01/29/12	Emelin Theatre 153 Library Lane Are the people in the fairy tales we grew up with always as happy as they seem? Or do they have problems just like us? Join this group of 6th-8th graders as they perform their way through "Unhappily Ever After," an original musical revue conceived and produced by the Applause team of teachers.
01/29/12	White Plains Public Library 100 Martine Avenue A student concert by the Music Conservatory of Westchester (MCW Kids) introducing the instruments of the brass family.
01/29/12	White Plains Performing Arts Center 11 City Place Backed by a four-piece band, Tom Andersen, Scott Coulter and Tim DiPasqua perform classic country tunes from the 1940s, all the way up to the hottest contemporary hits.
01/29/12	Westport Country Playhouse 25 Powers Court, off Route 1 Fans of authors Jon Sciezska's and Lane Smith's fractured fairy tales can enjoy this live version where familiar characters like Cinderella, Rumpelstiltskin and Goldilocks pop up in very unfamiliar situations.
01/29/12	Maritime Aquarium 10 North Water Street Winter is an ideal time to see a variety of seals and waterfowl. Educators provide informative commentary. Bring binoculars and warm clothes. Advanced reservations strongly recommended. Call 203-852-0700 Ext 2206.
01/29/12	New Victory Theater 209 W. 42nd Street Edgar and Heathcliff have always been Catherine's whole world, and the battle between her heart and her head consumes her. "Choose, choose, and make peace with your choice," her housemaid Nelly urges her in this fearless stage adaptation of Emily Bront?'s sweeping love story. Played on a spare set evoking the wild and mysterious nature of the moors, this contemporary production exposes the timeless nature and inescapable power of the classic novel as part of The Zoem! New Dutch Theater festival.
01/29/12	Westchester County Center 198 Central Avenue See some of the area's best high school basketball match-ups. The four-day tournament showcases 24 of the best boys' and girls' teams in the area, featuring some of the most exciting play of the upcoming high school basketball season. A complete bracket of games is available at www.countycenter.biz.
01/29/12	Wave Hill 675 West 252nd Street With guest artist and book maker Wennie Huang, learn how to create both simple and sophisticated books for all ages. Write your own short story about the woods, and press some natural materials between its hand-bound pages. Free with admission to the grounds.
01/29/12	Teatown Lake Reservation 1600 Spring Valley Road Meet a few of Teatown's animal ambassadors and discover who is active in the winter months. This program is for families with children ages 4 and up. Call 914-762-2912 ext. 110 to make a reservation.
01/29/12	Stepping Stones Museum 303 West Avenue The museum's Youth Enrichment team hosts a discussion about the measures today's youth and their families can take to ensure a positive and safe internet experience. Register in advance at ext. 277.
01/29/12	Nassau Coliseum 1255 Hempstead Turnpike A fun family event that will make boys (and girls) squeal with delight as the big monster trucks come barreling in performing daredevil feats.
01/29/12	Congregation Sons of Israel 300 North Broadway Mommy and Me / Daddy and Me with a Jewish twist. Bring your kids, ages 6 months to 3 years, for stories, songs, games, and more.
01/29/12	The Picture House 175 Wolfs Lane The Muppets meet J.R.R. Tolkien in Jim Henson's story of a race of grotesque birdlike lizards called the Skeksis, gnomish dragons who rule their fantastic planet with an iron claw. Traditional puppets, marionettes, giant bodysuits, and mechanical constructions are mixed seamlessly in a fantasy world of towering castles, simple huts, dank caves, a giant clockwork observatory, and a magnificent landscape. Rated PG; recommended for ages 7+. (93min, USA, 1982).
01/29/12	Hudson Highlands Nature Museum's Wildlife Education Center 25 Boulevard The nature center and surrounding grounds are beautiful any time of year, plus they're a scenic drive from Rockland County. Stop by for the World of Bees and Brook Trout Exhibits then at 2:30pm join a Museum Educator to "Meet the Animal" of the week. Museum hours are 12-4pm.
01/29/12	Westchester Sandbox Theatre 931c East Boston Post Road The Mainstage production of "Children of Eden" is a musical spectacle from the composer of the current hit Broadway show, "Wicked." "Children of Eden" tells the story of the early chapters of the Bible with memorable music. Through Sunday, February 5. Call 914-630-0804 to order tickets.
01/29/12	Wolf Conservation Center 7 Buck Run An introduction to wolves for families with young children. Kids learn about the mythology surrounding wolves and the important role of wolves in the natural world. Guests will visit Ambassador wolves Atka, Alawa, and Zephyr, as well as the center's other endangered wolves, and enjoy hot beverages in the woodstove-heated classroom. Pre-registration required.
01/29/12	Westchester County Center 198 Central Avenue The Largest Toy & Train Show in the Northeast. New and antique toys & trains, all gauges, train parts, layouts, appraisals, die-cast automobiles, books, test tracks, toy soldiers, Match Box, Star Wars, Thomas and Friends, games & toys for all ages.
01/29/12	Rockland Lake State Park Rt 9W This winter celebration, now in its sixth year, honors the history of the ice industry at Rockland Lake State Park. The Festival features an ice carving competition, a bonfire, nature walks, a KIDZ Ice Park, an historic ice art gallery, food and beverages, entertainment, and "Artists in the Park" painting on Saturday and selling their works on Sunday. Dress for the weather and walking and be warned, there are no bathrooms at this event.
01/29/12	Hudson River Museum & Planetarium 511 Warburton Avenue After seeing Winfred Rembert's scenes of daily life in the exhibit, Amazing Grace, create your own colorful picture of your day with felt.
01/29/12	Hudson River Museum & Planetarium 511 Warburton Avenue 2012 will bring a presidential election, SuperBowl XLVI, the Summer Olympics in London, and the touchdown of the largest-ever, nuclear-powered Mars rover, but what about all those Maya prophecies...and giant rogue comets...and the Earth's magnetic field collapsing? These tales of impending catastrophe aren't the first to be bandied about, and they won't be the last. Let's examine these forecasts of astronomical, calendrical, and geomagnetic weirdness, and why the Earth, in many ways, is a tougher old bird than you might think. The science is much more interesting than the rumors! Presented by Marc Taylor, Planetarium Coordinator. Recommended for ages 8 and older.
01/29/12	Museum at Eldridge Street 12 Eldridge Street Unearth your cultural roots and environmental heritage at the Museum at Eldridge Street's festival celebrating Jewish Arbor Day. Includes planting projects, a family tree activity, traditional Tu B'Shvat seder with food tastings, challah making, eco-instrument workshop, story time, and green tours that unearth the environmentally friendly practices used in the 1887 Eldridge Street Synagogue's award-winning restoration.
01/29/12	Brooklyn Children's Museum 145 Brooklyn Avenue Gather up your picks and your fossil brushes, it's excavation time! Examine real fossils, then play paleontologist as you unearth real bones, shells, and other treasures from a plaster dig site. Learn how scientists unlock the mysteries of the past. Ages 4 & up
01/29/12	Staten Island Children's Museum 1000 Richmond Ave Create a self portrait with colored pencils.
01/29/12	The Moxie Spot 81 Atlantic Ave. Small prizes for the winners. Break out some of Moxie Spot's board games, too.
01/29/12	Wave Hill 675 West 252nd Street Start your family's new year off with some fitness at Wave Hill. Come to the Perkins Visitor Center to take a midday walk through the grounds and conservatory and experience some seasonal garden highlights along the way.
01/29/12	Noguchi Museum 32-37 Vernon Boulevard Family art projects bring everyone together. Take your kids ages 5-11 to the Noguchi Museum to participate in a model making activity. Registration is required.
01/29/12	92YTribeca 200 Hudson Street With funky songs about snowsuits, sledding, and very loud sneezes, award-winning family rockers Erin Lee and the Up Past Bedtime Band will celebrate the wonders of winter at this concert for kids.
01/29/12	Greenlight Booksstore 686 Fulton Street The kid-friendly band ?Acopladitos! is dedicated to teaching Spanish language through music and movement to young learners, encouraging children to listen, play, move, and sing-a-long.
01/29/12	Brooklyn Public Library, central branch 10 Grand Army Plaza Korliss Uecker, soprano, Jerry Grossman, cello and Diane Walsh, piano, perform music by Victor Herbert, Amy Beach, Leonard Bernstein and J.S. Bach. Children under the age of 6 will not be admitted.
01/29/12	Fairfield Museum and History Center 370 Beach Road This event has been canceled.
01/29/12	Tarrytown Music Hall 13 Main Street A musical retelling of Dickens' famous novel, "Oliver Twist." The plot concerns the adventures of an orphan boy in 19th-century London as he escapes abusive treatment in an orphanage and joins a group of pickpockets. Songs include "Where is Love," "Consider Yourself," "I'd Do Anything," and "As Long As He Needs Me." The production is made up of over 100 young people who are divided into four casts. They come from throughout the tri-state area and have a wealth of theater, film, and television experience.
01/29/12	B.B. King Blues Club & Grill 237 W. 42nd St. (7-8 Aves.) EVERY SUNDAY AFTERNOON, join us for GOSPEL BRUNCH THE WORLD FAMOUS HARLEM GOSPEL CHOIR Get your dose of the Holy Ghost! Ticket includes All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet, Show, Tax and Tip Doors: 12:30pm Show: 1:30pm $40 adv, $42.50 door Every Sunday, for the past 9 years, the world famous HARLEM GOSPEL CHOIR has brought their experience of Harlem & the Black Church to BB King's in a foot-stomping, hand-clapping, joyous gospel brunch-buffet show. The homestyle "all you can eat" southern buffet is guaranteed to fill the hole in your soul, and the Choir's joyous performance will have you dancing on the stage.
01/29/12	Ward Melville Heritage Organization Stony Brook Village Center, Main Street on the Harbor Enjoy drumming, dancers, a nine-foot lion and a year of the dragon craft activity.
01/29/12	Riverhead Foundation with Captain Lou Fleet departs from 28A Woodcleft Avenue View winter harbor seal populations throughout Hempstead Bay. A naturalist is on board to discuss biology and behavior of seals and other marine life encountered. Proceeds support the New York State Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Rescue Program. Reservations required.
01/29/12	The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue Explore patterns of stars and geometric shapes in the arts of the Islamic world, and use math and art skills to design your own eight-pointed star. This program takes place in Carson Family Hall, in the Uris Center for Education.
01/29/12	The Showplace at the Bellmore Movies 222 Pettit Avenue A funny, not-to-be-missed comedy by Neil Simon which will have you laughing nonstop.
01/29/12	Long Island Children's Museum 11 Davis Avenue Tots will be up to their elbows in goop, guts, shaving cream, and Play-Doh in this class full of artistic activities that everyone loves but no one wants to clean up after. The afternoon will offer a variety of sensory activities for children 18 months to 4 years.
01/29/12	55 Bar 55 Christopher Street At this interactive afternoon concert, kids ages 2-6 can play along and listen to kid-friendly jazz songs while learning a little bit about this music genre. Free snacks; beverages for kids and parents are available for purchase.
01/29/12	Rockland Jewish Community Campus 450 West Nyack Road Join PJ Library of Rockland as they teach children about tzedakah (charity) through hands-on, age-appropriate activities. Participants will make packages for families in Israel, design cards for soldiers overseas, and bake foods to give to others. PJ Library provides free books and music to children who participate in this national program, now available in Rockland County. For more information, contact pjlibrary@jewishrockland.org or visit us at www.facebook.com/pjlibraryrock.
01/29/12	BayWay Arts Center 265 East Main Street Gary Ferrar performs stage illusions and magic geared toward families. His high-energy, interactive show gets everyone involved. His magic has been featured on Nickelodeon's "Naked Brother's Band" and he is the official magician for several local hospitals.
01/29/12	The Joyce Theater 175 Eighth Avenue This show celebrates the groundbreaking, visceral, and politically innovative music of Sly and The Family Stone, one of the first major national bands integrated along race and gender lines. The piece for eight dancers explores the prophetic possibilities of music and dance and invites everyday people to find strength and joy in the muck and mess - the funk - of everyday life. The Joyce Theater performance will be the NYC premiere of the fully staged version of "Prophets of Funk" and a return of David Dorfman Dance to The Joyce for the first time since 2005.
01/29/12	The Joyce Theater 175 Eighth Avenue Award-winning choreographer Brown is noted for mixing modern dance techniques with West African dance and hip-hop elements.
01/29/12	Barbara K. Lipman Children's History Library at New-York Historical Society 170 Central Park West How does a big city react to snow? Some people play in it, some people have to clean it up! Hear both sides in these stories of big snows in the city.
01/29/12	Prenatal Yoga Center 251 W. 72nd Street Learn more about the center's informative and interactive classes and workshops for you and your baby in the first year. Meet the teachers and experience demo classes of postnatal yoga, Mommy & Me yoga, infant massage, Music For Babies, Tummy Time Solutions?, Baby Fingers, and breastfeeding support circle.
01/29/12	Long Island Children's Museum 11 Davis Avenue Eating an apple every day won't take the place of brushing and flossing, but eating healthy and learning about oral hygiene is excellent for your teeth. Check out the healthy activity station.
01/29/12	Children's Museum of Manhattan 212 W. 83rd Street Take on the 1,000-jump challenge with "Jumping Jenny" author Ellen Bari. Then decorate your own take-home Jumping Jacks Journal to record your daily jump.
01/29/12	Wee Warriors Yoga - Prism Wellness 420 Lake Ave Children aged 3-5 can learn yoga poses through songs, puppets and stories. Children develop social, sensory and motor skills while increasing their flexibility. Registration Required.
01/29/12	Baruch Performing Arts Center 55 Lexington Ave. Dzul Dance announces the premiere of their latest choreography, MAYA 2012: a new beginning, to be presented at the Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue (at 25th Street) in Manhattan, from January 26th, 2012 through January 29th, 2012. In Maya 2012, Dzul Dance fuses modern dance with aerial arts and contortionism as a means to communicate indigenous pre-Hispanic culture. One of the only indigenous Mayan choreographers in the world, Artistic Director Javier Dzul was born and raised in a Mayan tribal community in southern Mexico performing ritual dances, speaking Mayan and studying ancient teachings until the age of 16. Dzul provides a bridge between contemporary art and historical heritage, illustrating the ancient Mayan prophecies related to the 2012 phenomenon. The choreography simultaneously explores Dzul?s past experiences with rituals of transformation, as well as his past relationship and connection to the natural world. The 2012 January program features performances by Artistic Director Javier Dzul, guest contortionists Jonathan Nosan (Director of Acroback) and Anna Venizelos (former soloist with Cirque du Soleil), along with Dzul Dance company members Kyla Ernst-Alper, Desiree Sanchez (Chelsea Piers), Ji Hyeun Bang, Chellamar Bernard, Cornelius Brown, Robin Taylor Dzul, Courtney Jackson, Nicole Lichau, Orlando Martinez and Matthew Sparks. With lighting design by Mike Inwood and costume design by Javier Dzul, this diverse and eclectic group opens the door to another dimension. WHAT: Dzul Dance 2012 Season: Maya 2012: A New Beginning WHEN: Thursday, January 26 8pm Friday, January 27 8pm Saturday, January 28 8pm Sunday, January 29 3pm WHERE: Baruch Performing Arts Center 55 Lexington Avenue at 25th Street (Lex. & 3rd Ave.) COST: Tickets are $30 general admission, $25 student and seniors. Tickets may be purchased online at www.baruch.cuny.edu/bpac or call Box Office at (646) 312-5073.
01/29/12	Baruch Performing Arts Center 55 Lexington Avenue Dzul Dance fuses modern dance with aerial arts and contortionism as a means to communicate indigenous pre-Hispanic culture. One of the only indigenous Mayan choreographers in the world, artistic director Javier Dzul was born and raised in a Mayan tribal community in southern Mexico performing ritual dances, speaking Mayan, and studying ancient teachings until the age of 16. Dzul provides a bridge between contemporary art and historical heritage, illustrating the ancient Mayan prophecies related to the 2012 phenomenon. The choreography simultaneously explores Dzul's past experiences with rituals of transformation, as well as his past relationship and connection to the natural world. The 2012 January program features performances by artistic director Javier Dzul, guest contortionists Jonathan Nosan (director of "Acroback") and Anna Venizelos (former soloist with Cirque du Soleil), along with Dzul Dance company members Kyla Ernst-Alper, Desiree Sanchez (Chelsea Piers), Ji Hyeun Bang, Chellamar Bernard, Cornelius Brown, Robin Taylor Dzul, Courtney Jackson, Nicole Lichau, Orlando Martinez, and Matthew Sparks. With lighting design by Mike Inwood and costume design by Javier Dzul, this diverse and eclectic group opens the door to another dimension.
01/29/12	Roulette 509 Atlantic Avenue Biannual Suzuki Festival Concert featuring student snsembles of guitar, violin, viola, piano, cello, and bass.
01/29/12	YCP TheaterWorks Van Cortlandtville School, Route 6 Tennessee Williams' classic drama focuses on the story of outsiders in St. Louis on the eve of World War II.
01/29/12	John C. Hart Memorial Library 1130 Main Street Make earrings for yourself and a Battered Women's Shelter. Optional: bring any old bead jewelry that you can recycle into earrings. Program limited to 25 participants; please register.
01/29/12	Mount Pleasant Public Library 350 Bedford Road M&M Productions presents a romantic comedy. On a cold, clear, moonless night in the middle of winter, as the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky, the residents of mythical Almost, Maine find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and hilarious ways.
01/29/12	Ford Theater 1031 Elm Street Celebrating its 6th consecutive season, The Children's Theatre Company of Peekskill presents a double musical treat, appropriate for children and adults. "The Butter Battle Tale," is a musical adaptation by Lory Lazarus, based on the "Butter Battle Book" by Dr. Seuss, with music and lyrics by Lori Lazarus. "Stone Soup," is an adaption by Mehr Mansuri and Jill Bolstridge, with music and lyrics by Frank Sanchez and Mehr Mansuri in collaboration with Lory Lazarus.
01/29/12	Church of St. Ann and the Holy Trinity 157 Montague Street A Choral Program with orchestra, instrumental ensemble and soloists, with members of the Brooklyn Conservatory Community Orchestra. Program features three composers from the Baroque era, with different cultural roots and musical styles.
01/29/12	Larchmont Public Lbrary 121 Larchmont Avenue Kids ages 7?11 can get the inside scoop on what's happening beyond the big screen with film critic Robert Goldstone. They join him for a screening of the movie, a discussion...and, of course, popcorn! Please register in person or by calling 834?2281.
01/29/12	Snug Harbor Cultural Arts Center 1000 Richmond Terrace Celebrate the Year of the Dragon and Chinese New Year with a Lion dance and tea, followed by a performance by the New York Chinese Cultural Center. Tickets can be purchased via www.showtix4u.com.
01/29/12	Metropolitan Museum of Art Fifth Ave. @ 82nd St. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author; Helene Cooper, New York Times journalist; Alisa LaGamma, curator, Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, MMA; Joseph Miller, historian. Join Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in conversation with historian Joseph Miller and journalist Helene Cooper for an afternoon of conversation on the importance of oral narratives as a major source of literary inspiration and historical understanding of Africa's past. Moderated by Curator Alisa LaGamma. Part of Sunday at the Met - A Conversation on Africa's Heritage. 2pm.
01/29/12	Theater for the New City 155 First Avenue The troupe will present dances, stories, and traditional music from the Iroquois and Native Peoples of the Northwest Coast, the Southwest, the Plains, and the Arctic regions. Proceeds from the pow-wow will go toward college funds for needy Native American students. Highlights will include storytelling, a Hoop Dance by a Cherokee tribe member, a Caribou Dance by the Inuit people of Alaska, a Buffalo Dance by the Hopi people, a Grass Dance and Jingle Dress Dance by the Northern Plains people, a Stomp Dance by the Southeastern tribes, and a Shawl Dance by the Oklahoma tribes. Featured performers will include the Heyna Second Son Singers (from various tribes). In the final section of the program, the audience will be invited to join in the Round Dance, a friendship dance. A Pow-Wow is more than just a spectator event: it is a joyous reunion for native peoples nationwide and an opportunity for the non-Indian community to voyage into the philosophy and beauty of Native culture. Traditionally a gathering and sharing of events, Pow-Wows have come to include spectacular dance competitions, exhibitions, and enjoyment of traditional foods. Pageantry is an important component of the event, and all participants are elaborately dressed. Most dances are performed in the traditional Circle, which represents a unity of peoples. There is a wealth of cultural information encoded in the movements of each dance. More than 10 distinct tribes will be represented in the performance. Throughout the performance, all elements are explained in depth through detailed introductions by the troupe's director and emcee Louis Mofsie (Hopi/Winnebago). An educator, Mofsie plays an important part in the show by his ability to present a comprehensive view of native culture. Native American craft items will be displayed in the TNC lobby. At this matinee performance, cast members will remain in the theater after the show to personally meet the children attending and be photographed with them. The Thunderbird American Indian Dancers Scholarship Fund receives its sole support from events like this concert (it receives no government or corporate contributions). It has bestowed more than 350 scholarships to-date.
01/29/12	Gotham Comedy Club 208 W. 23rd Street Kids 'N Comedy, New York's leading presenter of young comic talent, will present "The Philosphy Show," a one-of-a-kind show of original standup material by teenage comedians, January 29 at Gotham Comedy Club, 208 West 23rd Street. What better way to deal with the confusion of adolescence than by weighing Hegel against Kierkegaard? The teen comics will crack books to prepare for this show. (We hope they applied the same zeal to their midterms.) To prove that nobody's better to ponder life's mysteries than a bunch of puberty-stricken teenagers, Leo Frampton, Val Bodurtha, Lee Wolfowitz, Eric Kurn, Zach Rosenfeld and others will grapple with the meaning of life. Kids 'N Comedy presents monthly shows at Gotham Comedy Club with a turntable of talented teens and 'tweens from the tri-state area. In the company's shows, each comic performs his/her own material, which is screened to be free of profanity and abrasive or cheap "low" humor (like fart jokes). They do, however, venture into edgy comic terrain: politics, getting old, even death. Laura Weiss wrote in Big Apple Parent, "This kid humor is quirky and often slightly mordant, with a sophistication that belies the comedians' youth. Plus, these kids are hilarious." The show is at 1:00 PM; the reservations number is 212-877-6115 and online ticketing is available on the Kids 'N Comedy website, www.kidsncomedy.com.
01/29/12	Arena Players Repertory Theater 180 Little Neck Road The Tale of the Frog Prince is an audience participation comedy based on the story of a lonely Frog Prince who lives in a swamp on a large kingly estate. Can he find a beautiful princess to break the spell and turn him back into a real prince? Reservations recommended.
01/29/12	Lucille's 237 W. 42nd St. (7-8 Aves.) Paying homage to soul legends, Groove Buffet has an extensive song library from which it crafts each show's set list, providing an entire night of material featuring the sounds of Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Al Green, Gladys Knight, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Tina Turner, Wilson Pickett, and many more. Founded solely on passion for the music, Groove Buffet has become one of the best classic R&B, Motown, and soul acts on the East Coast. The band captures the true spirit of what this music is all about, motivating people to get up and dance to each and every song it performs.
01/29/12	Ballet Arts at New York City Center 130 W. 56th St., 6th flr. RMBALLET INTERVALS GALA CELEBRATION THE BALLET RUSSES REBORN JANUARY 29TH 2012 AT 8:00PM By: RMBALLET 1 HOUR BALLET GALA PERFORMANCE WITH A SPECIAL RECEPTION WHEN: JANUARY 29, 2012 AT 8:00PM WHERE: BALLET ARTS AT NEW YORK CITY CENTER 130 WEST 56TH ST, 6TH FL, NEW YORK, NY 10019 GALA TICKETS: $125.00 RAFFLE TICKETS: $100.00 FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO PURCHASE TICKETS VISIT: www.rmballetevent.com
01/29/12	The Dix Hills Performing Arts Center 305 North Service Road Phyllis and her trio will perform favorite songs audience members grew-up with and loved.
01/29/12	Tilles Center for the Performing Arts Route 25A Critically acclaimed and described as "a roof-raising story of triumph," the musical is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker and the film by Steven Spielberg. Nominated for eleven Tony Awards®, The Color Purple is a celebration of love and a Broadway phenomenon with a GRAMMY®-nominated score featuring jazz, gospel, and blues.
01/29/12	Train For The Game LI 545 Bedford Avenue Sports nutritionist Tracy Stopler explains how nutrition enhances athletic performance at any age, and helps participants understand how to individualize meals to maximize energy throughout the day. You will learn how to develop a better awareness of YOU by optimizing your nutritional status. RSVP by January 22 either by email or at 516-809-9700.
01/29/12	Manhattan Children's Theatre 380 Broadway Based on the book by Doreen Cronin, this musical is the sequel to the barnyard blockbuster "Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type." Farmer Brown is going on vacation. He asks his brother, Bob, to take care of the animals. "But," he warns, "keep an eye on Duck. She's trouble." Bob follows the instructions in Farmer Brown's notes exactly...but is that giggling he hears? Who's REALLY running this farm?
01/29/12	Suffolk Y JCC 74 Hauppauge Road This programs is designed for children ages 8-11 whose families have been affected by cancer. The purpose is to create a supportive atmosphere where friendships can be formed and children can gain strength and hope. Contact Emily Smith at ext. 262 or e-mail esmith@suffolkyjcc.org to register.
01/29/12	Stamford Museum & Nature Center 39 Scofieldtown Road Enjoy a hands-on, interactive exploration of many of the museum's favorite features. Programs feature both staff-led and self-guided activities. Activities will run throughout the time period, so join us anytime to enhance your experience.
01/29/12	MoMA PS1 22-25 Jackson Avenue Please join us for an afternoon of art, lectures, and food to celebrate the opening of Henry Taylor and Darren Bader: Images. M. Wells will be cooking up their delicious culinary creations all afternoon. At 4 PM, the e-flux journal lecture series at MoMA PS1 presents a lecture by Bilal Khbeiz on exile, memory and mythology with an introduction by Walid Raad. Clifford Owens: Anthology, Rania Stephan, Frances Stark: My Best Thing, Surasi Kusolwong, and Chim?Pom will also be on view.
01/29/12	Brooklyn Arts Exchange 421 5th Avenue Performance features the work of young people (ages 7-18) who have imagined, created, and will be performing their own original performance work using poetry, dance, original songs, and theater.
01/29/12	Five Angels Theater 789 Tenth Avenue The 52nd Street Project, through which accomplished theater-makers work with Hell's Kitchen kids to create original theater, will present "Wide Open Spaces: The Outdoor Plays" January 27-29. These shows are the culmination of The Project's Two-on-Two series, in which each of six duos of kids (ages 13?15) is paired with two professionals: one who writes a play for them, and another who directs. Admission is free, but reservations should be made in advance by visiting www.52project.org or calling 212-642-5052. The kid actors featured in "Wide Open Spaces" are Hashem Ahmed, Michael Banister, Gabriella DeJesus, Devin Gonzales, Jasmine Hernandez, Wendell Joseph, Katie Liu, Lauren Robinson, Chamel Rodney, Edison Sibri, Mari Ulloa, and Elizabeth Vazquez. The adults writing the plays include Dustin Chinn, Larkin Clark, Liz Flahive ("From Up Here," "Nurse Jackie"), Michael Mitnick, Christopher Oscar Pe?a, and Melisa Tien. Directing the kids will be Molly Coogan ("Stairway to Stardom"), Rachel Dart, Katie Flahive, Jacob Grigolia-Rosenbaum (Fight Director: "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson," "Peter and the Starcatcher"), Lee Rosen ("Gabriel," "The Normal Heart," understudy Broadway) and Michael Walkup. Original music composed by Eric March. The Two-on-Two series is one of the more advanced parts of the theatrical education furnished by The 52nd Street Project. After a week of working on the plays, the kids are taken (along with their volunteer adult directors) out of town for an "actors retreat" in the countryside. The finished plays enjoy a three-day run of public performances. Although the adult mentors are always present in the wings during the performances, Project kids learn to rely on and support one another on stage for the first time.
01/29/12	Chelsea Piers, Pier 59 West 18th Street and the Hudson River New York is the first stop on the maiden U.S. tour of the new Rainbow Warrior, Green Peace's first custom-built "green" campaigning vessel. Visit the new ship, meet the crew, and learn about the many environmental issues it supports. Free group tours can also be scheduled from January 30 through February 3; email jelaborn@greenpeace.org or usa-shiptour@greenpeace.org.
01/30/12	Metropolitan Opera Amsterdam Ave. btw. W. 62nd & 65th Sts. In one extraordinary new work, lovers of Baroque opera have it all: the world's best singers, glorious music of the Baroque masters, and a story drawn from Shakespeare. In The Enchanted Island, the lovers from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream are shipwrecked on his other-worldly island of The Tempest. Inspired by the musical pastiches and masques of the 18th century, the work showcases arias and ensembles by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, and others, and a new libretto by Jeremy Sams. Eminent conductor William Christie leads an all-star cast with David Daniels (Prospero) and Joyce DiDonato (Sycorax) as the formidable foes, Plácido Domingo as Neptune, Danielle de Niese as Ariel, and Luca Pisaroni as Caliban. Lisette Oropesa and Anthony Roth Costanzo play Miranda and Ferdinand. The dazzling production is directed and designed by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch (Satyagraha and the Met's 125 anniversary gala).
01/30/12	Green Meadow Waldorf School - Tarrytown Campus 50 Ichabod Lane Share a cup of tea with a member of the Early Childhood faculty and learn about Green Meadow programs while your child plays near you. Pregnant mothers, drop-ins, and parents with children from birth through kindergarten age are welcome. Advance registration is appreciated by contacting Admissions Coordinator Patricia Owens at 845-356-9715 or e-mail powens@gmws.org.
01/30/12	The Sportsplace 600 Bradley Pkwy Mention Rockland Parent and play unlimited GloPutt - an 18-hole, sport-themed, glow-in-the-dark course - just $7. Combine this with inflatables for a special price of $15 (regularly $18).
01/30/12	The Sportsplace 600 Bradley Pkwy Mention Rockland Parent and get one free bag of tokens when you buy four at the regular price for TSP's games and new video arcade. Afterward, game tickets can be turned in for prizes.
01/30/12	Stepping Stones Museum 303 West Avenue Children enjoy storytelling accompanied by yoga-based movement in the Performance Gallery.
01/30/12	Sprout San Francisco 1375 Third Avenue An interactive, mommy-and-me class for toddlers ages 1 to 3.5 years that includes music, puppets, finger plays, felt board stories, and even a little magic thrown in.
01/30/12	Haverstraw King's Daughters Public Library 10 West Ramapo Road Tweens are invited to join the library's weekly video gamer's club and challenge themself and their friends on the Wii. Gamers can practice before participating in tournaments on the library's big-screen TV! No registration required. Each Monday.
01/30/12	Haverstraw King's Daughters Public Library 10 West Ramapo Road Children ages 3-6 are invited for stories and a craft. Pre-registration is required.
01/30/12	Haverstraw King's Daughters Public Library 10 West Ramapo Road Walkers up to 36 months with a parent or caregiver are invited to enjoy stories, fingerplays, songs, and bubbles. Pre-regiratation is required.
01/30/12	Rose Memorial Library 61 E. Main St. Young readers ages 3 and up can hear stories, sing songs, and make a craft. Pre-registration is required.
01/30/12	Brooklyn Public Library, Coney Island branch 1901 Mermaid Avenue Kids and teens dance and make lanyards.
01/30/12	Brooklyn Public Library, Kings Highway branch 2115 Ocean Avenue Stories, songs, and playtime for toddlers 18-36 months.
01/30/12	Brooklyn Public Library, Kings Highway branch 2115 Ocean Avenue Stories, songs, and playtime for toddlers 18-36 months.
01/30/12	Brooklyn Public Library, Dyker branch 8202 13th Avenue Teen activity boxes, including chess, checkers, creative writing, and Ddrawing are available for use in the library with a library card. Boxes include activity materials, directions and related book/s to borrow.
01/30/12	Greenburgh Nature Center 99 Dromore Road Meet a museum animal, hear a story, do a craft or play a nature game. 1:30pm Mondays: January 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30.
01/30/12	Elias Hicks Historical Home 1740 Old Jericho Turnpike COPE, a grief and healing organization dedicated to supporting families living with the loss of a child or sibling, holds monthly support group meetings on the 3rd or 4th Monday of the month for adult siblings.
01/30/12	Crawford Park Mansion 122 North Ridge Street This free event is open to anyone interested in or involved with the adoption process, including professionals, community members, expectant parents, adoptive or prospective adoptive parents, and adoptees. Learn about the domestic and international adoption process and meet the staff of FFTA. FFTA is authorized in CT and NY.
01/30/12	Chappaqua Public Library 195 South Greeley Avenue Stories and a surprise activity for children in grades K-2.
01/30/12	Wilton Library 137 Old Ridgefield Road Independent listeners ages 4-6 years come for stories, short films, songs and crafts. No registration necessary.
01/30/12	Brooklyn Public Library, central branch 10 Grand Army Plaza Kids, ages 8-12, work on age-appropriate art projects.
01/30/12	Queens Library: Central Branch 89-11 Merrick Boulevard Are you ready to apply for specific jobs and internships and need to know how to craft the perfect cover letter? Participants will learn how to set up a cover letter, avoid common errors, and the ways resumes and cover letters work together in an application. Also learn tips for making your cover letter stronger and how to send a cover letter by email. To register, please call 718-990-5102 or visit the Job Information Center.
01/30/12	Queens Library: Lefferts Branch 103-34 Lefferts Boulevard The Year of the Dragon has arrived. Celebrate the Chinese New Year with Karen Wellington, expert origami instructor, as she teaches you how to create an awesome dragon. Make a dragon card, frame, or take it home as is. This event is for children 6 and up. Preregistration is required by calling or visiting the library.
01/30/12	Queens Library: Broadway Branch 40-20 Broadway In this event led by tree branch artist Vincent M. Smythe, kids ages 8 and up learn to make recycling and reusing fun. Come create an environmentally themed painting incorporating recycled tree branches. Preregistration is required. Please call, visit the library or sign up on the website.
01/30/12	Tarrytown Music Hall 13 Main Street A musical retelling of Dickens' famous novel, "Oliver Twist." The plot concerns the adventures of an orphan boy in 19th-century London as he escapes abusive treatment in an orphanage and joins a group of pickpockets. Songs include "Where is Love," "Consider Yourself," "I'd Do Anything," and "As Long As He Needs Me." The production is made up of over 100 young people who are divided into four casts. They come from throughout the tri-state area and have a wealth of theater, film, and television experience.
01/30/12	Kid Esteem Monetessori 175 S. 11th Street Learn to draw animals, people, landscapes and Master Artist works. Check the website for more information and student samples.
01/30/12	Children's Museum of the Arts 103 Charlton Street Inspired by artist Fransica Benetiz and her "Property Lines" piece, artists will explore the world of textures by creating rubbings with pastel, graphite, and charcoal.
01/30/12	Ossining Public Library - Budarz Theater 53 Croton Avenue Class clowns in grades 6-12 will learn basic short and long-form improvisation techniques and build hilarious scenes based on a single topic. Improv training is not only fun but also helps teens refine critical thinking, public speaking, and social skills. Call x336 for more information.
01/30/12	Circle in the Square Theatre 50th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue Presented by Circle in the Square Theatre School, written by David F. Eliet and directed by Danyon Davis, this classic re-telling weaves together short stories and tales from China, India, and Africa. In one of the stories there is a magic fish instead of a fairy Godmother. In another, "Cinderella" is a boy. Audience members will also meet a flying cow, an enchanted frog, a talking parrot, and a wise wizard in this delightful production, which will be performed by graduate actors of the school. The cast includes Aidan Sank, Kario Pereira-Bailey, Colleen O?Connor, and Carina Zabrodsky. Running time: 50 minutes, followed by a Q&A with the cast. Call 212-307-0388 to reserve your seats, or visit www.circlesquare.org and click on "Plays for Grades K-6". Direct link: www.circlesquare.org/artsed2011-2012.pdf. Additional Information: "Cinderella: A New Version of The Oldest Story Ever Told" is the second play in Circle in the Square Theatre School's annual Three-Plays for Grades K-6 series, which opened in November 2011 with "Anansi the Spider." The third and final play of the season will be a new musical version of the school's acclaimed production of "Aesop's Fables," which features a book by Michael Milligan and music and lyrics by Joziah Longo, famed for his band The Grand Slambovians (March 5-9, 12-14). Circle in the Square Theatre School (CITSTS), established in 1963, is one of the country's premier schools of professional training for actors and singers and is the only conservatory affiliated with a Broadway theatre. It offers a two-year training program and a seven-week summer program for students from across the country and around the world. (Both programs require auditions.) Theodore Mann (a co-founder of Circle in the Square Theatre) is artistic director, and Paul Libin is president. E. Colin O?Leary is executive director. Among the school's alumni are Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kevin Bacon, Lady Gaga (Stefani Germanotta), Idina Menzel, Benicio Del Toro, Felicity Huffman, Molly Shannon, and many other luminaries of the stage and screen.
01/30/12	B.B. King Blues Club & Grill 237 W. 42nd St. (7-8 Aves.) CHRIS DUARTE - Chris Duarte's guitar playing is steeped in the Texas blues, jazz, and rock of his native San Antonio. Dropping out of school at 16, he moved to Austin to pursue a career in music, where he eventually met John Jordan and founded his power trio, the Chris Duarte Group. He signed with Silvertone Records in 1994 and released his debut, Texas Sugar/Strat Magik, the same year. The album won him significant attention: he was named Best New Talent in Guitar Magazine's 1995 Readers' Poll and finished fourth in the magazine's Best Blues Guitarist category, behind guitar legends Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, and B.B. King. Since that explosive arrival on the music scene, Duarte has continued to release exceptional albums, including Tailspin Headwhack (1997), Love is Greater than Me (2000), Romp (2003), Blue Velocity (2007), Vantage Point (2008), 396 (2009), and Infinite Energy (2010). His latest album, Blues in the Afterburner, came out in 2011 and proves yet again that Durante is a bona fide master of the Texas blues guitar. This man has been known to play until his fingers bleed - get ready to have your face rocked off! TINSLEY ELLIS - Southern blues-rocker Tinsley Ellis may speak no evil, but he sings and plays with the conviction of, as Billboard wrote, "...a man possessed." Over the course of more than 11 albums and literally thousands of live performances, Ellis easily ranks as one of today's most electrifying blues-rock guitarists and vocalists. He attacks his music with rock power and blues feeling, in the same tradition as his deep South musical heroes Duane Allman and Freddie King and his old friends Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes. Atlanta Magazine declared Ellis "the most significant blues artist to emerge from Atlanta since Blind Willie McTell." Since first hitting the national scene with his Alligator Records debut Georgia Blue in 1988, Ellis has toured nonstop and continued to release one critically acclaimed album after another. Tinsley's hometown paper, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, calls his music "a potent, amazing trip through electric blues-rock." Following up on the success of his 2007 album Moment of Truth, Ellis's latest album, Speak No Evil, is the most guitar-driven album of his career, featuring his most brutally honest and hard-hitting original songs to date.
01/30/12	The FlowerSchool New York 5 Tudor City Place On January 30th, from 5:00pm - 7:00pm, FlowerSchool will be hosting an exclusive Book Release Party for Matthew Robbins' new book "Matthew Robbins' Inspired Weddings." Our shop will be filled with Japanese sweet peas, lisianthus, ranunculus and other Japanese flowers that many flower lovers rarely have the opportunity to work with. Not only will Matthew be greeting students and signing his book, he will also show students how to create great designs with Japanese flowers and how to highlight these beautiful blooms in a bouquet. This is the perfect opportunity to meet your peers, spend time with a master designer and create an arrangement using the best products on the market. Please RSVP for this event as we have limited capacity at FlowerSchool. Email brittany@flowerschoolny.com to RSVP.
01/30/12	Grand Central Terminal 87 E. 42nd Street NBC celebrates Season 2 of its hit show "The Voice" by creating an exact replica of the iconic coach's chair from the show and sending it to NYC. You will have the opportunity to sit in the chair and, just like a coach from the show, you can hit the button, making the chair spin around and light up with "I Want You!" Visitors to this event will also receive special giveaways.
01/31/12	TOPIC: Generalization: Making Behavior Change Last 30-10 38th Sreet, 3rd Floor QSAC, Quality Services for the Autism Community, holds training's & workshops for parents/caregivers of children with Autism twice a month at their offices in Astoria Queens. The workshops cover the techniques of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) as they relate to different topics/behaviors such as Generalizations, Behavior Problems/Treatments, Reinforcement, Self Management, Toilet Training, etc. Workshops are held on Tuesday Nights from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. Workshops are FREE to parents and childcare/respite is available by request. For more information or to RSVP call Anne Denning at 718-7-AUTISM x 1516.
01/31/12	New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) Balanchine said of this work: "If the dance designer sees in the development of classical dancing a counterpart in the development of music and has studied them both, he will derive continual inspiration from great scores." In the first movement of the concerto, the two ballerinas personify the violins, while a corps of eight women accompany them. In the second movement, a largo, the male dancer joins the leading woman in a pas de deux. In the concluding allegro section, the entire ensemble expresses the syncopation and rhythmic vitality of Bach's music. This work began as an exercise by Balanchine for the School of American Ballet and was performed by American Ballet Caravan on its historic tour of South America and later entered the repertory of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. In 1951 Balanchine permanently eliminated the original costumes and dressed the dancers in practice clothes, probably the first appearance of what has come to be regarded as a signature Balanchine costume for contemporary works. On October 11, 1948, Concerto Barocco was one of three ballets on the program at New York City Ballet's first performance.
01/31/12	New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) Balanchine's Firebird was one of the choreographer's first creations for the young New York City Ballet, using elaborate sets and costumes. The story, the choreography, the sets, and the music all integrated many brilliantly colored elements from Russian folklore. Because Balanchine chose to use the orchestral suite rather than the complete three-act score, he simplified the story and emphasized the mythical elements of the Firebird's character. For revivals in 1970, 1972, and 1980, Balanchine changed his choreography for the Firebird ? and sometimes the costume as well ? to suit the ballerina cast in the leading role. At Balanchine's invitation, in 1970, the artist Marc Chagall came to New York City to supervise the construction of new sets and costumes based on his designs for a new production. For the 1970 revival, Robbins contributed new choreography for the monsters' dance. The current production was staged in 1985. Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), born in Russia, is acknowledged as one of the great composers of the twentieth century. His work encompassed styles as diverse as Romanticism, Neoclassicism and Serialism. His ballets for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes included The Firebird, Petrushka, The Rite of Spring, and Apollo. His music has been used in over thirty ballets originating with New York City Ballet from 1948 through 1987, including Danses Concertantes, Orpheus, The Cage, Agon, Monumentum pro Gesualdo, Rubies, Symphony in Three Movements, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Concerto for Two Solo Pianos, Suite from L'Histoire du Soldat, Concertino, and Jeu de Cartes.
01/31/12	New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) Ravel composed the Concerto in G Major after a trip to the United States. It has been seen as a reflection on Gershwin and American musical comedy. Ravel described the work as "... written in very much the same spirit as those of Mozart and Saint-Saëns," and that "it uses certain effects borrowed from jazz, but only in moderation." (Arbie Orenstein, Ravel: Man and Musician.) When the Paris Opera Ballet staged In G Major, under the name "En Sol," it commissioned scenery and costumes by Erté, which were borrowed by New York City Ballet. Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) was born in the French Basque town of Ciboure. His family moved to Paris and encouraged him to take piano lessons. At fourteen he was admitted to the Paris Conservatory, where he studied with Fauré, who became his principal teacher of composition. His ballet scores include Pavane pour une Infante Défunte, Jeux d'Eau, Boléro, Daphnis and Chloe, Ma Mère L'Oye, and L'enfant et les Sortiléges, a ballet-opera.
01/31/12	New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) The nimble quickness of Tarantella provides a virtuosic showcase. The profusion of steps and the quick changes of direction this brief but explosive pas de deux requires typify the ways in which Balanchine expanded the traditional vocabulary of classical dance. Gottschalk, who lived from 1829 to 1869, was one of the first American composers to be recognized in Europe. His syncopated rhythms and jagged melodic lines incorporating elements of folk dancing foreshadowed the work of other American composers later in the 19th century.
01/31/12	Metropolitan Opera Amsterdam Ave. btw. W. 62nd & 65th Sts. With its cataclysmic climax, the Met's new Ring cycle, directed by Robert Lepage, comes to its resolution. Deborah Voigt stars as Brünnhilde and Gary Lehman is Siegfried?the star-crossed lovers doomed by fate. James Levine conducts.
01/31/12	Wilton Library 137 Old Ridgefield Road Children and their caregivers sing songs, listen to stories, and enjoy playtime together while building literacy and social skills. No registration necessary.
01/31/12	The Food Evolution 295 Route 304 In this fast-paced world, it often feels like a daunting task to make a healthy meal for our families. Join instructor Diane Hoch for a class that provides options for meals that are both beautiful and health-supportive. Pre-registration is required.
01/31/12	Haverstraw King's Daughters Public Library 10 West Ramapo Road Walkers up to age 36 months with a parent or caregiver are invited for stories, fingerplays, songs, bubbles. Pre-registration is required.
01/31/12	Haverstraw King's Daughters Public Library 10 West Ramapo Road Young readers ages 3-5 are invited for stories, songs, and more. Pre-registration is required.
01/31/12	Rose Memorial Library 61 E. Main St. Young readers ages 3 and up can hear stories, sing songs, and make a craft. Pre-registration is required.
01/31/12	Haverstraw King's Daughters Public Library 10 West Ramapo Road Parents with babies and toddlers up to 36 months are invited to enjoy stories, nursery rhymes, fingerplays, songs, bubbles with their parent or caregiver. Pre-registration for this popular program is required.
01/31/12	Brooklyn Botanic Garden 900 Washington Avenue An all-day event featuring a free horticultural trade show as well as lectures by leaders in the professional gardening field. Further, the event offers information from top nurseries, garden suppliers, and public gardens as well as plenty of networking opportunities.
01/31/12	Ossining Public Library 53 Croton Avenue Chess matches for beginners, Grand Masters, and everyone in-between. For more information, please contact the Teen Room at 914-941-2416, ext. 336. In the 2nd Floor Conference Room.
01/31/12	Wilton Library 137 Old Ridgefield Road Three and four year olds interact with stories, songs and acting out finger plays and rhymes to gain pre-reading skills and learn how to participate in a group setting. No registration neccessary.
01/31/12	Wilton Library 137 Old Ridgefield Road Independent listeners ages 4-6 years come for stories, short films, songs and crafts. No registration necessary.
01/31/12	Brooklyn Public Library, Sunset Park branch 5108 4th Avenue Babies and toddlers, 18-36 months, enjoy stories and songs.
01/31/12	Brooklyn Public Library, Brownsville branch 61 Glenmore Avenue Volunteer tutors help children with their homework questions.
01/31/12	Queens Library: Maspeth Branch 69-70 Grand Avenue Introduce your kids to a new culture through the art of music.Enjoy a concert with songs from around the world performed in Yiddish, Hebrew, Russian, Italian, and many other languages.
01/31/12	Barnes and Noble at Smith Haven Mall 600 Smith Haven Mall Children enjoy stories, songs and crafts featuring a different theme every week.
01/31/12	World Financial Center Winter Garden 220 Vesey Street Bill Morrison has reinvented the lost art of the silent film - often using decaying footage from old silent movies but also creating his own luminous, evocative world out of new images and new music. This series looks at a selection of Morrison's major works, all done in collaboration with some of the finest new-music composers. This film, "The Miners' Hymns," is shown with live orchestral accompaniment and features a riveting, brass-heavy score by Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, played by the Wordless Music Orchestra.
01/31/12	Long Island Children's Museum 11 Davis Avenue Kids listen each week to a different story that relates to the season. After the story, all little hands are on deck to create an art project about the story that was read.
01/31/12	Long Island Children's Museum 11 Davis Avenue Fashion your own snow puddle pal that will melt your heart. Use a variety of snowy soft materials to create these fun winter keepsakes.
01/31/12	Wee Warriors Yoga - Prism Wellness 420 Lake Ave Yoga for children aged 7-10. Registration required.
01/31/12	Elmont Public Library 700 Hempstead Turnpike Teens learn how to make pretzels from scratch.
01/31/12	YWCA White Plains & Central Westchester 515 North Street Start planning for your future today! Learn how to improve your credit score and keep it high, create sound financial goals, determine whether to rent or buy a home. Network with other dynamic women. There will be presentations from leaders in the industry, fun door prizes, and giveaways. Panelists include Tracy A. Becker (President, North Shore Advisory - a Credit Education and Restoration Company); Judith Capote (Director of First Time Home Buyer Counseling and Education, Westchester Residential Opportunities, Inc.); Veronica Raphael (Director of Mortgage Forclosure Prevention and Predatory Lending Program, Westchester Residential Opportunities, Inc.); Nancy Strong (Licensed Salesperson and Accredited Buyers Agent, Prudential Douglas Elliman); Lisa M. White, CMPS (Home Mortgage Consultant, DE Capital Mortgage). RSVP at events@ywcawpcw.org or at 914-949-6227 ext. 147.
01/31/12	Carnegie Hall 57th St. & Seventh Ave. It really is his birthday! Philip Glass was born on January 31 -- 75 years ago -- and the American Composers Orchestra commemorates the occasion with the US premiere of his newest symphony. It's a genre that Glass has been focusing on since 1992, when he completed his "Low" Symphony based on the 1977 David Bowie album.
01/31/12	116 116 MacDougal Street The Diverse Dolls are releasing there 2012 Calendar. Come and meet The Diverse Dolls Models, network with photograpers, models, designers and industry people.
01/31/12	Circle in the Square Theatre 50th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue Presented by Circle in the Square Theatre School, written by David F. Eliet and directed by Danyon Davis, this classic re-telling weaves together short stories and tales from China, India, and Africa. In one of the stories there is a magic fish instead of a fairy Godmother. In another, "Cinderella" is a boy. Audience members will also meet a flying cow, an enchanted frog, a talking parrot, and a wise wizard in this delightful production, which will be performed by graduate actors of the school. The cast includes Aidan Sank, Kario Pereira-Bailey, Colleen O?Connor, and Carina Zabrodsky. Running time: 50 minutes, followed by a Q&A with the cast. Call 212-307-0388 to reserve your seats, or visit www.circlesquare.org and click on "Plays for Grades K-6". Direct link: www.circlesquare.org/artsed2011-2012.pdf. Additional Information: "Cinderella: A New Version of The Oldest Story Ever Told" is the second play in Circle in the Square Theatre School's annual Three-Plays for Grades K-6 series, which opened in November 2011 with "Anansi the Spider." The third and final play of the season will be a new musical version of the school's acclaimed production of "Aesop's Fables," which features a book by Michael Milligan and music and lyrics by Joziah Longo, famed for his band The Grand Slambovians (March 5-9, 12-14). Circle in the Square Theatre School (CITSTS), established in 1963, is one of the country's premier schools of professional training for actors and singers and is the only conservatory affiliated with a Broadway theatre. It offers a two-year training program and a seven-week summer program for students from across the country and around the world. (Both programs require auditions.) Theodore Mann (a co-founder of Circle in the Square Theatre) is artistic director, and Paul Libin is president. E. Colin O?Leary is executive director. Among the school's alumni are Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kevin Bacon, Lady Gaga (Stefani Germanotta), Idina Menzel, Benicio Del Toro, Felicity Huffman, Molly Shannon, and many other luminaries of the stage and screen.
01/31/12	Symphony Space 2537 Broadway Join host Marshall Fine, film critic for the Huffington Post and three-time chair of the New York Film Critics Circle, in his second installment of provocative pre-release films, featuring behind-the-scenes conversations with surprise special guests. Subscribers will not only see new films before they reach theaters, but will get the opportunity to engage in discussions with creative talents from those films after the screenings.
01/31/12	B.B. King Blues Club & Grill 237 W. 42nd St. (7-8 Aves.) ULI JON ROTH - From 1973-1978, Uli Jon Roth was the lead guitarist and one of the main songwriters for the legendary German rock band The Scorpions. Widely recognized as perhaps the single most important protagonist of neoclassical guitar playing, he is seen by many as a trendsetter who has often been considerably ahead of his time. Roth invented his own unique instrument - the now-legendary six-octave Sky guitar - which is without peer. He has been cited by countless guitarists from all over the world as one of their main influences. LESLIE WEST - Leslie West has gained fame the world over during his over 30-year career as one of the most innovative and influential musicians in the history of rock music. He is most noted for his role as leader of the explosive hard rock trio Mountain, which was named by VH1 as one of the Top 100 Hard Rock Groups of all time. With Mountain, West climbed the heights of rock stardom on the strength of a unique, signature guitar sound and classic songs such as "Mississippi Queen," "Never in My Life," "Theme for an Imaginary Western," and "Nantucket Sleighride," all of which are staples of rock radio to this day. West has earned the admiration of a long list of famous peers. During his career, he has recorded or played with a litany of rock icons, including Billy Joel, Van Halen, The Who, Mick Jagger, and Jimi Hendrix, to name just a few. In fact, Eddie Van Halen, Michael Schenker, and Richie Sambora have all cited West as an important influence on their own music.
01/31/12	Gallery Bar 120 Orchard St ImFromDriftwood.com is a Brooklyn-based non-profit that collects and shares personal LGBT stories to help deepen our understanding of each other, preserve our history, and open hearts and minds. The first week in February, they're spotlighting stories from the Black LGBT Community. Before they're posted online, though, you can see a preview of the stories and enjoy a 1-HOUR OPEN BAR by El Dorado Rum. Come enjoy live DJ Missy B., lots of great raffle prizes, silent auction items, and yummy appetizers. El Dorado Open Bar from 6:30 - 7:30, Story Screening from 8:00 - 8:30, Raffle Drawing at 9:00. $15 at the door or $10 advance tickets at www.ImFromDriftwood.com/Event Gallery Bar, 120 Orchard St (at Delancey)
01/31/12	American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street For over 50 years, NASA has been pioneering space exploration from low-Earth orbit to the edge of the solar system. Emily Rice, a research scientist in the Museum?s Department of Astrophysics, and Brian Levine, an astrophysics educator at the Museum, will show you breathtaking images from NASA missions combined with stunning visualizations from the Digital Universe Atlas. Join us for an exciting evening of past, present, and future NASA missions and an unforgettable journey through the solar system.
02/01/12	World Financial Center Winter Garden 220 Vesey Street Bill Morrison has reinvented the lost art of the silent film - often using decaying footage from old silent movies but also creating his own luminous, evocative world out of new images and new music. This series looks at a selection of Morrison's major works, all done in collaboration with some of the finest new-music composers. Today's film, "Great Flood," is paired with music by eclectic guitar hero Bill Frisell.
02/01/12 through 08/31/11	Prospect Park Audobon Center Lincoln Road and Ocean Avenue Look, up in the sky, it's a bird! But what kind? Take a tour and learn about the magnificent array of birds that call Prospect Park home.
02/01/12	New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) Originally created for The Royal Ballet, DGV propels 26 dancers through space with a supercharged, minimalist score by Michael Nyman.
02/01/12	New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) Ravel composed the Concerto in G Major after a trip to the United States. It has been seen as a reflection on Gershwin and American musical comedy. Ravel described the work as "... written in very much the same spirit as those of Mozart and Saint-Saëns," and that "it uses certain effects borrowed from jazz, but only in moderation." (Arbie Orenstein, Ravel: Man and Musician.) When the Paris Opera Ballet staged In G Major, under the name "En Sol," it commissioned scenery and costumes by Erté, which were borrowed by New York City Ballet. Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) was born in the French Basque town of Ciboure. His family moved to Paris and encouraged him to take piano lessons. At fourteen he was admitted to the Paris Conservatory, where he studied with Fauré, who became his principal teacher of composition. His ballet scores include Pavane pour une Infante Défunte, Jeux d'Eau, Boléro, Daphnis and Chloe, Ma Mère L'Oye, and L'enfant et les Sortiléges, a ballet-opera.
02/01/12	New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) Morton Gould (1913-1996) was an American composer, conductor, and arranger whose lighter works generally drew on American subject matter and music. In his later works Gould concentrated on abstract, as opposed to programmatic or popular, works. His style became more contrapuntal, dissonant, and complex in its treatment of musical materials. Throughout his career Gould was a skillful orchestrator, sensitive to color and texture, and original in his combinations of instruments. His ballets include Fall River Legend, choreographed by Agnes de Mille, and Interplay, choreographed by Jerome Robbins, and he composed numerous scores for film, Broadway, and television.
02/01/12	New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) The nimble quickness of Tarantella provides a virtuosic showcase. The profusion of steps and the quick changes of direction this brief but explosive pas de deux requires typify the ways in which Balanchine expanded the traditional vocabulary of classical dance. Gottschalk, who lived from 1829 to 1869, was one of the first American composers to be recognized in Europe. His syncopated rhythms and jagged melodic lines incorporating elements of folk dancing foreshadowed the work of other American composers later in the 19th century.
02/01/12	Metropolitan Opera Amsterdam Ave. btw. W. 62nd & 65th Sts. Anna Netrebko opens the Met season with her portrayal of the ill-fated queen driven insane by her unfaithful king. She sings one of opera's greatest mad scenes in this Met premiere production by David McVicar. Ekaterina Gubanova is her rival, Jane Seymour, Ildar Abdrazakov sings Henry VIII, and Marco Armiliato conducts.
02/01/12 through 08/31/11	The Moxie Spot 81 Atlantic Ave. Join Lloyd Miller for this sing-along and get silly with traditional tunes like "Wheels on the Bus" and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and various stapes from Lloyds band, the Deedle Deedle Dees.
02/01/12	Apollo Theater 253 W. 125th St. (7-8 Aves.) Amateur Night at the Apollo opens its 2012 season with a special music guest and a brand new line-up of contestants who compete for the winning title of Super Top Dog and the chance to win a cash prize of $10,000! Aspiring musicians, singers, dancers, comedians, rappers and spoken word artists try their best to please the audiences that can make them an Apollo legend. Then get ready to cheer or jeer as you decide who stays and who gets booted off stage. At Amateur Night, you tell the performers to be good or be gone! Amateur Night at the Apollo is hosted by the comedian Capone. Each show begins with a festive pre-party featuring video and music by DJ Jess. And keep a lookout for master impressionist C.P. Lacey, the resident Executioner who sweeps bad talent off the stage.
02/01/12	Chabad of Port Washington 80 Shore Road Technology, over scheduling, and a sense of entitlement often distract children. The presenter will share and discuss practical parenting techniques based on her experience, and the Torah, to help make your home a loving environment.
02/01/12	Haverstraw King's Daughters Public Library 10 West Ramapo Road Children ages 2-5 are invited with a parent or caregiver to hear stories. Pre-registration is required.
02/01/12	Westchester Sandbox Theatre 931c East Boston Post Road The Mainstage production of "Children of Eden" is a musical spectacle from the composer of the current hit Broadway show, "Wicked." "Children of Eden" tells the story of the early chapters of the Bible with memorable music. Through Sunday, February 5. Call 914-630-0804 to order tickets.
02/01/12	Wilton Library 137 Old Ridgefield Road This program offers songs, play, and gentle stories geared for babies under 12 months old. No registration necessary.
02/01/12	Wilton Library 137 Old Ridgefield Road This program is a sharing time for 1 and 2 year olds and their caregivers. The emphasis is on books, with some songs and puzzles. No registration necessary.
02/01/12	JCC Rockland 450 West Nyack Road Meet other parents and kids (birth to 2 years) at this parent-hosted playdate in the Kantrowitz Kids Gym. The group meets most Wednesdays through June 20.
02/01/12	The Field Library 4 Nelson Avenue Celebrate African-American History Month by making a collage square for the annual Field Library Unity Quilt. All ages welcome.
02/01/12	Congregation Sons of Israel 300 North Broadway Children up to four years old are invited to learn Hebrew through immersion stories, songs, music, games, and art. Vocabulary lists provided each week for parents to take home. For more information and registration, call 845-358-3767 or contact csioffice@optonline.net.
02/01/12	Nyack Hospital 160 North Midland Avenue Topics covered in this class include breastfeeding, bottle feeding, formula, introducing solids, and nutrition during the first year of life. Pre-registration is required.
02/01/12	YWCA White Plains & Central Westchester 515 North Street How to find supporters who can help you attain your career goals. The YWCA continues this program aimed at women's advancement and financial empowerment. Light refreshments. Space is limited. RSVP: YWCA Events Office. 914-949-6227, x147 or e-mail events@ywcawpcw.org.
02/01/12	Long Island Children's Museum 11 Davis Avenue Kids listen each week to a different story that relates to the season. After the story, all little hands are on deck to create an art project about the story that was read.
02/01/12	St. Paul's Church National Historic Site 897 South Columbus Avenue Sly Blue Band performs traditional jazz and swing selections. Light refreshments will be served.
02/01/12	John C. Hart Memorial Library 1130 Main Street If you are returning to the workforce or in a career transition, you may be wondering if your resume is powerful enough to stand out. Laura Olert will teach you some key techniques to create a resume that has impact. Registration requested.
02/01/12	JCC Mid-Westchester 999 Wilmot Road Teens 13-17 years old will travel to Houston, TX, Memphis, TN or Rockland County, NY this summer to compete in the largest Jewish teen sporting event in the world. Participate in team or individual sports, or arts specialties including dance, music, acting, and more. The Games also promote community involvement, teamwork and pride in being Jewish. Information for Boys Hockey/Boys Lacrosse/Girls Lacrosse/Girls Softball. Snow date: February 2.
02/01/12	Ossining Public Library - Children's Program Room 53 Croton Avenue Stories and crafts for all ages. Children ages 6 and younger must be accompanied by an adult.
02/01/12	Carnegie Hall 57th St. & Seventh Ave. Purcell's heartbroken Mad Bess, Shakespeare's Ophelia and Lady Macbeth, and heroines from the American Songbook are all represented on this program that focuses on women from throughout history and literature. It's another example of the artistic range that has prompted The New Yorker to rave that Susan Graham's is "a voice without regrets, healthy, rounded, ineffably musical, and eager for a challenge."
02/01/12	Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts The Allen Room, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Broadway at 60th St. A singer/songwriter who has been described as "mesmerizing" (People magazine), Keren Ann writes and performs art-pop. Her upbeat songs have delicious melody, sonic detail and ethereal vocals. They reference folk music, jazz, choral singing and a bit of soul. Up until recently Keren Ann had a devoted but small core of fans, but with her music being played on TV shows including "Grey's Anatomy" and "Big Love" here in the US and countless shows in Europe her audience has exploded.
02/01/12	Metropolitan Museum of Art Fifth Ave. @ 82nd St. Andrea De Marchi, associate professor, Università degli Studi di Firenze. 2pm.
02/01/12	Metropolitan Museum of Art Fifth Ave. @ 82nd St. Nimet Habachy, lecturer and author; Simon Shaheen, violinist and oudist. Without the brilliant, sophisticated music that informed the courts of Cairo, Baghdad, and Damascus, European music as we know it today would be quite different. Arabic music traveled west with Jewish troubadours and took root in Moorish Spain. With musical examples from both worlds performed live by Simon Shaheen, the renowned violinist and oudist, we trace the influence of music of the Arab world to Mozart's Magic Flute and The Abduction from the Seraglio. This event is presented in conjunction with the opening of the New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia. This talk is part of the Met Salon Series. Refreshments served. 6pm.
02/01/12	Long Island Children's Museum 11 Davis Avenue Add a little love and sunshine to your home this winter as you create a special heart-filled decoration. Brighten your window during the frosty winter days or give it as a gift to someone special.
02/01/12	Oceanside Jewish Center 2860 Brower Avenue Bereavement support group for parents who have suffered the loss of a child. Meets the first Wednesday of every month. Experience the freedom to express your feelings and learn coping skills under the guidance of a professional facilitator.
02/01/12	Long Island Children's Museum 11 Davis Avenue It's music, music, music. Musical instruments and catchy sing-along songs get the youngest children to move their bodies.
02/01/12	Fairfield Public Library 1080 Old Post Road Set at the turn of the 20th century, the play reveals the ordinary lives of the people in the small town of Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, U.S.A. As the Stage Manager, Paul Newman narrates Wilder's immortal tale of love, marriage and death and daily life.
02/01/12	Brooklyn Public Library, Dyker branch 8202 13th Avenue Chess Master, Ian Fleishman will help you hone your chess skills.
02/01/12	Brooklyn Public Library, Coney Island branch 1901 Mermaid Avenue De-stress from school with a good board game and your friends.
02/01/12	Brooklyn Public Library, Crown Heights branch 560 New York Avenue Babies and toddlers hear stories and play, and earn free books through RIF.
02/01/12	Saltzman Community Center 131 Hofstra University In these sessions, women can express concerns about life issues in a safe, non-judgmental environment. The group meets on Wednesdays. Please call for more information and to register. Classes run through MArch 7, 2012.
02/01/12	Kid Esteem Monetessori 175 S. 11th Street Step by step drawing lessons with Art Teacher Amy. Draw portraits, landscapes and master artist works. Learn how to use chalk and oil pastels, watercolors and markers. $10 supply fee.
02/01/12	Saltzman Community Center 131 Hofstra University This group provides a nurturing environment for a child's self-esteem to flourish. Through structured activities, games, stories, projects, and friendship, this group offers a safe, friendly environment for children to feel good about themselves. Please call to register. Classes run through March 2, 2012.
02/01/12	Circle in the Square Theatre 50th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue Presented by Circle in the Square Theatre School, written by David F. Eliet and directed by Danyon Davis, this classic re-telling weaves together short stories and tales from China, India, and Africa. In one of the stories there is a magic fish instead of a fairy Godmother. In another, "Cinderella" is a boy. Audience members will also meet a flying cow, an enchanted frog, a talking parrot, and a wise wizard in this delightful production, which will be performed by graduate actors of the school. The cast includes Aidan Sank, Kario Pereira-Bailey, Colleen O?Connor, and Carina Zabrodsky. Running time: 50 minutes, followed by a Q&A with the cast. Call 212-307-0388 to reserve your seats, or visit www.circlesquare.org and click on "Plays for Grades K-6". Direct link: www.circlesquare.org/artsed2011-2012.pdf. Additional Information: "Cinderella: A New Version of The Oldest Story Ever Told" is the second play in Circle in the Square Theatre School's annual Three-Plays for Grades K-6 series, which opened in November 2011 with "Anansi the Spider." The third and final play of the season will be a new musical version of the school's acclaimed production of "Aesop's Fables," which features a book by Michael Milligan and music and lyrics by Joziah Longo, famed for his band The Grand Slambovians (March 5-9, 12-14). Circle in the Square Theatre School (CITSTS), established in 1963, is one of the country's premier schools of professional training for actors and singers and is the only conservatory affiliated with a Broadway theatre. It offers a two-year training program and a seven-week summer program for students from across the country and around the world. (Both programs require auditions.) Theodore Mann (a co-founder of Circle in the Square Theatre) is artistic director, and Paul Libin is president. E. Colin O?Leary is executive director. Among the school's alumni are Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kevin Bacon, Lady Gaga (Stefani Germanotta), Idina Menzel, Benicio Del Toro, Felicity Huffman, Molly Shannon, and many other luminaries of the stage and screen.
02/01/12	Barnes & Noble Booksellers-Huntington Station 380 Walt Whitman Road Make it a family tradition to discover a wonderful new book and develop a love for reading with your child.
02/01/12	Gerry Tobin School of Irish AOH Hall, 27 Locust Avenue This Irish language immersion program teaches Irish Gaelic to families through games, stories and other interactive activities. Visit the website for more information.
02/01/12	The Family Wellness Center 641-B Old Country Road Sign up for this lecture and demonstration given by Dr. Michael Berlin and learn about an extraordinarily gentle method that literally resolves all the stress, tension, distortions, and traumas from your body and mind. Call for more information.
02/01/12	Symphony Space 2537 Broadway Julie Otsuka, the 2011 National Book Award-nominated author of "When the Emperor Was Divine," discusses her spellbinding new novel about a group of Japanese picture brides who come to America in the early 1900s. Otsuka is joined by performer and essayist David Rakoff ("Fraud," "Half Empty"). The book traces the women's lives from their boat journey on which they imagine their husbands and concludes with their "disappearance" in World War II. Like Otsuka's first book, "The Buddha in the Attic" is about identity and what it means to be "other" in uncertain times.
02/01/12	92nd Street Y 1395 Lexington Avenue Led by Parenting Center director Sally Tannen, child psychologists, and pediatricians, this weekly discussion group allows new parents to share experiences, learn from one another, and make friends. Babies welcome.
02/01/12	Prenatal Yoga Center 251 W. 72nd Street Learn how music and massage complement each other to stimulate your baby's brain and relax his muscles and organs. Best for babies newborn to six months.
02/01/12	Green Meadow Waldorf School 307 Hungry Hollow Road Chestnut Ridge Prospective parents and students can sit in on classes, meet with faculty, students and parents, and learn more about the school. To register, please contact Admissions Coordinator Patricia Owens at 845-356-9715 or powens@gmws.org.
02/01/12	Children's Museum of the Arts 103 Charlton Street Kids ages 6 and older can create large monoprints in the studio.
02/01/12	Trinity Church Broadway at Wall Street Pundits from liberal to conservative host conversations on the moral and ethical dilemmas pushed to the forefront by the Occupy Wall Street movement in Wall Street Dialogues on Wednesdays from January 11 - February 8 at 1 PM at Trinity Church in lower Manhattan. Each week, a new speaker will challenge the audience with provocative questions such as ?Would Jesus pay taxes?? and ?What are the moral values of capitalism?? Talks will be webcast live at www.trinitywallstreet.org with opportunities for online viewer participation. For the complete schedule, click here. On February 1, Ben Roberts of Occupy Café.org, asks the question ?What does it feel like to ?have enough??? as he discusses ?Occupy as a Leap of Faith.? Wall Street Dialogues are presented by Trinity Institute (TI), a continuing education program founded in 1967 as an outreach of Trinity Wall Street, an Episcopal parish. Recent conferences include God?s Unfinished Future; Religion and Violence: An Interfaith Dialogue; Radical Abundance: A Theology of Sustainability; and Building an Ethical Economy: Theology and the Marketplace.
02/01/12	Our Lady of Perpetual Help 5902 6th Avenue Learn about the curriculum and culture of this leading parochial school.
02/02/12	Joyce Theater 175 Eighth Ave. (19th St.) Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) was born in Poland. He was one of the most important innovators for the piano, both in terms of composition and playing style. As a pianist he was mostly self-taught, and since he did not like to give public performances, his substantial reputation was based on a very few concerts. Chopin influenced future composers, especially those of the French and Russian schools. The musical level he attained made possible future piano innovations, such as those of Debussy. Other Chopin ballets choreographed by Jerome Robbins are Dances at a Gathering (1969), In the Night (1970), and Other Dances (1976).
02/02/12	New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) Balanchine said of this work: "If the dance designer sees in the development of classical dancing a counterpart in the development of music and has studied them both, he will derive continual inspiration from great scores." In the first movement of the concerto, the two ballerinas personify the violins, while a corps of eight women accompany them. In the second movement, a largo, the male dancer joins the leading woman in a pas de deux. In the concluding allegro section, the entire ensemble expresses the syncopation and rhythmic vitality of Bach's music. This work began as an exercise by Balanchine for the School of American Ballet and was performed by American Ballet Caravan on its historic tour of South America and later entered the repertory of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. In 1951 Balanchine permanently eliminated the original costumes and dressed the dancers in practice clothes, probably the first appearance of what has come to be regarded as a signature Balanchine costume for contemporary works. On October 11, 1948, Concerto Barocco was one of three ballets on the program at New York City Ballet's first performance.
02/02/12	New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) NYCB's former first-ever Resident Choreographer, Christopher Wheeldon now travels the world as one of the most in-demand dance makers. Wheeldon returns to choreograph a world premiere for the New Combinations Evening, which honors Balanchine's birthday each year with the performance of new work.
02/02/12	Metropolitan Opera Amsterdam Ave. btw. W. 62nd & 65th Sts. Angela Meade takes center stage in Verdi's thrilling early gem. Marcello Giordani and Roberto DeBiasio share the role of her mismatched lover, and all-star Verdians Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Ferruccio Furlanetto round out the cast.
02/02/12	Watch Me Grow 361 E. 19th Street Presented by the National Autism Association and moderated by psychologist Lauren Tobing-Puente, Ph.D., this monthly support group allows parents of children with autism to meet and connect with other parents facing the same challenges. Space is limited; RSVP to rsvpnaanyc@naanyc.org.
02/02/12	Kids Fun House 6273 Fresh Pond Road Budding toddler artists (ages 2-4) will explore paint, crayons, oil pastels, collage materials, air-dry clay, and recycled sculpture in this process-oriented art class. Each class will feature a unique theme, which all three main activities will focus on, such as NYC, outer space, animals, opposites, and much more. This class is a great introduction to a structured class for young artists and will help strengthen their fine motor skills and ability to represent the world around them. Email info@privatepicassos.com to reserve a spot.
02/02/12	Haverstraw King's Daughters Public Library 10 West Ramapo Road Stories, songs, puppets, and more in Spanish and English. Pre-registration is required.
02/02/12	Rose Memorial Library 61 E. Main St. Babies up to 35 months with a parent or caregiver are invited for pretend, stories, songs, finger plays, bubbles, stickers, and of course Mother Goose rhymes. Pre-registration is required.
02/02/12	Barnes & Noble City Center 230 Main Street Join Toe for stories and singing.
02/02/12	Congregation Sons of Israel 300 North Broadway This synagogue hosts this playful and integrative approach to yoga for young children.
02/02/12	Rose Memorial Library 61 E. Main St. Babies up to 35 months with a parent or caregiver are invited for pretend, stories, songs, finger plays, bubbles, stickers, and of course Mother Goose rhymes. Pre-registration is required.
02/02/12	Haverstraw King's Daughters Public Library 10 West Ramapo Road The library hosts stories, songs, puppets, and other fun for children ages 3-5. Pre-registration is required.
02/02/12	Haverstraw King's Daughters Public Library 10 West Ramapo Road Enjoy a family movie with free popcorn.
02/02/12	The Field Library 4 Nelson Avenue Children in Grade 1 and up are invited (with a parent) to read to a special dog. All volunteer dogs are certified through The Good Dog Foundation. Sign-up required.
02/02/12	Staten Island Zoo 614 Broadway Be there when Staten Island Chuck, New York City's only weather forecasting groundhog, will make his grand prediction. Join us for music and fun and greet the hog himself. The Ceremony is a free event. Join us afterwards for a special breakfast with Chuck! Breakfast with Chuck is Adult: $10 / Children under 5: $5
02/02/12	Long Island Children's Museum 11 Davis Avenue Kids listen each week to a different story that relates to the season. After the story, all little hands are on deck to create an art project about the story that was read.
02/02/12	Bruce Museum 1 Museum Drive Children explore the exhibition The Prints of Martin Lewis and then create their own scratchboard prints. Call for for reservations or email details to info@brucemuseum.org.
02/02/12	Stepping Stones Museum 303 West Avenue Stepping Stones stays open late with free admission and a free book distribution from literacy advocacy organization Norwalk Reads.
02/02/12	Connecticut Audubon Society Center at Fairfield 2325 Burr Street In this three part workshop make a different birdfeeder using recyclable materials that can find around your house or in your yard. Learn what seed to put in each feeder and which birds visit. Call ext 109 to register.
02/02/12	Wilton Library 137 Old Ridgefield Road Parents and children aged 3-5 learn how an iPad can support literacy for young children. Traditional stories are read and accompanied by an interactive iPad application shown on the library's HD TV. No registration necessary.
02/02/12	Ridgefield Playhouse 80 East Ridge Avenue The first winner of the hit NBC show "The Voice", soulful pop singer/songwriter Javier Colon, performs.
02/02/12	Carnegie Hall 57th St. & Seventh Ave. When it comes to Vivaldi, Europa Galante and mezzo-soprano Vivica Genaux make a fantastic team. They were "exquisite" together in Bajazet (Financial Times), their recording of his arias provided "first-class fireworks" (BBC Music), and now they bring their special, show-stopping zeal for the music of the Red Priest to Zankel Hall.
02/02/12	Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts The Allen Room, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Broadway at 60th St. Sonic Youth, the band that Thurston Moore co-founded in 1981 and that he performs in still, is one of the celebrated progenitors of noise rock, a brand of protopunk rock also known as alternative rock. Generally regarded as a guitarist in the same league as Eric Clapton and Keith Richards, albeit far more experimental, Thurston Moore's guitar and vocals have fueled Sonic Youth's sound for 30 years. But in The Allen Room he'll present another side, his acoustic, folk music side, also utilizing violin and concert harp. It's Moore with less - and equally worth a listen.
02/02/12	Metropolitan Museum of Art Fifth Ave. @ 82nd St. Irving Finkel, Assistant Keeper, Department of the Middle East, The British Museum. Part of the Charles K. Wilkinson Lecture Series, which presents three lectures hosted by the Departments of Ancient Near Eastern, Egyptian, and Islamic Art on the topic Games of the Ancient World. 2pm.
02/02/12	Metropolitan Museum of Art Fifth Ave. @ 82nd St. Anne-Elizabeth Dunn-Vaturi, Hagop Kevorkian Research Associate, Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art, MMA. Part of the Charles K. Wilkinson Lecture Series, which presents three lectures hosted by the Departments of Ancient Near Eastern, Egyptian, and Islamic Art on the topic Games of the Ancient World. 3pm.
02/02/12	Metropolitan Museum of Art Fifth Ave. @ 82nd St. Anna Contadini, Reader in the Art and Archaeology in Islam, Department of the History of Art and Archaeology, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Part of the Charles K. Wilkinson Lecture Series, which presents three lectures hosted by the Departments of Ancient Near Eastern, Egyptian, and Islamic Art on the topic Games of the Ancient World. 4pm.
02/02/12	Long Island Children's Museum 11 Davis Avenue Add a little love and sunshine to your home this winter as you create a special heart-filled decoration. Brighten your window during the frosty winter days or give it as a gift to someone special.
02/02/12	Long Island Children's Museum 11 Davis Avenue Take a special sneak peek of a play in development which tells the story of baby animals in a barnyard through a combination of dance and storytelling. Be ready to meet chicks, calves, kittens, lambs and much more. This show is made specifically for young visitors.
02/02/12	Brooklyn Public Library, Dyker branch 8202 13th Avenue Children, birth-5 years old, encounter books via a read aloud and exploration, and play with other children.
02/02/12	Brooklyn Public Library, Central branch 10 Grand Army Plaza Tweens and teens can receive assistance with their homework.
02/02/12	Brooklyn Public Library, Central branch 10 Grand Army Plaza Tweens and teens can receive assistance with their homework.
02/02/12	Saltzman Community Center 131 Hofstra University A weekly psychoeducational group that focuses on the emotional process of divorce. This group meets on Thursdays. Please call for more information and to register. Classes run through March 1, 2012.
02/02/12	Saltzman Community Center 131 Hofstra University This group provides a nurturing environment for a child who has gone through the difficult transition of divorce. Through structured activities, projects, and friendship, it offers a safe, friendly environment for children to feel good about themselves. This group meets Thursdays. Call to register. Classes run through March 2, 2012.
02/02/12	The JCC in Manhattan 334 Amsterdam Avenue An evening with Priscilla Gilman, former professor of English literature at Yale and Vassar and the author of "The Anti-Romantic Child: A Story of Unexpected Joy," a memoir about raising a hyperlexic child. It is a poignant and compellingly universal book about family, love, and the relationship between the ideal and the real. Using the poetry of William Wordsworth as a touchstone, Gilman probes the complexity of our expectations and hopes for our children, our families, and ourselves, and affirms that we are all capable of re-imagining our lives and finding joy in the most unexpected circumstances. For more information, call Hannah Cohen at 646-505-4460.
02/02/12	Circle in the Square Theatre 50th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue Presented by Circle in the Square Theatre School, written by David F. Eliet and directed by Danyon Davis, this classic re-telling weaves together short stories and tales from China, India, and Africa. In one of the stories there is a magic fish instead of a fairy Godmother. In another, "Cinderella" is a boy. Audience members will also meet a flying cow, an enchanted frog, a talking parrot, and a wise wizard in this delightful production, which will be performed by graduate actors of the school. The cast includes Aidan Sank, Kario Pereira-Bailey, Colleen O?Connor, and Carina Zabrodsky. Running time: 50 minutes, followed by a Q&A with the cast. Call 212-307-0388 to reserve your seats, or visit www.circlesquare.org and click on "Plays for Grades K-6". Direct link: www.circlesquare.org/artsed2011-2012.pdf. Additional Information: "Cinderella: A New Version of The Oldest Story Ever Told" is the second play in Circle in the Square Theatre School's annual Three-Plays for Grades K-6 series, which opened in November 2011 with "Anansi the Spider." The third and final play of the season will be a new musical version of the school's acclaimed production of "Aesop's Fables," which features a book by Michael Milligan and music and lyrics by Joziah Longo, famed for his band The Grand Slambovians (March 5-9, 12-14). Circle in the Square Theatre School (CITSTS), established in 1963, is one of the country's premier schools of professional training for actors and singers and is the only conservatory affiliated with a Broadway theatre. It offers a two-year training program and a seven-week summer program for students from across the country and around the world. (Both programs require auditions.) Theodore Mann (a co-founder of Circle in the Square Theatre) is artistic director, and Paul Libin is president. E. Colin O?Leary is executive director. Among the school's alumni are Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kevin Bacon, Lady Gaga (Stefani Germanotta), Idina Menzel, Benicio Del Toro, Felicity Huffman, Molly Shannon, and many other luminaries of the stage and screen.
02/02/12	Barnes and Noble 600 Smith Haven Mall Stories, songs and crafts featuring a different theme every week.
02/02/12	Manhattan Free School 115 E. 106th Street Children ages 4-7 and their parents can see democracy in action at this revolutionary school. Watch a decision-making meeting in progress as students and staff take responsibility for the effective operation of and quality of life at the school.
02/02/12	Manhattan Free School 115 E. 106th Street Learn about this school's revolutionary approach to education, where students and staff are trusted to govern the school together, learning is self-directed, and classes are non-compulsory. Because students design their individual educational path, classes develop around student interest, with advisors to assist students as desired.
02/02/12	Ruth Keeler Memorial Library 276 Titicus Road Discuss "Before I Go To Sleep," by S. J. Watson over coffee and bagels. No registration required and drop-ins are welcome.
02/02/12	World Financial Center Winter Garden 220 Vesey Street Bill Morrison has reinvented the lost art of the silent film - often using decaying footage from old silent movies but also creating his own luminous, evocative world out of new images and new music. This series looks at a selection of Morrison's major works, all done in collaboration with some of the finest new-music composers. This film, "Spark of Being," includes an electro-acoustic score by trumpeter and bandleader Dave Douglas.
02/02/12	Sony Wonder Technology Lab High Definition Theater 56th Street and Madison Avenue Elmo and Tilly find Little Bo Peep's missing cow, play a "Find the Amphibian Game," and go on a camping adventure. Call to reserve tickets beginning January 30. Kids must be accompanied by an adult.
02/02/12	Sony Wonder Technology Lab 56th Street and Madison Avenue Explore the different facial and physical characteristics of animals, then create your own animal puppet to take home.
02/02/12	B.B. King Blues Club & Grill 237 W. 42nd St. (7-8 Aves.) Come to a night of great salsa music at B.B. King Blues Club, featuring the sounds of Pequeno Johnny & The NY Cartel, Boricua Legends, and Son de Tikizia! Little Johnny Rivero is a legendary conguero, percussionist, producer, songwriter, and bandleader who performed with La Sonora Poncena for 16 years, traveling the world and making 18 highly respected albums with the band. Rivero currently plays with nine-time Grammy winner Eddie Palmieri and heads up the NY Cartel. His performance is guaranteed to bring home the driving force of nothing but hardcore salsa. Dancers get ready! Boricua Legends, featuring master timbalero Endel Dueno direct from Puerto Rico, round out tonight's performance. It will be a true delight to have this legendary "Encyclopedia of the Timbales" onstage with this group. Under the musical guidance of Pedro "Pocholo" Segundo and vocalist Luisito Ayala, Boricua Legends have been a force since the release of their first single "Que Humanidad" in 2011. Direct from Costa Rica comes Son De Tikizia. Under the musical direction of Walter Flores, who has won four Grammy Awards producing with Ruben Blades and Alfredo Poveda, this powerhouse young and vibrant group brings its brand of hardcore salsa to the mecca of salsa music: New York City. Having toured Europe with Ruben Blades and Cheo Feliciano, Jimmy Bosch, and many more, these youngsters have set their sights on the world. With two albums titled Salsa Retro and Pa' los pies under its belt, this group has shown its determination to make its mark on the scene.
02/02/12	White Plains Public Library 100 Martine Avenue, White Plains, NY Join in the Wii Fun games for kids! The competition takes place on the big screen in The Trove's Galaxy Hall. For boys and girls in grades 1-5. To make sure everyone is safe and comfortable, tickets are given out on a first-come, first-served basis 30 minutes before the start of the program.
02/02/12	Children's Museum of the Arts 103 Charlton Street During the month of February, the museum will feature a different bookmaking method with Cecilia each Thursday. The work will be inspired by George Sewell's piecebooks. For ages 6 and older.
02/02/12	Children's Museum of the Arts 103 Charlton Street Joseph Cornell collected, arranged, and compartmentalized found objects and collage bits in his magical boxes. Visitors will create their own boxes with mysterious interiors. For ages 5 and older.
02/02/12	Children's Museum of the Arts 103 Charlton Street Celebrate the work of Jim Henson and learn how to make a flat puppet with animated mouth using rubber bands. For ages 5 and older.
02/03/12	New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) Allegro Brillante is characterized by what Maria Tallchief (the ballerina on whom the bravura leading role was created) calls "an expansive Russian romanticism." The music's vigorous pace makes the steps appear even more difficult, but the ballet relies on strong dancing, precise timing, and breadth of gesture. Balanchine said: "It contains everything I know about the classical ballet in 13 minutes." Tschaikovsky's Third Piano Concerto was originally written as a symphony. But as it was nearing completion, the composer, dissatisfied with it, converted the first movement into a concert piece for piano and orchestra. Later on, he altered the andante and finale of the symphony in similar fashion.
02/03/12	New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) Alexi Ratmansky's Russian Seasons is an inventive and exciting combination of dance and musical flavors. The ballet uses classical steps with elements of folk and jazz mixed in. There are also many humorous passages for the six male and female dancers. The music is a 12-part composition by Lenoid Desyatnikov for a string orchestra, solo violin and soprano. Ratmansky asked Galina Solovyeva to create the costumes and she responded with a modern interpretation of Russian folk costumes: shirts and tights for the men and dresses for the women, who at times also wear pillbox-style hats. Solovyeva chose bright colors: orange, red, green, blue, purple and magenta. Desyatnikov's composition progresses through the seasonal and Russian Orthodox liturgical calendars in the course of its 12 parts. The stories told in the sung passages are not literally conveyed in dance steps, but the emotions they evoke make up the substance of the ballet. The girl in orange picks flowers and mourns, as the singer recounts the story of a husband lost at war; the girl in green is mischievous in one section, soulful in another, while the ballerina in red is wildly spirited during another segment.At the end of the ballet the couple previously in orange comes on stage dressed in white. The soprano's song says that while we may want to take all we can, we need very little, only a small patch of earth and four walls at the end. The couple moves off into a distant light as the other dancers look on. This is a beautiful, but sad image that is a fitting conclusion to a ballet rich in emotion and metaphor. Leonid Desyatnikov (b. 1955) graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory in 1978. He is the author of the opera Poor Liza, the ballet A Love Song in Minor, the symphony Sacred Winter, vocal cycles to the poems of Rilke, and instrumental variations on the themes of Astor Piazzola. In recent years he has worked closely with violinist Gidon Kremer. He is well known in Russia for his compositions for film. He composed the scores for Tycoon: A New Russian (2003) and Prisoner of the Mountains (1997), among other films. In 2000 he wrote a chamber piece, Russian Seasons, influenced by both Vivaldi and Shostakovich.
02/03/12	New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) Zakouski is the Russian term for hors d'oeuvres. This ballet for two dancers set to four short works for violin and piano explores through vernacular gesture and movement the emotional terrain of its musical sources. Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (1891-1953) was a leading Soviet composer and a brilliant pianist. He left Russia in 1918 and lived in Germany and Paris for the next sixteen years, with frequent trips to America for concert appearances. In 1934 he settled in Moscow and composed prolifically until his death. Among his better known works are the ballet scores Romeo and Juliet, Cinderella, and The Prodigal Son, the opera Love for Three Oranges, the children's classic Peter and the Wolf, the film score and cantata for Alexander Nevsky, and the Classical Symphony. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Russian composer, conductor and pianist. He studied at the St. Petersburg and Moscow Conservatories. His distinctive musical style is characterized by richness of melody, harmony and texture, a particular flair for vocal music and a sensitivity to Russian poetry. His Second Piano Concerto (1900-1) brought him international fame and is still one of the most performed orchestral works. After the Revolution of 1917 he made his home in America, where he gave regular concerts and recitals to support himself and his family. His extensive gramophone recordings preserve his own expressive piano style. He died at his home in Beverly Hills, California. Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), born in Russia, is acknowledged as one of the great composers of the twentieth century. His work encompassed styles as diverse as Romanticism, Neoclassicism and Serialism. His ballets for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes included The Firebird, Petrushka, The Rite of Spring, and Apollo. His music has been used in over thirty ballets originating with New York City Ballet from 1948 through 1987, including Danses Concertantes, Orpheus, The Cage, Agon, Monumentum pro Gesualdo, Rubies, Symphony in Three Movements, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Concerto for Two Solo Pianos, Suite from Histoire du Soldat, Concertino, and Jeu de Cartes. Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky (1840-1893) studied at the Conservatory in St. Petersburg, where Balanchine later studied piano in addition to his studies in dance. Tschaikovsky is one of the most popular and influential of all romantic composers. His work is expressive, melodic, grand in scale, with rich orchestrations. His output was prodigious and included chamber works, symphonies, concerti for various instruments, operas and works for the piano. His creations for the ballet, composed in close partnership with Marius Petipa, include Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and The Sleeping Beauty.
02/03/12	Metropolitan Opera Amsterdam Ave. btw. W. 62nd & 65th Sts. With its cataclysmic climax, the Met's new Ring cycle, directed by Robert Lepage, comes to its resolution. Deborah Voigt stars as Brünnhilde and Gary Lehman is Siegfried?the star-crossed lovers doomed by fate. James Levine conducts.
02/03/12	Metropolitan Museum of Art Fifth Ave. @ 82nd St. One of New York's preeminent vocal ensembles, TENET, presents songs and instrumental music by composers contemporary to the artists featured in the exhibition, The Renaissance Portrait from Donatello to Bellini. The concert will present various combinations of voices with fifteenth-century instruments. The repertoire might be called "Songs after supper" (in the words of the late Howard Mayer Brown): lyric poetry on themes of love, desire, and more, set to wonderfully expressive music, for the enjoyment of listeners and performers alike.
02/03/12	Glaze 34 Orangetown Shopping Center Young artists can share the love with friends and family by creating a personalized set of ten handmade Valentines Day cards.
02/03/12	The Sports Place 600 Bradley Parkway Mention Rockland Parent when you buy five bags of tokens and get one free.
02/03/12	You, Me and Dupri 2297 Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard Budding artists ages 2-4 will explore paint, crayons, oil pastels, collage materials, air-dry clay, and recycled sculpture in this process-oriented art class. This class introduces young artists to a structured class and helps strengthen their fine motor skills and ability to represent the world around them. Preregistration required; email info@privatepicassos.com.
02/03/12	Westchester Sandbox Theatre 931c East Boston Post Road The Mainstage production of "Children of Eden" is a musical spectacle from the composer of the current hit Broadway show, "Wicked." "Children of Eden" tells the story of the early chapters of the Bible with memorable music. Through Sunday, February 5. Call 914-630-0804 to order tickets.
02/03/12	Tarrytown Music Hall 13 Main Street A musical retelling of Dickens' famous novel, "Oliver Twist." The plot concerns the adventures of an orphan boy in 19th-century London as he escapes abusive treatment in an orphanage and joins a group of pickpockets. Songs include "Where is Love," "Consider Yourself," "I'd Do Anything," and "As Long As He Needs Me." The production is made up of over 100 young people who are divided into four casts. They come from throughout the tri-state area and have a wealth of theater, film, and television experience.
02/03/12	Temple Beth Torah 330 North Highland Avenue (Route 9W) The synagogue hosts Shabbat Shira A Sabbath in Song. This fun and musical family service celebrates the life of legendary Jewish singer / songwriter, Debbie Friedman. Both Junior & Adult choirs will perform.
02/03/12	Pelham Art Center 155 Fifth Avenue To celebrate the opening of the new exhibition, "Separation Anxiety," the Center will hold a free opening reception and all-age art workshop for the public. The exhibition explores modern notions of parenthood through the eyes of 14 different contemporary artists. Their works represent an unexpected range of media, from photography and oils to clocks and macrame. During the opening reception, there will be a free collage art workshop for all ages, with materials provided.
02/03/12	Congregation Sons of Israel 300 North Broadway Families with young children are invited to celebrate Shabbat with games, songs, and stories.
02/03/12	Queens Theatre 14 United Nations Avenue South - Flushing Meadows Corona Park A livery cab driver working the midnight shift yearns for a woman who rises at dawn to bake bread, but does not speak her language. A beloved dog disappears without a trace. A closeted policeman from Long Island comes to Queens for a date. Car dispatchers, sex workers, drag queens, E.R. doctors, gamblers, and insomniacs collide in the colorful world of Jackson Heights after hours.
02/03/12	The Black Cow Coffee Company 7 Wheeler Avenue This is continuing ed for The Mother's Circle graduates and open to all. Topics will include the meaning of some Hebrew prayers, the afterlife, the Jewish God concept, Judaism and relationships, and other hot spiritual topics. Registration online is requested: www.rosenthaljcc.org/jewishsoulseeking. Contact Nicole Nevarez, JCC Director of Jewish Life.
02/03/12	The Picture House 175 Wolfs Lane To save her ill son, a field mouse must seek the aid of a colony of super-intelligent rats with whom she has a deeper link to than she ever suspected. Adapted from Robert C. O'Brien's acclaimed children's book "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of N.I.M.H." Although beloved by many, the film has some "dark" parts - recommended for children ages 9 and older; 82 minutes.
02/03/12	JCC Rockland 450 West Nyack Road Parents or grandparents and kids can celebrate Shabbat with songs, stories, crafts, and music. Hosted by Aviva Kohl and guitar player Daniel Sonnenschein.
02/03/12	Jill's Ceramics 180 Germonds Road Children (ages 2-5) will use their hand prints to design a trivet, mug, dish, or other unique gift for Valentine's Day. Jill's also has many heart-shaped items to choose from. Fee includes supplies and instruction. Pre-registration is requested.
02/03/12	Jill's Ceramics 180 Germonds Road Roll up your sleeves and get creative for Valentine's Day. Paint a heart-shaped box, candy dish, plate, or mug for the one you love. Pieces can be painted and taken home the same day or glazed with a variety of finishes. Fee includes supplies and instruction. Pre-registration is requested.
02/03/12	Hudson Highlands Nature Museum's Wildlife Education Center 25 Boulevard Enjoy an evening of owl facts and fiction. Head out into the woods to search for these birds of the night. Attendance limited; pre-paid registration is required.
02/03/12	Haverstraw King's Daughters Public Library, Village Branch 85 Main Street Use the library's LEGOs or bring your own. Work with friends or make new ones. No registration required.
02/03/12	Haverstraw King's Daughters Public Library 10 West Ramapo Road Use the library's LEGOs or bring your own. Work with friends or make new ones. No registration required.
02/03/12	Long Island Children's Museum 11 Davis Avenue Kids listen each week to a different story that relates to the season. After the story, all little hands are on deck to create an art project about the story that was read.
02/03/12	YCP TheaterWorks Van Cortlandtville School, Route 6 Tennessee Williams' classic drama focuses on the story of outsiders in St. Louis on the eve of World War II.
02/03/12	Brooklyn Children's Museum 145 Brooklyn Avenue Children, 18 months-2.5 years, discover the magic of snowflakes while learning what makes each one special. They will create their own special snowflake craft to take home.
02/03/12	College of Staten Island Center for the Arts 2800 Victory Boulevard Some kids will appreciate early slapstick comedy more than others. Nonetheless, here's an opportunity to view three 20-minute silent films starring Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin with live musical accompaniment that recreates the expressive music and sounds of that era.
02/03/12	Guild Hall 158 Main Street Come check out the Student Art Festival, featuring the artwork of students from Bridgehampton to Montauk.
02/03/12	Larchmont Public Lbrary 121 Larchmont Avenue Celebrate the beginning of the Chinese New Year, the year of the dragon. The presentation will focus on Chinese history, its classic stories, its rich traditions and its art forms.
02/03/12	Connecticut Audubon Society Center at Fairfield 2325 Burr Street Enjoy a brief presentation while the naturalist staff feeds the Center's resident turtles and tortoises. Discover fun facts and get an up-close view of these critters. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Donations of laundry soap and dishwashing soap welcome. To register and for more information call ext. 109.
02/03/12	Wilton Library 137 Old Ridgefield Road The public is invited to view the photos and writings done by Wilton Up Close students in grades 7-12 who have worked under the direction of award-winning photographer Daryl Hawk. Exhibition runs through February.
02/03/12	Aviator Sports 3159 Flatbush Avenue, Hangar 5 The Brooklyn Aviators have returned to their home base at Aviator Sports (in Floyd Bennett Field) for another season of hockey excitement. Come and support them as they battle for domination in the newly formed Federal Hockey League.
02/03/12	The Moxie Spot 81 Atlantic Ave. Each Friday evening, Moxie Spot combines its comfy food with a program of short movies and a family friendly feature. Check website for program.
02/03/12	Carnegie Hall 57th St. & Seventh Ave. Bassist-composer Ben Allison is one of a few band leaders working in jazz today who has developed his own instantly identifiable sound. Known for his lyrical melodies, inventive grooves, and inspired arrangements, he seamlessly blends jazz, rock, folk, and world music into a cinematic, cohesive whole.
02/03/12	Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts The Allen Room, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Broadway at 60th St. Beautiful Leslie Kritzer has been called "a consistent source of off-kilter brilliance" (The New York Times). Fresh off the Sondheim showcase last season with Barbara Cook, Kritzer is known for her antic cabaret shows that showcase her gift for musical impersonation, as well as her delicious turn in the show Legally Blonde and her Drama Desk nominated performance in A Catered Affair. On February 3rd she will turn her Broadway belt to songs by the great Jule Styne, composer of Gypsy and Funny Girl and other iconic shows.
02/03/12	Brooklyn Children's Museum 145 Brooklyn Avenue Visit the Totally Tots Art Studio and see what activity is in store for your young Picasso.
02/03/12	Temple B'Nai Torah 2900 Jerusalem Avenue Scouts are invited to attend this annual shabbat in uniform. Family and friends are invited to attend as well.
02/03/12	Long Island Children's Museum 11 Davis Avenue Add a little love and sunshine to your home this winter as you create a special heart-filled decoration. Brighten your window during the frosty winter days or give it as a gift to someone special.
02/03/12	Long Island Children's Museum 11 Davis Avenue It's music, music, music. Musical instruments and catchy sing-along songs get the youngest children to move their bodies.
02/03/12	NY Hall of Science 47-01 111th Street Bj?rk is set to bring her live Biophilia show to NYSCI. In addition to the live performance, Bj?rk will collaborate with NYSCI on a three-week-long Biophilia education series. Featuring interactive science and music workshops for middle-school children, the series leads students on an intensive study of the scientific concepts at the core of Biophilia's songs, including crystalline structures, lunar phases, viruses, and more. Students will also learn to use the Biophilia Apps as tools for music composition and delve into the study of how musicology relates to nature.
02/03/12	Stamford Museum and Nature Center 39 Scofieldtown Road Join Chris Evers, director and founder of Animal Embassy who introduces a variety of South American Animal Ambassadors representing diverse habitats and reflecting the amazing diversity of life on Earth. He also shares his photos and stories of the Pantanal region of Brazil. Call 203-977-6521 to register.
02/03/12	Stamford Museum and Nature Center 39 Scofieldtown Road Enjoy a presentation on winter constellations than, weather permitting, head to the observatory to view the night sky through a 22-inch research telescope.
02/03/12	Theater for the New City 155 First Avenue The troupe will present dances, stories, and traditional music from the Iroquois and Native Peoples of the Northwest Coast, the Southwest, the Plains, and the Arctic regions. Proceeds from the pow-wow will go toward college funds for needy Native American students. Highlights will include storytelling, a Hoop Dance by a Cherokee tribe member, a Caribou Dance by the Inuit people of Alaska, a Buffalo Dance by the Hopi people, a Grass Dance and Jingle Dress Dance by the Northern Plains people, a Stomp Dance by the Southeastern tribes, and a Shawl Dance by the Oklahoma tribes. Featured performers will include the Heyna Second Son Singers (from various tribes). In the final section of the program, the audience will be invited to join in the Round Dance, a friendship dance. A Pow-Wow is more than just a spectator event: it is a joyous reunion for native peoples nationwide and an opportunity for the non-Indian community to voyage into the philosophy and beauty of Native culture. Traditionally a gathering and sharing of events, Pow-Wows have come to include spectacular dance competitions, exhibitions, and enjoyment of traditional foods. Pageantry is an important component of the event, and all participants are elaborately dressed. Most dances are performed in the traditional Circle, which represents a unity of peoples. There is a wealth of cultural information encoded in the movements of each dance. More than 10 distinct tribes will be represented in the performance. Throughout the performance, all elements are explained in depth through detailed introductions by the troupe's director and emcee Louis Mofsie (Hopi/Winnebago). An educator, Mofsie plays an important part in the show by his ability to present a comprehensive view of native culture. Native American craft items will be displayed in the TNC lobby. The Thunderbird American Indian Dancers Scholarship Fund receives its sole support from events like this concert (it receives no government or corporate contributions). It has bestowed more than 350 scholarships to-date.
02/03/12	Saltzman Community Center 131 Hofstra University This weekly psychoeducational group for teens facing a variety of life issues meets on Wednesdays. Please call for more information and to register. Classes run through February 28, 2012.
02/03/12	Friedberg JCC 15 Neil Court Based on the book, "The Blessing of a Skinned Knee" by Wendy Mogel, the group will discuss raising self-reliant children who are not just good at doing things but are also good people. Share in the discussion.
02/03/12	Guild Hall 158 Main Street, John Drew Theater Part I of the Student Art Festival features work created by elementary and middle school students from Bridgehampton to Montauk. Throughout the exhibition, Guild Hall offers free do-it-yourself crafts on the weekends.
02/03/12	Children's Museum of the East End 376 Bridgehampton/Sag Harbor Turnpike Young visitors are invited to come to the Museum in their pajamas, have pizza, hear a story read in the Museum's Library, and participate in an art activity. Advance sign up is encouraged.
02/03/12	Circle in the Square Theatre 50th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue Presented by Circle in the Square Theatre School, written by David F. Eliet and directed by Danyon Davis, this classic re-telling weaves together short stories and tales from China, India, and Africa. In one of the stories there is a magic fish instead of a fairy Godmother. In another, "Cinderella" is a boy. Audience members will also meet a flying cow, an enchanted frog, a talking parrot, and a wise wizard in this delightful production, which will be performed by graduate actors of the school. The cast includes Aidan Sank, Kario Pereira-Bailey, Colleen O?Connor, and Carina Zabrodsky. Running time: 50 minutes, followed by a Q&A with the cast. Call 212-307-0388 to reserve your seats, or visit www.circlesquare.org and click on "Plays for Grades K-6". Direct link: www.circlesquare.org/artsed2011-2012.pdf. Additional Information: "Cinderella: A New Version of The Oldest Story Ever Told" is the second play in Circle in the Square Theatre School's annual Three-Plays for Grades K-6 series, which opened in November 2011 with "Anansi the Spider." The third and final play of the season will be a new musical version of the school's acclaimed production of "Aesop's Fables," which features a book by Michael Milligan and music and lyrics by Joziah Longo, famed for his band The Grand Slambovians (March 5-9, 12-14). Circle in the Square Theatre School (CITSTS), established in 1963, is one of the country's premier schools of professional training for actors and singers and is the only conservatory affiliated with a Broadway theatre. It offers a two-year training program and a seven-week summer program for students from across the country and around the world. (Both programs require auditions.) Theodore Mann (a co-founder of Circle in the Square Theatre) is artistic director, and Paul Libin is president. E. Colin O?Leary is executive director. Among the school's alumni are Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kevin Bacon, Lady Gaga (Stefani Germanotta), Idina Menzel, Benicio Del Toro, Felicity Huffman, Molly Shannon, and many other luminaries of the stage and screen.
02/03/12	Karma Kids Yoga 104 W. 14th Street This class brings together the mindfulness of yoga with the rhythm and fun of breakdance and other street dance styles. Learn both yoga and street dance movement, then finish the class with a challenging and fun routine. Breakti will help you learn to move with ease on your hands both in yoga and dance, and build strength and flexibility. For ages 6 and older. Space is limited, and reservations are required. To reserve a spot, call 646-638-1444 or email downdog@karmakidsyoga.com.
02/03/12	Westhampoton Free Library 7 Library Avenue Drop in for some stories to lull you off to a winter's night of sweet dreams. Wear your pajamas. No registration required.
02/03/12	The Dix Hills Performing Arts Center 305 North Service Road One of the longest lasting, most successful 1970s progressive rock groups, Yes is one of the lingering success stories from this musical genre.
02/03/12	MoMa, Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Building 4 W. 54th Street View this 2010 documentary that follows Brooklyn-based artist Vic Muniz as he returns to his home country of Brazil and meets and collaborates with workers from the world's largest dump site, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. This drop-in program is open to teens ages 14-19 on a first-come, first-served basis. Students must bring a valid high school ID.
02/03/12	World Financial Center Winter Garden 220 Vesey Street Bill Morrison has reinvented the lost art of the silent film - often using decaying footage from old silent movies but also creating his own luminous, evocative world out of new images and new music. This series looks at a selection of Morrison's major works, all done in collaboration with some of the finest new-music composers. Today's film, "Decasia," is shown with live music by Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble.
02/03/12	Whitney Museum of American Art 945 Madison Avenue The museum's teaching fellows lead engaging tours of current exhibitions for new moms and dads when the museum is closed to the public. Crying babies are welcome. Registration required at www.whitney.org/families.
02/03/12	Apollo Theater 253 W. 125th Street Learn what it takes to be a member of an ensemble group and experience the power of singing for yourself. Soul runs deep through the harmony-rich gospel sound of Take 6, and each of the singers in this 10-time Grammy Award?winning a capella sextet possess powerful, versatile voices. They channel the uplifting spirit of doo-wop groups from the 1950s, even as they throw down fresh beats that call to mind the latest R&B and hip-hop. The group has recorded and performed with some of jazz's greatest legends, such as Quincy Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, and Stevie Wonder.
02/03/12	The Community Bookstore 143 7th Avenue Author Leslie Margolis launches her new book, Maggie Brooklyn: Vanishing Acts, with a book store event that features a read aloud and other activities. Kids will enjoy this story about a girl whose world becomes intertwined with a movie being filmed in her neighborhood.
02/03/12	Children's Museum of the Arts 103 Charlton Street Illustrate a winter scene using a variety of paper cardboard, printing, and drawing materials. For ages 5 and older.
02/03/12	Children's Museum of the Arts 103 Charlton Street This project explores color and transparency. Children ages 5 and older will build their own sun catchers using glue and acrylic.
02/03/12	Union Temple 17 Eastern Parkway Music-filled, kid-friendly Shabbat service at 6:30. Then meet and greet other families at a Pot Luck dinner. Can?t cook? We think store-bought is delicious, too. Monthly, every first Friday.
02/22/12 through 01/06/12	Brooklyn Public Library, Brighton Beach branch 16 Brighton First Road Teens gather in a workshop environment conducive to creative writing.
08/21/20 through 08/21/10	Earthplace 10 Woodside Lane Enjoy a family program with live animal, story & project. There is a different theme each week. Child must be accompanied by an adult.
08/21/20 through 08/21/10	Earthplace 10 Woodside Lane Children and their parents can learn more about the streams and rivers that run through our towns. Explore Stony Brook to learn how water moves dirt, how animals cope with big rainstorms, who lives in the water, what plants do well in watery soil, and so much more. We'll get right into the water, so wear sneakers and old clothes.
05/28/11 through 05/28/11	Galley Ho First and Main Street 3rd Annual Chowderfest on the waterfront. Every year, over 400 folks sample chowder made by New Suffolk's best cooks. Hot dogs, burgers and local beer from Greenport's Harbor Brewery will be served. Live music on the beach from the North Fork's local jazz & blues band. Bring your beach gear, rent a kayak on the premises, or just enjoy the chowder. Proceeds from this event help support the acquisition of the waterfront property for the community. Co-sponsored by the Peconic Land Trust.
07/23/06 through 07/23/06	Beauty and the Beast Flatbush Avenue between Parkside Avenue and Cortelyou Road 11 blocks. There will be rides, too!