READINGS Halloween Activities BEADS, BARTER & BLOOD Learn about NY colonial life with …
BEADS, BARTER & BLOOD Learn about NY colonial life with CAROLINE KIDS KLUB Sheeza Witch’s Halloween celebration CHILDREN’S HALLOWEEN COSTUME Trick-or-treating, magic acts, dancing, CMA’S TRICK-OR-TREAT PARADE Create trick or treat bags & COLOR ME AUTUMN Halloween stories with David Elyha; COOKIE TOSS TO CRUNCH HUNGER Trick-or-treating preschoolers encouraged DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATION Mexican dance instruction followed FAMILY LIFE HALLOWEEN PARTY Families encouraged to step into GHOULS & GOURDS Paintings & costume parade at HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL Ages 3-12 welcome; Vanderbilt YMCA, HALLOWEEN GARGOYLES Reading of Eve Bunting’s Night HALLOWEEN PARTY Annual party of games, candy & MASK-MAKING Create fun & wacky masks with ONE MONSTER AFTER ANOTHER Children’s Play Touring Theater PUMPKIN CARVING & MAKEUP SESSION Carving (Fri. at 6) & scary transformations PUMPKIN PATCH Pick pumpkins from NY Botanical Garden’s SCARY STORIES Storytellers Robin Bady & Tammy TRICK-OR-TREATING AT AMERICAN MUSEUM Clifford the Big Red Dog, Ms. Frizzle WEST END CHILDREN’S THEATER Halloween stories with Vered Hankin Activities DESIGNING WONDERS Design your own park feat. the aspects FISHING: CATCH & RELEASE Learn proper method to release fish GOODNIGHT GARDEN Help prepare the Ruth Rea Howell RECREATING RADIO Ninety-minute workshops allows kids SATURDAYS ALIVE! Family events incl. "Paper Masks" WRITING WORKSHOPS FOR TEENS Learn how to generate ideas & Things to See & Hear BIG APPLE CIRCUS Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center, CLASSICAL MAGIC Jarrett Parker’s 19th-century THE CRAZY ADVENTURES OF DON QUIXOTE New LES puppet & children’s DANCE THEATER WORKSHOP The Elementals puppet theater pres. FILMS AT MOMA Ellen Besen’s Sea Dream & FIRST BOOK STORYTIME Monthly event helps underprivileged RADIO FESTIVAL WFMU’S "Greasy Kid Stuff" THE MAGIC OF CZECH PUPPETRY Czech fairy tales come to life during MISS MAJESTY’S LOLLIPOP PLAYHOUSE Cinderella (1:30) & The Three THREE BEARS & A BABE Musical fairy tale for children; THE WORLD IS YOUR BIG, WONDERFUL Advice from the theories of Aesthetic
bead-making & ancient tales–free Halloween family festival at New York
Historical Society, 2 W. 77th St. (Central Pk. W.), rsvp 873-3400; Sun. 1-4,
free for kids 12 & under.
& costume contest at Caroline’s Comedy Club, 1626 B’way (49th
St.), 757-4100 res. req.; Sat. & Sun. at 2, $14.
BALL
storytelling, & fortune telling, benefits Police Athletic League; FAO Schwarz,
767 5th Ave. (betw. 58th & 59th), 644-9400; Fri. 7-9, $50 per kid, $100
per adult.
costumes before going trick-or-treating through Soho; Children’s Museum
of the Arts, 182 Lafayette St. (betw. Broome & Grand Sts.), 800-699-1512;
Sun. 12-5, $5, s.c. & kids under 1 are free.
NY Botanical Garden, 200th St. (Southern Blvd.), Bronx, 718-817-8700; Sat. &
Sun. at 2, free w/grounds adm.
to toss cookies into Cookie Monster’s mouth to benefit City Harvest; Central
Park, Rumsey Playfield, 5th Ave. (72nd St.), 625-3823; Sat. 11-4, free.
by discussion of El Dia de los Muretos; Museum of the City of New York, 1220
5th Ave. (103rd St.), 534-1672; Sat. 2, free w/mus. contib.
Toysmart.com’s "interactive traveling adventure" & pick out
their own "good toy;" Children’s Museum of the Arts, 182 Lafayette
St. (betw. Broome & Grand Sts.), 800-699-1512; Thurs.-Sun. 10-5, $5, s.c.
& kids under 1 are free.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1000 Washington Ave. (Eastern Pkwy.), 718-623-7200;
Sat. 12-4, free from 10-noon, free-$3 after 12.
224 E. 47th St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 756-9600 ext.637; Sun. 10 a.m.-2,
$5 kids, adults free.
of the Gargoyles followed by paper mask & gargoyle-making workshop;
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Ave. (112th St.), 932-7347;
Sat. 10-12, $5.
fun at Lesbian & Gay Community Center, One Little West 12th St., (betw.
Hudson & 9th Ave), 620-7310; Sun. 1-4, $8.
sculpture/teacher Sham Mosher & Treva Offutt during "Hands-on Halloween"
workshop at The Kitchen, 512 W. 19th St. (betw. 9th & 10th Aves.), 255-5793;
Sat. 12-2, $10.
Create a mixed media mask for Halloween at Wave Hill’s Kerlin Learning
Center, 675 W. 252nd St. (Indep. Ave.), Bronx, 718-549-3200; Sat. & Sun.
1-4, free w/grounds adm.
Artist Miguel Cossio assists children 7 & older in monster, alien &
underworld creature mask-making workshop; Museum of the City of New York, 1220
5th Ave. (103rd St.), 534-1672; Sun. 12:30, free w/mus. contrib.
Fantastical masks, spine-tingling tales & performances at American Craft
Museum, 40 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 956-3535; Sun. 1-3, $5.
transforms three essays into a production for children filled with witches,
monsters & ghosts; LaGuardia Community College, Mainstage Theater, 47th
Ave. (Van Dam St.) Long Island City, 718-482-5151; Sun. at 2, $8.
(Sun. at 6) at 6th St. & Ave. B Garden, 982-5673; free.
pumpkin patch, 200th St. (Southern Blvd.), Bronx, 718-817-8700 for info; Sat.
& Sun. 11-4.
Hall resurrect tales from the past incl. story about Flatbush’s Pope Joe
at Lefferts Homestead Children’s Historic House Museum, Prospect Park,
Flatbush Ave. (Empire Blvd.) Bklyn., 718-965-6505; Sat. & Sun. 1-4, free.
OF NATURAL HISTORY
& Ms. Spider from Scholastic Magic School Bus welcome children & their
families to an afternoon of trick-or-treating, arts & crafts & entertainment
from Big Apple Circus; American Museum of Natural History, 79th St. (Central
Pk. W.), 769-5200; Sun. 12-4, $5, $11.95 for adm. & Monster Meal package!
at West End, 2911 B’way (betw. 114th & 113th Sts.), rsvp 877-6115;
Sat. at 1:30, $12.
you like best about man-made Central Park; The Dairy at Central Park, 64th St.
(midpark), 794-6564; Sat. at 11-12:30, free.
without hurting yourself or fellow fishermen with Central Park Conservancy staff;
Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 110th St. (5th Ave.), 860-1370 to register;
Weds.-Sat. 10-4, free [through 10/30].
Family Garden for winter; NY Botanical Garden, 200th St. (Southern Blvd.), Bronx,
718-817-8700; Sat. & Sun., call for time, free w/adm.
9-14 to recreate an old-time radio drama using scripts, sound effects &
music; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (5th Ave.), 621-6600;
Sun., call for times & price.
with artist John Currie (12:30-2:30), "El Museo del Barrio" museum
tour (12:30-2:30) & afternoon of dance wtih American Ballet Theater (3-4);
Arts Connection, 120 W. 46th St. (betw. 6th Ave. & B’way), 302-7433
ext.1440; Sat., $2-$6.
explore different writing styles with filmmaker K. Wise’s "Casting
Your Net" (Thurs. 4-6), Adam Nadler’s "Writing & Producing
the Screenplay" (Mon. 4-6) & Marcelle Karp’s "Making the
Zine" (Mon. 4-6)–ages 13 & up; Writer’s Voice at the West
Side YMCA, 5 W. 63rd St. (Central Pk. W.), 875-4124; free [through 12/16].
B’way (64th St.), 307-4100 or 800-922-3772; Weds.-Fri. at 6:30, Sat. &
Sun. 12 & 4:30, $15-$60 [through 1/9].
magic performed to classical music; Rose’s Turn, 55 Grove St. (7th Ave. S.),
875-7785; Thurs. at 7:30 & 9:30, $12, $6 child. [through 11/11].
theater for Latino children; SEA @ Los Kabayitos Puppet & Children’s
Theater, 107 Suffolk St., 2nd Fl. (betw. Rivington & Delancey Sts.), 260-4080
ext.14, Sat. at 3:30, Sun. at 2, $8, $6 kids.
"Bunkbed Commando;" Dance Theater Workshop, 219 W. 19th St. (betw.
7th & 8th Aves.), res. req. 924-0077; Tues. at 8, $15, $10 st./s.c.
Gene Deitch’s Where the Wild Things Are–ages 5-10; Museum of
Modern Art, The Roy & Niuta Titus Theater 2, 18 W. 54th St. (betw. 5th &
6th Aves.), 708-9400; Sat. 12-1, $5 per family.
children obtain books. Tonight, Barbara Maitland’s My Bear & Me
at Upper West Side Barnes & Noble, 2289 B’way (82nd St.),
362-8835; Weds. at 6, free.
with Belinda & Hova broadcasts live from the Museum of Television &
Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (5th Ave.), 621-6600; Sat. 10 a.m.-12, free w/mus. adm.
sixth annual mini-festival feat. "The Fisherman’s Clever Daughter"
production & puppet dance work entitled "Morgon Kara in Morgan Kara;"
Bohemian National Hall, 321 E. 73rd St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Sts.), 631-3518;
call for times & prices [through 10/31].
Little Pigs (3:30); Grove St. Playhouse, 39 Grove St. (betw. Bleecker &
Hudson Sts.), rsvp 741-6436; Sat. & Sun., $8.50 [through 11/21].
Vital Theater, 432 W. 42nd St., 3rd Fl. (betw. 9th & 10th Aves.), 592-4508;
Sat. at 11 a.m., $8 [through 11/20].
PARTNER
Realism Foundation on learning to like the world as a whole, for children ages
five-12; 141 Greene St. (betw. Houston & Prince Sts.), 777-4490; 11, $7.
