Things to Do in Lower Manhattan

Things to do in Lower Manhattan

Annual Children’s Festival: Taíno, Taíno, Taíno

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Children's Festival: Taíno, Taíno, Taíno

 

Enjoy the Museum’s annual Children’s Festival and explore the Taíno culture of the Caribbean. Hands-on activities include hammock making with natural fibers, decorating clay pots and crafting a maraca or magnet to take home.  Music and dancing led by Irka Mateo (Taíno). Bobby Gonzalez (Taíno) offers storytelling.

Date: Saturday, May 18th and Sunday, May 19th

Time: 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

Location: One Bowling Green Diker Pavilion (National Museum of the American Indian)

Age: All ages welcome

Cost: Free to attend

FiDi Families Insiders: While you’re there, swing by their ongoing imagiNATIONs Activity Center

For more information visit their website HERE!

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Last Yellow Sneaker Show of the Season at The Museum Of Jewish Heritage

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New Families, New Traditions

Families are invited to join the musical group Yellow Sneaker and their puppet pals. The concert will feature a Jewish holiday or value including: caring for the environment, friendship and love and kindness. Families, musicians and puppets will sing and learn together as a welcoming community.

Yellow Sneaker features the Brooklyn-based performers and teaching artists Ora and Yoshie Fruchter.

Date: Sunday, May 19

Time: 10:30 am

Location: 36 Battery Place – Museum of Jewish Heritage

Ages: Infants – 4 years old

Fee: Free

For more information, please visit here

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It’s My Park Day at Washington Market Park

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It's My Park Day at Washington Market Park

 

Spring is finally here! Are you interested in teaching your kids about gardening and conservation? Take advantage It’s Our Park Day! Stop by Washington Market Park and meet gardener Richie who will instruct children and adults on how to properly plant bulbs, flowers, and work the soil depending on what is needed within the park. The park will provide children’s gardening gloves and trowels, but if you have your own please bring them along.

New York City’s Department of Parks and Recreation asks city residents to come out twice a year to support their neighborhood park – once in the fall and once in the spring. At Washington Market, the day is used to teach children about gardening, and enlist their help in planting thousands of bulbs in the fall and annuals in the spring. For children who like to get their hands dirty, this is the event for them! 

Date: Saturday, May 18th 

Time: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm 

Location: 199 Chambers Street 

Ages: All ages welcome

Fee: Free to participate

For more information, please visit their website HERE

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Playground Partners Annual Family Party in Central Park

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Playground Partners Annual Family Party in Central Park

 

It’s time for an outdoor playdate in Central Park! Join FiDi Families at this incredible fundraiser with the Central Park Conservancy. 

Today Show co-anchor, author, and journalist Jenna Bush Hager and husband Henry Hager will serve as the 2019 Honorary Chairs of the Playground Partners Annual Family Party. The annual event will take place at Central Park’s Heckscher Playground to support the mission of the Playground Partners of the Women’s Committee of the Central Park Conservancy, raising funds for the daily care and maintenance of the Park’s 21 playgrounds. The family-friendly fundraiser, generously supported by Nordstrom, features activities geared toward children six months to 10 years of age, from face painting to sand art and magic.

Date:  Wednesday, May 22nd

Time: 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm 

Age(s): Infant – 10 yo

Cost: Tax-deductible tickets vary. See link HERE

Location:  Heckscher Playground, Central Park (from 61st to 63rd Streets)

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3rd Annual “Learn to Bike” Workshop with Bike New York, Sponsored by NY Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital

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3rd Annual "Learn to Bike" Workshop with Bike New York, Sponsored by NY Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital

 

FiDi Families is hosting our 3rd Annual “Learn to Bike” workshop for kids with the team from Bike New York. This is a perfect event for kids to learn how to ride a bike and ditch the training wheels. They usually get the hang of it right away but if not parents can leave with an easy-low stress technique that will have their kids riding independently in no time!

Complimentary water provided by Tickle Water, KIND Snacks and GoGo squeeZ will be available, while supplies last. 

Date: Saturday, May 18th

Time: 1p – 3p

Location: Peck Slip Park 

Ages: 5 – 13 yo

Fee: The workshop is free and open to the public, but RSVP is mandatory. 

FiDi Families Insiders: All riders must be accompanied by an adult. A waiver will be provided on site, required for each rider. A bike and a helmet are mandatory. 

Visit the event website for details and registration HERE

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