Things to Do in Lower Manhattan

Things to do in Lower Manhattan

Exploring Art + Technology Labs: Potatoes: From Peru to Poland at National Museum of the American Indian

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Exploring Art + Technology Labs: Potatoes: From Peru to Poland

 

How have potatoes travelled the world? Learn about the origin, adaptation, and journey of the (not-so) simple potato. Discover how Indigenous people of the Andes Mountains developed more than 7,000 varieties, and create your own potato print to take home.

Date: Saturday, November 16

Time: 1:oopm – 4:00pm

Location: 1 Bowling Green – National Museum of the American Indian, 1st floor

Fee: Free – REGISTER (212) 514-3705 or NMAI-NY-education@si.edu

Age: recommended for ages 9 and up, but all ages welcome

Fidi Families Insiders: While there, swing by their new exhibit catered towards children: imagiNATIONS Activity Center

For more information and to register please visit their website HERE

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The Bulldog Butler Workshop at the Fulton Stall Market with Dog Nutrition Expert Tazz Latifi

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The Bulldog Butler Workshop at the Fulton Stall Market with Dog Nutrition Expert Tazz Latifi

The Bulldog Butler brings his mission to improve the lives of our dogs in NYC. Join him for a demonstration event on how to create nutritious, homemade meals for your dog on any budget. He’ll be joined by Tazz Latifi, “The Petropolist”, who is an industry expert on nutrition and holistic dog care. Guests will have a chance to participate in a cooking demonstration on how to create nutritious meals for your dog at home with Tazz.

Topics:

  • How nutrition can lead to a longer, healthier life
  • Portion control
  • How to alter your pet’s diet if experiencing digestive issues
  • Options ranging from adding homemade items to store-bought food through 100% homemade diets
  • Best store-bought dog foods
  • Options to improve nutrition regardless of the time you have available
  • Tips for all levels of cooks, from novice to chef

FiDi Families Insiders: USE PROMOTION CODE: BULLDOG FOR 30% OFF registration fee.

Date: Wednesday, November 20th

Time: 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Location: 91 South Street (Fulton Stall Market)

Please visit their website to register HERE

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Multilingual Storytime at Battery Park City Library

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Battery Park Library Hosts a Multi-lingual Storytime

Looking for a fun indoor activity to do with your little ones? Head over to the Battery Park City Library for their multi-lingual storytime. Children will have a chance to interact with their Children’s Librarians in a friendly environment sharing stories, songs, and rhymes with a focus on international languages, including Spanish, Mandarin, and Japanese.

Date: Thursday, November 14th

Time: 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Location: 175 North End Avenue — Battery Park City Library

Age(s): All ages welcome

Cost: Free

For more information visit their website HERE

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NYC Winter Lantern Festival

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You're Invited to Our Winter Wonderland Experience!

 

You’re Invited! Our Winter Wonderland Experience!

Publicized by The New York Times, NYC Go, amNewYork, Timeout, and many more, this event is a spectacular experience for friends and family. Upon arrival, you’ll have access to our larger-than-life luminescent lantern installations, feats of acrobatics, live performances, international concessions, and traditional sugar painting.

In this year’s exhibition, there will be over 1,000 handcrafted lanterns with over 50 themes. These lanterns include children’s all-time favorites: vivid dinosaurs, gigantic mammoths, and lovely pandas. We have many more! Enjoy a “once in a lifetime” holiday experience you and your kids won’t forget.

FiDi Families Insiders: Enter promo code FIDIFAMILY15 to receive a 15% off ticket purchase. Expires on 12/15/19.

Date: November 20, 2019 – January 12, 2020

Location: 1000 Richmond Terrace in Staten Island

Age(s): All ages welcome

Tickets: Prices vary; available on the website HERE.

HOURS:

  • Closed ALL Mondays and Tuesdays (except Dec. 30th and Dec. 31st)
  • Wednesdays, Thursdays
    5:00pm―9:30pm
  • Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays
    5:00pm―10:30pm

For more information and tickets, please visit our website www.nycwinterlanternfestival.com.

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27th Annual Canstruction Competition with City Harvest at Brookfield Place

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27th Annual Canstruction Competition with City Harvest at Brookfield Place

 

Brookfield Place is hosting the 27th Annual Canstruction competition featuring unique sculptures made from unopened cans of food. The Canstruction competition challenges more than 20 teams of architects, engineers, and contractors to build sculptures made entirely out of cans of food. The unique structures will be placed on display and later donated to City Harvest for distribution to those in need.

Canstruction® New York has donated over 2 million pounds of food to local food banks since 1993, and over 1.2 million pounds to City Harvest since 2006. Since 1992, Canstruction® has raised nearly 82 million pounds of food for hunger relief organizations around the world with its signature, trademarked CanArt.®

City Harvest, 5013 nonprofit, operates in New York City through food rescue and distribution, and education. Since 1982, City Harvest has rescued more than 500 million pounds of food for hungry New Yorkers.

FiDi Families Insiders: Visitors are encouraged to bring cans to donate to City Harvest at Brookfield Place.

Date: Thursday, November 7th – Thursday, November 21st

Time: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm

Location: 230 Vesey Street – Brookfield Place

Fee: Free

Age(s): All ages welcome

For more information visit their website HERE.

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