Things to Do in Lower Manhattan
Things to do in Lower Manhattan
Downtown families are invited to the Battery Park Library and join us to make your own Mardi Gras Mask. All materials will be provided by the NYPL. Kids 3 and older are invited to attend.
Date: Wednesday, February 19th
Time: 4:00 pm
Location: 175 North End Avenue — Battery Park City Library
Age(s): Best for ages 3+
Cost: Free
For more information visit their website HERE
Apple Store WTC has some great daily programs specifically catered for kids to celebrate creativity. Tomorrow’s feature is Design Lab: Draw Your Astronaut Inspired by Snoopy in Space.
Get ready for an exciting adventure through space. Learn how to create your own astronaut in the iconic Peanuts style using the Procreate app on iPad Pro with Apple Pencil. Draw facial expressions to show emotion and mood, customize a colorful spacesuit, and make your astronaut come alive in a share-worthy GIF. Devices will be provided. Watch Snoopy in Space, an Apple Original, on Apple TV+.
For sessions with amplified sound, hearing loop technology is available on request.
Date: Wednesday, February 19th
Time: 3:30pm — 4:30pm
Location: 185 Greenwich Street – Apple World Trade Center
Fee: Free
Age(s): Recommended for ages 5 to 12, but all ages welcome
For more information please visit their website HERE
Another day, another local library to check out. Spend your afternoon with a movie at the library! When Woody Buzz and the gang join Bonnie on a road trip with her new craft project turned toy, Forky the innocent little spork’s antics launch Woody on a wild quest filled with unexpected new characters, and one long lost friend. A soaring masterpiece stuffed with spectacular animation, humor, and heart, Toy Story 4 is not to be missed!
Date: Tuesday, February 18
Time: 3:30 pm
Location: 66 Leroy Street — Hudson Park Library
Age(s): All ages
Cost: Free
FiDi Families Insiders: Join them every Tuesday afternoon for Children’s films! Also a visiting librarian told me, “They essentially have a playroom (with a wind tunnel, kitchen playset, mini slide, & more!) and a baby corner all out on their children’s floor.” So come early or stay late to enjoy the place!
For more information visit their website HERE
Celebrate George Washington’s birthday at Fraunces Tavern Museum with dollar admission! Can’t get enough Washington? Make sure to check out our George Washington Portrait Gallery honoring Elizabeth and Stanley DeForest Scott , featuring the exhibition A Stoic Countenance: Portraits of George Washington. Then, head up to the McEntee Gallery to sneak a peek at a lock of Washington’s hair and a fragment of his tooth!
Date: Saturday, February 15th — Monday, February 17th
Time: 11 am — 5 pm
Location:
Fee: $1 Admission
Age(s): All ages welcome
For more information, please visit their website HERE.
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, February 9th
Time: 10:30 am
Location: 36 Battery Place – Museum of Jewish Heritage
Ages: Infants – 4 years old
Fee: Free
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