Teresa Wang

Restaurant Week Winter 2020

January 14, 2020 by Teresa Wang

Photo: Henry Hargreaves

NYC’s biannual Restaurant Week is back, and it’s just in time to try all of the new restaurants popping up in our neighborhood! Dining out is New York City’s most fabulous pastime, and NYC Restaurant Week is the only invitation you need. This winter, you’ll find special prix-fixe menus at hundreds of restaurants across town.

Date: January 21 — February 9

Time: Lunch and/or Dinner

Location: Various Locations

Fee: 2-course lunch $26; 3-course dinner $42

Age(s): All ages.

Fidi Families Insiders: Register your Mastercard to get a $10 statement credit when you spend $65 or more during NYC Restaurant Week®.

For more information please visit their website HERE

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Saturday Morning Show Returns to Hudson Eats Brookfield Place

January 10, 2020 by Teresa Wang

The Saturday Morning Show at Brookfield Place

Bring the family down to Hudson Eats for weekly performances by magicians, musicians, storytellers, and more!

From 10am-12pm every week, kids can wiggle, dance and singalong with our dynamic children’s performers.

Date: Saturday, January 11

Time: 10:00am — 12:00pm
10am: Joanie Leeds: Life clicked into place for Joanie Leeds upon realizing that when she was with children, they transformed themselves into amazing creatures of joy, forgetting how to hold back. Seeing the kids get in touch with their true selves gave Joanie a sense of fulfillment that far surpassed playing for adults on the club circuit. The songs that Leeds began turning out reflected this sense that life is a joyful adventure.

11am:Wonderspark Puppets: Founded in 2009 by husband and wife duo Z. Briggs and Chad Williams, WonderSpark Puppets performs for New York City audiences of all ages and is proud to continue the tradition of non-moving-mouth hand puppets, aka “Mister Rogers style.” From birthday parties to libraries, NYC shops and school classrooms, WonderSpark’s flexibility allows them to perform in any space.

FiDi Families Insiders: The Saturday Morning Show is recurring through April 25, 2020

Location: 230 Vesey St. (Hudson Eats in Brookfield Place)

Age(s): Infant – 5 years old

Cost: Free

For more information visit their website HERE

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Storybook Reading and Activity: SkySisters at National Museum of the American Indian

January 10, 2020 by Teresa Wang

Storybook Reading and Activity: SkySisters by Jan Bourdeau Waboose (Ojibway)

Join museum staff for a storybook reading and related make-and-take activity. January’s book is SkySisters by Jan Bourdeau Waboose (Ojibway).

Date: Saturday, January 11

Time: 1:00pm — 2:00pm

Location: One Bowling Green: 1st Floor, imagiNATIONS Activity Center Classroom (National Museum of the American Indian)

Age: All ages

Cost: Free

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

For more information visit their website HERE!

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Aura Blackstar: Bowie Cello Symphonic Visualized at Brookfield Place

January 9, 2020 by Teresa Wang

Family Fun at the Terrace at Brookfield Place

Radical cellist Maya Beiser will debut her immersive performance of Aura Blackstar: Bowie Cello Symphonic Visualized in New York City. The event is a live presentation of Beiser’s forthcoming Bowie Cello Symphonic: Blackstar (Islandia Music Records), a dramatic track-by-track reimagining of David Bowie’s final album. The album release and performance will take place on January 10 to honor David Bowie’s passing on the same date, four years ago.

Date: January 10

Time: 8pm

Location: 230 Vesey Street — Winter Garden at Brookfield Place

Age(s): All

Cost: Free

For performance details visit their website HERE

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