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New York City Math Festival at 28 Liberty Plaza (FREE)

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New York City Math Festival at 28 Liberty Plaza (FREE)
New York City Math Festival

 

Fosun Hosts Free Math Festival on 28 Liberty Plaza

FiDi Families welcomes the National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) to 28 Liberty Plaza for the second annual New York City Math Festival. 

The full day of mathematical fun will feature hands-on math exhibits, entertaining mathematical games, intriguing puzzles, brain teasers. Among other performances, educator John Chase will reveal the secrets of mathematics and demonstrate a juggler’s ability to anticipate the path of a ball or club in space and time.

The New York City Math Festival will also feature:

  • Performances by mathematical mimes, Tim and Tanya Chartier, in a series of fun vignettes that illustrate the concepts of estimation, tiling, and infinity

  • Group constructions of giant sculptures, including the amazing rainbow-colored hyberbolic Hilbert’s Rainbow with mathematician Chaim Goodman-Straus and the six-foot tall geometric structure Goldberg Variations with mathematician David Reimann.  If you can thread a cable tie through a hole or count to six, you can help!

  • Formations of mathematical patterns using Math-on-a-Stick from the Minnesota State Fair with math educator, Chris Danielson

  • Engaging puzzles and brainteasers with the Julia Robinson Math Festival

FiDi Families Insiders: Enjoy complimentary bagels (while supplies last)

Date: Saturday, August 18th

Time: 10 am – 4 pm

Location: 28 Liberty Plaza

To learn more about the event and future events, please visit their website HERE

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Kinet-X STEM Festival (REGISTRATION OPEN)

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Kinet-X STEM Festival (REGISTRATION OPEN)

 

Hey future engineers, this event is just for you! The STEM Festival is a day for students from ages 9-15 with an interest for computer science, engineering, robotics or anything tech to immerse themselves in awesome, fun technology workshops. There will be a general Q&A panel with the founders, past students, and other influencers, then students will move on to the interactive/hands-on workshops. Students will learn to crack a code in Python, build robots with Arduino from scratch, explore Blockchain, and much more.

Date: Saturday, September 8th

Time: 10:30am – 3:00pm

Location: 25 Pine Street

Cost: $15/per person (ticket includes pizza and beverages)

Age(s): 9 – 15 years 

For more information, specific workshops and to purchase tickets visit their Eventbrite page HERE

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Summer Streets 2018

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Summer Streets 2018

 

Join us for the annual celebration known as Summer Streets, a “take-over” of some of NYC’s most popular streets and neighborhoods. Traffic is redirected and locals and visitors alike have a chance to hit the pavement on their feet instead of on wheels. On three consecutive Saturdays in August, nearly seven miles of NYC’s streets are opened for people to play, run, walk and bike. During last years celebration, more than 300,000 people took to the “Summer Streets”. Families will enjoy fitness classes and showcases, as well as sports activities and some great sports demos, so don’t miss it!

Date(s): August 4th, August 11th and August 18th

Time: 7am – 1pm 

Locations: from Brooklyn Bridge/Foley Square to Central Park, along Park Avenue and connecting streets

Cost: Free

Ages: All ages welcome and designed for all ages and ability levels

To learn more, please visit their website HERE

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Kids Hour at the Apple Store

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Apple Store

 

Every weekend, the Apple store at the World Trade Center’s Oculus has a 1-2 programs per day specifically catered for kids to celebrate creativity. Today’s feature is the Sphero Maze Challenge. Kids will explore coding with Sphero robots by programming simple movements, loops, and more. Then they’ll design a maze and navigate their robot through the obstacles. Kids can bring their own iPad and Sphero Sprk+ robot, or borrow one from the Apple Store. Kids Hour is designed to spark imagination and creativity through fun, hands-on projects.

Date: Sunday, July 29th (Usually recurring Saturday & Sundays)

Time: 12:00pm — 1:00pm

Location: 185 Greenwich Street – Apple World Trade Center

Fee: Free

Age(s): Recommended for ages 6 to 12, but my 5 and 2 year olds enjoyed it.

For more information please visit their website HERE

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Free Music Thursday Nights in Battery Park City

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Free Music Thursday Nights in Battery Park City

The River and Blues free concert series returns to Wagner Park in Battery Park City this year. Every Thursday from now until August 2nd catch a River and Blues concert from one of the talented bands. After, Strings-on-Hudson will go from August 9th until August 30th. 

  • July 12 // Toshi Reagon and BIGLovely – New York music scene staple Toshi Reagon crafts progressive, soulful blues and creates an intimate, uplifting spiritual connection to the audience with the help of her renowned band BIGLovely
  • July 19 // John Hammond – A River & Blues favorite, legendary bluesman, Grammy winner and Blues Hall of Fame inductee John Hammond has shared the stage with a who’s who of blues greats, from Jimi Hendrix to Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters and more
  • July 26 // Hurray for the Riff Raff – Born and raised in the Bronx, Alynda Lee Segarra ran away to New Orleans, emerging with the folk-inspired, bluesy Americana sound of Hurray for the Riff Raff
  • August 2 // Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio – This Seattle-based soul collective brings a jazzy, soulful blues sound to New York City.

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Game On Returns to Water Street!

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Game On Returns to Water Street!

Remember all the games down at The Seaport last year? They are back for the Summer! Game On!, The Downtown Alliance’s activity-focused outdoor series will activate public plazas along Water Street with backyard games, physical fitness challenges, food and drinks, and music for four Wednesdays running from July 18th through August 8th.

Starting at 4:00pm those days, the fun will be happening at 200 Water Street, 75 Wall Street, 32 Old Slip, 55 Water Street and 85 Broad Street. Lots of locations to have fun this Summer!

FiDi Families Insiders: There will be happy hour drink specials at local bars and restaurants. Make sure to visit three of the Game On! spots and get a stamp from each location to be entered for prizes from City Acres, Andaz Kitchen, The Mailroom and more!

For more information check out their website HERE!

 
 
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Equinox Group Class at Brookfield Place

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Equinox Group Class at Brookfield Place

Join Equinox New York at Brookfield Place’s Waterfront Plaza for a mashup of two favorite signature group classes: The Cut and Best Butt Ever. This is an outdoor class instructed by Eddie Carrington designed to sculpt and tone your body.

Date: Saturday, July 7th

Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm

Location: 230 Vesey Street – Waterfront Plaza

Cost: Free 

Age(s): Adults

To RSVP and for more information visit their website HERE

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