Enjoy a unique evening in Wagner Park as three QuietEvents DJs silently send booming beats through your personal headphones. Jam as evening turns to night with the ultimate NYC sunset view as a backdrop.
Date: Saturday, June 9th
Time: 6pm – 10pm
Location: 16 Battery Place at Wagner Park
Fee: Free to borrow headphones, but deposit required.
Ages: All ages welcome
For more information, visit the website HERE
FiDi Families are invited to an advance screening of Incredibles 2. Get in on the fun with the Incredibles family, as Mr. Incredible and family are saving the world, all the while, tending to their youngest, Jack-Jack. With a stellar cast, including the return of Craig T. Nelson and Holly Hunter, the heroes and villains of the world are well-represented and Elastigirl (Mrs. Incredible) has her work cut out for her in the latest adventures of the Incredibles. The film is rated PG.
Date: Monday, June 11th
Time: 7 pm
Location: 1998 Broadway (AMC Loews at Lincoln Center)
FiDi Families Insiders: Winners should arrive early to grab a great seat and get popcorn!
Explore unique Teardrop Park while enjoying energetic lawn games and creating dynamic art. Artist/educators lead individual and group creative projects using clay, collage, paint and more. Materials provided. Dress for a mess!
When: Wednesday, June 6th (recurring every Wednesday)
Time: 3:30pm – 5:30pm
Location: Teardrop Park (Warren Street & North End Avenue)
Ages: 5 y.o. and up
Cost: Free
For more information visit their website HERE!
Date: Tuesday, June 5th
Time: 4pm – 7pm
Location: Pier 40, South Walkway, Wetlab (at West St. & Houston St.)
Age: all ages
Ticket: Free with RSVP to info@riverprojectnyc.org
For more information visit their website HERE
Inspired by the exhibition Transformer: Native Art in Light and Sound, workshops explore the intersection of art, science, and technology through hands-on, experimental activities. Projects align with STEAM approaches to
learning.
Since January, our teen Transformer Lab Volunteers (TLVs) have been assisting families and learning about the artists in the exhibition. Join us for a creative afternoon of special projects, all led by teens!
Date: Saturday, June 2nd and Saturday, June 16th
Time: 1:oopm – 4:00pm
Location: 1 Bowling Green – National Museum of the American Indian
Fee: Free – BUT MUST REGISTER (212) 514-3705 or NMAI-NY-education@si.edu
Age: recommended for ages 9 and up
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
A little out of our neighborhood, but still below 14th street and a lot of amazing outdoors and indoors fun and learning. Join the World Science Festival and Con Edison for this larger-than-life, touring event where the wondrous properties of science, technology, engineering, and math collide. Filled with interactive demonstrations, hands-on activities, and enormous exhibitions, this FREE program unleashes everyone’s inner scientist.
Launch objects 20 feet in the air with our seismic accelerator, walk on water, topple seven-foot tall dominoes, create an orbiting universe at the Warped Space Gravity Simulator, explore mind-bending challenges and puzzles, and so much more. . .
Date: Sunday, June 3rd
Time: 10:00am — 5:00pm
Location: 60 Washington Square S (NYU Kimmel Center) & Washington Square Park
Age(s): All ages
Fee: Free!
For more information please visit their website HERE.
Did you know that Home Depot offers free workshops for kids of all ages? The Manhattan location in the Flatiron District hosts the monthly series, on the 1st Saturday of every month. Though the location is not in Lower Manhattan, it is worth sharing, since its always a fun and worthwhile trip out of the hood.
This months craft is a classic model car that you can put on display or take for a ride “with no particular place to go.
FiDi Families Insiders: Participants keep their craft, receive a certificate of achievement, a Home Depot workshop apron, and a commemorative pin (while supplies last).
Date: Saturday, June 2nd
Time: 9a – 12p
Location: 40 West 23rd Street (Home Depot)
Ages: All
Fee: Free but RSVP suggested
To register and for more information visit their website HERE
