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Family calendar

Compiled by Susan Rosenthal Jay
for The Brooklyn Paper

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Saturday, Aug. 11

Noon–5 pm: Ride the Prospect Park Carousel (Willink entrance intersection of Flatbush Ave. and Empire Boulevard), six tickets for $8. Visit www.prospectpark.org for info.

2 pm: Ezra Jack Keats story hour. Imagination Playground in Prospect Park (enter park near Ocean Avenue, between Park­side Avenue and Lincoln Road), free. Call (718) 965-8960 for info.

9:15 am–4:30 pm: Intense dance program. Dancewave ages 10 to 18, $460. August 20 to August 24. Call (718) 522-4696 for pre-registration.

Jennifer Garcia

Monday, Aug. 13

11 am: Scavenger hunt. Brook­lyn Public Library Brooklyn Public Library’s Red Hook branch (7 Wol­cott St. between Dwight and Richards streets), free. Call (718) 935-0203 for info.

2 pm: Toddler Time for babies 18 to 36 months. Brooklyn Public Library’s Borough Park branch (1265 43rd St. between 12th and 13th avenues), free. Call (718) 437-4085 for info.

2:30–4:30 pm: Science and Move­ment at Pierrepont Play­ground. Brooklyn Heights Play­ground Committee (end of Pierre­­­pont Street and the River), free. Visit www.bhplaygrounds.org for info.

6–8 pm: Arts and crafts at Pierre­pont Playground. Brook­lyn Heights Playground Com­mittee (end of Pierrepont Street and the River), free. Visit www.bhplaygrounds.org for info.

Tuesday, Aug. 14

10 am–noon: Creative Arts at Pierrepont Playground. The Brooklyn Heights Playground Committee (end of Pierrepont Street and the River), free. Visit www.bhplaygrounds.org for info.

2–4 pm: “Discovery Tuesday!” Brooklyn Botanic Garden (1000 Washington Ave. between Mont­gomery and Crown streets), free with garden admission. $8 adults, free for kids 12 and younger. Call (718) 623-7200 for info.

2 pm: “Spy School.”Brooklyn Public Library’s Windsor Terrace branch (160 East Fifth St. between Caton Avenue and Fort Hamilton Parkway), free. Call (718) 686-9707 for info.

Wednesday, Aug. 15

10 am–noon: Creative Arts at Pierrepont Playground (end of Pierre­pont Street at the Prome­nade), free. Visit www.bhplaygrounds.org for info.

Thursday, Aug. 16

Noon–5 pm: Carousel Ride. Prospect Park (Willink entrance, intersection of Flatbush Avenue and Empire Boulevard), free. Visit www.prospectpark.org for info.

2–4 pm: “Thirsty Garden Thursday!” Brooklyn Botanic Gardens (1000 Washington Ave. between Montgomery and Crown streets), free with garden admission. $8 adults, free for kids 12 and under. Call (718) 623-7200 for info.

4 pm: Writing workshop for tweensat the Brooklyn Public Library. Bay Ridge branch (223 Ridge Blvd., between 79th and 80th streets), free. Call (718) 748-5709 for info.

10 am–noon: Creative Arts at Pierrepont Playground. See Wednesday, Aug. 15.

Friday, Aug. 17

9:30 am: Learn to bird watch. Audubon Society (Cove, Main Street Park), reservations required. Call (718) 802-0603 ext., 18 for info.

6:30 pm: Rhumba with Max Pollak. Brooklyn Children’s Museum (145 Brooklyn Ave., at St. Marks Avenue), free. Call (718) 735-4400 for info.

8 pm: Kid Film Fest. MoCADA and African Film Festival of New York (Fulton Park, corner of Utica Avenue and Fulton St.), free. Call (718) 230-0492 for info.

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