April 5, 2008 / Parenting / Family Calendar

Family Calendar

By Susan Rosenthal Jay

for The Brooklyn Paper

Saturday, April 5

10 am: Park Slope Little League Parade. Begins on Seventh Avenue and Carroll Street, moves down Seventh Avenue to Ninth Street, turns up Ninth Street into Prospect Park. Call (718) 965-8960 for info.

10 am–6 pm: Children’s Sports and Fitness Expo. St. Francis College (180 Remsen Street, between Court and Clinton streets in Brooklyn Heights) Free. Call (347) 715-4921 for info.

11 am: Art workshop. Brooklyn Museum (200 Eastern Pkwy., at Washington Avenue in Prospect Heights). $8, $4 students and seniors; free for members and kids 12 and younger. Call (718) 638-5000 for info.

12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: “Cinderella.” Puppetworks (338 Sixth Ave., at Fourth Street in Park Slope). $8, $7 kids. Call (718) 965-3391 for info.

1 pm and 3 pm: “Aesop’s Foibles.” Impact Theater (190 Underhill Ave., at Sterling Place in Prospect Heights). $10, $7 kids 12 and younger, free for children 3 and under. Call (845) 797-1320 for info.

Sunday, April 6

11 am: Jewish activity group. Union Temple (17 Eastern Pkwy., at Plaza Street East). Free. Call (718) 638-7600 for info.

1 pm: Kids’ Sundays, featuring readings, history-themed arts and crafts, storytelling. Children’s Corner, Prospect Park (enter park at Flatbush Avenue and Empire Boulevard). Visit www.heartofbrooklyn.org for info.

2 pm: Blogging workshop. Prospect Park YMCA (357 Ninth St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues in Park Slope). Free. Call (718) 789-8170 for info.

2 pm: “Wildlife Detectives in the Garden.” Brooklyn Botanic Garden (1000 Washington Ave., at Montgomery Street in Prospect Heights). Call (718) 735-4400, ext. 321 for info.

2 pm: “The Jumpin’ Juniper Show.” Brooklyn Arts Exchange (421 Fifth Ave. at Eighth Street in Park Slope) $10, $8 for kids under 13. Call (718) 832-0018 for info.

2 pm: “Baby Loves Jazz” with Steven Bernstein and Sharon Jones. Brooklyn Masonic Temple (317 Clermont Ave., at Lafayette Avenue in Fort Greene). $20. Visit www.babylovesjazz.info for info.

3 pm: Brooklyn county fair with music and treats. Brooklyn Children’s Museum (470 Vanderbilt Ave., at Fulton Street in Fort Greene.) $100 for a family of four. Call (718) 735-4400, ext. 323 for info.

12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: “Cinderella.” See Saturday, April 5.

3 pm: “Aesop’s Foibles.” See Saturday, April 5.

Monday, April 7

11 am–3 pm: Easter egg hunt. Von King Park (670 Lafayette Ave., at Marcy Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant). Free. Call (718) 965-8938 for info.

4 pm: Television workshop. Prospect Park YMCA (357 Ninth St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues in Park Slope). Free. Call (718) 789-8170 for info.

Saturday, April 12
11:30 am: Book brunchwith author/ illustrator Brian Selznick. BAMCafe (30 Lafayette Ave., at Ashland Place in Fort Greene). $20, $15 children 15 and younger. Call (718) 636-4100 for info.
12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: “Cinderella.” See Saturday, April 5.
1 pm and 3 pm: “Aesop’s Foibles.” See Saturday, April 5.

Sunday, April 13

12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: “Cinderella.” See Sat., April 5.

3 pm: “Aesop’s Foibles.” See Sat., April 5.

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