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By Susan Rosenthal Jay
The Brooklyn Paper

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Saturday, July 12

11 am: “Daydream,” a short version of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Prospect Park’s Imagination Playground (Ocean Avenue between Lincoln Road and Parkside Avenue). Free. Call (718) 393-7733 for info.

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

2 pm: “Cinderella.” Chez Bushwick (304 Boerum St., at White Street in Bushwick). Call (866) 811-4111 for info.

Sunday, July 13

Noon-8 pm: Bastille Day. Brower Park (behind the Brooklyn Children’s Museum at 145 Brooklyn Ave., at St. Marks Avenue in Crown Heights). Free. Call (718) 735-4400 for info.

3 pm: “Daydream.” See Saturday, July 12.

Monday, July 14

2:30 pm: Summer arts program. Pierrepont Playground (end of Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn Heights). Free.

3:30 pm: Creative movement class. Pierrepont Playground (end of Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn Heights). Free.

Tuesday, July 15

10 am and noon: “On Top of Spaghetti.” Long Island University (Flatbush Avenue Extension near DeKalb Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn). $8. Visit www.kumbletheater.com for info.

10:30 am and 1 pm: Seventh Avenue Summer Youth Theatre Festival. South Oxford Space (138 South Oxford St., at Hanson Place in Fort Greene). $5. Call (718) 857-2783 for info.

Wednesday, July 16

Noon: 61st Annual Macy’s Fishing Contest. Instruction and equipment provided. Prospect Park Audubon Center(enter park at Lincoln Road and Ocean Avenue). Call 311 for info.

Thursday, July 17

Noon: Fishing contest. See Wednesday, July 16.

Friday, July 18

Noon: 61st Annual Macy’s Fishing Contest. See Wednesday, July 16.

10 am-6pm: Free admission. New York Aquarium (West Eighth Street and Surf Avenue in Coney Island). Call (718) 265-FISH for info.

Saturday, July 19

11 am: “Daydream.” See Saturday, July 12.

Noon: Fishing contest. See Wednesday, July 16.

12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: “Pinocchio.” See Saturday, July 12.

Sunday, July 20

Noon: Fishing contest. See Wednesday, July 16.

1 pm: “Bottle Biology,” help recycle and create a soda bottle terrarium. Bring an empty two-liter bottle. Salt Marsh Center (3302 Ave. U, at East 33rd Street in Sheepshead Bay). Free. Call 311 for info.

12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: “Pinocchio.” See Saturday, July 12.

3 pm: “Daydream.” See Saturday, July 12.

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