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By Susan Rosenthal Jay
for The Brooklyn Paper

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Saturday, Sept. 27

11:30 am-6 pm: Music and dance fest. Brooklyn Arts Exchange (421 Fifth Ave. at Eighth Street in Park Slope). $12 adults, $8 kids per concert. $45 all day family pass. Call (718) 832-0018 for info.

Noon: Apple Festival features music, barn dancing and apple-based food treats. Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum (5816 Clarendon Rd., at 59th Street in the Flatlands section). Free. Call (718) 629-5400 for info.

Packer Summer Day Camp

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

1 pm: Ragamuffin Parade. Costumed kids march along Third Avenue in Bay Ridge from 72nd to 92nd streets. Call (718) 833-4928 for info.

1 pm: Leaf printing arts and crafts for kids. Salt Marsh Nature Center (Ave. U at East 33rd Street in Marine Park). Free. Call 311 for info.

1 pm: Nature crafts. Prospect Park Audubon Center (enter park at Lincoln Road and Ocean Avenue or Flatbush Avenue and Empire Boulevard). Free. Call (718) 287-3400 for info.

Sunday, Sept. 28

12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: “Hansel & Gretel.” See Saturday, Sept. 27.

1 pm: Nature crafts. See Sat., Sept. 27.

4 pm: Susan Orlean reads “Lazy Little Loafers.” PowerHouse Arena (37 Main St., at Water Street in DUMBO). Free. Call (718) 666-3049 for info.

Tuesday, Sept. 30

11 am: Sing-along. The Moxie Spot (81 Atlantic Ave., at Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights). Free. Call (718) 923-9710 for info.

Friday, Oct. 3

9:30 am: Music, movement and massage. Brooklyn Arts Exchange (421 Fifth Ave. at Eighth Street in Park Slope). $20 per family. Call (718) 832-0018 for info.

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

Saturday, Oct. 4

11 am and 2 pm: Make art and learn how artists use color. Brooklyn Museum (200 Eastern Parkway at Washington Avenue). Free for kids 12 and under. Call (718) 638-5000 for info.

12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: “Hansel & Gretel. See Sat., Sept. 27.

Sunday, Oct. 5

11 am and 2 pm: Make art. See Sat., Oct. 4.

12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: “Hansel & Gretel. See Sat., Sept. 27.

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