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October 2, 2008 / News / Parenting / Family Calendar

Family calendar

By Susan Rosenthal Jay

for The Brooklyn Paper

Saturday, Oct. 4

10 am and 11:30 am: Chocolate Chip Chamber Music. Old First Reformed Church (126 Seventh Ave. between Second and Third avenues in Park Slope). $7 (cash only). Call (718) 638-8300 for info.

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 and Gretel.” Puppetworks (338 Sixth Ave. at Fourth Street in Park Slope). $7 kids, $8 adults. Call (718) 965-3391 for info.

Sunday, Oct. 5

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

12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: “Hansel and Gretel. See Sat.,Oct. 4.

4 pm: Chocolate Chip Chamber Music. See Sat., Oct. 4.

Monday, Oct. 6

9:30 am-11:30 am: Indoor activities include hoops, tunnels, coloring, balls and books. $10 per family. Brooklyn Arts Exchange (421 Fifth Ave. at Eighth Street in Park Slope). Call (718) 832-0018 for info.

3:30 pm: Bilingual story time and a crafts activity. Brooklyn Public Library’s Carroll Gardens branch (396 Clinton St. ). Free. Call (718) 596-6972 for info.

Tuesday, Oct. 7

10:30 am: Meet Philip Bildner, author of “The Shot Heard ’Round the World.” Free. Brooklyn Public Library Carroll Gardens branch (396 Clinton St.) (718) 596-6972.

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. 10

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. 11

12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: “Hansel and Gretel. See Sat., Oct. 4.

1–5 pm: On-camera commercial workshop for kids 7 to 14 years. $175. Creative Arts Studio (310 Atlantic Ave. between Smith and Hoyt streets in Boerum Hill). Call (212) 479-8480 for info.

11:30 am: Seining on the beach at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Catch and release the fish which live under the Manhattan Bridge. Free. Brooklyn Bridge Park (enter park at New Dock and Main streets) Reservations necessary. Call (718) 782-0603, ext. 18. For info visit. www.brooklynbridgepark.org

Sunday, Oct. 12

12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: “Hansel and Gretel. See Sat.,Oct. 4.

2 pm: The Jumpin’ Juniper Show with music by Uncle Rock. $10, $8 kids under 12 and low-income. Brooklyn Arts Exchange (421 Fifth Ave., at Eighth Street in Park Slope). Call (718) 832-0018 for info.

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