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November 26, 2008 / Brooklyn news / Parenting / Family Calendar

Family calendar

for The Brooklyn Paper

Munchies: A stage version of Eric Carle’s classic, “The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” will be performed on Nov. 30 at the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts.

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Saturday, Nov. 29

9-9:45 am: Breakfast with Santa. Our Lady of Grace (Avenue W and East Second Street in Gravesend). Call (718) 627-2020 for info.

10:45-11:30 am: Musical gumbo of songs, rhythms and dances. $20 drop-in rate. Gumbo [493 Atlantic Ave. between Nevins and Third in Boerum Hill, (718) 855-7808].

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

Sunday, Nov. 30

11 am and 2 pm: Art-making. See Sat., Nov. 29.

12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: “Hansel and Gretel.” See Sat., Nov.29.

11 am-3 pm: Drop-in class. Colonial cooking offers a taste from Brooklyn’s Colonial past. Free. Fort Greene Visitor’s Center. (Enter park at Myrtle Avenue between Washington Park and North Portland Avenue.) Call 311 for info.

2 pm: “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and other Eric Carle favorite stories. $6. Whitman Theater at Brooklyn Center for Performing Arts [2900 Bedford Road at Hillel Place in Flatbush, (718) 951-4600].

3 pm: St. Nicholas arrives on horseback -a Dutch tradition- and hands out treats. Free. Lefferts Historic House [Willink entrance to Prospect Park at Lincoln Road and Ocean Avenue, (718) 789-2822].

Monday, Dec. 1

4 pm: Film, “Pink Panther.” $6.50. Cobble Hill Cinemas (265 Court St., at Butler Street in Cobble Hill). Call (718) 624-3748 for info. Visit www.bigmoviesforlittlekids.blogspot.com.

Tuesday, Dec. 2

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

Friday, Dec. 5

9:30-11 am: Creative movement class. $20 per family. Brooklyn Arts Exchange [421 Fifth Ave. at Eighth Street in Park Slope, (718) 832-0018].

Saturday, Dec. 6

11 am and 2 pm: Art-making. See Sat., Nov. 29.

Noon-4 pm: St. Nicholas Day features colonial music, stories, horses to feed carrots to. Free. Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum (5816 Clarendon Road in Flatlands,). Call (718) 629-5400 for info.

1 pm: Circus skills, music and physical comedy. Free. Brooklyn Public Library’s Central branch [Grand Army Plaza at Eastern Parkway in Park Slope, (718) 230-2100].

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