Family-Friendly Vacation: The North Fork
For a budget-friendly sampling of retro family fun, rent a station wagon and check out some delightfully nostalgic activities.
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- We All Scream
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Learn about the sweet history of ice cream at the Van Cortlandt House Museum. By Alexandra Zissu
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Awesome Little Parks-
Five less-crowded playgrounds. Because sometimes Central, Prospect, and Riverside don’t deliver in the seesaw department.
Family FlicksMore movies
A 3-D adaptation of the Jules Verne classic.
Wall-EA robot struggles to figure out the meaning of his existence.
READING LIST
The Retired Kid
By Jon Agee
The Dangerous Alphabet
By Neil Gaiman
Flight Explorer
By Kazu Kibuishi
the summer issueMore
Kids tell us what they’re hoping to do this summer, then we tell parents how to make it happen.
By Sarah Bernard
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7/16 The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks at Lucille Lortel Theatre
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- The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks
- Lucille Lortel Theatre
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Based on the book "The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks," this play works on the premise that it’s not easy to share a room with a messy sibling. More »
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7/23 Laura Vila at Book Culture
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- Laura Vila
- Book Culture
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The author and illustrator Laura Vila arrives at Book Culture to read from her new picture book, "Building Manhattan." More »
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7/25 30th Annual Thunderbird American Indian Mid-Summer Pow Wow at Queens County Farm Museum
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- 30th Annual Thunderbird American Indian Mid-Summer Pow Wow
- Queens County Farm Museum
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Three whole days of open-to-the-public intertribal Native American dance competitions. More »
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- A Sealed Fate
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Nigel Barker, a fashion photographer and dad, has teamed up with the Humane Society’s Protect Seals Campaign. More »
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