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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A fifth-grade chorus gets famous, with a little help from Perez Hilton. By Jason Gay
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Emma Kenney made a short movie about a vampire named Francesca. It got accepted into an international film festival.
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When a man sees his career going down the drain, he finds a solution in his young daughter's imaginary world.
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Which bats work best? The Brooklyn Bulldogs decide.
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Unreal jungle gyms, hard-rocking puppet shows, and other reasons why it's great to be a city kid.
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7/10 The Little House of Cookies at TADA! Youth Theaterkids
- The Little House of Cookies
- TADA! Youth Theater
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A musical adaptation of Eleanor Clymer’s The Tiny Little House, in which neighborhood kids dream up ways to use an abandoned dwelling. More »
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7/11 They Might Be Giants at Prospect Park Bandshell
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- They Might Be Giants
- Prospect Park Bandshell
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The Grammy-winning band plays Celebrate Brooklyn’s Ezra Jack Keats Family Concert. More »
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7/11 WhitneyKids Punk Rock! at Whitney Museum of American Art
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- WhitneyKids Punk Rock!
- Whitney Museum of American Art
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Innovative punk band Japanther performs, plus animated-film screenings and an opportunity to explore the interactive sculptures of Dan Graham. More »
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7/12 Family Day! at Rumsey Playfield
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- Family Day!
- Rumsey Playfield
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A performance by D.J. Lance Rock (from Nickelodeon’s Yo Gabba Gabba!) and Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre’s adaptation of Sleeping Beauty highlight this SummerStage concert. More »
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7/12 The Muppet Movie at Brooklyn Lyceum
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- The Muppet Movie
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Brooklyn Lyceum’s Sunday-afternoon kids-movie series kicks off with the 1979 film starring Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy. More »
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Summer Fun.
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