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Grab and Go Kids Planner
Take a Look at our List of Activities You Can Enjoy With Your Kids This Weekend.
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We've assembled a weekly calendar of kid-friendly activities and new places to try out with children. Each week, we'll give you the info on the five best family activities or events for the week.
Look for the kids’ planner each Wednesday and help us build the planner with your own suggestions and tips — just add them to the comment box.
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Easter Crafts and Storytime
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Bayside Historical Society - 208 Totten Avenue, Bayside
April 16, 2 p.m.
Fee: Individual child $5, Families $10
The Bayside Historical Society is hosting an arts and crafts group activity this Saturday. Children will engage in Easter-themed activities, such as coloring eggs, egg hunts and listening to Easter stories.
For more information visit the historical society's website.
6th Annual Talent Show
Bayside Public Library - 214-20 Northern Blvd.
April 15, 3:30 p.m.
Children, grades Kindergarten through 12, are invited to participate in the sixth annual talent show and display their talents to the community.
Specialized High School Admissions Test with Princeton Review
Forest Hills Library - 108-19 71 Avenue
April 16, 1 p.m.
If your child is preparing for the SAT this year, make sure to take advantage of this free full-length practice test.
The test will be timed and each student will receive a detailed score report, which will highlight their strengths and areas of possible improvement. The scores are for students and parents only and will not be reported to any schools.
Preregistration is required. Call 1-800-2Review (800-273-8439) or log onto www.princetonreview.com. Space is limited.
Charlotte’s Web
Queens Theatre in the Park- Claire Shulman Playhouse (main stage), Flushing Meadows Corona Park
April 16, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Fee: Tickets $12, Multi-show $10.
Come see TheatreworksUSA’s production of E.B White’s classic tale of true friends Wilbur the pig and little gray spider Charlotte. The play will feature a stage full of wacky and endearing farm animals.
To purchase tickets and for more information click here.
Alice in Wonderland Follies
Colden Center for the Performing Arts at Queens College - 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing
April 17, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Ages: 5 and up.
Tickets: $12
New York Theatre Ballet presents "Alice in Wonderland: Once Upon a Ballet." This hour-long production of the Disney storybook classic is perfectly suited for young audience members and features two bonus pieces as well as an introduction by Diane Byer, the artistic director.
Click here to purchase tickets.