Places and Events for Children, Teens & Families
Welcome to New Jersey's
Guide to
Places and Events for Children, Teens & Families
The
Summer/Fall Kids' Guide
featuring your guide to summer Arts in the Parks, fairs, festivals and much
more as well as back-to-school programs and services for the fall is now
available at libraries, stores, schools, professional and real estate offices
throughout northcentral New Jersey. To receive a copy by mail, send $3.50
for one issue or $9 for 3 consecutive issues to Kids' Guide, Box 892, Murray
Hill, NJ 07974.
See HOT PICKS below for new events and listings received after publication and use the convenient links to access websites for the most up-to-date information on exhibitions, events and activities. Email entries for HOT PICKS to kids@kidsguide.com.
Be sure to check out NEW TRAVEL DEALS and VACATION IDEAS under FAMILY TRAVEL (new deals will be posted soon)!
Updates to the Kids' Guide Calendar
& Highlights from the Winter/Spring Kids' Guide
Recent Openings | New Events | Ongoing
Events | Open for Registration | Community Resources
2009-2010 SEASON CALENDARS NOW AVAILABLE
McCarter Theatre Center, 91 University
Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787.
New Jersey Performing Arts Center, One
Center St., Newark, 888-GO NJPAC.
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, 60
Park Place, 800-ALLEGRO.
Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey,
F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre, Drew University campus, 36 Madison Ave.,
Mdison, 973-408-5600.
Now Open
New Please Touch Museum
Please Touch Museum,
Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, 215-963-0667. Afer an $88
million restoration, the Please Touch Museum opened in the last major building
remaining from the 1876 Centennial Exhibition. The new museum offers a huge
array of interactive, hands-on learning opportunities for little ones and
their families. Six new exhibits, a toy sculpture, a collection of Philadelphia
Childhood Treasures, and a 100-year-old Dentzel Carousel join together with
Memorial Hall's rich history and architecture to create a unique family
destination that resembles a majestic storybook castle.
Newark Fire Museum
Newark Museum, 49
Washington St., Newark, 973-596-6550. Housed in the Ward Carriage House
in the Alice & Leonard Dreyfuss Memorial Garden, the Newark Fire Museum's
exhibit, Fire Escapes: Danger & Survival, provides children and
their families with the key knowledge they need to survive a fire in their
home. Visitors pass through a facade replicating a burned-out house, enter
various "rooms" with video presentations, and experience a controlled
mock fire drill. Kids can climb in the cab of an actual Newark Fire Department
truck and try on bunker gear in a fireman's locker room.
Feather Ridge
Adventure Aquarium,
1 Riverside Dr., Camden, 866-451-AQUA. New interactive exhibit located
within the West African River Experience offers guests an opportunity to
purchase bird food and feed a variety of West African birds at select times
throughout the day.
New Uris Center for Education Opens
The Metropolitan Museum of
Art, 1000 Fifth Ave., New York, 212-535-7710. New Education center includes
an art study room, studio facilities, lecture hall, classrooms and seminar
rooms, and greatly expanced library for teachers, students and Museum visitors,
with a special areas dedicated to families.
1784 One-Room Schoolhouse
Newark Museum, 49
Washington St., Newark, 973-596-6550. The 1784 one-room schoolhouse, the
oldest in Newark, has been fully restored and rededicated.
Musical Machines & Living Dolls
Morris Museum, 6 Normandy
Heights Rd., Morristown, 973-971-3700. Permanent installation of the Murtogh
D. Guinness collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata opens
in new wing featuring immersive environments, interactive components and
extensive video and audio recordings.
11 Jul
Family Saturday
Summit Area YMCA,
67 Maple St., Summit, 908-273-3330. 5-8pm. All ages welcome. Y members free,
non-members $10 per family. Family BBQ, small fee applies. Call to register.
Sept-May
Family Programs at MOMA
Museum of Modern Art, 11 W.
53rd St., New York, 212-708-9905. Saturdays and Sundays thru May 31. All
family programs begin in the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and
Research Building, 4 W. 54th St. Ticketing takes place at the Cullman Building
reception desk. Programs include family line lab; Tours for Fours for ages
4 and adult companions; A Closer Look for Kids for ages 5-10 and their adult
companions; Family Films; and Films for Tweens. Consult website
for details or email familyprograms@moma.org. To be informed of registration
and program news, families can sign up for the Family Programs E-News at
www.moma.org/enews.
Call for Entries--Youth Eco-Essay Contest-By
May 31, 2009
Open to all kids ages 6-16, contestants must answer two questions
in their own words, in 250 words or less per question. 1. Why is it important
to save the world's oceans and the environment? 2. If you were an Ocean
Protector, what kind of creature would you be, what one special power would
you have, and why?
The winner's character will be featured in
the next book of "Duckey and the Ocean Protectors" as the newest
Ocean Protector, and the winner's name will be included as a contributing
writer. Submissions must be postmarked by May 31, 2009. The winner and top
10 finalists will be announced on June 15, 2009. Winners will be contacted
prior to announcement. For more information or to submit an entry, visit
website.
Wednesday Tea at the Proprietary House
149 Kearny Ave., Perth Amboy, 732-826-5527. 1-4pm. Family-friendly
tea is served every Wednesday, except major holidays. Tea includes tea and
homemade cakes. Donation of $3.50 per person or child, add $1.50 for historical
tour of the house. Children may bring their American Girl doll, any other
doll or action figure. Hot cocoa can replace tea. Reservations required
for groups over 6.
Shakespeare LIVE! Educational Touring Company
The educational touring company, Shakespeare LIVE!, travels to schools
and other venues throughout the tri-state region with 60-minute versions
of two of Shakespeare's most popular plays--A Midsummer Night's Dream
for grades 3 & up and Macbeth for grades 6 & up--and Nevermore:
The Final Nightmares of Edgar Allan Poe recommended for grades 6 &
up. Bookings are now being accepted for all three productions, 973-408-3980.
"J" Crew After School Program for
Grades K-4
Shimon & Sara Birnbaum JCC,
775 Talamini Rd., Bridgewater. Contact Ken Kaus, "J" Crew
Director, 908-725-6994 x227; KKaus@ssbjcc.org. Homework help, swimming,
sports, arts and crafts, fitness programs, cooking, comuters, daily snack
and more! High staff-to-child ratio. Register for 2, 3, 4 or 5 days a week.
Busing available from select Bridgewater schools.
Miriam Cohen, PT, DPT, PCS;
Kimberlee Raynovich, PT, MS
Pediatric Therapeutics,
330 Main St., Chatham, 973-635-0202. Experienced pediatric physical therapists
provide comprehensive services for children of all ages alongside occupational
and speech therapists. Our large facility incorporates family centered creative
approaches to maximizing your child's abilities.
PLEASE NOTE:
Hours, prices, exhibit and event information area subject to change.
Please call ahead or use the convenient website links to get the latest
information prior to your visit.
LAST UPDATE 7/1/2009
For print advertising, web advertising, subscription and other inquiries, write or call:
Kids' Guide
PO Box 892, Murray Hill, NJ 07974-0892
e-mail: kids@kidsguide.com
phone: 908/665-0607
fax: 908/665-2052
Please include your mailing address
and phone number.
Community organizations and Kids' Guide advertisers
who would like to post an event under "Hot Picks" or in the Kids'
Guide's printed calendar should e-mail, mail, or fax information to the
addresses above. While we will make every effort to do so, we cannot guarantee
submissions will be included.
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