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Mon May
21
10 a.m. till 5:45 p.m.

A Year With Children

Presented by Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum


Learning Through Art, the pioneering arts-education program of the Guggenheim Museum, presents 'A Year with Children 2012,' an exhibition that showcases selected artworks by New York City public-school students in grades two to six. These students participated in a yearlong artist-residency program that partners professional teaching artists with classroom teachers in each of the city's five boroughs to design collaborative projects that explore art and ideas related to the classroom curriculum. Approximately one hundred creative and imaginative works, including drawings, prints, photographs, sculptures, paintings, assemblage, and outdoor site-specific art, will be on display during this five-week installation.
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Categories: Arts, Community, Museums


Mon May
21
12 p.m. till 5 p.m.

Misaki Kawai: Love From Mt. Pom Pom

Presented by Children's Museum of the Arts


This is an interdisciplinary art exhibition of new work by the internationally recognized Japanese artist Misaki Kawai, entitled 'Love From Mt. Pom Pom'. Utilizing painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, artist books and zines, as well as animation and video, Misaki will transform CMA's gallery into an imagined world named ?Mt. Pom Pom', where giant fuzzy animals and other colorful characters run wild.
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Categories: Arts, Community, Museums


Mon May
21
8 p.m.

Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical

Presented by Palace Theatre


'Priscilla Queen of the Desert' is adapted by Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott from the hit movie of the same name. 'Priscilla Queen of the Desert' tells the story of Tick, Bernadette and Adam, a glamorous Sydney-based trio of drag queens who agree to take their show to the middle of the Australian outback. They hop aboard a battered old bus (nicknamed Priscilla) searching for love and friendship and end up finding more than they ever could have dreamed.
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Categories: Community, Performances, Theater


Tue May
22
10 a.m. till 5:45 p.m.

A Year With Children

Presented by Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum


Learning Through Art, the pioneering arts-education program of the Guggenheim Museum, presents 'A Year with Children 2012,' an exhibition that showcases selected artworks by New York City public-school students in grades two to six. These students participated in a yearlong artist-residency program that partners professional teaching artists with classroom teachers in each of the city's five boroughs to design collaborative projects that explore art and ideas related to the classroom curriculum. Approximately one hundred creative and imaginative works, including drawings, prints, photographs, sculptures, paintings, assemblage, and outdoor site-specific art, will be on display during this five-week installation.
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Categories: Arts, Community, Museums


Tue May
22
10 a.m. till 5 p.m.

Collections Central: Artifacts & Specimens

Presented by Brooklyn Children's Museum


Look, feel, make and know in this ever-changing gallery, featuring engaging activities using a selection of cultural artifacts from the 27,000 piece collection. Curate your own exhibit or explore these fascinating treasures through magnifiers, puzzles, games and special drawing programs. Children are invited to share their own interpretation of the messages and meanings they find within each artifact or specimen.
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Categories: Community, Museums


Tue May
22
10 a.m. till 5 p.m.

Neighborhood Nature

Presented by Brooklyn Children's Museum


Discover who lives in the neighborhood when you visit a freshwater pond, a saltwater beach, an urban woodland, and a community garden. Children will enjoy the hands-on activities. Say "hi" to Fantasia, the Museum's famous, 20-foot-long albino Burmese Python.
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Categories: Community, Museums, Programs


Tue May
22
10 a.m. till 5 p.m.

World Brooklyn

Presented by Brooklyn Children's Museum


A walk around the block becomes a trip around the world in the new hands-on, interactive 'World Brooklyn' exhibit, because Brooklyn is home to everyone from everywhere. At the heart of 'World Brooklyn' is a vibrant cityscape, shrunk to a child's scale. lined by a series of kid-sized shops that they can explore and particapite in a variety of hands-on activities. Life-size video projections of local performance troupes invite children to dance along to traditional Russian ballet, Irish step dance, Arab debkah, Bangladeshi folk dances, and more.
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Categories: Community, Museums, Programs


Tue May
22
10 a.m. till 5 p.m.

Totally Tots

Presented by Brooklyn Children's Museum


'Totally Tots' is inspired by the Museum's natural science, cultural, and historical collections and includes several areas that promote literacy and physical and social development. Gallery spaces include the Baby Hub, Water Wonders, Art Studio, Building Zone, Little Theater and Parent Junction.
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Categories: Community, Museums, Programs


Tue May
22
10 a.m. till 5 p.m.

Pattern Wizardry

Presented by Brooklyn Children's Museum


'Pattern Wizardry is a magical exhibition that invites children's inquiry through hands-on activities and introduces them to the fundamentals of patterns as the building blocks of our natural and man-made world.
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Categories: Arts, Community, Museums, Programs


Tue May
22
8 p.m.

___ (The Cockfight Play)

Presented by New 42nd Street Studios - The Duke on 42nd Street Theater


When John and his boyfriend take a break, the last thing he expects is to suddenly meet the woman of his dreams. Now he has a big choice to make.
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Categories: Community, Theater




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