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Watch Toni On! Free (and cheap) Summer Fun!

admin — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:06:17 +0000

Queens County Farm A farm in Queens? What?!?

admin — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:49:10 +0000

ok, call me the last to know, but Queens is home to the oldest continuously operating farm in New York state, appropriately called The Queens County Farm! and you can go there! feed the sheep, take a hay ride, buy local eggs, honey and WINE! check out the cows and watch the peacocks sneak peaks of themselves in your hubcaps. AND IT IS FREE!!!!!

in celebration of everything green, we headed over that way with a motley crew of kids, and our buddy Alison Lowenstein – writer extraordinaire (City Kid New York, City Baby Brooklyn and a frequent contributor to Time Out NY Kids).

we also headed to her favorite post farm hang, Eddie’s Sweet Shop – an authentic old timey ice cream store on Metropolitan Ave in Forest Hills. banana split so big and messy it took 5 kids (and me!) to devour it – and everything is home made from rum raisin ice cream to decadent whipped cream and caramel.

so, check out the show tonight @ 9pm on NYC Life! you will also get to check out my new electric Chevy Volt. just plug ‘er in and gooooooo! say buy-bye to paying at the pump! being green was never this cool!

Toni On! Toy Drive Wrap Party! Pls Help!

admin — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:32:20 +0000

Ok, we scored big time with this year’s drive and I NEED YOUR HELP! I am bringing my TV crew and we will be including this party in our Holiday Show and will get everyone’s mug on camera……We have well over 200 gifts to wrap!!!! We are meeting at Coogan’s Restaurant in Washington Heights & they have generously offered to feed us! Free coffee, hot chocolate, pastries, and bagels! We will even have a caricature artist on hand who will whip up a drawing of you for free! FUN!

Then we are off to St. Elizabeth’s Church to give out presents! I’ll pick up the wrappings and trimmings but I NEED YOUR HELP!!!!

Please “like” this post on FACEBOOK IF YOU ARE “IN”!

DATE: SUNDAY, DEC 5TH

TIME: 9AM

PLACE: COOGAN’S RESTAURANT IN WASHINGTON HEIGHTS

4015 Broadway

New York, NY 10032-1508
(212) 928-1234

SUBWAY 168th Street – Ind – Washington Heights

if yoy have any questions pls feel free to email me:
toni@tonionnewyork.com.

Free Fun For Lil’ Artists City Kid

admin — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:20:03 +0000

Art Trip: Spend your Saturday exploring these two amazing NYC museums. Enjoy music at the Brooklyn Museum or animated shorts at the New Museum. Absorb all of this culture for FREE.

Brooklyn Museum
Target First Saturday
Saturday Nov 6, 5-11pm, Free
See the museum after hours at the Brooklyn Museum’s Target First Saturday event. Held the first Saturday of each month, there is something for every member of the family. This month’s activities include music, dancing, art projects and a screening of Alice in Wonderland. Come early because it’s a popular program and lots of fun!

New Museum
New Museum First Saturdays for Families
Saturday Nov 6, 10amTake the kids to this edgy museum on the Bowery. This Saturday is the New Museum First Saturdays for Families program. Ideal for kids ages 5-15. On the first Saturday of the month, the museum offers a host of hands-on kid-friendly programs throughout the day. This Saturday at 11:30am they will screen animated shorts presented by StoryCorps.

About Alison Lowenstein, CITY KID blogger!

Alison Lowenstein is the author of City Kid New York: The Ultimate Guide for NYC Parents with Kids Ages 4-12, City Weekends: The Greatest Escapes and Weekend Getaways in and Around NYC, and City Baby Brooklyn: The Ultimate Guide for Parents from Pregnancy through Preschool.

She has written for The New York Daily News, Newsday, Time Out New York Kids, New York Family Magazine, National Geographic Traveler, Arrive, American Way,Wild Blue Yonder, TravelandLeisure.com, Babble.com, Grandparents.com, Cookiemag.com, among many other publications and websites. She is the featured expert and Ambassador for PBS Channel 13’s Kids Club 13 and was a guest in the New York Times City Room Taking Questions column. Her website is http://www.brooklynbaby.com. Alison lives in Brooklyn with her husband and their two school-aged children.

FREE Halloween To Do’sCity Kid

admin — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 23:19:22 +0000

Happy Halloween

Enjoy a fun and spooky Halloween at these holiday themed events in the city. From a haunted house at a Queens Farm Museum to crafts and stories at the carousel in Bryant Park, there is a lot more to do than trick or treating this Halloween.

Bryant Park
Trick or Treats at Le Carrousel
October 30 12pm-2pm, FREE
Kids are invited to come in costume and partake in art projects, see a magic show and hear creepy tales in the heart of NYC’s Bryant Park.

Queens County Farm Museum
October 30 and 31
Halloween Haunted House
4:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, Haunted House Admission: $4.00,

This Halloween weekend, check out the Queens County Farm Museum’s kid-friendly haunted house (recommended for kids ages 4-12). On Halloween, the Queens County Farm Museum is also hosting a Children’s Fall Festival (for all ages) from 11-4pm (admission is $5 per person). Kids are invited to come in costume and have a fun day of games, sack races, pony rides and other fun activities like western music and dancing.

The Annual Halloween Costume Parade at the Scholastic Store
October 30th at 3pm, Free
557 Broadway

Kids come in costume. Parents bring their cameras. This annual Halloween parade takes place at the Scholastic store in Soho. Kids parade down Mercer Street in Soho and then head back to the store to hear a story and enjoy a Halloween themed craft project.

About Alison Lowenstein, CITY KID blogger!

More FREE Fall fun for kids! City Kid

admin — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:30:50 +0000

More FREE Fall themed Kid-friendly events

Get into the Halloween spirit at a Ghouls and Gourds festival at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens or celebrate Teddy Roosevelt’s 152nd birthday (he was a city kid and you can also visit his birthplace in Manhattan) at Sagamore Hill on Long Island. There is a lot to do this weekend, go out and enjoy it!

Sagamore Hill Days Fall Family Festival
Sagamore Hill, 12 Sagamore Hill Road, Oyster Bay. NY

more info

Saturday, October 23rd 11am-4pm
FREE
Celebrate what would have been Theodore Roosevelt’s 152nd Birthday at this fall festival. Enjoy traditional children’s games like potato sack races, egg and spoon carrying and pumpkin rolling. There will be demonstrations throughout the day including a bee keeping demonstration.

Brooklyn Botanical Gardens

More Info

Ghouls and Gourds, Sunday October 24th, 12-6pm
Kids under 12 are FREE!
Dance to Suzi Shelton and other great kid’s music at this fun Halloween themed festival at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. Come in costume or sit back and enjoy a costume parade. There will be art projects and kids can also meet with children’s book authors and illustrators!

About Alison Lowenstein, CITY KID blogger!

City Kid FREE weekend to do’s!

admin — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:11:27 +0000

Three Family Friendly Fall Festivals

Enjoy the outdoors at these fun family friendly festivals. From sheep shearing in beautiful Rhinebeck (where Chelsea Clinton tied the knot this summer) to free family fun in the heart of Madison Square Park, there are many fun kid-friendly activities to enjoy this weekend.

Madison Square Park Fall Kids Fest

Saturday October 16th—It’s Free!

11-2pm

https://www.madisonsquarepark.org/Programs/MadSqKids.aspx

For those wanting to stay in the city the Fall Kids Fest in Madison Square Park is a must-do activity for the weekend. Activities include book making, pumpkin decorating, a concert and other activities. Bring a costume for your little one, since the festival includes a costume parade led by clowns from the Big Apple Circus. Afterward enjoy a shake from the Shake Shack located in the park or grab some pasta from Eataly across the street!

The Oyster Festival

October 16-17th 11-6pm, It’s FREE!

http://www.theoysterfestival.org

Spend the day at the 27th annual Oyster Festival on Long Island. With rides, petting zoo and good eats, this festival is largest waterfront festival on the east coast. Kids will love to see folks dressed as pirates, searching for buried treasure and touring the tall ships in the harbor like The Gazela, which was built in 1901.

The Sheep and Wool Festival

October 16-17th, Saturday 9-5pm, Sunday 10-5pm, General admission $12, $9 for pre-purchased tickets, Children under 12 are FREE

www.sheepandwool.com

The Sheep and Wool Festival held at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds in Rhinebeck has a schedule full of family friendly activities including a petting zoo, pumpkin patch, bouncy slide, games, rides, and other activities. Families can also take in a Leaping Llama show or participate in a pumpkin-throwing contest.

About Alison Lowenstein, CITY KID blogger!

Is your City Kid the next Frank Lloyd Wright?

admin — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 17:25:14 +0000

THIS WEEKEND and it’s FREE!

Oct 7^th Pick—Open House New York Weekend—Oct 9^th and 10^th

Budding artists and architects can get inspired at the many family friendly/kid-focused workshops around the city during the 8^th annual Open House New York (http://www.ohny.org/kids/), taking place on October 9^th and 10^th. This free architect and design event is ideal for kids because they get to explore historic homes, museums, galleries and other notable spots in the city including a gallery that was once a men’s haberdashery and department store. Participating cultural institutions throughout the city offer various family programs including kid friendly scavenger hunts, art classes and workshops. During Open House New York kids can learn about the city’s history while also learning to appreciate NYC’s beauty. You will truly heart NYC after a weekend exploring these gems throughout the five boroughs. Just to note, some programs require reservations, so please check the Open House NY website to get information about specific programs.

About Alison Lowenstein, CITY KID blogger!

Calling all Jimi Hendrix fans!

admin — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:51:43 +0000

Jimi Hendrix photographer Gered Mankowitz to appear at Morrison Hotel Gallery SoHo this Saturday, September 25th from 1PM – 4PM.

Famed Jimi Hendrix photographer Gered Mankowitz will debut a brand new limited edition Jimi Hendrix book featuring Mankowitz’s stunning collection of what many consider the best photographs ever taken of Jimi Hendrix. This highly collectable book, limited to 500 copies, will sell for $495.00. We will feature an exhibition and sale of brand new fine art prints created especially for this show by Gered Mankowitz.

Cool To Do’s On Hot Weekend Brooklyn Mama

admin — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 17:35:18 +0000

What a day for the beach! Why not make today a Coney Island Day? In addition to the sun, the sand, the surf and the rides at Luna Park, the streets will be alive with the sound of music at the 10th Annual Siren Music Festival.

During the festival, why not spice things up a bit by checking out the 2nd annual Frank’s Red Hot Atomic Wing Eating Contest. Move over Nathan’s. Now is your chance to watch Sean “The White Rapper” Lennon defend his title as “Wing King of New York”. Do you think he can pull off breaking his own record from last year? 37 wings in 7 minutes! I’m on fiyahhh just thinking about it. Watch competitive eating history happen right here, folks…unless it’s too hot for you to handle.

Feeling a little gangsta? Then, make sure to don your best fedora and head on down to the Coney Island’s ‘FlashMafia’. Be part of this reenactment of 1920’s era Al Capone presented by MafiaLife.com and Mob Candy Magazine. Perfect for those car enthusiasts in your life, there will be 20 vintage automobiles ranging from the roaring 1920’s to the 1940’s. This event is being filmed for a TV show airing in the fall, so make sure to dress in your best gangster attire. Boss’d Up and Swagg’d Out will get you free entry into the ‘Crazy Capone’ after party held at The Luna Grill located at 1315 Surf Avenue.

Some other fun events happening around Brooklyn this weekend:

Sheepshead Bay’s famous Roll-n-Roaster is celebrating their 40th Anniversary. Brooklyn Borough President will be proclaiming July 17th “Roll-n-Roaster” Day. The big event begins today at 1:30 with festivities and special promotions taking place all weekend long.

Parlez Vous France? Then head on down to Smith Street for their annual Bastille Day fête and enjoy traditional food, music…and even participate in the largest pétanque tournament in the U.S.! Just don’t go losing your head in the guillotine.
Hosted by Bar Tabac and Robin de Bois aka Sherwood Café, this event takes place on Sunday, July 18th from 11am-8pm (on Smith Street between Bergen and Pacific Streets).

If you didn’t get a chance to experience the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Festival yet, then make sure to head over to Williamsburg. Old Timer’s Day is Sunday, July 18th, and it will be your last chance to see the Dancing of the Giglio as this feast ends for the season.

Well, I don’t know about you, but I’m slathering on the sunscreen and heading out the door to enjoy all of the goings-on around town.

Happy Weekend ~ Brooklyn Mama