Labor Day Things To Do With The Family In New York City

Labor Day marks the end of the beautiful summer season and leads us seamlessly into autumn. This is your chance to get together with the family, head outside, and soak up the last bit of that hot summer air! Here are some events and activities taking place this Labor Day weekend (Saturday, September 1, through Monday, September 3) that your whole family will enjoy!

Brazilian Day:

Celebrate Brazilian culture by tasting various foods, meeting new people, and dancing to lively music at Little Brazil. This is a chance to expand your cultural horizons and learn more about this beautiful country. Free, September 2. Little Brazil, West 46th Street between 5-6th Avenues,
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Circus Amok:

Witness this one-ring circus full of juggling, tightrope walking, acrobatics, clowning, puppetry, stilt dancers, paper mache lions, and so much more! Free, September 1, 3-4pm. Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd, Long Island City, Queens, socratessculpturepark.org

Coney Island Fireworks:

After a day full of sun, sand, and fun at Coney Island, finish it off with a beautiful display of fireworks with the kiddos! What better way to end the summer?! Free, September 1-2, 9:30pm. 37 Riegelmann Boardwalk, Brooklyn

NYC Unicycle Festival:

The ninth annual NYC Unicycle Festival brings together all kinds of cyclists! From recreational riders to world-class performers to mountain and off road riders to people who have never ridden before, this is one place where everyone is free to roam and ride how they want! Free, September 1-2, 12-5pm. Governor’s Island, nycunifest.com

Prospect Park History Walking Tour:

This two-hour walking tour allows you to explore the park’s natural and human history. From examining the flora to gawking at the architecture, you’re not only on a tour through Prospect Park, you’re on a tour through time! $10-20, September 2, 10:30am-12:30pm. Prospect Park, Brooklyn, prospectpark.org

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Salsa Festival:

Spice up your Labor Day plans by taking some salsa dancing workshops, watching live performances and concerts, and sitting front row to some of the most intense competitions! $20-150, August 30-September 3, times vary. New York Marriott Marquis, 1535 Broadway, newyorksalsacongress.com

Smorgasburg Prospect Park:

Stop by the famous Brooklyn food festival that features some of New York’s most delicious restaurants. You’ll be able to taste test your way through each tent, but try and pace yourself! Free, September 2, 11am-6pm. Breeze Hill, Brooklyn, prospectpark.org

Warm Up:

Warm Up is MoMA PS1’s outdoor music series that presents an array of artists across various genres. Be some of the first people to listen to these up-and-coming artists in NYC and some more established names locally and globally. $13-22, September 1, 3-9pm. Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street, moma.org

Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit:

This twice-a-year exhibit showcases fine artists around the New York area and even around the world. Walk over to this sidewalk show to admire the latest creations in watercolor, photography, sculpture, jewelry, metal work, and so much more! Free, September 1-3, 12-6pm. University Place starting at East 13th Street and continuing South along the East side of Washington Square Park to West 3rd Street, wsoae.org

Treehouse Shakers

<div>Treehouse Shakers&rsquo; Branching OUT After-School program is for ages 12-14. This awarded program is for young people who identify as LGBTQIA+, or are seeking to become better allies. Branching OUT centers on discovering and exploring one&rsquo;s story and identity through an intentionally artist-led format. During our community-based program, young people will explore and reflect on their own story to create a larger, more meaningful experience, while gaining self-empowerment and gathering with like-minded peers. Through the guidance of our awarded teaching artists, young people will create narratives that will be turned into podcasts, dances, songs or poetry.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Young people have the opportunity to learn new art forms, work with professional artists, while building a meaningful community.</div>

Academics West

Academics West is an accredited high-support college preparatory school designed to meet the academic and social-emotional goals of its students. Our unique model allows for each student to benefit from a customized educational experience to ensure they are acquiring the skills necessary to navigate their post-secondary lives whether they attend college or pursue another path to future success. Students can select different tracks to construct the most beneficial program to suit their needs and goals. Unlike conventional education, this innovative model enables students to prepare for an ever-changing world that requires young people to have advanced executive functioning, interpersonal and leadership skills to become independent and resilient adults. &nbsp;

The Language Workshop For Children

After offering both group and private lessons for many years and analyzing the results over&nbsp;time, The&nbsp;Language Workshop for&nbsp;Children, founded&nbsp;in1973, has decided&nbsp;to emphasize private remote lessons at shorter intervals.&nbsp;Our skilled educators&nbsp;will&nbsp;focus their attention exclusively on the&nbsp;unique needs, learning style, and interests of your child.&nbsp;This allows a&nbsp;bond&nbsp;to develop&nbsp;between teacher and student, which&nbsp;has been&nbsp;shown to&nbsp;drastically improve retention.&nbsp; OUR METHOD&nbsp; Developed by the pioneers of language education for children, our programs bring decades of&nbsp;experience to your living room with individualized, active language classes. Each lesson is based on proven methods and materials perfected to capture your&nbsp;child&rsquo;s attention during the ages when he/she absorbs information the fastest. &nbsp;&nbsp; While other online language classes rely on videos for passive learning, we deliver interactive, and engaging lessons with native-fluent teachers. In addition, all our teachers are certified in the Thibaut&nbsp;Technique which has been featured&nbsp;in the New York&nbsp;Times, the&nbsp;Wall Street Journal, and many other well-respected&nbsp;publications.&nbsp;&nbsp; Our short one-on-one lessons give kids the chance to focus, hear pronunciation clearly, and practice speaking in their target language.  THE PROCESS&nbsp; First, students have a short meeting with our Director&nbsp;Francois&nbsp;Thibaut, in&nbsp;English, with&nbsp;their parent(s)&nbsp;present.&nbsp;Mr. Thibaut&nbsp;will determine&nbsp;the best course of study, including&nbsp;class length and&nbsp;frequency, the&nbsp;right&nbsp;teacher, lesson&nbsp;format and materials (or action games for younger students.) Then the learning&nbsp;begins!&nbsp;Mr. Thibaut will continually check in on your child&rsquo;s learning to assure they are getting the most&nbsp;of&nbsp;their&nbsp;classes.&nbsp; OTHER OFFERINGS&nbsp; We can also help your child prepare for: the French subject tests for SAT, AP &amp; CLEP, the European DELF/DALF, the Canadian TEF and other standardized testing, college entry exams, studying or traveling abroad,&nbsp;cultural changes when moving abroad,&nbsp;and much more!&nbsp; &nbsp;