Events: The Best Kid-Friendly Events Of The Week

f_24AUG13_1294_kidsday2_phil — Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day at the US Open, photo via arthurashekidsday.com

Sports, cars, nature, live music–this weekend the city has something for every interest! Get your game on at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Family Field Day, or savor some barbecue and blues tunes at Hudson River Park. Budding tennis stars will love Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Visit the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge to witness the natural beauty of shorebird migration, or travel to Governors Island for the NYC Volkswagen Traffic Jam. Punch buggy!

Saturday, August 23

Pier 6 Family Field Day
Brooklyn Bridge Park
10am-1pm
All Ages
Get active at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s special Family Field Day at Pier 6! This lively group of events includes sports like volleyball, basketball, and soccer, as well as fun games like potato sack and relay races. This is a free event

Blues BBQ
Hudson River Park
2pm
All Ages
Combine your family’s love of Blues and BBQ! Hudson River Park’s Pier 84 is hosting this scrumptious festival with America’s best blues and roots musicians along with three of the city’s tastiest barbecue joints (Mighty Quinn’s Barbecue, Delaney Barbecue, and Dinosaur Bar-B-Que). This is a free event.

Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
9:30am-4pm
All Ages
Tennis fans and otherwise will have a blast at the Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day in Flushing Meadows, Corona Park! With free family activities like face painting, 10 and under tennis, hair beading and braiding, and appearances by beloved Nickelodeon characters (Spongebob and Patrick, Dora and Diego), the day will be nonstop fun. Don’t miss the special stadium show at 1pm! Grounds activities are free, stadium shows from $10

9^th Annual Shorebird Festival
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
7am-5pm
All Ages
Bird lovers will want to check out this annual Shorebird Festival, which takes places at peak shorebird migration time in the Big Apple. NYC Audubon Members and other birders will hike around the East Pond when birds are in their greatest numbers. Other great activities include an introduction to refuge issues and wildlife management, shorebird photography, more hikes, and a discussion on shorebird identification and behavior. There will be also be coffee (for the parents) and doughnuts. Suggested donation

Sunday, August 24

NYC Volkswagen Traffic Jam
Governors Island
10am
If your little ones can’t get enough of cars, take them to see this classic VW show! The NYC Volkswagen Traffic Jam is a spectator-judged, vintage Volkswagen car show. Enjoy a picnic, a view of the New York Harbor and Statue of Liberty, as well as 100 Beetles, buses, Dune Buggies, and more. Registration is not required for spectators. This is a free event

British Swim School - Long Island

The premier learn-to-swim provider for people of all ages, offering programs for children ages 3-months through adults.&nbsp; British Swim School uses gentle teaching methods and a survival-first approach to help people of all experience levels become safer, stronger swimmers. British Swim School&rsquo;s safe, fun, and effective instructional program has made it the preferred choice for parents and students for over 40 years. Come see the British Swim School difference!

The Music Institute of Long Island

Established in 1990, the Music Institute of Long Island (MILI) is a classical music school staffed by exceptional instructors from many of the most prestigious conservatories and graduate music schools in the United States and Europe. Long Island&rsquo;s foremost musical academies, its instrumental programs include violin, viola, cello, piano, flute, clarinet, saxophone and voice classes. MILI has been voted # 1 BEST MUSIC SCHOOL Consistently.&nbsp; They teach the Traditional, Suzuki, and ABRSM methods. Students participate in All-National, All-Eastern, All-State, youth orchestras, and score highly in NYSSMA and Royal Academy Music Festivals. First prize winners of competitions earn solos at Carnegie Hall and with orchestras. MILI offers Fall/Spring semesters plus Summer Sessions. Semesters include 15-17 weeks of private lessons, solo recitals with a final GALA Concert featuring chamber music. About the Directors: Carol &amp; Geri Kushner: The sisters are violinists, violists, chamber coaches &amp; performers. They believe in instilling the love of music, &nbsp;fostering proficiency, success, confidence &amp; believe all MILI students achieve success. Degrees BM, MM (+), K-12 certifications, attended Manhattan School of Music, Queens College &amp; Stonybrook University.They have been adjunct professors at Syracuse University, Aaron Copland School of Music Pre-College &amp; Five Towns Colleges, Stonybrook University &amp; have taught in L.I. public schools.

That's Mandarin

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