4/27/12 Tribeca Film Festival: Tribeca Family Festival Street Fair

Saturday, April 27, 2013 from 10:00am to 6:00pm

Greenwich Street (from Hubert to Chambers Streets)

New York, NY 10013 
Cost: Free 

For all ages

The Tribeca Family Festival once again invites you to the ultimate street fair and family celebration, where a dazzling array of FREE activities, performances and experiences unfold downtown in Tribeca.

Step onto the Tribeca Studios backlot and into a filmmaking experience, watch a live chef demonstration from a local restaurant, fly a kite, create life-size bubbles in the Bubble Garden, get creative in our Arts & Crafts pavilions, dance to live music and put a smile on your face. It's time to take to the streets of the neighborhood, so join in for a special day of fun!

Our Festival stages will feature special performances from current Broadway shows along with emerging talent from right here in Tribeca. Local restaurants and merchants will offer Tribeca's finest foods, refreshments, and merchandise. Families can also attend a free screening of The Smurfs film at BMCC Tribeca PAC (with a special sneak preview program of The Smurfs 2).

What's Happening!


Tribeca Food Feast Watch neighborhood chefs create their signature dishes in a chef’s kitchen designed especially for the Street Fair.
* Hosted by Celebrity Cruises

Tribeca Studios Backlot Step into a green screen scene or experience the classic elements of filmmaking on location in New York City: lights, camera and ACTION!

Talent / Performers Sing, dance and experience live entertainment for all ages!

Activities / Featured Participants Enjoy arts and crafts, games and other fun things all day long!

Restaurants Taste the local flavor of some of Tribeca’s best kid-friendly restaurants.

Merchants Shop the stylish wares of some of Tribeca’s local stores.

Organizations / Associations Visit organizations and associations making a difference in Tribeca.

Schools / Academies Catch Tribeca schools out of the classroom with exciting hands-on activities for all!

Free Screenings The Family Festival is pleased to present a number of FREE film screenings for audiences of all ages. See website for a list of all free screenings.

Sponsors
American Express: Info booths and popcorn machines around the Festival

AT&T: Interactive games including DJ Studio and All Star Guitar and an experience to make a customized video/flipbook, along with a cell phone charging station.

Pepsi: Pepsi will present a sidewalk chalk art station as well as the Pepsi Next Taste Challenge and Tropicana sampling

Pure Leaf: Pure Leaf sampling on-site will invite Family Festival goers to take the Real Brewed Challenge – a blind taste test between Pure Leaf and freshly brewed iced tea. Pure Leaf will also have a photo activity for children and families to create their own “Celebri-tea” handprint.

Petcurean: Dogs walk the orange carpet and enjoy dog treats. Short films about dogs shown in the tent.

Radio Disney: On air promotions and sample family friendly products with Radio Disney’s partners

Clear Channel: On air promotions with z100

New York Times: Explore the Tribeca Film Festival’s Official Newspaper in print and digital; learn about the New York Times Film Club and take photos in front of a set & repeat

Real Simple: Answer questions on camera from the Real Simple editors inside their “movie-booth” and receive a cute Polaroid photo with a custom stamp; sample snacks and other goodies from Real Simple’s partners

Cinelan: A special program of Family-friendly short docs that focuses on innovation in storytelling will feature filmmakers from the GE FOCUS FORWARD Short Films, Big Ideas series, including director Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg. (already included in Amy and Peter’s request for website)

TIME OUT KIDS is hosting a screening of THE SMURFS at TPAC, with an exciting sneak preview of the upcoming summer comedy, THE SMURFS 2.

60 Hudson: Host of the Hubert Street Stage, the Arts and Crafts Pavilions and an art contest for local students. One piece of artwork selected from participating schools will be showcased in the 60 Hudson window located on the corner of West Broadway and Thomas Street.

See site for map, event schedule & more:
http://tribecafilm.com/festival/events/tribeca-family-festival-street-fair

4/26/13 Friday Is Free Pretzel Day! @ Auntie Anne's (NYC)

Friday, April 26, 2013 from 10am to 2pm

Auntie Anne’s Pretzels will give out a free Honey Whole Grain Pretzel on Friday at the following participating Manhattan locations between 10am and 2pm:

* 42nd & 8th

* Rockefeller Center
* Penn Station
* Penn Station Amtrak
* Port Authority of NY & NJ Bus Terminal
* Macy’s on 34th street

Ongoing Daily from 4/23/13 through 6/7/13 Ugo Rondinone's "Human Nature" Sculpture Exhibit @ Rockefeller Center

Ongoing daily from Tuesday, April 23, 2013 through Friday, June 7, 2013
Hours: All Day

Rockefeller Center
30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10111
Cost: Free (public sidewalk exhibit)
For all ages

For seven weeks this spring, nine 16-to 20-foot-tall, human-shaped stone figures by Swiss-born, New York-based artist Ugo Rondinone, will transform Rockefeller Center, inhabiting the plaza between 49th and 50th Streets as if transported from another time. The work, Human Nature, will be free to the public and is on view April 23 through June 7, 2013.

Human Nature is a stark contrast to its highly developed architectural surroundings in Midtown Manhattan. When the work is installed in April, the figures will populate the plaza where the famous Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is displayed, the massive forms of their legs and shoulders forming post-and-lintel structures beneath and among which visitors will be able to walk.

Human Nature is presented by Nespresso; the exhibition is organized by Public Art Fund and Tishman Speyer.

http://www.rockefellercenter.com/events/2013/03/01/human-nature/

Check out the buzz already generating around the exhibition:
The New York Times
Art in America

4/21/13 Celebrate Earth Day New York with Citywide Events!

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Where: Citywide

When: Various times

Cost: Free
For all ages

Although Earth Day is officially on Monday, April 22nd, there are many events happening this weekend!

Given the Earth's rapidly changing climate and the dramatic increase in the frequency of catastrophic natural disasters, there is more urgency than ever to be focused on the environment. Show some love for our home planet and learn how to help the cause at NYC's annual Earth Day celebrations. This year, Earth Day New York is presenting performances and activities for kids, sustainability talks and more in Grand Central Terminal's Vanderbilt Hall from 10am to 6pm, April 20–22. The main outdoor event takes place in Union Square on April 21, 11am to 6pm, featuring live performances, a sneak peek at some innovative new earth-friendly vehicles and exhibitions and displays from environmental organizations and businesses. For a really hands-on Earth Day commemoration, help clean up one of the City's many beaches and parks. Head to Staten Island's Fort Wadsworth at 10am on April 20 or Great Kills Park at 1pm on April 21 to volunteer your time and help restore the beauty of a borough that was devastated by Hurricane Sandy just a few months ago. 

Check out nyc.gov/parks for more information about Earth Day events around the five boroughs.

http://www.nycgo.com/events/earth-day

Summer 2013 Kids Bowl Free Program Happening This Year, All Summer Long (Nationwide); Teachers Can Apply for Bowling To Teachers Grant for Classroom Supplies

Select bowling centers and schools around the country are participating in the first ever Kids Bowl Free program. This program is designed by bowling centers to give back to the community and provide a safe, secure, and fun way for kids to spend time this summer.

Children whose age does not exceed a limit by a participating bowling center are eligible to register for 2 free games a day, all summer long, courtesy of the participating bowling centers along with the schools and organizations.

Kids Bowl Free & Participating Centers 

Sponsor $100,000 Classroom Supply Grant Program


Kids Bowl Free and participating bowling centers are teaming up to help educators offset their growing out of pocket expenses. Kids Bowl Free has been working closely with teachers, school administrators and bowling centers over the past four summers to help provide a safe, fun activity for children while they are on summer break.

Many teachers have expressed their concern of budget cuts and the inability to have all of the teaching aids they need for their students to have the best learning environment possible. The Bowling To Teachers program is a small step to helping 400 teachers improve their learning experience for their students.

For teachers that would like to apply visit www.BowlingToTeachers.com to complete the short grant application. 80 grants per month will be awarded from March through the end of July 2013.

http://www.KidsBowlFree.com/

4/12/13 + 4/13/13 More Magazine/Fitness Magazine Women's Half-Marathon Health & Wellness Expo @ Metropolitan Pavilion

Friday, April 12, 2013 from 11am to 7pm

Saturday, April 13, 2013 from 10am to 5pm

Metropolitan Pavilion

125 W. 18 Street
New York, NY

Cost: Free

For all ages

This Sunday, April 14th, thousands of women from all over the world will be participating at the largest women's half-marathon in the country at Central Park from 8am until 12 noon. Pre-registration required at: http://www.morefitnesshalf.com/

On Friday and Saturday, stop by Metropolitan Pavilion for a Health & Wellness Expo with free admission to all.

Activities include:

* Exhibitor booths

* Speakers and training sessions
* Shopping and special sales
* Food and product sampling
* Beauty touch-ups
* Health screenings and information
* Book signings
* Gift bags

For those running on Sunday:

Runner check-in and packet pick-up

PLUS, Commemorative Athleta Technical T-Shirt with Registration (Retail Value $44)

http://www.morefitnesshalf.com/