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Brier Rabbit Cityparks Puppetmobile Schedule May 2015 Park, Rec Center, and Playground Names Are Linked to Directions Brier Rabbit CityParks PuppetMobile Schedule May 2015 Park, Rec Center, and Playground names are linked to directions. Friday, May 1, 2015 9:15 & 10:30 AM PS 246, The Poe Center BX Saturday, May 2, 2015 1 & 3 PM Willowbrook Park SI Tuesday, May 5, 2015 9 & 10 AM Westbourne Park QN Wednesday, May 6, 2015 9:30 AM PS X140 Eagle Academy BX Thursday, May 7, 2015 9 AM Sunset Park BK Friday, May 8, 2015 10 AM Herbert Von King Amphitheater BK Saturday, May 9, 2015 1 PM Inwood Hill Park MN Monday, May 11, 2015 9 & 10 AM PS 101K BK Tuesday, May 12, 2015 9:30 AM PS 119 BX Wednesday, May 13, 2015 9 & 10 AM P723X BX Thursday, May 14, 2015 2 PM Queens Hospital QN Friday, May 15, 2015 9 & 10:30 AM Painters Playground QN Monday, May 18, 2015 9:30 AM PS 72 BX Tuesday, May 19, 2015 4 PM Faber Park SI Wednesday, May 20, 2015 8:45 & 9:45 AM PS 244Q QN Thursday, May 21, 2015 4 PM St James Recreation Center BX Friday, May 22, 2015 9:30 AM PS 304 BX Tuesday, May 26, 2015 9 AM CS 152 BX Thursday, May 28, 2015 9 AM PS 96 QN Friday, May 29, 2015 10:30 AM Springfield Park QN Saturday, May 30, 2015 12 - 3 PM Highland Park, Strawberry Festival QN ​ ​ Sunday, May 31, 2015 2 PM Stuyvesant Square MN Performances run approximately 45 minutes long *Also part of the SummerStage Kids festival ​ Brier Rabbit CityParks PuppetMobile Schedule June 2015 Park, Rec Center, and Playground names are linked to directions. Monday, June 1, 2015 4 PM PS 247 BK Wednesday, June 3, 2015 9:30 AM PS 38, Rosedale QN Thursday, June 4, 2015 6 PM Forest Park QN Friday, June 5, 2015 10:30 AM St. Albans Park QN Sunday, June 7, 2015 TBD Flushing Meadows Corona Park QN Monday, June 8, 2015 9:45 & 11:30 AM Beach 84th St Playground QN Tuesday, June 9, 2015 10:30 AM Brookville Park QN Wednesday, June 10, 2015 10:30 AM Hoover Park QN Friday, June 12, 2015 10:30 AM Baisley Pond Park QN Sunday, June 14, 2015 12 & 2 PM St. Catherine’s Park MN Tuesday, June 16, 2015 9:30 & 11 AM 245 Beach 79th St QN Wednesday, June 17, 2015 10:30 AM Buz O’Rourke Playground QN Thursday, June 18, 2015 11 AM Marcus Garvey Park Amphitheater MN Friday, June 19, 2015 10:30 AM Rufus King Park QN Monday, June 22, 2015 TBD Katzman Playground QN Tuesday, June 23, 2015 9:45 & 11:45 AM B17th Performance Space QN Thursday, June 25, 2015 9:30 & 11 AM B17th Performance Space QN Friday, June 26, 2015 TBD Poe Park BX Sunday, June 28, 2015 1 PM Bennett Park MN Monday, June 29, 2015 11 AM Cunningham Park QN Performances run approximately 45 minutes long *Also part of the SummerStage Kids festival ​ Brier Rabbit CityParks PuppetMobile Schedule July 2015 Park, Rec Center, and Playground names are linked to directions. Thursday, July 2, 2015 TBD Union Square MN Monday, July 6, 2015 11 AM Thomas Jeffereson Rec Pool Area MN Tuesday, July 7, 2015* 10:30 AM Maria Hernandez Park BK Wednesday, July 8, 2015 11 AM Flushing Meadows Corona Park QN Thursday, July 9, 2015* 10:30 AM Tremont Park BX Friday, July 10, 2015* 10:30 AM Brower Park BK Tuesday, July 14, 2015* 10:30 AM Columbus Park MN Wednesday, July 15, 2015* 10:30 AM Sunset Park BK Thursday, July 16, 2015* 10:30 AM Courtney Callendar Park MN Friday, July 17, 2015* 10:30 AM Crotona Park BX Monday, July 20, 2015* 10:30 AM J Hood Wright Park MN Tuesday, July 21, 2015* 10:30 AM Rufus King Park QN Wednesday, July 22, 2015 6 PM Highland Park BK Thursday, July 23, 2015* 10:30 AM Van Cortlandt Park, Southwest BX Playground Friday, July 24, 2015 11 AM St. Vartan’s Park MN Saturday, July 25, 2015 TBD Highbridge Park MN Sunday, July 26, 2015 TBD Brooklyn Bridge Park BK Monday, July 27, 2015* 10:30 AM Rochdale Park QN Tuesday, July 28, 2015* 10:30 AM Dr MLK Jr Park BK Wednesday, July 29, 2015* 10:30 AM Seward Park MN Thursday, July 30, 2015 10:30 AM Riverside Park South, Pier 1 MN ​ Friday, July 31, 2015* 10:30 AM Bloomingdale Park SI Performances run approximately 45 minutes long *Also part of the SummerStage Kids festival ​ Brier Rabbit CityParks PuppetMobile Schedule August 2015 Park, Rec Center, and Playground names are linked to directions. Monday, August 3, 2015* 10:30 AM Morningside Park MN Tuesday, August 4, 2015* 10:30 AM Underwood Park BK Thursday, August 5, 2015* 10:30 AM Pelham Bay Park, Playground For All BX Children Friday, August 6, 2015* 10:30 AM Queensbridge Park QN Saturday, August 8, 2015 5 PM South Oxford Park BK Monday, August 10, 2015* 10:30 AM Willowbrook Park SI Tuesday, August 11, 2015 10:30 AM Taaffe Playground BK Thursday, August 13, 2015 10:30 AM Alley Pond Park QN Friday, August 14, 2015* 10:30 AM Poe Park BX Saturday, August 15, 2015* 6 PM Marcus Garvey Park MN Sunday, August 16, 2015* 6 PM Marcus Garvey Park MN Wednesday, August 19, 2015 11 AM Fred Samuel Playground MN Thursday, August 20, 2015 TBD Reach for the Stars QN Saturday, August 22, 2015 11 AM Astoria Heights Playground QN Tuesday, August 25, 2015 1:30 PM Kaiser Park Oval BK Wednesday, August 26, 2015 10 AM Dugan Playground SI Thursday, August 27, 2015 10 AM Grandview Playground SI Friday, August 28, 2015 10 AM De Matti Playground SI Saturday, August 29, 2015 TBD Idlewild Park Preserve QN Sunday, August 30, 2015 1 PM Bennett Park MN Performances run approximately 45 minutes long *Also part of the SummerStage Kids festival ​ Brier Rabbit CityParks PuppetMobile Schedule September 2015 Park, Rec Center, and Playground names are linked to directions. Saturday, September 12, 2015 11 AM Roy Wilkins Recreation Center QN Monday, September 14, 2015 4-6 PM Frederick Douglass Circle MN Thursday, September 17, 2015 9 AM PS 58 QN Saturday, September 19, 2015 4 PM St. Nicholas Park MN Friday, September 25, 2015 5 PM Hell’s Kitchen Playground MN Saturday, September 26, 2015 2-4 PM Wyckoff Museum BK Monday, September 28, 2015 1 PM Ehrenreich Austin Street Playground QU Performances run approximately 45 minutes long *Also part of the SummerStage Kids festival ​ Brier Rabbit CityParks PuppetMobile Schedule October 2015 Park, Rec Center, and Playground names are linked to directions. Saturday, October 10, 2015 1 & 3 PM Willowbrook Park SI Saturday, October 17, 2015 12 PM Harvest Festival Location TBD BK Sunday, October 18, 2015 TBD Bayswater Park QU Performances run approximately 45 minutes long *Also part of the SummerStage Kids festival ​ .
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