2010 SUMMER sponsored by Cool Culture® provides 50,000 underserved families with free, unlimited access to 90 cultural institutions - so that parents can provide their children with educational experiences that will help them succeed in school and life. Catch the Cool — 110TH ST Dear Cool Culture families 109TH ST My family and I can’t wait for Tuesday, June 8th to arrive. We’ll be Cool Culture Meets meeting up with Cool Culture at the annual Museum Mile 108TH ST Festival—the biggest block party in Manhattan! YOU at Museum Mile! All along 5th Avenue, between 105th and 82nd Streets, HARLEM MEER 107TH ST museums and tons more will be FREE from 6—9 PM! My kids Tuesday, June 8, 2010 6-9 PM 106TH ST (ages 4 and 9) are excited to come out with thousands of other families for a special evening of museums, live bands, magicians, jugglers, and art-in-the-street. Kicking-off at 6 p.m. at El Museo 6 del Barrio with Latin-Caribbean music! 6 105TH ST We plan to travel with other families from my son’s education D EL BA R R I O N EW YO R K 5 center to our first stop on the Mile. We’ll head to one of 6Cool CENTRAL PARK 104TH ST EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO Culture Hot Spots where we’ll meet up with Cool Culture and even 103RD ST more families from the Cool Culture community. Options include El Museo del Barrio for music and singing in Spanish and English MUSEUM OF 5 102ND ST THE CITY OF in Spanish Harlem at 105th Street, and next door at 104th Street NEW YORK 101ST ST the Museum of the City of New York where we’ll check out the 100TH ST fun cars exhibit. At The Jewish Museum at 92nd Street we can see Curious 99TH ST George, the famous cartoon monkey, and then head down to the 98TH ST Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum to build our own playground with HUGE, life-size blocks in David Rockwell’s 97TH ST Imagination Playground in a Box. 96TH ST The Guggenheim Museum’s spiral building at 89th Street 95TH ST Catch the Cool, and The Metropolitan THE JEWISH 4 is another great place to MUSEUM 94TH ST Museum of Art at the other end of the mile offers endless 4 rooms of treasures, including a beautiful statue of the Hindu FIFTH AVENUE 93RD ST god, Ganesha! 92ND ST In front of each these museums, will be aCool Culture Hot 3 3 Spot station—with Cool Culture staff, museum staff and volun- 91ST ST teers ready with answers to any questions. At eachCool Culture COOPER-HEWITT NATIONAL Hot Spot you can do a fun quick family activity and pick up Cool DESIGN MUSEUM 90TH ST Culture’s great new Culture Hunt Cards. Like a treasure hunt, Cool Culture Hunt Cards will lead you on 2 2 89TH ST a search for works of art in five of the museums. As June 8th nears, my kids and I will check Cool Culture’s website, GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM www.coolculture.org where we can download and print out the JAQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS RESEVOIR 88TH ST Culture Hunt Cards and get ready toCatch the Cool. We’re all looking forward to a great, fun-filled summer 87TH ST evening out, including a picnic dinner with sandwiches from 86TH ST home in Central Park. Even if my family can’t visit every museum, 1 we can still get a taste of what they have to offer and plan our next 85TH ST trip! The Cool Culture Family Pass makes it easy to come back THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM 84TH ST any day! We’ll be Catching the Cool on Tuesday, June 8th—and hope 1 83RD ST you will too! Dial 1 # CENTRAL PARK 82ND ST FIFTH AVENUE 81ST ST • www.coolculture.org 80 Hanson Place, Suite 604, Brooklyn, NY 11217 COOL CULTURE FAMILY TIME / SUMMER 2010 EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO and centers by their side! Listen to interactive songs for CONNECT kids in Spanish and English, Cool Culture’s audio tour guide decorate a postcard together, allows you to connect to the and take a guided tour of El Cool Culture community. Museo’s galleries. HEAR about cultural events Then head down 5th Avenue, and family programs stop by Cool Culture Hot Spots GET to pick up Cool Culture Hunt reviews of cultural Cards, and use them to hunt activities for cultural treasure at five LEARN other museums participating fun facts and history about NYC culture in this mile-long block party: experience special performances, SHARE your family’s stories kid-friendly activities and free with our community Jirafa rayada admission for all visitors! (Striped Giraffe). Artist, Vega Baja. “We invite you to experience our IT’S EASY AND FREE! Mixed media, 1980. Photo by culture…and make connections,” Bruce Schwarz. says Gonzalo Casals, Director of Dial 718-408-2393 Courtesy of El Museo del Barrio Education and Public Programs at 1. Look for this symbol in El Museo. He suggests checking the Family Time newsletter 2. Enter the item number, out a unique flag on display in followed by the # key Voces y Visiones, that represents 3. You can enter another item both of artist Nicolás Dumit Estévez’s Dominican and New York back- number anytime you want. Each recording is about 1 grounds. “Kids really get into it… thinking that they could produce a flag minute long that really identifies them,” Mr. Casals explains. Get a taste and enjoy family time every month at El Museo during the museum’s special Super Sábado program, you will often see grandpar- STAY TUNED ents, parents and children strolling through the museum together on that special day. “It is something beautiful to share . I think that is what Become our fan family is about – sharing with one another,” says Dr. Zugazagoitia. on FACEBOOK - just search for “Cool Culture” Soak up even more Latino culture by attending the Summer Nights con- cert series, which features family-friendly music on Thursday nights in twitter.com/coolculture the summer. El Museo plans to feature live performances of merengue, salsa, norteño, hip hop, and Brazilian music. Sign up for our monthly e-zine by visiting www.coolculture.org - by Erin Cassin LOG ON TO OUR BRAND NEW WEBSITE FOR MORE FAMILY FUN IDEAS www.coolculture.org La Cama (The Bed). Artist, Pepón Osorio. Mixed media installation, 1987. Photo by Tony Velez. Courtesy of El Museo del Barrio 3 COOL CULTURE FAMILY TIME / SUMMER 2010 EVENTS CALENDAR Saturday, May 8 and traditional songs as well as original music. Then indulge in INTERNATIONAL MIGRATORY BIRD DAY 1 – 4pm some fresh New York State strawberries topped with whipped GO ON A COOL Come to the Audubon Center and celebrate bird migration cream made the old-fashioned way! LEFFERTS HISTORIC with crafts and activities! Learn how birds travel the world HOUSE, Brooklyn. ALL AGES FREE. CULTURE HUNT! between summer and winter. PROSEPCT PARK AUDUBON Saturday, June 26 CENTER, Brooklyn. ALL AGES FREE. STACK‘EM HIGH 10:30-11:30am To download a set of Cool Culture Hunt Saturday & Sunday, May 15 & 16 Using stacking blocks, make shapes like the Empire State Cards which feature a fun piece of Building and the Woolworth Building using kid-sized images. Annual Children’s Festival: Horsin’ Around the NMAI artwork from El Museo Del Barrio, Noon–4:30pm Then get your picture taken with your mile-high building! THE Enjoy dancing with the Native Pride Dancers, hands-on SKYSCRAPER MUSEUM, Manhattan. AGES 4+ FP. The Jewish Museum, Cooper-Hewitt activities include painting ledger art, making felt horse masks Sunday, July 4 National Design Museum, Solomon R. and creating small felt horses! NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE FOURTH OF JULY BIRTHDAY Party 1pm Guggenheim AMERICAN INDIAN, Manhattan. ALL AGES FP Join the celebration of Louis Armstrong’s traditional birthday Museum and CULTURE HUNT Saturday, May 22 (July 4th, 1900) with a free jazz concert in the Armstrong’s Card Metropolitan at FAMILY DAY & BIKE SAFETY DAY 10am-4pm Japanese-inspired garden, guided house tours, and birthday The Jewish Museum Come enjoy a fun-filled day of activities and learn all the skills cake! THE LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE, Queens. ALL AGES FP. Museum of about bike safety. Technicians will be on hand to check the Thursday, July 17 Art, and fun safety of children’s bicycles, and to ensure their bikes and TIME TO PLAY! Noon–3pm family activities Find: helmets fit properly. THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE Portrait of Historically, children spent more time working than playing, you can do Vera List, c. 1965 MUSEUM, Manhattan. ALL AGES FREE. but now it's time to play! Join us for special stories, crafts, with the kids, Saturday and Sunday, May 29 and 30 and other activities to celebrate historic fun, games, and go to: FAMILY FESTIVAL: LIFE IN A MEDIEVAL CASTLE Noon-4pm hooliganism! KING MANOR MUSEUM, Queens. Join in for a weekend of tours and activities for families! THE ALL AGES FREE. Turn this card over to find a hint about where I am! c. 1965, paint, charcoal, wood, tape, Plexiglas, and aluminum frame. The Jewish Museum: Gift of Vera G. List. CLOISTERS, Manhattan. AGES 4+ FP. Saturday – Wednesday, July 19 – 23 Portrait of Vera List, Sunday, June 6 COLONIAL LIFE WORKSHOP 1-4pm COOL fact: A portrait is a picture of a person. Larry Rivers, Come learn what it was like to be child at the Morris Mansion in Before cameras were invented, if Cool Culture® provides 50,000 SHEET MUSIC ORNAMENTS 2-4pm you wanted a picture of yourself, underserved families with free, unlimited you had to hire an artist to paint access to 90 cultural institutions – so that parents can provide their children your portrait.