e-Family Time Newsletter, brought to you by Cool Culture—August 2010 Have Fun, Be One with Nature at Wave Also In This Issue Hill! August Events Calendar Looking Ahead to September Events Did you know? Visit The Metropolitan Museum of Art and you can WIN a copy ofYou Can't Take a Balloon Into the Metropolitan Museum! Be one of the first 15 families to submit a photo of your family posed in front of the Met to [email protected]. Wild Garden. Photo by Mick Hales. Courtesy of Wave Hill. Plan your visit to the Met and use a Cool Trade blaring horns and crowded city streets for the Culture Hunt Card while you're there with soothing songs of birds and the magnificent view of your family!! colorful gardens overlooking the Hudson River. Pack a lunch and head to Wave Hill, the 28-acre home of See Who Caught the Cool! public gardens and cultural center in the Bronx. Plus show the Cool Culture community "Our mission is to get people to connect with nature," how cool you are: post photos of your says Mary Weitzman, Wave Hill's Director of museum adventures on Facebook! Marketing and Communications. Here, you and your little ones are welcome to run on the grass, roll down hills, and even touch most of the plants. Are You Planning a Trip? As you wander through Wave Hill, use all your senses to really have fun in the gardens. See who can be the In addition to e-Family Time, Family first in your family to spot a butterfly fluttering about Timeand Cool Culture Connect are great in the wild garden, hear the bullfrogs croaking to each sources for trip ideas, directions and other in the aquatic garden, touch the softest leaves hours. in the flower garden (hint: be on the lookout for the lamb's ear plant) or smell the sweetest scent in the Remember, the Family Pass is good for herb garden. general admission for up to 5 individuals any time the cultural institution is open! You can also walk through the lush woodland that surrounds Wave Hill by following the dirt path Don't forget to bring your ID. Have fun marked by signs with trees drawn on them. Listen to exploring NYC's arts and culture! the birds and look for squirrels running about. Take a break and eat your lunch on picnic benches right next to a graceful Linden tree or take a nap on the grass. Comments, Feedback? Contact Cool Culture Staff "We hope that this is a place where families can come Email [email protected]. and not only find some peace and some tranquility, but also to find beauty and to spend time together For a list of Cool Culture partners, check outside," says Ms. Weitzman. "It's a nice escape." out the Cool Culture website. Family art programs at Wave Hill. Photo by Joshua Bright. Courtesy of Wave Hill. Special exhibit activities: Come for special arts events including gallery tours and Family Art Projects every Tuesday and Saturday with Target Free Days where admission is also FREE from 9am-noon! Find more events and family programs at Wave Hill! To plan your visit to Van Cortlandt House Museum and many others, check out www.coolculture.org! By Erin Cassin AUGUST EVENTS CALENDAR—Stay out of the heat and continue to Catch the Cool ! For the complete Family Time Summer Events Calendar in English and Spanish, click here. EVENTS CALENDAR KEY: FP = Free with Cool Culture Family Pass FREE = Free to all, Cool Culture Family Pass not necessary = Connect with Cool Culture Connect—Dial 718.408.2393, followed by the item number(s) you want to hear! Monday, August 2 to Friday, August 6 Summer Gardening Workshop, 11am-2pm Become a gardener for the week and get your hands dirty planting flowers and herbs in a Colonial garden. Create a garden journal, pressed flower pictures and a terrarium. Advanced registration is required. Call 212-923-8008 to sign up. MORRIS-JUMEL MANSION, Manhattan. ALL AGES FREE DIAL 56 or 57 (for Spanish) # Check out other events at the Morris-Jumel Mansion! Select Saturdays & Sundays, 10:30-11:45am Art for Tots Families with children ages 2-4 are invited to explore art materials and methods, participate in movement activities and experience the Museum's galleries together. Space is limited. Reservations for Art for Tots are accepted by mail. To receive a brochure with schedule and registration form, please email your name, mailing address and telephone number to [email protected] or call 718.204.7088, extension 205. NOGUCHI MUSEUM GARDEN, Queens. ALL AGES FP Check out other events at the Noguchi Museum Garden! Sunday, August 13 Summer Fairytales: The Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre's Puppet Show and Workshop, Noon-1:45pm Watch the acclaimed Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre put on a spectacular puppet show and conduct a unique workshop. The audience will have the opportunity to view three productions and participate in a workshop that will enable the audience to participate in making their own puppets following the productions. QUEENS HISTORICAL SOCIETY AT KINGSLAND HOMESTEAD, Queens. ALL AGES FREE Check out other events at Kingsland Homestead! Saturdays & Sundays, 1:30-2:30pm Science Power Hour Join a naturalist for cool and fun science activities each week! PROSPECT PARK AUDUBON CENTER, Brooklyn. ALL AGES FREE Check out other events at Prospect Park Audubon Center! Saturday, August 14 Seaside Summer Saturday, Noon-4pm Come aboard and discover what life was like at sea. Take the Explore challenge and visit the Museum's Living Harbor Wet Lab for a hands-on with the sea life of New York's harbor. SOUTH STREET SEAPORT MUSEUM, Manhattan. ALL AGES FP Check out other events at the South Street Seaport Museum! Tuesdays (2:30-3:30pm), Thursdays (3:30-4:30pm), Fridays (4:30-5:30pm), and Saturday-Sunday (11:00am-Noon) Start with Art at the Met Sketch, explore, listen to stories, and discover the meaning of art! For families with children ages 3-7. METROPOLITAIN MUSEUM OF ART, Manhattan. AGES 3+ FP DIAL 78 and 79 # Check out other events at The Met! Thursday, August 19 Tech for Tots: Learning with Digital Cameras, 2-3:30pm Join us for a special workshop where toddlers use technology as a learning tool! Children explore some of the basic functions of a digital camera and practice their picture taking talent. Reservations for up to 1 child and 1 adult can be made beginning the Monday of the week the program is offered by calling (212) 833-7858. SONY WONDER TECHNOLOGY LAB, Manhattan. ALL AGES FP Check out other events at the Sony Wonder Technology Lab! LOOKING AHEAD TO SEPTEMBER EVENTS—Back-to-School Fun! Wednesdays and Fridays, 10:30-11:00am Storytime in Nolen Library Come and hear art tales in the library's special corner for kids! Then go and find the art on a treasure hunt in the galleries. For families with children ages 3-7. THE CLOISTERS, Bronx. AGES 3+ FP Check out other events at The Cloisters! Saturday, September 11 Hands-on History: Back to SchoolL Get ready for back to school with family-friendly stories, crafts and other activities! KING MANOR MUSEUM, Queens. ALL AGES FP Check out other events at the King Manor Museum! Saturday & Sunday, September 11 & 12 Harvest Days, 1-4pm Celebrate the 2010 harvest the same way Brooklynites did years ago. Come harvest, cook and eat the potatoes planted in May. Work the cider press, churn butter, run potato sack races, and see how flax is spun into linen thread by watching a spinster spin at an old-fashioned wheel! LEFFERTS HISTORIC HOUSE, Brooklyn. ALL AGES FREE Check out other events at Lefferts Historic House! COOL CULTURE SPONSORS Cool Culture thanks our sponsors for their continued support. This e-mail was sent from Cool Culture Immediate removal with PatronMail® SecureUnsubscribe. To forward this e-mail to a friend or colleague, use this link. To change your e-mail address or update preferences, use this link. .