Family-Friendly Vacation: The North Fork
For a budget-friendly sampling of retro family fun, rent a station wagon and check out some delightfully nostalgic activities.
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- Schools: The Disaster Movie
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A debate has been raging over why our education system is failing. A new documentary by the director of An Inconvenient Truth throws fuel on the fire.
By John Heilemann
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10/16 Red Hook Community Farm Harvest Festival
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- Red Hook Community Farm Harvest Festival
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A celebration of urban agriculture with pumpkin carving, bunny petting, a scavenger hunt, and lots of home-grown music and food at this 2.5-acre working farm occupying a former asphalt lot across from the Brooklyn Ikea. More »
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10/16 Dia de los Muertos Celebration at El Museo del Barrio
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- Dia de los Muertos Celebration
- El Museo del Barrio
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A music-filled parade through Central Park sets the tone for an afternoon of mariachi and fandango, atole and pan de muerto, folk-art-inspired crafts and calaveras face-painting. More »
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10/16 Fall Kids Fest at Madison Square Park
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- Fall Kids Fest
- Madison Square Park
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Ring in the spooky season with a Halloween costume swap and pumpkin patch, arts and crafts, music, and a costume parade led by clowns from the Big Apple Circus.  More »
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- Polygraph Lounge
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The local audio innovators make magic with theremins, melodicas, and a mess of homemade instruments. More »
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10/16 Secret Agent 23 Skidoo at Symphony Space
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- Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
- Symphony Space
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Robots, mermaids, dragons, and sea monsters! The kid-hop emcee extraordinaire brings the happy noise. More »
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