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Bring your own drinks container to help minimize waste at the Friends of P.S. 166’s eco-themed autumn street festival.

Aerialists, contortionists, and illusionists pay homage to Harry Houdini, the Andrews Sisters, Fred Astaire, and other American icons.

A virtual trip through space focusing on intergalactic crashes.

The rocktet behind "Dino-Soaring" plays a fund-raising concert for P.S. 89. 

Make tiny fairy houses and magic wands out of natural materials and learn about the mythic and real-life magic of Wave Hill’s woods and gardens.

A fascinating fire-safety learning program teaches kids not to be scared, but rather how to be smart about the dreaded blaze.

A vibrant, interactive exhibit that engages visitors in a variety of areas, from food to clothing to archaeology.

Make mouse masks and monsters, see Phydeaux’s Flying Flea Circus of Fate, parade in costume, and shake your maracas among the cherry trees at the BBG.

Pumpkin decorating and a life-size Candyland course are among the entertainments on offer at this fund-raiser for the Brownstone School.

The audience shapes the scenes at these interactive haunted-house performances to benefit the Story Pirates’ arts and creative-writing programs.

In this musical written by Tony Award nominee John Tartaglia ( Avenue Q ), a trio of fish travel to the ocean floor, meeting new friends throughout their adventure.

A weekly session featuring the Jazz Standard Youth Orchestra.

Dicapo Opera Theatre director Michael Capasso leads kids, scene by scene, through an abridged version of Puccini’s opera performed with full costumes and sets.

Madeline, kid lit's cutest boarding-school redhead, is the draw for this teatime.

Bobbi Katz, "ghostwriter" of a memoir in verse, reads excerpts and leads young bogeyman buffs in writing creature poems of their own.

Staff naturalists lead structured, creative activities, using all natural materials.

A new, 4,000-square-foot exhibit designed for kids from infancy through preschool with multiple levels of interactive challenge.

A musical take on the classic fairy tale.

A live-action musical adaptation of "Rumplestiltskin" for kids.

Household objects become fantastical shadow puppets in this interactive show from Montreal street artist Jeff Achtem, followed by a puppetry workshop.

Storytelling to keep the wild things at bay, three siblings share their grandpa's made-up fairy tales in this multimedia production. 

Japan-born raconteur Motoko performs traditional and contemporary stories and music.

Wiseacre Farm is a fun little play that finds the whole gang celebrating Cliffie the Pig's fourth birthday.

The kinesthetic magicians from Imago Theatre become polar bears, frogs, anteaters, and other fauna in this series of zoological vignettes.