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Open Houses
Date: 05/14/08 - 05/21/08
Location: Oasis Day Camp
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Oasis Day Camp has many open houses coming up in May. Come and see what we are all about.

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JPrisms 1-Day PAIRS Marriage Enrichment Workshop w/ Youth Program
Date: 05/18/08 Time: 9 AM - 6 PM
Location: Doubletree Hotel Tarrytown, NY
City: Tarrytown

The JPrisms PAIRS Marriage Enrichment Workshop provides an amazing opportunity for couples to come together to relax, learn, and bond with each other.

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American Ballet Theatre 2008 Spring Season
Date: 05/19/08 - 07/12/08
Location: The Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center
City: New York

Let American Ballet Theatre transport your family to a magical world of pirates, princesses, and dance pyrotechnics!

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Through 5/25/2008
Wed-Fri 10am-5pm; Sat-Sun 11am-6pm
Design: Isamu Noguchi & Isamu Kenmochi Noguchi Museum, LIC Isamu Kenmochi and Isamu Noguchi, two Japanese artists, collaborated to build a strikingly original woven bamboo chair, made in 1950; though this actu (more...)
Through 6/07/2008
Great Performers 2007/2008 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York The Great Performers 2007/2008 season features stellar orchestras and conductors like Kurt Masur at the helm of the Orchestre National de France and O (more...)
Through 6/01/2008
10am-6pm
SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D Ride The Maritime Aquarium, Norwalk Careen through Bikini Bottom in this fun simulator ride. Kids wear 3-D glasses and are secured in motion-simulating seats. Located inside the "Adventu (more...)
Through 5/27/2008
Tropical Butterflies Alive in Winter American Museum of Natural History, NY The Butterfly Conservatory returns to the AMNH to celebrate its 10th year, featuring up to 500 hovering iridescent butterflies, blooming tropical flow (more...)
Through 5/26/2008
The Butterfly Conservatory: Tropical Butterflies Alive in Winter American Museum of Natural History, NY Celebrating its 10th year, this highly popular wintertime destination flourishes in 80-degree temperatures and features up to 500 hovering iridescent (more...)
Through 5/31/2008
Thursdays, 4 -8pm
SHOWBOAT – 'Round the Bend Waterfront Museum, Brooklyn Visit the historic 1914 Lehigh Valley Barge #79, a floating museum & showboat housed aboard the last remaining covered wooden barge which has been lo (more...)
Through 6/12/2008
3:30-5:30pm
Homework Help Mamaroneck Public Library, Mamaroneck Rye Neck teachers offer homework help every Monday through Thursday until June 12, 2008. Stop by, ask a question! (more...)
Through 5/25/2008
10am-5:45 pm daily
Water: h2o = Life American Museum of Natural History, NY Water: H2O = Life explores the beauty and wonder of our planet's "lifeblood" using an innovative combination of cutting-edge presentation techniques, (more...)
Through 6/01/2008
The Whitney's Collection Whitney Museum of American Art This presentation of the permanent collection highlights four broad themes that elucidate key developments of twentieth century art in this country. T (more...)
Through 5/17/2008
10am-5pm
Exploring the Science of Art at the Discovery Museum The Discovery Museum & Planetarium, Bridgeport The Discovery Museum's exhibit, Enchanted Museum: Exploring the Science of Art, is an interactive exploration of the connections among art, science, m (more...)
Through 5/30/2008
12-12:45pm
Lunch Box Tales Brookfield Library, Brookfield Pack a lunch with your pre- schooler and picnic while we read stories and watch a movie based on your child's favorite character. New theme each week! (more...)
Through 5/30/2008
11-11:30am
Cruisers Brookfield Library, Brookfield Movement activities, advanced flannel board rhymes, finger rhymes and stories for parents/caregivers and children to enjoy together. (more...)
Through 5/18/2008
Arte≠Vida: Actions by Artists of the Americas, 1960-2000 El Museo Del Barrio, New York "Arte no es vida" is the first-ever survey of the vast array of performance art created over the last half-century by Latino artists in the United Sta (more...)
Through 6/01/2008
3:30-5pm
Teen Fridays Rutherford Public Library, Rutherford The Library will hold Friday Game Afternoons featuring chess, bingo, Boggle, Scrabble, and other games as requested. (more...)
Through 5/31/2008
WACK!: Art and the Feminist Revolution P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, Queens This is the first comprehensive, historical exhibition to examine the international foundations and legacy of feminist art, focusing on the crucial pe (more...)
Through 5/28/2008
Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY Designed by Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang as a site-specific installation, this exhibition presents art as a process that unfolds in time and space, de (more...)
Through 6/01/2008
Monday – Friday 8am to 8pm and Saturday and Sunday 10am to 6pm.
A Railroad Reborn: Merto-North at 25 New York Transit Museum's Gallery Annex , New York The creation of MTA Metro-North Railroad in 1983, ushered in a new era in commuter travel transporting over 1.6 billion passengers. Over the past 25 (more...)
Through 5/31/2008
Building China: Five Projects, Five Stories Center for Architecture, New York This exhibition features five unique architectural case studies that were conceived, designed, and recently completed by Chinese architects. Located t (more...)
Through 5/18/2008
Gustave Courbet Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY This exhibition comprises more than 130 oil paintings and works on paper by Gustave Courbet (1819-77), a pioneering figure in the history of modernism (more...)
Through 6/01/2008
Whitney Biennial 2008 Whitney Museum of American Art Today there are more artists working in more genres, using more varieties of material, and moving among more geographic locations than ever before. Th (more...)
Through 5/17/2008
Noon-7pm
The Teeny Tiny Show Micro Museum, Brooklyn The Teeny Tiny Show is an Art Exhibit of multimedia works under 12". Show Opens on Saturday March 29 at 8pm, with a live performance at 9pm. Includes (more...)
Through 5/31/2008
Please call
Spring Story Times Wilton Library, Wilton Story Times are Mondays through Wednesdays for children ages 1 -6 years, various days and times. Different levels of interaction with and without care (more...)
Through 5/21/2008
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Spring Storytimes Wilton Library, Wilton Story Times are Mondays through Wednesdays for children ages 1 – 6 years, various days and times. Different levels of interaction with and without car (more...)
Through 5/25/2008
Saturdays at 2pm & Sundays at 12 noon
Pinkalicious, The Musical Vital Theatre Company, New York Pinkalicious can't stop eating pink cupcakes despite warnings from her parents. Her pink indulgence lands her at the doctor's office with Pinkititis, (more...)
Through 5/18/2008
12 and 2pm
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie! Manhattan Children's Theatre. , New York Brought back by popular demand!! How can one tiny mouse make such a terrible mess? When a young boy is home alone for the afternoon, he is met by a se (more...)
Through 5/16/2008
Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm and 4pm
Princess Phooey TADA! Youth Theatre, New York Princess Phooey is a musical fairy tale that tells the story of the journey of a rebellious princess, a collection of hilarious chambermaids and stabl (more...)
Through 5/26/2008
9:15am
Internet Training Englewood Library, Englewood One hour sessions on the use of Internet, including the Web catalog, search engines, or mouse exercise. Call Reference @ 201.568.2215 ext 2 to registe (more...)
Through 5/31/2008
Fridays-Sundays 12-4pm
Reptiles and Amphibians of the Hudson Highlands Hudson Highlands Nature Museum's Wildlife Education Center, Cornwall-on-Hudson Learn interesting facts about local reptiles and amphibians at this interactive exhibit focused on these secretive animals. (more...)
Through 6/01/2008
12:30pm, 2:30pm & 5:15pm
Preschool Place Puppet Show: The Great Cat Trap New York Hall of Science , Flushing, Queens Join professor Mouseington in his cheese laboratory as he tries to design the ultimate cat trap. Help him figure out what size and shape to make the c (more...)
Through 6/01/2008
12:45pm, 2:45pm and 4pm
Thinking Cap Craft New York Hall of Science , Flushing, Queens Brainstorming wouldn't be fun without a real thinking cap. Make one to stimulate the creation of your own invention. (more...)
Through 5/31/2008
Please call
Artist's Choice, Artist's Voice Workshop Whitney Museum of American Art This series of art workshops bring contemporary artists and families together to share their ideas and opinions, and create artwork inspired by conver (more...)
Through 5/30/2008
4pm-9
Date Night for Moms and Dads Mamalu Play and Munchground, Brooklyn Mamulu Cafe has a drop-off babysitting service so moms and dads can go on a date. See a movie and then go out to eat--local restaurants will give a 10 (more...)
Through 5/30/2008
Tuesday through Fridays 10am-4pm; Saturday and Sunday Noon to 5pm
Tools of the Trade New York Transit Museum , Brooklyn "Tools of the Trade" is a new exhibit at the New York Transit Museum. An intriguing collection of hardware used to build, operate and maintain railroa (more...)
Through 5/31/2008
2:30-4pm
Wings of Wonder Long Island Children's Museum , Garden City "Hatch" a butterfly of your very own using a special technique that uses oil pastels and waxed paper. Come join the LICM as they celebrate the beauty (more...)
Through 6/01/2008
1:30 &3:30pm
Balloon Car Racers New York Hall of Science, Flushing, Queens Design a car propelled by a balloon using different everyday materials. (more...)
Through 6/01/2008
2 and 3pm weekends
Science Theater Presentation New York Hall of Science, Flushing, Queens Go on an amazing adventure with stupendous scientists. See the world of science through the eyes of a perilous photographer who captures photographs o (more...)
Through 5/31/2008
9-10am
Spring Fitness Hikes Greenbelt Nature Center, Staten Island Join Greenbelt Nature and Recreation Center staff for a fast-paced, heart- healthy and informative hike. These hikes are open to recreation center mem (more...)
Through 6/06/2008
Michael Creighton Lesley Heller Gallery (more...)
Through 5/30/2008
10:30am
Relaxation Class Queens Library: Bellerose Branch, Bellerose Learn The Art Of Breathing And Relaxation during a five-session yoga workshop. Participants should wear loose clothing and bring an exercise mat. Prer (more...)
Through 5/30/2008
10:30am
Toddler Learning Center Queens Library: Steinway Branch , Long Island City Toddlers and caregivers will enjoy a 5-session workshop that includes toys, games, puzzles and other activities selected to enhance a child's educatio (more...)
Through 5/30/2008
1:30-3:30pm
Sewing Club Prospect Park, Brooklyn Stitch something wonderful together every week at Lefferts Historic House at Prospect Park. (more...)
Through 5/31/2008
Donald Judd: Woodcuts Paula Cooper Gallery Renowned artist's exhibition of over 30 woodcuts dating from the early 1960s. (more...)
Through 5/31/2008
1-3pm
Nature Crafts Prospect Park, Brooklyn Make amazing crafts with all-natural materials at the Boathouse. Every Saturday and Sunday. (more...)
Through 5/17/2008
11am and 2pm
'Ogden Nash's The Tales of the Custard Dragon' is BACK!! The Algonquin Theater, New York BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!!!! After his successful run this past March, Custard the Dragon is back and ready to try to be brave again! Inspired by the (more...)
Through 5/31/2008
Saturdays and Sundays at 3 and 7pm
Alice in Wonderland The Philip Coltoff Center , New York Come see an adaptation of Alice in Wonderland presented by The Children's Aid Society and the Harman Family Foundation. Imagine Alice is seven-years-o (more...)
Through 5/25/2008
Please call
High School Musical! Long Island Children's Museum, Garden City Disney's smash hit musical comes to life on the LICM stage! The students of East High, comprised of the Jocks, Brainiacs, Thespians and Skater Dudes, (more...)
Through 5/17/2008
11am and 2pm
The Tales of Custard the Dragon Algonquin Theater, New York The Tales of Custard the Dragon, based on the whimsical stories of Ogden Nash, stars a most unlikely hero--a dragon. Featuring an Equity cast, live mu (more...)
Through 5/24/2008
10:30am
Becoming a Citizen Queens Library: Rego Park Branch, Rego Park Citizenship Now!: Becoming a U.S. Citizen and Building Your Civics Knowledge. This 4-week workshop will be presented in English and cover basic civics (more...)
Through 5/30/2008
11am
Family Story Time Queens Library: Flushing Branch, Flushing Rise and shine for Family Story Time at the library on selected Saturday mornings with stories and songs. Call for schedule. (more...)
Through 5/31/2008
1pm
Yoga Class Queens Library: Ozone Park Branch, Ozone Park Sculpt your body while achieving inner peace in an adults-only 4-week Yoga Instruction and Fitness Workshop taught by a certified fitness instructor. (more...)
Through 5/31/2008
1pm
Cooking Workshop Queens Library: South Ozone Park Branch, South Ozone Park, Queens Take Back-to-Basics Cooking classes. Valerie Grimes, caterer and cable TV host also known as "the cake lady," presents the workshop series dealing wit (more...)

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