Even more Halloween fun in NYC!

Written by Carol Cain on 24 October 2010

I recently made a list of fun things to do in NYC during the Halloween weekend, but the list seems to keep growing and I wanted to make you aware so in addition to my first Halloween fun list both here and over at Babble New York (my new writing gig), here are additional events taking place for you and the whole family to enjoy!

Halloween Boo-Ya! Presented by Lincoln Park Kids

featuring Jeremy Plays Guitar and special guest Oran Etkin!

Saturday, October 30th from 12-3pm - $5/person over 1 years old

Celebrate Halloween with a costume parade, dance party, photo booth and live performances by Jeremy Plays Guitar and Oran Etkin and his friend Clara Net! Delicious kids’ menu and specialty brews for grown-ups too!

WHERE:

Lincoln Park Tavern

49 Lincoln Road (between Flatbush and Ocean)

Q/B/S Train to Prospect Park

This concert benefits the nonprofit Kids Need a Melody, providing music classes, instruments and books to young children living in the shelter system.

Jeremy Plays Guitar (Jeremy Zmuda) is a family music artist and teacher based in Brooklyn. He’s known for his Songs in the Key of New York (with Clare Manchon). For his new Parents’ Choice and NAPPA Award-winning CD Use Your Words, Jeremy teamed up with early childhood specialist Elizabeth Bicknell, along with a host of musical talent. The songs offer “language-based music,” giving children the words to use to communicate their feelings and to handle everyday social situations. Use Your Words features musical styles ranging from jazz to rock, pop to country-folk, and lively performances by Madeleine Peyroux and Kirk Douglas (The Roots). View Jeremy performing his hit song “Jump So High” here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXHZylTe5Y4 and visit www.jeremyplaysguitar.com for news and updates.

Oran Etkin, a noted jazz and world music clarinetist, will perform songs from his new Parents’ Choice and NAPPA Award-winning CD Wake Up, Clarinet! Brooklyn-based Etkin has developed a Timbalooloo method to inspire a young child’s intuitive understanding of music through games, stories and songs, incorporating melodies and rhythms from all over the world. Edie Falco, Naomi Watts, Harvey Keitel and Ken Burns are all fans – their kids have enjoyed Oran’s classes in NYC. Etkin’s music was also featured on Putumayo Kids’ CD Jazz Playground. View his “Wake Up, Clarinet” concert here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcmlwSeWko8. To schedule a Timbalooloo music class and get the latest news, visit www.timbalooloo.com.

World Financial Center’s Screamin’ Green Halloween, an afternoon of earth-friendly festivities

Presented by Brookfield Office Properties and Arts World Financial Center

Saturday, October 30, 2010- 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm/FREE

Putting an earth-friendly twist on Halloween Eve, families will be treated to a free afternoon of green-themed holiday festivities at the World Financial Center’s ”Screamin’ Green Halloween” on Saturday, October 30th. Adorned with giant, 30-foot high figures of a scarecrow, witch, and skeleton, the spectacular Winter Garden will be the setting for a fun-filled afternoon featuring everything from games and parades to costume-making and costume swaps.

WHERE:

World Financial Center Winter Garden (220 Vesey Street)

Free valet bicycle parking will be provided by Transportation Alternatives.

Photo by Katie Osgood

Artists will be on hand to help kids make masks and costumes out of funky recycled and repurposed materials, providing them with a valuable lesson in creative reuse. During the costume swap, families can exchange last year’s costumes for gently used and ready-to-wear ones with plenty of time for the next day’s trick-or-treating.

The thrills and chills continue with a variety of fun games whose players will all be rewarded with fair trade and organic treats, and temporary tattoos of pumpkins and ghosts – printed on recycled paper, of course. Games include:

“Bobbing for Apples” – in a new twist on an old favorite, kids of all ages attempt to snare apples hanging from above without using their hands – harder than it sounds!
“Bowling for Ghosts” – participants roll balls down a homemade bowling alley towards repurposed soda bottles, craftily remade into ghosts of all shapes and sizes.
“Toss a Spider in the Brew” – each player gets three chances to toss a spider beanbag into a cauldron made from an old tire.

Mini-parades will take place throughout the World Financial Center including the waterfront (if weather permits) at 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm, and 3:00 pm, led by the legendary Hungry March Band. The day will culminate with a Ghosts and Goblins Parade to Poets House for a reading of spooky poems and seasonal snacks.

The World Financial Center Shops & Restaurants will offer Screamin’ Green Halloween specials and sales throughout the afternoon. Visit www.worldfinancialcenter.com for details!