Time Out New York Kids: Music, EcoCruises And More
NEW YORK (CBS 2) -- Time Out New York Kids has some great ideas for your family this weekend.
Below are some of this weekend's kid-friendly events:
Voca People
Where: The Westside Theater, 407 West 43rd Street between 9th and 10th avenues
Contact: 212-239-6200 or visit vocapeoplenyc.com.
Subway: A, C, E to 42nd Street-Port Authority
Price: $25 to $79.50
Description: This multi-talented cast of musically inclined aliens combines singing, comedy and beat boxing-all sans traditional instruments. Kids can clap along as the otherworldly performers use music to refuel their spaceship. Ages 4 and up.
When: Saturday at 3pm and 9pm, Sunday at 2pm and 7pm
The Beautiful Soup Theater Collective's "Alice"
Where: The Soho Playhouse, 15 Vandam Street between Varick Street and 6th Avenue
Contact: 212-691-1555 or visit http://sohoplayhouse.com.
Subway: E, C to Spring St, 1 to Houston St
Price: $25
Description: The one hour family friendly adaptation of Alice in Wonderland features a cast of ten actors playing all of Lewis Carroll's beloved characters. The heroine in the blue dress follows a mime into an elevator to a strange new world where she meets two little runts with very sticky fingers, a very naughty queen and a deck of characters that seem familiar and new at the same time. Ages 4 and up.
When: Saturday at 1pm
Water Taxi Audubon Sunset EcoCruises
Where: Pier 17, South Street Seaport
Contact: 212-742-1969 or visit www.nywatertaxi.com.
Subway: A, C to Broadway-Nassau St; J, 2, 3, 4, 5 to Fulton St
Price: $35, children ages 3-12 $25
Description: During this trip up the East River, an Audubon naturalist gives voyagers an overview of New York City's natural history as they travel to the uninhabited Brothers Islands in Long Island Sound. From the catamaran, kids will glimpse some of the migratory bird species that nest and breed here-among them egrets, black-crowned night herons, ibises and cormorants. Ages 4 and up.
When: Sunday at 7pm
