Old Stone House – Everything Your Kids Want To Know About Sex…. And How To Tell Them
Wednesday, December 9 , 7:00 pm. $15. Register here.
Ellen Friedrichs, health educator, will share helpful recommendations for what to say to your middle schooler, what you can stop worrying about, and how you can make this communication as healthy, informative, and comfortable as possible.
We will look at how to talk about everything from sex ed basics, to porn and consent. We will also cover how to talk to middle schoolers who are already sexually active (yes, they exist), as well as how to talk to who are years away from sex.
Parents will walk away with concrete strategies for bringing up tricky topics without alienating their kids or backpedaling out of embarrassment.
Spoke The Hub – Student/Faculty Benefit Concerts
Saturday, December 12, 7:00 pm; Sunday, December 13, 3:00pm & 5:00 pm. $20 for adults and children in chairs, $5 for children sitting on the floor.
Spoke The Hub’s faculty and student body present a showcase of what they’ve been studying and creating this fall. Proceeds will go towards STH’s expanded summer scholarship program, as well as STH’s annual Local Produce festivities, which present free dance, music, theater and art each spring in Park Slope’s community green spaces
Saturday, December 12th, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm. NYC Affinia Hotel.
All interested cooks age 8 -13 are invited Saturday, December 12th to this open casting call. Enthusiasm for cooking is all that is needed to audition. Go here for more information.
Hugo & Sons – Free Hot Beverage for 321 Parents & Staff
Hugo & Sons restaurant is offering a complimentary hot beverage to all PS 321 parents and staff who order breakfast or lunch. Just tell your server you’re with 321 – this offer is ongoing.
LeFrak Center at Lakeside – Skate with Santa
Saturdays through December 19, noon. Free with regular admission/skate rental.
Saturdays through December 19th, skate with Santa at Lakeside. Plus, take a free 15-minute lessons at 12:30 pm and 1:00 pm.
Pig Brooch Theatre Company – A Charlie Brown Christmas Live 2015
Fridays – Sundays, December 11 – December 20, various times. $12 tickets available here.
Join the Peanuts gang again this year and help Pig Brooch Theatre celebrate its 8th anniversary in its brand new venue – Redwood Studios at 55 9th St. in Gowanus. They’ll be performing the classic Charlie Brown Christmas Special word for word and gesture for gesture, set to a jazz trio performing Vince Guaraldi’s score.
Gelsey Kirkland Ballet – The Nutcracker
Thursdays – Sundays, December 10 – 20, various times. $20 – $59.
Gelsey Kirkland Ballet Company performs its version of the Nutcracker in the company’s brand new studio/performance space in Dumbo.
December 2, 2015 – January 10, 2016, 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM. Brookfield Place at Winter Garden. Free.
Designed by The LAB at Rockwell Group, Luminaries is a lighting display that follows the glass enclosed topography of the Winter Garden. Visitors are immersed in a glowing canopy of 650 lanterns, embedded with LEDs, each capable of changing color and intensity. Five different light shows – Snowfall, Christmas Tree, Ribbons, Firecracker, and Northern Lights – are scheduled throughout the day and evening every two hours beginning at 10 AM and ending at 8 PM daily.
Grand Army Plaza – The Lighting of The World’s Largest Menorah
Sunday, December 6, – Sunday, December 13, various times. Free.
Brooklyn hosts the 32-foot World’s Largest Menorah at the borough’s Grand Army Plaza. Each night of Hanukah is celebrated with live music, hot latkes and gifts for the children.
High 5 For The Holidays – Santa Comes to 5th Avenue
Also at The Old Stone House, Saturday, December 12, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm. $10 per family (includes cocoa, crafts and photographer).
Santa will be coming to Park Slope on Dec. 5th at Le Pain Quotidian, Dec. 12th at Sidecar, and Dec. 19th at Lulu’s for Baby.
Holiday Season Nostalgia Trains and Buses
The Nostalgia Train is made up of subway cars in service along the lettered lines between the early 1930s to the mid-1970s. Equipped with ceiling fans, padded seats and incandescent light bulbs, the R/1 through R/9 cars served the IND and later some BMT lines. The holiday “Nostalgia Train” will operate along the M train route on Sundays only.
