Best Kid’s Events March 2018

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Best Kid’s Events March 2018: Here’s your Top Twenty for March featuring everything from seal watching to Maple Sugar Festivals the New Shanghai Circus and Disney Live at the County Center.

Cool! IMAX Movies, The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk – Daily: The Maritime Aquarium screens three movies, seven days a week on their six-story tall IMAQX screen. Now through 3/23: 11am & 3pm see Deep Sea for a plunge into the ocean with dangerous sharks and bizarre sea stars. Playing through 4/5: 12 & 2pm: Dream Big, the first IMAX movie with STEM content; Amazon Adventure, the story of a scientist whose research in the Amazon Rain Forest helped prove Darwin’s theories also plays through 4/5: 1 & 4pm. (10 N. Water St., Norwalk, www.maritimeaquarium.org)

Hot ticket alert! Shen Yun, Palace Stamford – Thurs-Sun, 3/1-4: six shows: This “awe-inspiring sensation” (ABC) has drawn praise from the likes of Cate Blanchett, Donna Karan, Siegfried & Roy and Kenn Wells of the English National Ballet. The New York Times called it “5,000 years of Chinese music and dance, in one night.” With original orchestral works and graphic scenography. (61 Atlantic Ave., Stamford; www.palacestamford)

Maple Sugar Festival Weekend, Stamford Museum & Nature Center – Sat-Sun, 3/3-4: 11am-2pm. It’s a weekend of maple sugar madness as kids learn not trees are tapped and see how sap is collected. There’s live music, sweet maple treats, face painting, kids crafts, a scavenger hunt, tree tapping, and a pancake brunch on Sunday. (39 Scofieldtown Rd., Stamford, CT; www.stamfordmuseum.org)

Sugaring Sundays, Teatown Lake Reservation – Sun, 3/4-11: 1, 2 & 3pm: Stoke up the fire, it’s sugaring time at Teatown. From tapping to collecting, boiling to bottling, Teatown’s naturalists will be in Warren’s Sugar House sharing facts and folklore about this sweet time of year. (1600 Spring Valley Rd., Ossining; www.teatown.org)

Eagles & Chili, Teatown Lake Reservation – Sun, 3/4: 10am-1:30pm: Charlie Roberto leads you on an eagle watching adventure along the Hudson. Meet 10am at Croton boat ramp. Expect to caravan to other Hudson River eagle viewing spots to the north and then return to Croton Point. Stay afterwards for 1:00 pm chili potluck at Croton Point Nature Center. Register online: (www.teatown.org)

Planetarium Shows, Hudson River Museum Planetarium – Sat-Sun, 3/3-31: HRM’s planetarium offers 4 different shows each weekend with at least one for younger audiences. March shows: The Girl Who Walked Upside Down for ages 5+ @ 12:30pm; The Sky Tonight is a live tour of the heavens with a planetarium educator for ages 8 plus @ 2pm; We Are Aliens, a 360° digital planetarium show narrated by Rupert Grint (from Harry Potter films) and Victorian’s Guide to the Galaxy, for ages 8+ @3:30pm. (511 Warburton Ave., Yonkers; www.hrm.org)

Moon Mouse, White Plains Performing Arts Center – Sun, 3/4: 2pm: Follow Marvin the mouse in this Lightwire Theater’s electro-luminescent production, as his quest to be popular with the cool kids takes him on a heroic cosmic adventure to the moon in a homemade rocket ship where he meets strange creatures, learns of infinite peril and experiences awesome beauty. Ages: 5-10. (11 City Place, White Plains; www.wppac.org)

Big East Men’s Basketball Tournament, MSG – Wed-Fri, 3/7-10: March madness comes to NYC when the Big East Championship Tournament hits Madison Square Garden for three days and nights of big-time college hoops action. PS Xavier and Marquette are already 9-1 and Butler is 8-2. msg.com

Local! Oklahoma, Byram Hills Varley Players – Thurs-Fri, 3/8-9: 7pm & Sat, 3/10: 2 & 7pm: Byram Hills’ Varley Players take on Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical based on the 1931 play Green Grow the Lilacs. The original Broadway production, with songs like “Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin”, “The Surrey with the Fringe on Top”, “Kansas City”, “I Cain’t Say No”, “Many a New Day” and “People Will Say We’re in Love”, was a 1943 box office smash and was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film in 1955. (BHHS, 12 Tripp Ln., Armonk)

March Madness Baseball Card Show, County Center – Fri-Sun, 3/9-11: Thousands of autographed/game used inserts, modern and vintage sports cards, factory/hand collated sets, hobby and wax boxes – all sports and non-sport graded cards and set fillers for your new or old sets! Sports card supplies, ball holders and autograph holders, on-site Autograph Authentication (JSA or PSA). Plus autograph opportunities with Gary Sheffield, Mike Eruzione, Bobby Hull, Ricky Henderson and more. (198 Central Ave., White Plains; www.countycenter.biz)

Local! SugarFest 2018, Westmoreland Sanctuary– Sat, 3/10: 9am, 10:30am & 12pm: Westmoreland’s Sugarfest! Kids Stuff Winter 2018 celebrates the sugaring season with their Maple Sugaring Through the Ages program that explores the harvesting and processing techniques used by the Native Americans and early colonists through present day. Plus their delectable all-you-can-eat Pancake Feast served with 100% New York Maple Syrup. (260 Chestnut Ridge Rd., Mt. Kisco; www.westmorelandsanctuary.org)

Seal Spotting & Birding Cruise, Maritime Aquarium – Sat-Sun, 3/10-11, Sun, 3/25 & Sun, 3/31: check times: On these 2.5 hour cruises you will seek out the seals on the rocks near the Norwalk Islands. Bring your cameras for on-the-water photo ops with winter waterfowl such as buffleheads, merganser, Brant geese and long-tailed ducks. (Aquarium Dock, 10 N. Water St., Norwalk; www.maritimeaquarium.org)

Casey Carle’s Bubblemania, Palace Stamford – Sun, 3/11: 3pm: A return engagement at the Palace from comic bubble artist Casey Carle. Set to jazzy music, Carle will bubble up fog-filled bubble sculptures, a cube bubble, funky foam and more. Raise your hand to play bubble pin-pong inside a gigantic soup bubble. (61 Atlantic Ave., Stamford; www.palacestamford)

Mary and the Witch’s Flower, Jacob Burns Film Center – Sat-Sun, 3/10-11: 12pm: From Studio Ponoc, the new Japanese animation studio created by veterans of Studio Ghibli, Mary and the Witch’s Flower is a fantasy adventure about a daring red-headed girl, a flying broom, and a mysterious, forbidden flower. Created by Hiromasa Yonebayashi (The Secret World of Arrietty) and based on the children’s novel The Little Broomstick, it’s about a bored girl who, with the help of some neighborhood cats, gains magical power for one night. (364 Mannville Rd., Pleasantville: www.burnsfilmcenter.org)

STE(A)M FUN! Doctor Kaboom! Live Wire! The Electricity Tour, Emelin Theatre – Sun, 3/11: 11am & 1:30pm: Dr. Kaboom’s interactive science comedy show, first performed at the Kennedy Center in DC, explores the fundamentals of electrical energy from Edison and Faraday to Tesla; lightning bolts to electric arcs and magnetic fields. Ages 7-12. (153 Library Ln., Mamaroneck; www.emelin.org)

Local! Bedford Playhouse Presents: The Number on Great-Grandpa’s Arm, Fox Lane Middle School – Sun, 3/11: 5-6:30-pm: When ten-year-old Elliott asks his 90-year-old great-grandfather, Jack, about the number tattooed on his arm, he sparks an intimate conversation about Jack’s life that spans happy memories of childhood in Poland, the loss of his family, surviving Auschwitz and finding a new life in America. Followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker Amy Schatz and the film’s narrator ten year old Elliot Saiontz – both Bedford residents. The film is the centerpiece of a new installation at the Museum of Jewish Heritage. RSVP at w ww.Bedf ordplayhouse.org/events

Pancake Brunch, Teatown Lake Reservation – Sat, 3/17: 8:30am-1pm: Bring your appetite for Teatown’s tastiest annual tradition—the Pancake Brunch. Start your day off with stacks of hotcakes and maple syrup, hot coffee, sausages and more. Then visit Warren’s Sugar House to watch a demonstration about how their ‘liquid gold’ is produced. For everyone. (1600 Spring Valley Rd., Ossining; www.teatown.org)

Maple Weekend & Pancake Breakfast, Hilltop Hanover Farm: Sat-Sun, 3/17-18 & 24-25: 9, 10 & 11am: Celebrate New York’s Maple Weekend for a pancake breakfast at Hilltop Hanover Farm and Environmental Center overlooking the Croton Watershed and Manhattan skyline! Then make your way to White Oak Farm for a tour of their sugarhouse! (1271 Hanover St., Yorktown Heights; www.hilltophanoverfarm.org)

The New Shanghai Circus, Acrobats of China, Ridgefield Playhouse – Sun, 3/18: 4pm: Take a break from Western culture to see Chinese circus traditions that date back 2000 years. Including jugglers, comic knife throwers and the bicyclist who piles 10 on his bike. (80 E. Ridge, Ridgefield, CT; www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org)

North Castle Recreation’s Egg-Cellent Hunt, IBM Community Park Track – Sat, 3/24: 10:30am: Boys and girls pre-K through grade 5 head over to the IBM community park with baskets or bags to gather eggs on this annual Armonk eg hunt. No registration necessary.Rain date, Sat, 3/31: 10:30am.

Kids Concert! The Chappaqua Orchestra Presents: Music Is Science, Sun, 3/25: 3pm: TCO’s annual children’s concert features science educator Dr. Patrick Herak and guest conductor Douglas Droste in Music is Science, an educational and interactive concert introducing children to the orchestra, how scientific principles apply to the mechanics and sounds of musical instruments. (480 Bedford Road, Chappaqua; 914.458-5143) TKTS

Way cool! Dino Light, Emelin Theatre – Sun, 3/25: 11am & 1:30pm: The acclaimed Lightwire Theatre, creators of Moonmouse, present their new glow in the dark production about a scientist who brings a friendly Kids Stuff Winter 2018 dinosaur to life. Dino Light was the recipient of the prestigious Jim Henson Foundation Grant. (153 Library Ln., Mamaroneck; www.emelin.org)

Mickey & Minnie’s Doorway to Magic, County Center – Fri-Sun, 3/30-04/1: check times: Join Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald, Goofy and 25 of Disney characters in this Disney Live stage production. See the Fairy Godmother transform Cinderella’s rags into a beautiful ball gown; the Toy Story gang defy the dimensions of Andy’s toy box with the help of the green army men; and the stage debut of Rapunzel and Flynn Rider as they rise into the sky amidst floating lanterns. With special appearances by Snow White, Tinker Bell, and Aladdin’s Genie. (198 Central Ave., White Plains; www.countycenter.biz)

Local! Paint Party, Bedford Recreation – Fri, 3/31: 4:30pm. Instructor Nando Amico leads kids in grades 3-8 in an afternoon painting adventure. No experience necessary and everyone goes home with a masterpiece. (Bedford Hills Community House, 74 Main St., Bedford Hills; www.bedfordny.info)

April

Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers, Stamford Palace – Sun, 4/8: 3pm: The award-winning Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers present The Legend of the Banana Kid, featuring 20 hand-crafted glove, mouth and rod puppets and a slew of twirling styrofoam. Follow Little Chucky, riding his trusty goat into the Wild West for a showdown with Big Bad Bart and his gang of bandits. (61 Atlantic St., Stamford; www.palacestamford.org)

Spring Egg Hunt, Bedford Recreation, Tues, 4/11: 10:50am: Children ages 2-10 bring their own baskets or bags for egg collection and photo ops with the Spring Bunny. (John Jay Homestead, 400 Jay St., (RT. 22) Katonah; www.bedfordny.gov)

Flashlight Egg Hunt, Bedford Recreation, Wed, 4/12: 8pm: Kids in grades 3-7 bring a flashlight or don a headlamp for this after dark egg hunt. Bring a bag to collect your loot. (Bedford Village Memorial Park, 65 Greenwich Rd., Bedford; www.bedfordny.gov)

Wild Krats Live, To The Creature Rescue, Stamford Palace – Thurs, 4/19: 7pm: The animated Kratt Brothers, Martin and Chris, “come to real life” in this stage production of a classically Wild Kratts story. Activating their Creature Power Suits, they confront the comic villain, Zach, to save the animals of the creature world. (61 Atlantic St., Stamford; www.palacestamford.org)

Huck & Tom and The Might Mississippi, Ridgefield Playhouse – Sat, 4/21: 11am & 2pm: The Ridgefield Academy Family Series present a foot-stompin’ musical based on the novels of Mark Twain. Join Huckleberry and Tom, Jim, Becky Thatcher, Aunt Polly and all the residents and of Hannibal, MO as they explore the majestic river that defined their lives, tested their souls, and carried their spirit into the heart of America. (80 E. Ridge, Ridgefield, CT; www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org)

The Princess Bride, Jacob Burns Film Center – Sat – Sun, 4/21-22: 12pm: In Rob Reiner’s charming and hilarious fairy tale set in an alternate universe of joyful derring-do and corny jokes, Princess Buttercup (Robin Wright) is kidnapped by a motley crew—including a strongman (André the Giant), a master swordsman (Mandy Patinkin), and an evil genius (Wallace Shawn)—right before she is to be married to the villainous Prince Humperdinck (Chris Sarandon). A romance at its core, The Princess Bride is still perfect for kids who prefer action and adventure. (364 Mannville Rd., Pleasantville: www.burnsfilmcenter.org)

Some Pig! Charlotte’s Web, Emelin Theatre – Sun, 4/22: 11am & 1:30pm. “Some pig.” Theatre Works USA brings to life E.B. White’s classic story about how Charlotte the spider saves Wilbur the pig from becoming breakfast. Since 1961, Theatre Works USA has presented professional family theatre to over 90 million children. Grades K-5. (153 Library Ln., Mamaroneck; www.emelin.org)