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Introducing Weekday Picks for Westchester Kids: Poetry Slam, Teen DIY, & Passport Fridays January 5-9
Happy New Year! With a new year comes a new feature for Mommy Poppins Westchester--a weekly roundup of top weekday events, brought to you in a Monday morning newsletter. Similar to our weekend roundups, we'll highlight fun things to do with kids all week long. This means that subscribers will hear from us twice a week in 2015: once with weekday highlights, and once with weekend fun. If you haven't already, be sure to sign up for our FREE newsletters to stay up-to-date on the latest news, events and activities throughout Westchester and Lower Hudson Valley.
Below, we’ve singled out our favorite event for each weekday, Monday through Friday, for the coming week. There are a lot of great roll-up-your-sleeves events and a particular hotbed of activity for tweens or teens--like Teen DIY and Poetry SLAM and Open Mic. Four of the five are FREE! Click through for event details, but don’t stop there--be sure to peruse our Events Calendar for even more events happening around town.
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Teen DIY - Monday
This hands-on workshop for middle-school-aged kids features a different DIY project each week. The focus this week will likely have broad appeal: Build Your Own iPhone Speaker! FREE
Guiding Eyes Volunteer Project - Tuesday
If helping others is high on your New Year’s resolution list, here’s an opportunity to support a good cause while earning community service hours working with puppies. FREE
Poetry SLAM and Open Mic - Wednesday
If your teen thinks poetry is ho-hum, he or she hasn’t been to a poetry slam. More than just a reading, the poetry slam—first introduced in Chicago and then brought to New York at the Nuyorican Poets Café in Manhattan—gets members of the audience scoring the readers in a friendly competition. Attend as a poet or as a spectator. FREE
Ilyasah Shabazz Buffet and Book Signing - Thursday
This ticketed event is centered around a meet-and-greet with author Ilyasah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, but also features a buffet meal at a local restaurant. $30
Passport Fridays - Friday
This series of events imagining international travel allows kids in grades K-2 to “visit” a different country at each session. This week’s focus: Brazil. FREE
Remember to check out our Events Calendar for the full extent of our daily listings!
