Help your kids break their teeny bopper music habit - WhitneyKids Punk Rock Event

WhitneyKids Punk Rock !!

Rock out with Japanther at the Whitney Museum

Saturday, July 11 from 1 to 4 pm 

Recommended for kids 6-12

Here's an opportunity to enlighten your kids (and mine), that music is more than Hannah Montana, the Jonas Brothers and High School Musical (please, lord help me survive this long, long and dark winter period in musical history.)

Check out the Dan Graham collaborators—and innovative punk band—perform Rock and Roll Ice Cream

Explore the sculptures of artist Dan Graham through his sources of inspiration-from punk rock to cartoons. 

Your kids will have a chance to:

• Make their own music!
• View animated shorts!
• Create a own comic book zine!

Admission is $10 per family (free for member families). A family ticket is valid for up to 2 adults; children under 12 always receive free admission. $5 admission for additional adults.

All children must be accompanied by an adult. 

To buy tickets please visit http://whitney.org/www/parents/2a.html

Tickets will also be available the day of the event.

Whitney Museum

945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street

212-570-3600

 

Sensory Nirvana - Ernesto Neto's anthropodino

This weekend, I remembered to go see the Ernesto Neto's anthropodino installation at the Park Avenue Armory and I am so glad that I did. Neto is a Brazilian artist who is known for his large scale installations. I will be honest, I had not heard of him but that means nothing since I am more drawn to traditional painting and sculptures.

Antropodino is a truly interactive installation that can best be described as cavernous and ethereal at the same time. There are lots of gauzy tunnels to run through and hide. All through out the tunnels are these hanging pods that contain different spices from cloves to lavender to cumin.

As if the running through the tunnels, peaking through holes and smelling the pods was not enough, the most appealing part of the installation was a pool filled with thousands of plastic balls. As you can imagine as anyone who has been to Chucky Cheese, a pool of balls and kids go together like olive oil and balsamic vinegar, a natural fit.

Let's say that I pretty much spent 90 minutes standing in line for my daughter so she could jump into the pool three times.

I only wish that the artist would make this installation a traveling show so more people could see it for themselves.