As families gather together to celebrate Thanksgiving the Long Island Children's Museum has come up with several solutions to that ever-nagging question – What are we going to do with the kids for the long holiday weekend? The Museum is closed on Thanksgiving Day but has a jam-packed weekend planned, including this program, Russian Duo - Oleg and Terry.
Workshop - 1 p.m. Come dance! Learn a famous Russian folk dance called "Troika" and perform it with live music. The Russian word troika means three-horse drawn carriage. In this dance, imitate the prancing of horses pulling a sled.
- Ages: 4 and up.
- Fee: $4 with museum admission ($3 for LICM Members), $8 theater only
Performance - 3 p.m. Come to the LICM Theater and learn all about the Russian stringed musical instrument called a "balalaika." The audience becomes an essential part of this concert as they join Oleg and Terry on stage to sing and play traditional Russian percussion instruments.
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- Ages: 3 and up.
- Fee: $4 with museum admission ($3 for LICM Members), $8 theater only
While there, families can spend time together exploring the museum's newest exhibit, Toys: The Inside Story, until January 2. Peek inside some common toys while exploring the basics of pulleys, cams, gears, linkages, and circuits. Twelve different hands-on stations are featured illustrating the simple mechanisms commonly found in toys, and lets visitors create their own toy-like combinations. Exhibits are free form and open-ended; offering visitors the opportunity to figure out how to spin a ballerina, free "Jack" from his box and make Elmo dance. Toys: The Inside Story was created by Montshire Museum of Science and funded by the National Science Foundation. Local exhibit support is provided by Astoria Federal Savings.
