The girls and I drove down to Gaithersburg, MD on Tuesday to attend Robbie Schaefer’s One Voice Festival, a benefit event for his non-profit organization of the same name. In addition to narrowly losing out on a pair of silent auctions – you all were thisclose to hearing me as […]
I spend the entirety of my first post for the NYC blogging giant Mommy Poppins encouraging city families to brave the July heat for the opportunity to see & hear the awe-inspiring Shine and the Moonbeams in concert this week. You’ve got three chances, across three boroughs. All three shows […]
The girls and I saw a kid’s concert this morning – a small affair at our local Barnes & Noble. We’ve seen many a children’s performance so it’s strange that this thought hadn’t struck me before today: Shouldn’t each and every kid’s musician who even remotely identifies themselves with #Kindie […]
I started a podcast this week. But if you prefer your Jeff Bogle live and in person – and really, why wouldn’t you? – get thee self to The Greene Performance Space in SoHo NYC on Monday afternoon. I’ll be moderating a family music discussion and performance (well, I doubt […]
At this point, you probably know the Recess Monkey back story. At least I hope you do, because you won’t learn that the trio are early childhood educators at a progressive Seattle school or that they’re managed by a monkey named MayMo. You also won’t read a word about their […]
It’s 95 damn degrees in Philadelphia today. Un-air conditioned schools are closing early. It’s nasty out there. Fortunately, there’s an affordable way for your family to beat the heat tonight indoors at the very air conditioned Plays & Players Theater on lovely tree-lined Delancey Street. Philly’s own Alex and the […]
A Dan Zanes & Friends concert is always a high-quality event and today’s outdoor amusement park setting did nothing but aid the insta-party vibe Zanes goes for and achieves at a remarkable rate. Like the 2nd Justin Roberts show we saw at Sesame Place last month, the 11:30am Zanes set […]
JR & the NR4NP took the Abby’s Paradise Theater stage at Sesame Place a total of 6 times over the course of this past weekend. OWTK was lucky enough to catch the first two sets on Sunday, the 2nd of which I’ve dubbed the OWTK set as it featured pretty […]
