Philadelphia’s Arden Theatre is not messing around this season. Often, the city’s finest venue for top-notch family theater will throw a curveball into the mix, a Flea and the Professor for example. But for the 2014/15 season, it is all fastballs, high and tight. Leading off the duo of children’s […]
I sometimes think my family should keep an apartment in L.A. Nothing fancy. I’m not talking Los Feliz or Santa Monica. I’d settle for Culver City. It’s not that we’re jetsetters, not exactly although we’re inching closer to that kind of ridiculous status with what we have planned for the […]
I don’t know what all the sculptures represent. I haven’t a clue about brush strokes. And I can barely dance my way around explaining impressionism to my kids. But I believe in art and I believe in art museums as exciting destinations for families with young children. Sometimes, you have […]
The Not-Its! playing old favorites like “Puppy Dog” plus selections from their new album, Brady Rymer performing as a duo with the hilarious and talented Claudia Mussen, and the dashing founding member of The Walkmen who recently celebrated his kindie debut, Walter Martin, dazzling hundreds with sweet pop songs about […]
OWTK’s favorite indie toy store is now our two favorite indie two stores as MonkeyFish Toys has bloomed into a 2nd location this spring! The sequel to the popular Exton store is located in West Chester, PA and will be up and running very soon. The bigger space in WC […]
The Arden Theatre’s current production of Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat (on stage through 6/29) is a surrealist dream in a frame hung low enough on the crooked wall allowing a child to stare directly into it with wide eyes and an even wider smile. With an opening […]
Save for a few gems at The Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville each year, it’s rare that the creme de la creme of family music comes to the Philly suburbs. That fact makes this free Alastair Moock concert a must-attend family event at 7pm on May 19th at the People’s Light […]
The Walkmen were/are one of indie rock’s most intriguing bands — think a more energetic (and enjoyable) The National and a more polished Felice Brothers. Yeah, a pretty terrific outfit. One of the Walkmen’s men, Walter Martin has a solo album out this month called We’re All Young Together, an […]
