It’s quietly one of the more diverse and exciting annual family events along the Eastern seaboard, and it is about to get underway again. The 2012 iteration of the Philadelphia International Children’s Festival will feature a couple of performances already sporting the coveted [cough, cough] OWTK stamp of approval: Pasta! […]
Two different kindie music events on the same day? Shit, it’s almost feelin’ like NYC ’round these parts. Take advantage of this, folks, it doesn’t happen every weekend in the City of Brotherly Love. The Deedle Deedle Dees @ The Kimmel Center – Sat 3/10 11am – FREE EVENT! I […]
The internationally renowned kiddie dance party returns home to the city of brotherly love this month! [press release] The Award winning* Baby Loves Disco is back in the city where it all began for two old-school Family Dance Parties at Shampoo Night Club. Date: Saturday March 17th Time: 1-4pm Where: […]
[press release] On Saturday, March 3, 2012, The Little Treehouse is celebrating Dr. Suess’ birthday with a special birthday party in his honor. This special event is designed to celebrate on of children’s most beloved authors and to encourage reading and having fun! The party will run from 10:00 to […]
The Mouse and I are off to see Dr. Dog this afternoon in Phillytown. Figured this would be as good an opportunity as any to share a very kid-friendly video of theirs, for the song “Shadow People” off the band’s 2010 album “Shame, Shame”. Why kid appropriate? Well, ’cause it’s […]
[press release] Big Blue Marble Bookstore Announces Author Events and Workshops with a special Children’s Reading on 1/28/2012. PHILADELPHIA (Jan. 6, 2012) – Celebrating its sixth year in business, Northwest Philadelphia’s independent bookstore, Big Blue Marble Bookstore continues to offer a variety of opportunities for writers and book lovers of […]
There are a lot of good people making good music for families in 2012 but no one is quite like Randy Kaplan. The Los Angeles resident has a classic cool, 1930’s troubadour style on and off stage, and folds sharp wit, sly humor, and brilliant childhood insight in with a […]
One of my most reliable methods for determining the quality, or at the very least the stickiness, of a product or performance is the time it takes the Bear & Mouse to fold what they have just experienced into their extremely imaginative play. It took nearly 24 hours from us […]
