Where to Celebrate Women’s History Month with Your Kids in the New York Area
Visit one of these monuments or events with your family to celebrate women's history month all March long.
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FREE. ONLINE The Rise Of Superwomen: The Progress Of Female Superheroes
WHEN: Thursday, March 11, 4-5pm
WHERE: Queens Public Library, Online
AGES: 13-17
WHAT: A presentation highlighting the progress of how comic book women are portrayed in film and television. It will highlight the beginnings, the struggles, and becoming the overall champions of their own stories.
WANT TO GO? Watch online.
FREE. ONLINE Women's History Month: Breaking Barriers: Story & Craft: Shining Star
WHEN: Friday, March 26, 3:15-4pm
WHERE: Queens Public Library, Online
AGES: Newborn to 5
WHAT: Join Ms. Janice, early learning assistant at Flushing Library, to explore Women's History Month in story and craft using paper, scissors, glue, and crayons.
WANT TO GO? Join at https://queenslib.org/3qDaarB
Celebrate Women’s History Month in Westchester
FREE. ONLINE Libbie Custer: Widow of the famous colonel from Custer's Last Stand
WHEN: Saturday, March 13, 1pm
WHERE: St. Paul's Church National Historic Site, Online
AGES: All
WHAT: In recognition of Women's History Month, Kim Harris of Western History Alive re-enacts the role of Libbie Custer, widow of the infamous General, George A. Custer. The program will include a portrayal of Libbie's life after General Custer's death, when she lived in Bronxville, New York, a few miles from St. Paul's Church.
WANT TO GO? Advanced registration required.
FREE. ONLINE Girl Power: Stories from Near and Far In celebration of Women's History Month
WHEN: Tuesday, March 16, 6:30pm
WHERE: Warner Library, Online
AGES: All
WHAT: Join award-winning storyteller April Armstrong as she shares stories and songs of inspiring and courageous women.
WANT TO GO? Advanced registration required.
FREE. ONLINE Art Story Time! Yayoi Kusama – Covered Everything in Dots and Wasn't Sorry by Fausto Gilberti
WHEN: Monday, March 22, 3:30-4:30pm
WHERE: Pelham Art Center, Online
AGES: All
WHAT: Join Charlotte Mouquin–artist, educator, and Executive Director of Pelham Art Center–for a FREE kids’ art history hour! You and your little artist will enjoy a story time followed by a special art project inspired by the polkadotted world of contemporary art superstar Yayoi Kusama! Get your imaginations ready, and bring your favorite art materials: paper and crayons, markers, or pens!
WANT TO GO? Hosted on Zoom Passcode: 175962
FREE. ONLINE Women Around the World: A Virtual Musical Celebration by Firey String Sistas!
WHEN: Sunday, March 28, 2pm
WHERE: Hudson River Museum, Online
AGES: All
WHAT: With the works of Landscape Art & Virtual Travel providing a backdrop, Firey String Sistas! will present a virtual concert featuring works from their new album, H.O.T., incorporating aspects of global culture, worldbeats from Africa, Jamaica, and Latin America, jazz from the Great American Songbook, and, finally, tributes to great women in our current political arena. Following the concert, there will be a Q&A with members of the group.
WANT TO GO? Advanced registration required.
FREE. ONLINE Family Storytime: Girl Geniuses
WHEN: Wednesday, March 31, 2-2:30pm
WHERE: New York Public Library, Online
AGES: 18 months to 5 yearsWHAT: Damsel in distress, who? March is Women's History Month. Join the library for a live online program with songs, rhymes, and favorite read-
aloud books celebrating super smart girls. Join the library for storytime as a funtime for the whole family. Ideal for caregivers with multiple-aged children.
WANT TO GO? Advanced registration required.
Celebrating Women’s History Month in Rockland
FREE. ONLINE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS: African American Women/Suffrage
WHEN: Wednesday, March 10, 6-7pm
WHERE: Pearl River Library, Online
AGES: Tweens and older
WHAT: Celebrate Women’s History Month with PRPL and Rockland County Human Rights Commissioner Constance L. Frazier with the library. Join the Community Conversation about African American Women and the vital role they played in the Suffrage Movement. Find out how they engaged in significant reform efforts and political activism leading to and following the ratification in 1920 of the Nineteenth Amendment, which barred states from denying American women the right to vote on the basis of their sex.
WANT TO GO? Advanced registration required.
FREE. IN PERSON: Girl Scout Day
WHEN: Friday, March 12, 4-5:30pm
WHERE: Code Ninjas, 85 Goodwin Ave., Midland Park, NJ
AGES: 5-14
WHAT: Code Ninjas invites kids for a free Coding Session in the honor of Girl Scout Day and in honor of the First Computer Programmer, who happened to be a woman, Ada Lovelace.
WANT TO GO? Advanced registration required.
IN PERSON Family Fun Day- Women's History Month
WHEN: Saturday, March 20, 11:30am-1pm or 2-3:30pm
WHERE: Liberty Hall Museum 1003 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ
AGES: All
WHAT: Meet some of the remarkable women in the Livingston/Kean family to celebrate Women’s History Month! Women have been making history at Liberty Hall for centuries, leaving their individual mark on the property and community at large. In conjunction with the newly installed “How Long Must We Wait: Suffrage and the Ladies of Liberty Hall'' exhibit, visitors will have the opportunity to connect with some of the previous female residents of Liberty Hall, discussing how their lives joined with the figures around them as they chat about the house they know and love.
WANT TO GO? 1 adult and 1 child: $10; $8 members. Ticket sales are limited to ONE adult per child. Additional adults cannot be accommodated.
FREE. ONLINE WOMEN UNITED
WHEN: Tuesday, March 23, 8pm
WHERE: Wonder Girls, Online
AGES: All
WHAT: Women United is hosted by a diverse group of girls from the Wonder Girls program who will interview a multicultural group of phenomenal women to share the mission in building bridges of understanding and collaboration. Wonder Girls hosts include Victoria Zervoudis (Freshman, 15), Yana Giannoutsos (Freshman, 15), Ellie Kim (Senior, 18), and Jasmine Garcia (College Junior, 19). Each one will be paired up to interview four inspirational women including Doctor and Captain of the U.S. Army Dr. Kelly Anne Perkins; Actress, Author of bestseller ‘Embracing Me’, Activist, and TedX Speaker April Hernandez; 2008 Miss Universe and Ambassador to AID for AIDS Dayana Mendoza; and Life Coach, TEDX Speaker, and World-Renowned International Dancer Magna Gopal.
WANT TO GO? Tune in to Wonder Girls Facebook + Youtube + LinkedIn Channels.
FREE. IN PERSON Orangetown Suffragist Exhibit
WHEN: Through Dec. 28, Tuesdays and Fridays, 10am-2pm; Sundays 1-4pm
WHERE: Orangetown Historical Museum and Archives, 196 Chief Bill Harris Way, Orangeburg
AGES: All
WHAT: The fight for American women to get the right to vote was fought on many fronts - including Orangetown. Learn about this fascinating movement within the context of how women lived and were perceived at the time as the museum celebrates 100 years of women's suffrage.
WANT TO GO? Admission is free; donations graciously accepted.
Celebrate Women’s History Month on Long Island
FREE. ONLINE Women's History Month Storytime
WHEN: Wednesday, March 10, 5:30-6:30pm
WHERE: Wyandanch Public Library, Online
AGES: All
WHAT: Listen to an autobiography and discuss some of the great women throughout history with Librarian Miss Kasey.
WANT TO GO? Watch on Zoom.
FREE. ONLINE Happy Birthday RBG
WHEN: Monday, March 15, 4:30-5pm
WHERE: Smithtown Library, Online
AGES: All
WHAT: Celebrate late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s 88th birthday with a craft using a cardboard roll, coffee filter, paper cup and common art supplies.
WANT TO GO? Watch on Facebook or YouTube.
IN PERSON stART (Story + Art): "Julia, Child"
WHEN: Thursday, March 25, 11:30am-12pm
WHERE: Long Island Children's Museum, 11 Davis Avenue, Garden City
AGES: 3-5
WHAT: This week in stART they will read "Julia, Child" by Kyo Maclear. Julia and Simca are two young friends who share a love of cooking. This fictional tale loosely inspired by the life and spirit of Julia Child celebrates the joy of eating, the importance of never completely growing up and mastering the art of having a good time. After the story, decorate a chef’s apron to take home!
WANT TO GO? $4; $3 members plus admission: $14; $13 ages 65 and older. Purchase tickets in advance.
FREE. ONLINE Women's History Month: Ella Fitzgerald Read-A-Loud Primary tabs
WHEN: Friday, March 26, all day
WHERE: Rogers Memorial Library, Online
AGES: First to fifth grades
WHAT: The most famous singer for nearly half a century, Ella Fitzgerald, is referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella. From humble beginnings to stardom…..come hear her amazing story!
WANT TO GO? Watch on the library website or Facebook.
