Fun With Kids in the Oakland and Berkeley
The 5th Annual Bay Area International Children’s Film Festival is this weekend and those under 3 get in free. Not that its aimed at them, most shows are better for older kids anyway. Have you been before? Do you have tips to share? The format Doors open at 9am both days for snacks and seating. [...]
The “artsy” in you need not starve: a family-friendly short film night at Sticky Art Lab on Friday. (Even meet the artists!) Take your baby out for a morning on the town: Rosa Parks School hosts a “Baby Bounce.” Book van available to check out books. Food trucks are still congregating on Saturdays in Alameda [...]
T-shirts for sale! T-shirts for sale! Last week I posted our {510} tshirts in an online store so that you can order them at your convenience. We’ve got baby tees in short sleeve and long sleeve, toddler sizes, and kid shirts. Use the pull down menus for sizes (after you click through to the store) [...]
How many times do I need to go to the zoo to break even? Is it a good deal if my kids are toddlers or babies? Let’s break it down.
How many times would I have to go to Lawrence Hall of Science to pay off my membership?
This Sunday, Dec 2nd, the Oakland Museum of California is hosting an open house – free to the public from 12-4:00! You will be able to get a sneak peak at the new science wing slated to open in May 2013. Expect to catch an early preview of an animation station with an interactive exhibit [...]
For $5 per ticket you can see Miracle on 34th Street or Wizard of Oz with your kiddos on the big screen at the Paramount Theater in Oakland. Advance purchase recommended but probably not required. Dates are as follows: MIRACLE ON 34th STREET Friday, November 30 at 8PM THE WIZARD OF OZ Friday, December 28 [...]
Call it childcare or call it camp: sometimes we need to give kids a fun place to go during school vacation days. Here are some options, along with pricing for a la carte days. Sarah’s Science Winter Camp offers an inventors workshop during the days before and after Christmas and New Year’s. Location: The Berkeley [...]
Anyone with overdue fines can get them waived under this Amnesty program at the Berkeley Library! I just read on Berkeleyside that the Berkeley Public Library is forgiving late fines this week. Awesome. My family goes to the library and the branch van a ton, and we are so disorganized when it comes to returning [...]
10 thumbs up. Pile the kids into the station wagon for 6pm drive-in movie showings.
Take me out to watch the Giants in the World Series with kids!
Berkeley’s first Open Streets project, Sunday Streets Berkeley, is coming up this weekend on October 14th, from 11am to 4pm. The deal is that the cars go some place else so the people can wander freely. All ages are welcome to play, bike, skate, toddle, walk, and bounce for a mile and a half. In [...]
Weekends from Oct. 4 – Dec. 15, the vacant lot at the corner of Mandela Parkway and West Grand will be transformed into a creative community space filled with art and commerce. If that sounds like a good time for you and your family, read on… Grand Opening Weekend, October 6 and 7, when Peralta [...]
Talk to me, East Bay. Do you like to head out to the country to pumpkin fields on genuine farms? Do you prefer little patches within your part of town? Or do you just head to the grocery store for your gourds? Over the years, I have noticed that the range of Bay Area pumpkin [...]
Wednesday, October 3rd is International Walk and Roll to School Day! This day celebrates alternate modes of transportation of all types! So proudly carpool, walk, ride the bus, bike, scooter. Be on the lookout for “walking school buses”, groups of children and parents meeting up to walk to school together in observation of International Walk [...]
Will you join us this year? Early bird tickets are available now and are 50% off the price of day of tickets.
Po Bronson lives in San Francisco, with his wife and two children. We asked him to share his favorite Bay Area places to go with the kids.
