Fee-fi-fo-fum

The Swedish Cottage Marionette Theater hosts “Jack and the Beanstalk,” now through June 28.

This fresh retelling of the Swedish Cottage original production presented by the City Parks Foundation takes Jack on an enchanting adventure up a magical beanstalk. Jack encounters the notorious giant Milford whose thieving ways have brought misfortune upon Jack and his mother, but with help from friends, he risks his life to take back what the Giant stole.

The play is approximately 45 minutes long and is suitable for children 3 to 9 years old.

“Jack and the Beanstalk,” now through June 28, showtimes are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 10:30 am and noon; Wednesdays, 10:30 am, noon, and 2:30 pm; Saturdays and Sundays, 1 pm. Tickets are $7 for children under 12; $10 for all others.

Swedish Cottage Marionette Theater [W. 79th Street and West Drive on the Upper West Side; (212) 988–9093;www.cityparksfoundation.org/arts/swedish-cottage-marionette-theatre].

Relevant Directory Listings

See More

New Settlement Community Center

<p>Offering a host of healthy, fun and exciting programs for children ages 6 months and up, including ballet and hi-hop dance with Alvin Ailey, group and private swimm classes, mixed martial arts, youth technology, piano, violin and guitar lessons, and more.</p>

Music Together

<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" data-sheets-value="{" data-sheets-userformat="{">Music Together® is for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and their parents/caregiver. The classes include songs, rhythmic rhymes and movement, and instrument play activities that are developmentally appropriate for the children and easy for parents and caregivers, regardless of their own musical ability.</span></p>

Adventuring Portal

<p><a name="m_-1473885667065203258__Hlk72147528"></a>Adventuring Portal runs Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) games for kids.   We have created a safe online space for tweens and teens to learn and play D&D.</p> <p>Our D&D Summer Camp session are a one-week experience.  Monday – Friday.  Each day will be 3 hours of gaming (with 2 breaks build in).  15 total gaming hours for $180.  If you have played with us before, you are entitled to 10% off.   </p> <p>Need your kids, nieces or nephews, grand kids or neighbor’s kids to be occupied for a bit so you can get work done & take care of your to-do list? Maybe your tween or teen is still a bit isolated and craves connection with their peers? Whether your teen/tween has played D&D before or is brand-new to the experience, this safe space brings players together to have fun and solve problems as a team in ways few other online opportunities do.</p> <p>All our games focus on experiential learning.   Our players leave knowing all the basic game play as well as experiencing: teamwork, bravery, compassion, generosity, negotiation, improvisation, gamer etiquette, strategy, critical thinking, problem solving, cartography and probability - all through online D&D adventuring!</p> <p>We are an inclusive organization and welcome gamers who are LGBTQIA+ and those on any spectrum. </p> <p>All girls’ groups available. </p> <p>I am a parent, a certified elementary school and middle school math teacher and last summer in the midst of the mess started Adventuring Portal, an online Dungeons & Dragons business for kids. There are so many benefits to playing D&D and I hope you will consider us as a great way for your child to safely socialize, grow as people and have a great time.</p>