Fill your home with flying butterflies!
In this video, Piu and Rajeswaree will show you how to create colorful butterflies out of folded paper.
Materials: Paper, crayons or markers, scissors (optional)
How many butterflies can you make?
Show us your origami butterflies by posting a picture to #SingingWindsSummerFun on Instagram and Facebook.
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¿Puedes hacer un globo aerostático con papel?
En este video, Karen te mostrará cómo.
Muéstranos lo que creas publicando una foto en #SingingWindsSummerFun en Facebook o Instagram
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Can you make a hot air balloon out of paper?
In this video, Karen will show you how.
Show us what you create by posting a photo to #SingingWindsSummerFun on Facebook or Instagram
Can you create Slime out of glue and an activator?
In this video, Piu will show you how to make 3 different kinds of slime.
Show us how stretchy your slime can stretch by posting a video to #SingingWindsSummerFun on Instagram or Facebook!
How do you use the properties of oil and water to create “fireworks” in a glass?
In this video, Faizah will show you how to do a simple science experiment with colorful results.
Share a picture of your “fireworks” with us on Facebook or Instagram.
Learn simple techniques for drawing in 3-D!
In this video, Juan will show you how to create an optical illusion with pen and paper.
Materials: pen, pencil, ruler, paper, sharpie or marker
Share your artwork with us on Facebook and instagram
#SingingWindsSummerFun
How big a bubble can you blow?
In this video, Samiya will show you how to make bubble solution and wands from easy-to-find household items.
Materials: Dish detergent, sugar, water, scissors, empty water or soda bottle
Share pictures of the biggest bubbles you make!
#SingingWindsSummerFun on Facebook and Instagram
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The Singing Winds presents “The Lions and Dragons Dance – a children’s celebration of the Lunar New Year” featuring special guests from the Wan Chi Ming Hung Gar Institute.
2020 is the Year of the Rat! Come celebrate the Lunar New Year with Lion Dance, Fan Dance, Kung Fu, music, and stories from China. With a special presentation by the Wan Chi Ming Hung Gar Institute, “The Lions and Dragons Dance” will introduce you to some of the legends and traditional customs associated with this ancient celebration.
Recommended for all ages! Wear Red!
Free Admission
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for food, crafts and activities.
Where: PS 230 auditorium, 1 Albemarle Street
When: Friday, February 7 at 7:00 p.m.
Goha and His Donkey, illustrated by the Al-Fattoh family of tentmakers
The Singing Winds presents “Juha and His Donkey – Stories, Music and Dance from the Middle East” featuring storytelling in Arabic and English.
Join us this Saturday, and hear traditional tales from the Middle East and an original Arabic translation of a contemporary story – “How Leo Learned to be King,” by Marcus Pfister. Calligraphy and mosaic projects. Enjoy traditional and contemporary Arabic music, and join the dance!
Please note that we will be dancing in separate groups for boys and girls.
Free Admission
Doors open at 2:00 p.m. for food, crafts and activities.
We are proud to announce that the New York State Council on the Arts has awarded us a 2020 Project Support grant through the Special Arts Services program. Thank you! We are so grateful for the support that has been offered to the Singing Winds: Storytelling from Around the World program.
The Singing Winds presents “Juha and His Donkey – Stories, Music and Dance from Yemen” featuring storytelling in Arabic and English and special guest Mohamed Hael, playing oud and keyboards.
Join us this Saturday, and hear the lessons of Juha and the Wise Man. Calligraphy and clay projects. Enjoy traditional and contemporary Arabic music, and join the dance!
Please note that we will be dancing in separate groups for boys and girls.
Free Admission
Doors open at 2:00 p.m. for food, crafts and activities.
Bangladesh Institute of Performing Arts
Singing Winds’ Jill Reinier will travel to Bangladesh as Mask-Maker for this vibrant dance drama, produced by Bangladesh Institute of Performing Arts!
We are proud to announce that the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs has awarded us a 2017 Cultural Development Fund award, in partnership with the City Council. Thank you! We are so grateful for the support that has been offered to our project.
Check it out! Singing Winds is featured in this Partnership for Parks video!
We want to express our gratitude to Partnership for Parks, for supporting Singing Winds’ activities and festivals in Albemarle Playground since 2013.
The resources you offer are invaluable for community groups with a vision for their local park.
On behalf of all the children and families who love Albemarle Playground, thank you! We pledge to care for this public space with dedication and joy!
Jill Reinier and Said Damir, The Four Little Goats at Brooklyn Borough Hall
Said Damir and Hafida Torres, The Four Little Goats at Brooklyn Borough Hall