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Sunday, May 20

Boogie down to catchy rock & roll riffs about everyone from Harriet Tubman to Amelia Earhart at the Deedle Deedle Dees 92YTribeca performance. $15, kids under 2 free.

FREE Join in dance circles, enjoy international foods and performances, and buy authentic crafts at Inwood Hill Park's Drums Along the Hudson.

FREE Watch performances by Erin Lee and the Up Past Bedtime Band and Singalong Steve or stick around for mom-friendly poetry readings, film screenings and comedic performances at the Ninth Annual Mamapalooza Extravaganza at Pier 1 in Riverside Park South.

Try out the best food trucks the city has to offer—all in one place—at the Prospect Park Alliance Food Truck Rally in Grand Army Plaza. Free admission; food costs extra.

Watch performances by Jukebox Radio and embark on a self-guided gallery hunt at the Jewish Museum's Power to the Portrait Family Day. Free with museum admission.

Kids can watch sheep get their winter coats shorn, then head to the Lefferts Historic House for a lesson in washing, carding (brushing), spinning and weaving at the Prospect Park Zoo's Fleece Festival. Free with zoo admission.

Check out Stand Up: A Musical About Bullying, performed by tweens and teenagers from Applause New York at the Dicapo Opera Theater. $20. 

Take in a screening of the classic French film The Red Balloon after watching a selection of Popeye and Casper the Friendly Ghost cartoons at Canal Park Playhouse. $7.

Discover what it takes to plan a trip to Mars in the Park Avenue Armory's "Tom Sachs' Space Program: Mars." $12, children under 10 free. 

Stroll through scenes from artist Claude Monet's paintings in the New York Botanical Garden's new exhibit, "Monet's Garden." Free with garden admission.

FREE Let your clan work up an appetite with games and activities in the children’s pavilion, then nibble on suckling-pig sandwiches, Thai dumplings, key-lime pie and other goodies at the Ninth Avenue International Food Festival.

See the entire Harry Potter saga condensed into a wacky, family-friendly play, Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Potter, at the Little Shubert Theater. $39.75–$69.75.

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