Today
CURIOUSER & CURIOUSER: Kick off a new series of all-ages entertainment at the BAMFamily launch party “Down the Rabbit Hole,” where you’ll find such wonders as live tunes from ¡Acopladitos! and the Good Ms. Padgett, storytelling by authors Paul O. Zelinzky and Chris Raschka, sketch comedy from the Story Pirates, face painting and more. 11 a.m., free. BAMFisher, 321 Ashland Place, Fort Greene; 718-636-4129, bam.org
MOONDANCE: Founders of theater “by kids and for kids,” Tada! Youth Theater will take dramatic arts for the very young up another notch when it hosts the “Little Moon Theatre,” a troupe of actors who can magically grant hilarious wishes as they perform. Saturdays and Sundays through Feb. 16 at 2 and 4 p.m.; $20 for adults, $8 for kids. 15 W. 28th St., between Broadway and Fifth Avenue; 212-252-1619, tadatheater.com
WAY TO GO: The perfect play for Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, Vital Theatre’s “Show Way” is like a musical lesson in African-American history — from slavery to the civil rights movement to the present day. Based on the Newbery Honor-winning book by Jacqueline Woodson. Today and tomorrow, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.; $25 to $30. McGinn Cazale Theatre, 2162 Broadway, fourth floor, at 76th Street; 212-579-0528, vitaltheatre.org
TOMORROW
ANIMAL PLANET: Get ready for some serious glitter at the Jewish Museum, where kids can spend “Animals Illuminated Family Day” creating golden animal illustrations and crowns to take home, hear live tunes from Dan Zanes’ musical pal Father Goose, learn calligraphy, play games, explore galleries and more. Noon to 4 p.m., free with admission ($12 for adults, free for kids under 12). 1109 Fifth Ave., at 92nd Street; 212-423-3200, thejewishmuseum.org
MONDAY
SWEET DREAMS: Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Children’s Museum of the Arts, where kids can write and record their own interpretations of the famous “I Have a Dream” speech, make “peace prints” using foam stamps and cardboard, embroider portraits of a personal hero and more. Noon, free with admission ($11). 103 Charlton St., between Hudson and Greenwich streets; 212-274-0986, cmany.org