Today
BRING THE NOISE: Quiet time is overrated. Skip the silence and sound off at VH1 Save the Music Foundation Family Day, where live performances from the Little Orchestra Society, DJ Fulano, Save the Music students and Moey’s Music Party will keep kids singing and dancing for hours. Try out a musical instrument while you’re there! 10 a.m., free. Anderson School, 100 W. 77th St., between Columbus and Amsterdam avenues; 212-846-7882, vh1savethemusic.com/familyday2013
GOOD TIMES: Show kids they really can have fun helping others at the “Good Deeds Day Fair” in Times Square, where they can read books with Jumpstart, team up with Habitat for Humanity to build paper houses, paint a mural with the folks from New York Cares and more. 11 a.m., free. Broadway between 42nd and 47th Streets; nycgooddeedsday.com
POP STOP: Encourage young starstruck types to think critically about pop culture at the Whitney Museum of American Art’s “Sinister Pop” Family Day, where art-making workshops, interactive performance art and a pretend “red carpet” will pick up where Warhol left off. 11 a.m., free with admission ($18 for adults, kids under 18 free). 945 Madison Ave., at 75th Street; 212-570-3600, whitney.org
TOMORROW
WHALE’S TALE: This week’s installment of the family-friendly Milstein Science Series near the giant whale at the American Museum of Natural History is “Ocean Eats.” Enjoy real scientists leading kids in fun food-chain experiments, a Story Pirates performance and a screening of “Shellshocked: Saving Oysters to Save Ourselves.” 11 a.m., free with admission ($10.50 to $19). Central Park West at 79th Street; 212-769-5100, amnh.org
KALEIDOSCOPE EYES: Picture yourself at the “Hip Tot Music Fest” grooving to the jazzy, funky sounds of Alex and the Kaleidoscope Band, who’ll be joined by Amelia Robinson and her electric ukulele, storyteller Melanie Hope Greenberg and collage-workshop leading artist Monica Rodriguez. Noon, $8 to $12. Littlefield, 622 Degraw St., between Third and Fourth avenues, Gowanus, Brooklyn; 718-855-3388, littlefieldnyc.com