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SUBWAY SERIES The New York Transit Museum celebrates Kids’ Day, first observed in 1829 as a day off for schoolchildren in Brooklyn and Queens. The authors of “My Subway Ride” (Gibbs Smith), Paul Jacobs and Jennifer Swender, read from their picture book and lead a workshop in making a collage inspired by the subway system. Today, 1 p.m., New York Transit Museum, Sanford Gaster Education Center, Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn Heights, Brook lyn, 718-694-1600, free with admission, $5 general, $3 seniors and children under 17, free for members.
BIG-SCREEN MTV A screening of the MTV Movie Awards takes place in the new game room at the Jewish Community Center. The onscreen prizes that go to the teen-friendly movie stars are silver statuettes of a popcorn bucket, and there’s real popcorn (and ice cream) for viewers to snack on. Tonight, 8-10 p.m., Jewish Community Center in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave. at 76th Street, 646-505-5708, free.
MAKE A MAQUETTE A family workshop at the National Academy Museum invites participants to make a maquette, an experimental early version of a sculpture. Children first explore the maquettes on view in “Disegno: The 180th Annual Exhibition” to find inspiration. Then they make their own sculpture or sketch in a workshop conducted by artist Hannah Frassinelli. Saturday, 1-3 p.m., National Academy Museum, 1083 Fifth Ave., between 89th and 90th streets, 212-369-4880 ext. 225, $6, reservations recommended, ages 6 and older accompanied by an adult.
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