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THINK BIG Aspiring architects work on three projects in a Skyscraper Museum workshop on the relationship between shape and strength in engineering. Children between the ages of 10 and 14 use paper and cardboard to construct models of arches, bridges, and buildings. Saturday, 10 a.m.-noon, the Skyscraper Museum, 39 Battery Place near 1st Place, free with museum admission, $5 general, $2.50 seniors and students, 212-968-1961, free for children under 12, registrations required.
PIKACHU AND FRIENDS The New York Pokemon Trading Card Game provides players the chance to play with unreleased cards. Players are divided into three age categories: 10 and younger, 11-14, and 15 and older. Saturday, 11 a.m., Kings Games, 1724 E. 12th St. at Kings Highway, Brooklyn, 718-336-1955, and Sunday, 10:45 a.m., Rockefeller Concourse, near Fifth Avenue between 47th and 50th streets, 646-497-0400 ext. 2051, up to $20 per player.
WHALE OF A TIME Lincoln Center’s outdoor performing arts festival kicks off with an afternoon of folk dancing, music, demonstrations of Japanese and African drumming, and more.The after noon culminates in a puppet performance titled “In the Matter of Moby Dick.” Saturday, 2 p.m. festival, 6 p.m. puppet performance, Lincoln Center, Amsterdam Avenue and West 62nd Street, 212-875-5766, free.
SEA QUEEN Cornelia Funke reads her new children’s book “Pirate Girl” (Chicken House), about a girl named Molly who convinces a group of pirates that she’s the fiercest of them all. After the reading, children ages 3 and above can build their own treasure chest. Saturday, 3 p.m., Scholastic Store, 557 Broadway, between Prince and Spring streets, 212-343-6166 ext. 4, free.
ALL FIVE SENSES The Brooklyn Children’s Museum presents “access/ABILITY,” an interactive exhibit that compares lifestyles of people with and without disabilities. Children can try Braille, sign language, a hand-pedaled bike, and take a multisensory city walk while blindfolded. Through Sunday, September 11, Tuesday-Friday, 1-6 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Brooklyn Children’s Museum, 145 Brooklyn Ave. at St. Mark’s Avenue, Brooklyn, 718-735-4400, $4 general, free for members and children.
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