New and Improved Family Time
and Cool Culture Connect Audio Guide
Many low-income families don't know about New York City's many cultural institutions, where they are, or what they offer. Outlets usually employed by cultural institutions to promote their programs often do not reach low-income families.

Cool Culture provides each participating family a subscription to Family Time, a quarterly publication that provides a borough-by-borough listing of cultural attractions, including practical information on hours and public transportation, as well as a calendar of events especially geared toward families and young children.

Click here for Family Time in English> (1.4 Mb)

New and Improved Spanish Translation
Haga click aquí para Family Time en Español > (2.7 Mb)

NEW - Chinese Translation
Click here to download a PDF of the Summer Events calendar in Chinese> (2.4 Mb)

e-Family Time is Cool Culture’s monthly email newsletter designed to keep families in-the-know about New York City’s hippest cultural happenings. Each issue includes important Cool Culture announcements and information about partner cultural institutions.

Click here to subscribe and receive e-Family Time

Click here to download a PDF copy of this month’s issue
of e-Family Time

If you would like more information about e-Family Time, please email familytime@cool-culture.org

Cool Culture is delighted to announce
its partnership with Target!

Target® First Trips provides children and parents who have never
visited a museum with a special introductory experience that
exposes them to the incredible world of art. Click here

1. Check out the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum which is featured in the Spring Issue of Family Time or visit the
   Cooper-Hewitt’s website.
   
   
2. Read about what it has to offer, plan your trip, then go!
   
   
3. Snap a picture of you and your family at the Cooper-Hewitt.
   
   Be one of the first 5 families submit a picture of your visit at the Cooper-Hewitt and win a Cool Culture Tote Bag!
   
   Email the photos as an attachment to familytime@cool-culture.org.
   
   (Subject: We Took The Check It Out Challenge)
   
   In the body of the email, please include:
   •     Name of the person submitting the photo
   •     Names of the individuals in the photo
   •     Name of the early childhood center the child attends
   •     Name of the cultural institution visited
   •      A daytime phone number
    
   Please be advised, Cool Culture is unable to use submissions of hard copy photos or photos pasted in the body of the email due to formatting issues. Cool Culture reserves the right to use and publish any photos submitted.
   

Connect to Cool Culture Connect!
Whether you are wondering about where to go this winter or are looking for fun activities for your children, Cool Culture Connect is one phone call away.

Where can you see elephants and crocodiles in New York City?  Let Adam and Norma Zerlli tell you all the animals they like to see when they visit a cultural institution!  (Hint: It’s not a zoo.)  Also learn about where they (and you!) can go next!

Dial in and enter 6, followed by the # key.

Share the connection and call in! Here’s how it works:

Say Cheese!  Family Photo Contest:
Want to show others your family’s latest visit to a Cool Culture partner museum, zoo, or garden?  Submit your photo to Cool Culture for a chance to be featured in either Family Time or e-Family Time and receive a $25 Gift Card! 

Here’s How:

1. Take a digital family photo at a Cool Culture partner cultural institution.
• Photos should be high-resolution (360 DPI or more)

2. Email the photo as an attachment to familytime@cool-culture.org (Subject: Say Cheese!).  In the body of the email, please include:
• Name of the person submitting the photo
• Names of the individuals in the photo
• Name of the early childhood center the child attends
• Name of the cultural institution visited
• A daytime phone number

Please be advised, Cool Culture is unable to use submissions of hard copy photos or photos pasted in the body of the email due to formatting issues. Cool Culture reserves the right to use and publish any photos submitted.