The Family Arts season gets underway this month.
Check out one of these performances, all are geared to children and only need you to shine.
CHILDREN’S SHOWS
Magic Carpet: Hip-Hop-Hurray with the Grizzlies Minis & SubRoy Studio • The Buckman Performing & Fine Arts Center
Saturday, October 3, at 10 a.m.
Children ages 2 to 8 can join in for hip-hop adventures across the globe.
$5/child. Free for adults. • 537-1483
Magic Carpet Featuring Japanese Dance and Tea Ceremony • The Buckman Performing & Fine Arts Center
Saturday, October 17, at 10 a.m.
Children ages 2 to 8 get to go on a Japanese adventure.
$5/child. Free for adults. • 537-1483
Hattiloo at the Library: It’s a Shel-e-bration! • Benjamin L Hooks Central Library
Saturday, October 17, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Children ages 3 to 9 can watch a performance of Shel Silverstein’s poems, brought to life by young actors. Write a poem on a leaf to be placed on “Poet Tree” and enjoy coloring activities and caricatures by Susanne Jackson.
Free. • 502-3486
The Okee Dokee Brothers: Adventure Songs • Germantown Performing Arts Centre
Friday, October 23, at 6:30 p.m.
The Okee Dokee Brothers Justin Lansing and Joe Mailander bring out the natural world through their Americana folk music.
$15. • 751-7500
Cat in the Hat • The Orpheum
Friday, October 30, at 6:30 p.m.
Children ages 4+ will enjoy this Dr. Seuss’ classic. Sally and her brother know the moment the tall, red-and-white-striped hat appears at their door, their house is never going to be the same.
$15/Regular admission. $30/VIP tickets • 525-3000
MUSICALS
Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella • The Orpheum
October 13-18
This Tony award-winning Broadway musical entertains audience with some of Rodgers + Hammerstein’s most beloved songs including "In My Own Little Corner," "Impossible/It’s Possible," and "Ten Minutes Ago."
$25-$125. • 525-3000
Junie B. Jones the Musical • The Circuit Playhouse
Saturday, October 24, at 10 a.m. & 2 p.m.
Follow Junie B. Jones’ first grade adventures in this comical musical based on Barbara Park’s best-selling books.
$10/adult. $5/child. • 726-4656
DANCE PERFORMANCES
Ailey II • The Buckman Performing & Fine Arts Center
Thursday, October 15, at 7 p.m.
Under the direction of Troy Powell, this celebrated younger company of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to Buckman for another stunning performance.
$35/adult. $30/child. • 537-1483
Romeo & Juliet • Playhouse on the Square
October 17-18 & 22-24, Thursday-Saturday at 8 p.m. Sunday at 2 p.m.
Ballet Memphis kicks-off its 29th season with Steven McMahon’s Romeo & Juliet, the three-act ballet set to score by Sergei Prokofiev.
$10-$72 • 737-7322
Enra • The Buckman Performing & Fine Arts Center
Tuesday, October 20, at 7 p.m.
This Japanese-based group pioneers a revolutionary entertainment infusing projected light and images with live dance and performance.
$30/adult. $25/child. • 537-1483