Community Corner
Usdan Center - 1/26 Open House; $100 Discount through January 31
Children from Park Slope and throughout Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx (as well as Westchester and Long Island) annually attend Usdan Center, the renowned summer arts day camp now entering its 47th season. Students aged 6-18 are transported daily in season by air-conditioned buses.
There is a $100 "Early Bird" discount for enrollment through January 31. The 2014 season begins June 30.
Usdan, with such alumni as Natalie Portman and Mariah Carey, offers more than 40 programs in the arts, nature and ecology and chess, with no audition needed for most programs. About one third of students are on scholarship.
Usdan is located on a magnificent 200-acre woodland campus in the Huntington area of Long Island, and offers 4- and 7-week programs, with, additionally, a special 3-week session. Newly added courses include Theater Dance and Musical Theater audition workshops, and also "Sewing and Fashion Production" in its Fashion Design Department.