‘FLYING LESSONS’ at the Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theater at the Pershing Square Signature Center (July 22, 8 p.m.; July 25, 1 p.m.; through July 28). The fledgling in this new work is Isabella, an eighth-grade Latina whose most important learning experience isn’t about aviation. Presented as part of the New York Musical Festival, this production finds its heroine confronting an end-of-year project: Write a research paper about a historical figure and the qualities making that subject great. As Isabella is trying to decide whom to select, she has a dream in which she is visited by two trailblazers from the past: Amelia Earhart and Frederick Douglass. Created by Donald Rupe, Jason Bailey and Cesar De La Rosa, the show follows Isabella on an educational and emotional journey.

866-811-4111, nymf.org

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MOTH NIGHT at the Staten Island Museum (July 20, 8:30-10 p.m.). The titular stars of this event attract a lot of little night owls, and not just those that fly. Presented in partnership with the Staten Island Children’s Museum, this annual celebration welcomes young people — those under 12 are admitted free — for creature encounters, craft activities, an investigation of moth life cycles and a chance to stay up late. The fun will include observing museum specimens like a hummingbird moth and a tulip-tree silk moth; creating luna moth shadow puppets; making hand-printed species for the Moth Migration Project, an upcoming crowdsourced installation in Albuquerque by the artist Hilary Lorenz; and visiting Cooper’s Corner, hosted by Cooper Keane, a 13-year-old amateur entomologist. The evening culminates in a hike around Snug Harbor, where participants will look for luna, sphinx and owlet moths, as well as other species. (Raccoons and opossums may join the party, too.) Families should note that this expedition is B.Y.O.F. (bring your own flashlight). LAUREL GRAEBER

718-727-1135, statenislandmuseum.org

OUTDOOR CINEMA: ‘THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL’ at Socrates Sculpture Park (July 24, 7 p.m.). This free series, which focuses on foreign pictures, offers much more than screenings. Presented with Film Forum and Rooftop Films, the programs begin with food and entertainment that reflect the national origins of each evening’s movie — and the diversity of Queens itself. This German-Mongolian project chronicles the efforts of a nomadic family to induce a female camel to nurture the colt it has rejected. Shown in Mongolian with English subtitles, the quest takes two young brothers from the desolate Gobi Desert to a nearby town, where they seek a musician to solve the problem with a healing ceremony. Combining drama and comedy, this is “a picture that will probably keep young eyes entranced,” Elvis Mitchell wrote in his review for The New York Times in 2004. Also entrancing: a preshow performance of Mongolian folk songs, accompanied by live music played on the morin khuur (horse-head fiddle).

socratessculpturepark.org

POWER PLAY: RUBIN MUSEUM ANNUAL BLOCK PARTY (July 21, 1-4 p.m.). These free festivities are all about power, but not the kind that subjugates. The Rubin Museum of Art specializes in the culture of the Himalayas, so you can look forward to Buddhist touches, relaxed attitudes and emphases on the power within. Held rain or shine on the block outside the museum — and offering free admission to its galleries all day — the event will offer crafts, group activities, food and live entertainment. The highlights for young visitors will include Power Poles, a chance to explore science with magnets and metallic sand; Flower Power, a collaborative project built with blossoms; Power On, a workshop on making portable lamps with LEDs; and Playgami, an augmented-reality experience that the origami artist Uttam Grandhi will create with museum images.

212-620-5000, rubinmuseum.org