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Upper East Side with Kids: Top 50 Things to Do for NYC Families

Mommy Poppins says playing gaga at The Gaga Center is one of the top things to do with families on the Upper East Side!

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Is Your Tot Going Gaga for Ga-Ga?

Move over Lady Gaga, there's a new game in town that's changing the way kids say your name! In an age where bans on traditional recess games like tag and dodgeball are becoming more prevalent (seemingly due to the violent nature of the games), new sports are gaining a tot following, and they're gaining traction - fast!

The Gaga Center featured on NY1 Fit Kid February

Alissa Schmelkin & Marcy Singer of the Gaga Center

Birthday Parties!

Lulu & Lattes recommends The Gaga Center for birthday parties, conference days and private pits!

Gaga Goes Mainstream as Israeli Dodgeball Game Becomes Fad

Gaga is the name of an addictive game that provides a great workout — and that’s spreading from Jewish summer camps and day schools to the rest of America.

Cool Winter Classes Guide

New York Family's favorite classes for all ages and skill levels available this season includes Tot Gaga! With Tot Gaga, 2-, 3-, and 4-year-olds finally get to enjoy The Gaga Center’s incredible space! This class teaches pre-gaga skills and introduces preschool concepts such as shapes, colors, numbers, and opposites. Tots practice early athletic skills including hand-eye coordination, throwing, catching, jumping, and stretching.

Manhattan's Toddlers Can Now Go Gaga for Gaga

The Gaga Center is adding fun for tots, launching the city’s first Tot Gaga program for 2- to 4-year-olds in January. 

Get Pumped!

The foodies have the New York City Wine & Food Festival, and fashionistas get to strut their stuff at Fashion’s Night Out. So recently, fitness fanatics at some of the city’s top workout studios wondered: Why not us?

The Gaga Center's Sweaty Saturday event is named one of the best deals and steals to get you moving.

Dodgeball Your Little Monsters Will Go Ga Ga Over

Lady Ga-Ga is so last decade. The hottest Ga-Ga trend of 2012 is an Israeli version of dodgeball. Except that you play it in a pit.

New York Family Picks of the Week

New York Family debuts Parties of the Week column featuring The Gaga Center as the ultimate birthday party hot-spot.

Good Day Street Talk: The Gaga Center a Hit on Upper East Side

Fox 5 Good Day NY Street Talk hosts Time Out New York editor to discuss after school programs

ABC News: Gaga game a hit in schoolyards, summercamps

Gaga game a hit in schoolyards, summercamps

NYC Fall 2012 Kids Classes Guide: Favorite Classes For Fall

New York Family rounds up the city's offerings with maximum fun at all ages and levels, and The Gaga Center is one of them!

Move Over Dodge Ball; Jewish Camps Spawn a U.S. Playground Hit

Gaga is a game like dodge ball that is fast becoming an obsession at camps and schools nationwide.

The Gaga Center is a Birthday Party of the Week

Play Gaga at (where else?) The Gaga Center.  Kids love Gaga, a fast-paced, high-energy sport played in an octagonal pit. Like dodge ball, you get someone out by hitting them with a ball.  Unlike dodge ball, it’s not at all threatening: the goal of the game is to try to touch opponents with a soft foam ball below the knees.

Gaga Photos in NY Post

Forget Dodgeball. Gaga seems to be the rage of the grade school set, and I don't mean the singer Gaga. The two owners Marcy Singer and Alissa Schmelkin were awesome to work with and the shots of the kids were a lot of fun to do. I loved how serious they got about it.

The Gaga Center – The Upper East Side’s New Favorite Pastime

“It’s fast. It’s sweaty. And it’s really addictive.” It’s Gaga, and you and your kids will be thrilled that it’s found a home on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Gaga is a fast paced, high-energy sport played in an octagonal pit. Played with a soft foam ball, this safe game is fun and easy – and not at all traumatic like some other games we know that involve dodging a ball ;-) All children, of all skill levels, get a serious workout while having some serious fun!

Cuckoo for Gaga!

The days have passed when an unpopular fourth-grader would tremble for his life as he stood in a gym, facing an ambush of hard red rubber dodgeballs aimed directly at his face. These days, kids are turning to kinder, gentler fare with a game called gaga. In no way related to the pants-optional pop tart, gaga is a hybrid dodgeball/playground game that has kids of all sizes working up a sweat.

Going GA-GA For Gaga

The Popular Kids Sport Gets Its First NYC Home. In my anecdotal experience, kids love Gaga--a sport that has the energy and survivor spirit of a dodge-ball game but is less threatening and more fun. What exactly is Gaga, what ages is it good for, and where can you find it?

The Gaga Center @ DailyCandy

A new uptown space dedicated to every kid’s all-time favorite camp game: Gaga. Play options include classes, tournaments, and birthday parties.

Kids Agog for Gaga, Though For Once it's Not the Singer

With gaga all the rage for the summer camp set — the sport, not the pop sensation — two Upper East Side moms are opening the first and only space in Manhattan dedicated solely to the dodgeball-like game.

The Absolute Best Birthday Party for Hyperactive Kids in New York

The editors of New York Magazine and Grub Street went out looking for venues dedicated to high-energy birthday activities and found that The Gaga Center is one of the best party places to hold a party for hyperactive kids!