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‘Jazzed! The Changing Beat of 125th Street’ (Friday through Thursday) Young visitors may want to put on their dancing shoes before they visit this new show, opening on Friday at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan. Then again, they can just wait and make a pair there. Presented in conjunction with the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, this exhibition revisits the Harlem Renaissance with three interactive environments dedicated to major jazz figures: a club focused on Ella Fitzgerald; a theater devoted to Bill (Bojangles) Robinson; and a ballroom inspired by Duke Ellington. Activities will include song, dance, investigations of musical composition and, yes, building your own tap shoes. Performances will be a regular part of the show, including 3 p.m. concerts this Saturday and Sunday by the jazz museum’s All-Stars. (Through Dec. 31.)

By LAUREL GRAEBER