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Sunday Aug. 3, 2025

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Faces of Nature

10 am – 5:30 pm

Dig! Plant! Grow! Pickling Party

Ages: All
Family
Food & Drink

New York Botanical GardenBronx

Face Value

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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11 am – 5 pm

TMS Makeup Shop NYC

Metropolitan PavilionChelsea

11 am – 12:15 pm

Bug Buddies!

Ages: All
Environment
Family

Queens County Farm MuseumFloral Park

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11 am – 1 pm

Volunteer Garden Day @ 50 Cent Garden

Queens

11 am

Radical Rockaway Scavenger Hunt

Ages: All
Family
Games

Bagel Barista StationRockaway Park

11 am – 7:30 pm

St. Germain’ “La Terrasse” at Nordstrom NYC

Bistro VerdeManhattan

Lighthouse boat tour – Signature Tour

11 am – 2 pm

The National Lighthouse Museum, Staten Island NY – Lighthouse Weekend 2025 Lighthouse Boat Tour

Tours

National Lighthouse MuseumStaten Island

Noon – 1 pm

Shadowboxing in Blue

Dance
Free

Haven BoxingBrooklyn

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Noon – 6 pm

Rolling Stone Presents: AMPLIFIED The Immersive Rock Experience

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Noon – 5 pm

Triumph of Nature: Art Nouveau from the Chrysler Museum of Art

Art

The Long Island MuseumStony Brook

Free Kayaking

Noon – 3:30 pm

Free Kayaking

Ages: All
Family
Free
Sports

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 4 BeachBrooklyn

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

Noon – 1:30 pm

Weekend Kids

Ages: All
Family
Free

Bryant ParkManhattan

Noon – 1:30 pm

Paley Family | From Storytime to Screentime in New York | Harold & the Purple Crayon Episode 1

Ages: 3 – 8
Books & Readings
Family

The Paley Center for MediaManhattan

Noon – 6 pm

CREA Drop off Adventure

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Games

Industry CityBrooklyn

Noon – 7 pm

49th Annual Sranan Dey

Roy Wilkins ParkJamaica

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Noon – 2 pm

Botanicals & Brews: Paint and Sip

Art
Classes

Brooklyn BreweryBrooklyn

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Noon – 4 pm

Family and Kids Activities at Top of the Rock Observation Deck at Rockefeller Center

Ages: All
Family

Top of the Rock Observation DeckManhattan

Noon – 4 pm

Local Vendor Market by Faire and Flourish

Ages: All
Family
Free
Markets

2205 Richmond Road-Parish HallStaten Island

12:30 pm

The Wizard of Oz

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Theater

Puppetworks IncBrooklyn

Brooklyn Rock and Roll Playhouse

12:30 pm

The Rock and Roll Playhouse plays the Music of Chappell Roan + More

Ages: 12 and under
Family
Music

Brooklyn Bowl: BrooklynWilliamsburg

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1 – 5 pm

Uptown Rumble: Heavy Music in The Bronx Exhibit

Museum of Bronx HistoryBronx

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1 – 6 pm

The Art is Pulsing with Energy at BWAC This Summer

Art
Free

BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionBrooklyn

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1 pm

Ice Cream Sundae Decorating

Tipsy Scoop QueensAstoria

Gilded-Age-Lawn-Party

1 – 5 pm

NoMad Jazz Festival: Gilded Gatsby Jazz Lawn Party

Flatiron North PlazaManhattan

Free Summer Meals 2025

1 – 2 pm

QPL proporcionará almuerzos GRATIS para niños y adolescentes durante todo el verano.

Central Library, Queens Public LibraryJamaica

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2 – 3 pm

Garden Highlights Walk

2 pm

Radical Rockaway Scavenger Hunt

Ages: All
Family
Games

Bagel Barista StationRockaway Park

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2 – 7 pm

Open Call: Portals

Art
Free

The Shed NYCHudson Yards

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2 – 4 pm

MAD Film Screening – ‘The Last Unicorn’

Art
Film

Museum of Arts and DesignManhattan

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