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JMTP/JMTA NYC Tennis Scholarship

Free
Sports

Sportime Randall’s IslandManhattan

FREE Community Day & Health Fair

Ages: 5 – 8
Community
Family
Free

215-32 Jamaica Avenue Queens Village NYQueens Village

Manhattan Harlem Grown’s Juneteenth Celebration

Harlem Grown’s Juneteenth Celebration

134th St. FarmManhattan

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Family Art Project: Colorful Critters

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Amazon Juneteenth Free Day

Ages: 3 – 8
Attractions
Family
Free

Staten Island Children’s MuseumStaten Island

Mother’s Cookies Dynamite Dinosaur Frostology Labs

Ages: All
Family
Free

Mother’s Cookies Dynamite Dinosaur Frostology LabsManhattan

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The Boy Who Drew Cats Dance Party

Ages: All
Dance
Family
Free

The Old Stone HouseBrooklyn

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Saturdays on 104 – Food Trucks and Community Market

104th StreetBloomingdale

Babymint Shopping Event

Mindful Parenthood: Sell or Shop Secondhand Baby and Kids Products with Babymint

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Mumu Bath ShopBrooklyn

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Impressionist Alexandre Renoir, great-grandson of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, joins renowned “Ocean Artist” Julie Siracusa for limited showcase at Park West Gallery in SoHo

Art
Free

Park West GallerySoho

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Family Program: Concrete Works for the Concrete Jungle

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free
Music

The Skyscraper MuseumBattery Park

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Farmhouse Family Day: Caribbean Heritage Month

Ages: All
Art
Caribbean
Family

Wyckoff House MuseumBrooklyn

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Puppets in the Park!

Ages: 12 and under
Environment
Family
Free

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterStaten Island

Community Day at Brooklyn Book Bodega Book Hub (Book Giveaway Ages 10+)

Ages: 13 and up
Books & Readings
Family
Free

Brooklyn Book BodegaBrooklyn

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Farmhouse Family Day: Caribbean Heritage Month

Ages: All
Art
Caribbean
Family

5816 Clarendon RoadBrooklyn

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ICP Photobook Club and Book Event — Anderson Zaca: “Fire Island Invasion”

Art
Free

International Center of PhotographyLower East Side

FAD Market at Governors Island

FAD Market at Governors Island

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Attractions
Family

Govenors IslandManhattan

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Farmhouse Family Day: Creative Critters

Ages: 8 and under
Animals
Art
Family

5816 Clarendon RoadBrooklyn

NYC DOT Helmet Distribution

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Bronx River House in Starlight ParkBronx

Bronx Feel Free Art Festival

Feel Free Art Festival

Ages: All
Art
Family
Festivals

Williamsbridge Oval Recreation CenterBronx

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A psychogeographical walking tour of Washington Square Park

Free
Tours

Arch, Washington Square ParkGreenwich Village

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Pollinator Palooza

Ages: All
Family
Free

Randall’s Island ParkRandall’s Island

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Lagoon Turns Four + Birthday Celebration + Capsule Collection Reveal

Lagoon NYBrooklyn

Kew Gardens Shakespeare Faire

Ages: All
Art
Comedy
Family

Kew Gardens Cinema ParkKew Gardens

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BXPets Day

Franz Sigel ParkBronx

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Muppet Babies Take MoMI

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Museum of the Moving ImageAstoria, NY

BXPets Day 2025

Franz Sigel ParkBronx

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We Outside! A Brooklyn Juneteenth, Vol. III

651 ARTSBrooklyn

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Our Road to Freedom: The Grand Opening of CCCADI Ilé Oyin

Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora InstituteHarlem

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Animating Puppets

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

Art on the Block NYCUpper West Side

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Azuei Film Screening & Panel

The Bronx MuseumBronx

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