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Saturday Jan. 17, 2026

11 am

Weekly Storytime

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Free

Barnes & Noble Staten IslandStaten Island

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11 am – 4:30 pm

South Street Seaport Museum Announces January Monthly Family Activity: Signal Flag Swags

Free

South Street Seaport MuseumManhattan

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11:30 am – 6 pm

An Ecology of Quilts: The Natural History of American Textiles

Art
Free

American Folk Art MuseumLincoln Square

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11:30 am – 1 pm

Hablemos: New York, New York

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

The New York HistoricalUpper West Side

Noon – 3 pm

Kwenda’s Winter Festival

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Free
Holiday

Kwenda Collegiate Girls Charter SchoolBrooklyn

1 – 5 pm

Open Hours at Environmental Education Center

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy Environmental Education CenterBrooklyn

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3 – 4 pm

EVC Intergenerational Choir

Ages: 5 and up
Classes
Community
Family

Union Theological SeminaryHarlem

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4 – 6 pm

Young People’s Chorus of NYC to Honor Martin Luther King Jr. Through Song

Ages: All
Family
Free
Music

Brick Presbyterian ChurchManhattan

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10 – 11:30 pm

CLASSY VIBES Stand Up Comedy in Astoria Queens w/ Late Night Happy Hour

Tootles & FrenchAstoria

Sunday Jan. 18

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All day

Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan

Art
Free

The Africa CenterEast Harlem

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8 am – 10 pm

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

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8 am – 11 pm

The Rink at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

9:30 am – noon

Girl’s Winter Softball Clinics

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
Sports

Al Oerter Recreation CenterFlushing

11 am – 6 pm

Poetics of the Photographic: Language of Resistance

Art
Free

Clive Davis GalleryBrooklyn

11 am

Storytime with Torrey Maldonado: Just Right

Ages: 3 – 8
Books & Readings
Family
Free

Books Are Magic MontagueBrooklyn

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11 am – 4:30 pm

South Street Seaport Museum Announces January Monthly Family Activity: Signal Flag Swags

Free

South Street Seaport MuseumManhattan

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11:30 am – 6 pm

An Ecology of Quilts: The Natural History of American Textiles

Art
Free

American Folk Art MuseumLincoln Square

11:30 am – 2:30 pm

Girl’s Winter Softball Clinics

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
Sports

Al Oerter Recreation CenterFlushing

1 – 2 pm

Science Show: Dry Ice Discovery

Ages: All
Family
Free

Bronx Library CenterFordham Manor

1 – 2 pm

Winter Shoreline Wildlife Watch

Ages: All
Family
Free

Lemon Creek ParkStaten Island

1 – 5 pm

Open Hours at Environmental Education Center

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy Environmental Education CenterBrooklyn

Monday Jan. 19

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All day

Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan

Art
Free

The Africa CenterEast Harlem

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8 am – 10 pm

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

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8 am – 11 pm

The Rink at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

10 am – noon

Brooklyn MLK Family Day of Service

Ages: 8 and under
Art
Books & Readings
Family

Hannah Senesh Community Day SchoolBrooklyn

10:30 am

The 40th Annual Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Brooklyn Academy of MusicBrooklyn

11 am – 6 pm

Poetics of the Photographic: Language of Resistance

Art
Free

Clive Davis GalleryBrooklyn

Ryan G with Kid

1 – 3:30 pm

British Swim School Splash-A-Palooza

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

British Swim School at LA Fitness Richmond Ave.Staten Island

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6 – 9 pm

Karaoke con Estrellas de Broadway

Baby Grand LESLower East Side

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6 – 9 pm

Karaoke with Broadway Stars

Free
Music

Baby Grand LESLower East Side

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7:30 – 9:30 pm

Super Smash Show

Comedy
Free

WondervilleBedford-Stuyvesant

Tuesday Jan. 20

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All day

Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan

Art
Free

The Africa CenterEast Harlem

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