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Saturday Aug. 16, 2025

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11 – 11:45 am

Free Dance Lessons at Randall’s Island Park!

Dance
Free

Randall’s Island ParkRandall’s Island

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11 am – noon

Ready, Set, Kindergarten! at the Sheepshead Bay Library

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free

Brooklyn Public Library Sheepshead BayBrooklyn

Broadway Magic Hour with Jim Vines and Carl Mercurio

11 am – noon

Broadway Magic Hour

Ages: 3 and up
Family
Theater

Broadway Comedy Clubnew york

11 am – 3 pm

Farmhouse Family Day: The Power of the Sun

Ages: 12 and under
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

Wyckoff Farmhouse MuseumBrooklyn

2025 Juried Show image matrix

11 am – 6 pm

Bowery Gallery’s 34th Annual Juried Exhibition

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

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11 am – 2 pm

Summertime Splash Bash

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterStaten Island

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Noon – 5 pm

Brunch 101: An Immersive Boozy Brunch Experience

Brunch 101Brooklyn

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Noon – 5 pm

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

Art

The Long Island MuseumStony Brook

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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

Bronx Indigenous Art Workshop

Noon – 4 pm

Indigenous Art Workshop with NAIC-NY

Starlight ParkBronx

Noon – 4 pm

Games and Crafts in the Park with KIPP NYC

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Crotona ParkBronx

Noon – 6 pm

CREA Drop off Adventure

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Games

Industry CityBrooklyn

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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

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Noon – 3 pm

Randall’s Island Park: Taste of the Farm

Randall’s Island Urban FarmRandall’s Island

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1 – 6 pm

The Art is Pulsing with Energy at BWAC This Summer

Art
Free

BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionBrooklyn

Free Summer Meals 2025

1 – 2 pm

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

Central Library, Queens Public LibraryJamaica

Manhattan 25TH ANNUAL BLUES BBQ FESTIVAL

1 – 9 pm

25th Annual Blues BBQ Festival

Pier 76 at Hudson River ParkManhattan

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1 – 9 pm

BOMB Small Press Flea 2025

Harlem Week

1 – 6 pm

Summer in the City

Ages: All
Art
Family
Festivals

West 135th Street from St. Nicholas Avenue – Adam Clayton Powell Jr. BlvdHarlem

1:30 – 5 pm

PaleyGX Tournament Featuring EA SPORTS College Football 26

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Games

The Paley MuseumMidtown

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2 pm

Hugh Jackman

Music

Radio City Music Hall

2 pm

Radical Rockaway Scavenger Hunt

Ages: All
Family
Games

Bagel Barista StationRockaway Park

2 – 3:15 pm

Grow and Gather Family Gardening Program

Queens County Farm MuseumFloral Park

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2 – 3 pm

Public Gallery Tour

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

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2 – 5 pm

Greenwich Village Literary Pub Crawl

The Four Faced LiarGreenwich Village

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2 – 4 pm

Oculus Outdoors

Film
Free

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterFinancial District

Broadway Magic Hour with Jim Vines and Carl Mercurio

2 – 3 pm

Broadway Magic Hour

Ages: 3 and up
Family
Theater

Broadway Comedy Clubnew york

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2 – 4 pm

MoMA Family Art Making: Nature Drawings

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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2 – 7 pm

Open Call: Portals

Art
Free

The Shed NYCHudson Yards

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