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Saturday May 17, 2025

THE LIGHT SHOW – SQUARARTISTS CARD (3000 x 3000 px)

9 am – 5 pm

The Light Show: A Celebration of Illuminating Ceramics

Art
Free

A.MANO BrooklynBrooklyn

9 am – 3 pm

Weekend Wonder Camp, featuring Thermochromic Slime and Colorful Tea Light Jars (ages 5-12)

Classes

Project Most Community Learning CenterEast Hampton

9:30 am – 12:30 pm

The Great Hawaiian Luau 5K

Flushing Meadows Corona Park – ParkingCorona

Light From Darkness (6)

9:30 am – 5 pm

Light from Darkness

Art

BAFFA GallerySayville

Beach Debris

10 am – noon

AMSEAS Beach Walk & Cleanup at Hallock State Park

Hallock State Park PreserveRiverhead

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10 am – 1 pm

Mad Fun Farm Garden Volunteer Session

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Mad Fun FarmEast Harlem

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10 am – 6 pm

Poster House Spring 2025 Exhibition: Puerto Rico in Print: The Posters of Lorenzo Homar

Art

Poster HouseChelsea

PosterHouseWP

10 am – 6 pm

Poster House Spring 2025 Exhibition: Fallout: Atoms for War & Peace

Art

Poster HouseChelsea

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10 am – 5:30 pm

Dinosaur Safari

Harlem Gospel Series

10 – 11 am

Harlem Gospel Series

Music

Mt. Olivet Baptist ChurchHarlem

10 am – 5 pm

Cradle-Con: A Comic, Collectible and Pop Culture Con

Ages: 5 and up
Expo
Family
Festivals

Cradle of Aviation MuseumGarden City

Brush Rabbit 5K RunWalk

10 am – 1 pm

Brush Rabbit 5K Run/Walk

Lindenhurst Fire Dept. Training GroundsLindenhurst

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Painting to Migratory Birdsongs

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10 – 11:30 am

Young Herbalist Workshop

Ages: 5 – 12
Classes
Craft & DIY
Family

Bartow-Pell Mansion MuseumBronx

Cool Off at Orchard Beach – PH

10 am – 6 pm

Poster House Spring 2025 Capsule Exhibition: From the Bronx to the Battery: The Subway Sun

Poster HouseManhattan

The Flaming Lips – PH

10 am – 6 pm

Poster House Spring 2025 Capsule Exhibition: Copy/Paste/Print/Repeat: Mike King & the Art of the Gig Poster

Poster HouseManhattan

Uptown Rumble Web Graphic(1)

10 am – 4 pm

Uptown Rumble: Heavy Music in The Bronx Exhibit

Museum of Bronx HistoryBronx

10 am – 4 pm

Ward Pound Ridge Reservation’s 100th Anniversary Celebration

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Ward Pound Ridge ReservationCross River

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10 am – 1 pm

SPCA Westchester Dog Walk & Pet Fair

Ages: 3 and up
Animals
Community
Family

FDR State ParkYorktown Heights

10 am – 5 pm

A Black History of Colonial New York Exhibit

Philipse Manor Hall State Historic SiteYonkers

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10 am – noon

Gardening Day at The Castle

Bayside Historical SocietyBayside

Plein Air Painiting Lori 2

10 am – 12:30 pm

Plein Air Painting at Sands Point Preserve

Art

Sands Point PreserveSands Point

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10 am – 4 pm

Fleece & Fiber Festival

Hallockville Museum FarmRiverhead

10 am – 8 pm

alice + olivia x 260 Sample Sale

Markets

260 Sample SaleManhattan

10 am – noon

Super Seedlings

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Free

Van Cortlandt Park Alliance Garden & Compost SiteBronx

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10 am – 4 pm

Petals and paws adoption event

Animals
Free

town of hempstead animal shelterWantagh

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10 am – 4 pm

Fixed in Time & Place

History & Culture

Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical MuseumSag Harbor

25th AAWIC FF with film 2

10 am – 9 pm

AAWIC 25th Film Festival

LaGuardia Community CollegeLong Island City

25th AAWIC FF with film 2

10 am – 7 pm

25th African American Film Festival

LaGuardia Community CollegeLong Island City

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10 am – 7 pm

The Song of Skin Hotel Pop-Up Shop

Beauty
Free

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10 am – 1 pm

South Shore Guidance Center’s Spring Fling Dog Walk

Ages: 5 and up
Animals
Community
Family

Cow Meadow ParkFreeport

Big BBQ Bash Farmingdale (Facebook Post)

10 am – 2 pm

Big BBQ Bash Sales Event

Costello’s ace hardware of farmingdaleFarmimgdale

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