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Saturday Aug. 9, 2025

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All day

BOOTS ON THE GROUND PICNIC & PARTYMEETS SOUL TRAIN

Free

Roy Wilkins ParkJamaica

Clashing Steel

All day

Clashing Steel: The Art of Stage Combat at Culture Lab LIC

Art
Free

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

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All day

LIVE in THE LOT at Culture Lab LIC – August-September, 2025

Free
Music

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

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8 am – 3 pm

Maria Hernandez Farmers Market

Maria Hernandez ParkBrooklyn

8 am – noon

Percy Sutton Harlem 5k Run & Children’s Run

Ages: All
Family
Free

Percy Sutton Harlem 5k Run & Children’s RunHarlem

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8 am – 8 pm

Pickleball in the Hall

Free
Sports

Grand Central TerminalNew York City

8:35 am – noon

Rising NYRR at the Percy Sutton Harlem 5K

Ages: All
Family
Free
Outdoors

HarlemNew York City

9 am – 5 pm

Being Hyper Human Exhibition

Art
Film

FIT Art and Design GalleryChelsea

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9 am – 8 pm

NoMad Jazz Festival in Madison Square Park

Madison Square ParkManhattan

9 am – 5 pm

The 35th Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Flushing Meadows Corona ParkFlushing

Free Kayaking

10 am – 4 pm

Free Kayaking

Ages: All
Family
Free
Sports

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 4 BeachBrooklyn

Untitled Artwork

10 am – 8 pm

The Subway Doodle Experience

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

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10 am – 5 pm

After ‘Women in the News’: Work by Kari Marboe, Friends, and Colleagues

Art
Free

Greenwich House PotteryGreenwich

BLOCK-PARTY-HORIZONTAL

10 am – 6 pm

MAD Open House

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Family
Food & Drink

Museum of Arts and DesignManhattan

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10 am – 8 pm

Celebrate 10 Years of Miraculous® – Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir

Ages: All
Family
Free

FAO SchwarzMidtown

10 – 11 am

Summer Kids: Snapology

Ages: 3 – 12
Family
Free

Gantry Plaza State ParkLong Island City

10 – 11 am

Beginner Yoga

Clay Pit Ponds State Park PreserveStaten Island

Manhattan MAD Open House x Clixo Activation

10 am – 6 pm

MAD Open House x Clixo Activation

Ages: All
Art
Caribbean
Family

Museum of Arts and DesignManhattan

Laura and HCA Statue

11 am – noon

Hans Christian Andersen Storytelling Series in Central Park

Central ParkManhattan

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Summer Pop-up [Dumbo]

Empire StoresBrooklyn

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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

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11 am – noon

Climate Sing – First Tracks

Ages: All
Family
Free

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

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11 am – 6 pm

Bowery Gallery’s 34th Annual Juried Exhibition

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

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11 am – 7 pm

BOOTS ON THE GROUND LINE DANCE PICNIC MEETS SOUL TRAIN

Free

Roy Wilkins ParkJamaica

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11 am – 2 pm

NYSCI Meet the Authors – Daniel Salmieri and Sophia Haas (Next to Me)

New York Hall of ScienceCorona

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11 am – noon

CLIMATE SING – First Tracks

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

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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 – 9 pm

Brooklyn Army Terminal Summer Series Dominican Heritage Celebration

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Brooklyn Army TerminalNYC

12:30 – 2:30 pm

Apicha Community Health Fair

Ages: 5 – 8
Caribbean
Community
Family

Diversity PlazaJackson Heights

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