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Saturday Dec. 13, 2025

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Photos With Santa at Queens Center

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Queens CenterQueens

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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 am – 4 pm

APEC Food Drive for City Harvest

Alley Pond Environmental CenterDouglaston

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9 – 10 am

Brooklyn Bridge parkrun

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1Brooklyn

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10 am – 5 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

10 am – 9 pm

POP MART’s SKULLPANDA You Found Me Pop-Up Experience

Ages: All
Family
Free
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SKULLPANDA You Found Me Pop-UpManhattan

birding

10 am – noon

Birding: Christmas Bird Count

Ages: All
Family
Free

High Rock ParkStaten Island

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10 am – noon

Story Time and Craft: Primate Conservation

Ages: All
Family
Free

Greenbelt Nature CenterStaten Island

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10 am – 9 pm

Shine Bright at Hudson Yards Presented by Wells Fargo

The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson YardsNew York City

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10 am – 8 pm

Holiday Under the Palms at Brookfield Place

Brookfield PlaceTribeca

Manhattan Selfies with Santa

10 am – 7 pm

Selfies with Santa

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Brookfield PlaceTribeca

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Dumbo]

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Empire StoresBrooklyn

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11 am – 1 pm

Juggling Classes

Ages: All
Classes
Family
Free

Bryant ParkMidtown Manhattan

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11 am – 2 pm

Cookies, Crafts and Cocoa with Santa

Ages: All
Family
Free

Austin J. McDonald PlaygroundStaten Island

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Boerum Hill]

51 Bergen StreetBrooklyn

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Cobble Hill]

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

St. PaulCobble Hill

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11 am

Penny the Pittie Pup: A Tail of Courage

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Free

Barnes & Noble Staten IslandStaten Island

11 am

Weekly Storytime

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Free

Barnes & Noble Staten IslandStaten Island

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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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Noon – 5 pm

L’Alliance New York Announces North American Premiere of Les tutomouves 2025 Crossing The Line Festival

L’Alliance New YorkManhattan

Noon – 3 pm

Swish & Skill at Faber: Free Instructional Basketball Clinic for Kids

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
Sports

Faber ParkStaten Island

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Noon – 8 pm

Holiday Shops at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Family
Free
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Bryant Park 6th Avenue between 40th and 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018Manhattan

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Noon – 7 pm

IKEA House Warming

Ages: All
Family
Free

IKEA House WarmingManhattan

Noon – 6 pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

Brooklyn

Noon – 3 pm

REGO Center Santa Meet & Greet

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Rego CenterRego Park

1 – 4 pm

Hands on History: Children’s Magic Lantern Show

Ages: 12 and under
Christmas
Family
Free

King Manor MuseumJamaica

2024 Nordstrom NYC Holiday

2 pm

Santa Snow Show and Elf-ies with Santa

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Nordstrom NYC FlagshipManhattan

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3 – 4 pm

EVC Intergenerational Choir

Ages: 5 and up
Classes
Community
Family

Union Theological SeminaryHarlem

Lobby and The Parlour (1)

4:30 – 7:30 pm

Songbird Saturdays at The Parlour, InterContinental New York Barclay

InterContinental New York BarclayManhattan

6 – 9 pm

Star Trek Variety Show

Free

Industry BarHells Kitchen

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