The Best Local Community Events in NYC

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Wednesday Jan. 14, 2026

Little girl wearing a neon green helmet, black dress, and yellow tights, holding on to a skate assist on a roller rink

2 – 5 pm

Empire Skate of Mind

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Community
Family

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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3:30 – 5:30 pm

Faber Recreation First Lego League Robotics

Ages: 9 and up
Community
Family
Free

Faber ParkStaten Island

Thursday Jan. 15

Little girl wearing a neon green helmet, black dress, and yellow tights, holding on to a skate assist on a roller rink

2 – 5 pm

Empire Skate of Mind

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Community
Family

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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9:30 – 11:30 pm

Superstar Open Set

Pink MetalBrooklyn

Friday Jan. 16

Little girl wearing a neon green helmet, black dress, and yellow tights, holding on to a skate assist on a roller rink

2 – 5 pm

Empire Skate of Mind

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Community
Family

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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3:30 – 5:30 pm

Faber Recreation First Lego League Robotics

Ages: 9 and up
Community
Family
Free

Faber ParkStaten Island

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8 – 10 pm

SHE ATE! The Drag Dinner Experience

Branded SaloonBrooklyn

Saturday Jan. 17

Little girl wearing a neon green helmet, black dress, and yellow tights, holding on to a skate assist on a roller rink

10 am – 5 pm

Empire Skate of Mind

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Community
Family

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

Family Films – WOLF AND CUB – 1-17-26

2 – 3 pm

MoMA Family Films: Caring Community

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Community
Family

Cullman Education Center MoMAMidtown

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3 – 4 pm

EVC Intergenerational Choir

Ages: 5 and up
Classes
Community
Family

Union Theological SeminaryHarlem

Sunday Jan. 18

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10 am – 5 pm

Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.

Ages: 12 and under
Art
Attractions
Family

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

Little girl wearing a neon green helmet, black dress, and yellow tights, holding on to a skate assist on a roller rink

10 am – 5 pm

Empire Skate of Mind

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Community
Family

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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3 – 4:30 pm

Traditional Music and Dance of Korea at The Castle

Bayside Historical SocietyBayside

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3 – 5:30 pm

Queens College Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Commemoration

Queens College Goldstein TheatreFlushing

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