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Saturday May 17, 2025

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Various

Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!”

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Theater

Long Island Children’s MuseumGarden City

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Various

The Big Bounce America

Ages: All
Attractions
Family

Broadway CommonsHicksville

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All day

LEGO® Festival

Ages: All
Attractions
Family

LEGOLAND New York ResortGoshen

Sounds of Silence 5K RunWalk and 10K Run

8 – 11 am

Sounds of Silence 5K Run/Walk and 10K Run

Walker BeachBrightwaters

AMP Summer Shred 5K RunWalk

8:30 – 11:30 am

AMP Summer Shred 5K Run/Walk

AMP Personal TrainingSyosset

Corlears School – Learn. Play. Grow. – Bubbles at LPG – square crop

9 – 11 am

Learn. Play. Grow. @ Corlears School

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Corlears SchoolChelsea

JFK Runway 5K RunWalk

9 am – noon

JFK Runway 5K Run/Walk

JFK International AirportJamaica

Walk This Way invitation(5)

9 am – 1 pm

The Felix Organization’s 5th Annual Walk This Way

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Fundraisers

Pier 45 at Hudson River ParkChelsea

9:30 am – 12:30 pm

The Great Hawaiian Luau 5K

Flushing Meadows Corona Park – ParkingCorona

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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 – 5:30 pm

Dinosaur Safari

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

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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

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 – 4 pm

Fleece & Fiber Festival

Hallockville Museum FarmRiverhead

10 am – noon

Super Seedlings

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Free

Van Cortlandt Park Alliance Garden & Compost SiteBronx

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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

5:17 Jazzical! Hello, Mandarin

10 – 11 am

Jazzical!

Ages: 12 and under
Dance
Family
Music

Hello, Mandarin!Manhattan

Brooklyn Wonderful Warblers Nature Exploration

10 am – 1 pm

Wonderful Warblers Nature Exploration

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Prospect Park Audubon CenterBrooklyn

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10 am – 6 pm

The LEGO® Botanical Garden Pop-Up at NY Botanical Garden

Ages: All
Attractions
Family

New York Botanical GardenBronx

10 am

Club de Anime en Español

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Film

Belmont Library and Enrico Fermi Cultural CenterBronx

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10:30 am – 1 pm

Guggenheim Museum Wake & Make Art Studio

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Community
Family

GuggenheimUpper East Side

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10:30 – 11:15 am

K–5 Poetry Workshop

Church of the IncarnationBoreum Hill

10:30 am – noon

Fishing 101

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Caleb Smith State Park PreserveSmithtown

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10:30 am – noon

Tour of Building A at the MADE Bush Terminal Campus

Ages: All
Family
Free
Tours

MADE BUSH TERMINALBrooklyn

10:30 am – 7:30 pm

FUNBOX Inflatable Park

Ages: All
Attractions
Family

Cross County CenterYonkers

10:30 am

Play & Watch!

Ages: 13 and up
Family
Film

Parkchester LibraryBronx

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