Things to Do With Kids in NYC

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Saturday May 17, 2025

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2 – 4 pm

West African Dance Workshop with Live Drumming

Baobab: Tree of life by Beam CenterBronx

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All day

TADA! Youth Theater Presents Game Changers

Ages: All
Family
Theater

TADA! Youth TheaterChelsea

SO Time Warp – Ticket Poster Square

2 – 3:30 pm

Sing Out: Time Warp – Presented by AfterWork Theater

Ages: All
Community
Family
Music

Speyer HallManhattan

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2 – 3:30 pm

Backbone

Ages: 5 and up
Family

Alice Tully HallManhattan

2:30 pm

The Wizard of Oz

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Theater

Puppetworks IncBrooklyn

WHCO Echoes 2025

3 – 4 pm

WHCO May Concert: “Landscapes”

Ages: All
Family

Fort Washington Collegiate ChurchWashington Heights

3 – 4 pm

The Journey of Pura Belpré’s Tales

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Theater

Teatro LATEALower East Side

3 – 6 pm

#PledgeKindness Pet Parade

Château le WoofAstoria

Teen Class

3:30 – 5:30 pm

Free Billiards Class for LGBTQIA+ Teens

Ages: 13 and up
Classes
Family
Free

Sugar MouseEast Village

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5:30 – 7 pm

Lux Mea Spring Concert

Ages: All
Art
Caribbean
Family

Advent Lutheran ChurchUpper West Side

7 – 9 pm

EPIC Players Theatre presents Seussical the Musical: A Neuro-Inclusive Production

A.R.T/New YorkManhattan

Peace Seekers XI

7 – 9 pm

Spring Concert for the Environment

Ages: 9 and up
Classes
Family
Music

Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music CenterManhattan

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7 – 8:30 pm

Backbone

Ages: 5 and up
Family

Alice Tully HallManhattan

7 – 10 pm

Global Mashup: Middle Eastern Rock Meets Western Swing

Ages: All
Art
Family

Flushing Town HallFlushing

L: Kayla Mak and Elijah Geolina in Houston Thomas’s U Don’t Know Me. Photo: Rosalie O’Connor. R: YeonSeo Choi and Kayke Carvalho in the Black Swan pas de deux from Kevin McKenzie’s Swan Lake. Photo: Emma Zordan.

7:30 – 9 pm

American Ballet Theatre Studio Company: Spring Moves

Ages: 9 and up
Art
Dance
Family

NYU SkirballManhattan

SO Time Warp – Ticket Poster Square

8 – 9:30 pm

Sing Out: Time Warp – Presented by AfterWork Theater

Ages: All
Community
Family
Music

Speyer HallManhattan

Sunday May 18

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Various

Waterfront Walks

Ages: All
Family
Free
Tours

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

8 am – 1 pm

Farmers Market at Grand Colony Hall

Ages: All
Family
Markets

Grand Colony HallStaten Island

8 am – noon

Birch Family Services 13th Annual 5K Forward: Fast Track to Empowerment

Pier 45 at Hudson River ParkManhattan

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9 am – 2 pm

Riverdale Y Sunday Market

Riverdale TempleBronx

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9 am – 9 pm

Climb for Free at Movement Harlem

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Movement HarlemHarlem

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9 am – 9 pm

Climb for Free at Movement Gowanus

Movement GowanusBrooklyn

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9 am – 9 pm

Climb for Free at Movement LIC

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Movement LICQueens

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9 – 10:30 am

Bronx Zoo Family Morning: Dino Safari

Anne Frank (1)

9:30 am – 7:30 pm

Anne Frank The Exhibition

Center for Jewish HistoryManhattan

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10 am – 5:30 pm

Dinosaur Safari

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10 am – noon

Party on Wheels

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

New York Transit MuseumBrooklyn

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10 am – 4 pm

The Big Nest

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Painting to Migratory Birdsongs

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10 am – 5:30 pm

Wings Over Wave Hill

Queens Sheep Shearing Festival

10 am – 5 pm

Sheep Shearing Festival

Queens County Farm MuseumFloral Park

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