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Saturday March 8, 2025

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9 am – 7 pm

Bluey x CAMP

Ages: 3 – 8
Attractions
Family

CAMP 5th AvenueManhattan

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9:30 am – noon

Timbalooloo Family concert & Mardi Gras Éxpo

Ages: 8 and under
Family
Music

109 Remsen Street, Brooklyn NY 11201Brooklyn

10 am – 6 pm

The Orchid Show: Mexican Modernism

Ages: All
Family

New York Botanical GardenBronx

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Desert Dwellers

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

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10 am – noon

YMCA Summer Camp Open House

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Free
Games

Bedford Stuyvesant YMCABrooklyn

10 am – noon

Holi Studio

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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 am – 12:30 pm

Watson Adventures’ Grand Central Scramble Scavenger Hunt For Families

Ages: 5 and up
Attractions
Family
Games

Grand Central TerminalNew York City

11 am – 4 pm

New York Prego Expo

Ages: 12 and under
Expo
Family

Metropolitan PavilionChelsea

Cooper Hewitt Family Program Promo w text ArchitectureQuest

11 am – 3 pm

Family Program | ARCHITECTURE QUEST

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes
Family

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design MuseumUES

Noon – 6 pm

The Road to the Big Game: New Orleans

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Family
Sports

The Paley MuseumMidtown

School fair – Manhattan (Static)

Noon – 4 pm

KIPP NYC Manhattan Schools Fair

Ages: 3 and up
Family
Free
Open Houses

625 W 133rd St, New York, NY 10027Manhattan

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12:30 pm

Alice in Wonderland

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Theater

Puppetworks IncBrooklyn

1 – 3 pm

Holi Studio

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2 – 3 pm

Show Up, Kids! Interactive Family Comedy

Ages: 3 – 8
Comedy
Family
Theater

The RATBrooklyn

2 – 3 pm

Saturday Storycrafts

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Family
Free

Brooklyn Public Library Sheepshead BayBrooklyn

2 – 3 pm

Women in Science Spotlight: Elizabeth Knight Britton

Staten Island MuseumStaten Island

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2:30 pm

Alice in Wonderland

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Theater

Puppetworks IncBrooklyn

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3 – 6:30 pm

Family Biz: A Dance Party for Kids & Their Grown-Ups

Ages: 5 – 8
Dance
Family
Music

Friends and LoversBrooklyn

Bilingual Birdies Rhombus 1

4 – 4:45 pm

Bilingual Birdies Brings Music and Dance to the Museum: Experience this Fun Filled Latin Adventure

Ages: 3 – 8
En Español
Family
Music

Staten Island Children’s MuseumStaten Island

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4 – 5 pm

Culture Lab LIC & Little Clouds Present Big Feelings an Interactive Play for Children

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Theater

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

4 – 5 pm

BIG FEELINGS

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Theater

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

Sunday March 9

FSS NYPL

All day

Story Time with NYPL

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtChelsea

Familiares FSS

All day

Recorridos Familiares

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
En Español
Family

The Whitney Museum of American ArtChelsea

9 am – noon

NYRR Open Run: Conference House Park

Ages: All
Family
Free

Conference House ParkStaten Island

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9 am – 6 pm

Bluey x CAMP

Ages: 3 – 8
Attractions
Family

CAMP 5th AvenueManhattan

10 am – 6 pm

The Orchid Show: Mexican Modernism

Ages: All
Family

New York Botanical GardenBronx

10 am – noon

PurimPalooza 2025

Ages: 3 – 12
Family
Holiday
Jewish

Hannah Senesh Community Day SchoolBrooklyn

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Desert Dwellers

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

10 am – noon

Holi Studio

Manhattan CMOM Holi Celebration

10 am – 5 pm

CMOM Holi Celebration

Ages: 8 and under
Attractions
Family
Holiday

Children’s Museum of ManhattanManhattan

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