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Saturday May 17, 2025

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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

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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 – noon

Super Seedlings

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Free

Van Cortlandt Park Alliance Garden & Compost SiteBronx

5:17 Jazzical! Hello, Mandarin

10 – 11 am

Jazzical!

Ages: 12 and under
Dance
Family
Music

Hello, Mandarin!Manhattan

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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

Family Storytime: Stories, Songs and Rhymes for Little Ones

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

Granny Goose

11 am – noon

Story Hour with Wendy & DB

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Music

Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & StorytellingSugar Hill/ West Harlem

Family Program May 2025 – Design Around Town Game

11 am – 3 pm

Family Program | Design Around Town

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Games

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design MuseumUpper East Side

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11 am – 5 pm

PS 295 Touch A Truck

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Community
Family

11 am

Sensory Saturday Storytime!

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

Stapleton LibraryStaten Island

Family Day

11 am – 4 pm

Family Day at Hudson Yards

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Family
Free

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & GardensManhattan

11 am

Music & Movement

Ages: 12 and under
Family
Music

Port Richmond LibraryStaten Island

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Noon – 5 pm

Queens International Children’s Festival 2025

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free

Jamaica Performing Arts CenterJamaica

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Noon – 4 pm

Living Well, Living Strong! Free Health Fest and Fun Beats! (Community Board 2 Health Fair)

Ages: 5 and up
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Dance
Family

Fort Greene ParkBrooklyn

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Noon – 3 pm

Big Truck Day!

Ages: 5 – 8
Attractions
Community
Family

Randall’s Island ParkBronx

12:30 pm

The Wizard of Oz

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Theater

Puppetworks IncBrooklyn

5:17 Family Day HY

1 – 2 pm

Resonant Minds Family Concert

Ages: 12 and under
Dance
Family
Free

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & GardensManhattan

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1 – 4 pm

Family Program | Storytelling and Sea Adventures

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Books & Readings
Family

The Morgan Library & MuseumMurray Hill

1 – 3 pm

Pond Crawlers

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Free

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterStaten Island

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2 – 3 pm

Show Up, Kids! Interactive Family Comedy

Ages: 3 – 8
Comedy
Family

The RATBrooklyn

2 pm

May Family Movie Night

Ages: 3 – 12
Family
Film

Hunts Point LibraryBronx

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2 – 3:30 pm

Backbone

Ages: 5 and up
Family

Alice Tully HallManhattan

2 pm

Kid's Movie Saturday

Ages: 3 – 12
Family
Film

Baychester LibraryBaychester

2 pm

May Family Movie Night & Craft

Ages: 3 – 12
Family
Film

Hunts Point LibraryBronx

2 pm

Pippi at 80: Girl Groups and the Power of Singing Together

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Music

Parkchester LibraryBronx

2:15 pm

Family Movie Afternoon: Wicked

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Film

Great Kills LibraryStaten Island

2:30 pm

The Wizard of Oz

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Theater

Puppetworks IncBrooklyn

3 – 4 pm

The Journey of Pura Belpré’s Tales

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Theater

Teatro SEA @ The ClementeLower East Side

3:30 pm

Children's Crochet Time

Ages: 5 and up
Craft & DIY
Family

South Beach LibraryStaten Island

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7 – 8:30 pm

Backbone

Ages: 5 and up
Family

Alice Tully HallManhattan

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