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Saturday March 8, 2025

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All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterManhattan

All day

The Museum of Modern Art Presents- Projects: Marlon Mullen

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

Local Artist Eloissa Wild East Brewing Co

All day

Free Exhibition at the Wild East Brewing Taproom

Art
Free

Wild East BrewingBrooklyn

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8 am – 2 pm

Jesus Week Manhattan – Kickoff Workshop

Free

First Christian Church of the ValleyManhattan

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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

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10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Gay Icon Phoebe Legere hosts free All Ages Art/Music/Dance Performance & Creativity Workshop

Ages: All
Family
Free
LGBTQ+

Theater for the New City

CIRKUS

10:30 am – noon

Bindlestiff Family Cirkus at Battery Park City

Ages: All
Family
Free

6 River TerraceBattery Park City

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11 am – 3 pm

Girls in Science and Engineering Day

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space MuseumManhattan

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11 am – 3 pm

Family Program | ARCHITECTURE QUEST

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes
Family

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design MuseumUES

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11 am – 6 pm

KAYLL Pop Up Shop Opening!

Free
Markets

KAYLLSoho

Noon – 6 pm

Hidden Lights

Art
Free

GR GalleryManhattan

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Noon – 3 pm

Brooklyn Family Ultimate Camp Fair & Activity Expo – Montague St.

Ages: All
Family
Free

St. Ann & the Holy Trinity ChurchBrooklyn

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

Mira-Goodman-The_Providence – Mira Goodman

Noon – 7 pm

I Can’t (Un)see It

Art
Free

East village

Noon – midnight

Jocelyn Benford Exhibit at the Brooklyn Brewery

Art
Free

Brooklyn BreweryBrooklyn

Noon – 4 pm

25th Annual St Patricks Open Day

Irish Arts CenterHell’s Kitchen

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1:30 – 2:30 pm

Maintaining Marine Park’s Forever Wild Natural Areas

Salt Marsh Nature CenterBrooklyn

2 – 3 pm

Saturday Storycrafts

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Family
Free

Brooklyn Public Library Sheepshead BayBrooklyn

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2 – 8 pm

Pianist Sarah Cahill in The Future is Female at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Free
Music

The Metropolitan Museum of ArtManhattan

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2 – 5 pm

Casting Call at Kings Plaza

Free

Kings Plaza Shopping CenterBrooklyn

3 – 4:30 pm

People’s Theater Project: Celebrate Your Culture with Community Theater Workshop Series

Central Library, Queens Public LibraryJamaica

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3 – 5:30 pm

Whitney Signs: Christine Sun Kim: All Day All Night

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtChelsea

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4 – 7 pm

Women’s History Month Tastings

Manhattan

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7 – 9 pm

Composers Concordance Presents – ‘Seth & Gene’s Excellent Electroacoustic Adventure’

Free
Music

Westbeth Artists Community RoomNew York City

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9:30 – 11:30 pm

Pop-Rock Singer-Songwriter Jess Yaffa playing on March 8 at Pete’s Candy Store in Brooklyn

Free
Music

Pete’s Candy ShopBrooklyn

Sunday March 9

Unknown

All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterManhattan

All day

The Museum of Modern Art Presents- Projects: Marlon Mullen

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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

Local Artist Eloissa Wild East Brewing Co

All day

Free Exhibition at the Wild East Brewing Taproom

Art
Free

Wild East BrewingBrooklyn

9 am – noon

NYRR Open Run: Conference House Park

Ages: All
Family
Free

Conference House ParkStaten Island

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