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Saturday Dec. 6, 2025

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Photos With Santa at Queens Center

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Queens CenterQueens

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All day

Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan

Art
Free

The Africa CenterEast Harlem

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8 am – 10 pm

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

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8 am – 11 pm

The Rink at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

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9 – 11:15 am

Learn. Play. Grow. @ Corlears School

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Corlears SchoolChelsea

9 am – 4 pm

APEC Food Drive for City Harvest

Alley Pond Environmental CenterDouglaston

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9 – 10 am

Brooklyn Bridge parkrun

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1Brooklyn

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10 am – 5 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

10 am – 9 pm

POP MART’s SKULLPANDA You Found Me Pop-Up Experience

Ages: All
Family
Free
Markets

SKULLPANDA You Found Me Pop-UpManhattan

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10 am – 4 pm

Brooklyn District Attorney’s Gun Buyback

St. Paul Community Baptist ChurchBrooklyn

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10 am – 9 pm

Shine Bright at Hudson Yards Presented by Wells Fargo

The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson YardsNew York City

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10 am – 8 pm

Holiday Under the Palms at Brookfield Place

Brookfield PlaceTribeca

Manhattan Selfies with Santa

10 am – 7 pm

Selfies with Santa

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Brookfield PlaceTribeca

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11 am – noon

Family First Saturdays: Storytime at the Morgan

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Books & Readings
Family

The Morgan Library & MuseumMurray Hill

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11 am – 1 pm

Juggling Classes

Ages: All
Classes
Family
Free

Bryant ParkMidtown Manhattan

11 am – noon

Nature’s Workshop: Nature Wreath Making

Ages: All
Family
Free

Blue Heron Nature CenterStaten Island

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Boerum Hill]

51 Bergen StreetBrooklyn

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Cobble Hill]

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

St. PaulCobble Hill

11 am

Weekly Storytime

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Free

Barnes & Noble Staten IslandStaten Island

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Dumbo]

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Empire StoresBrooklyn

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11:30 am – 6 pm

An Ecology of Quilts: The Natural History of American Textiles

Art
Free

American Folk Art MuseumLincoln Square

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Noon – 5 pm

L’Alliance New York Announces North American Premiere of Les tutomouves 2025 Crossing The Line Festival

L’Alliance New YorkManhattan

Noon – 3 pm

Swish & Skill at Faber: Free Instructional Basketball Clinic for Kids

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
Sports

Faber ParkStaten Island

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Noon – 8 pm

Holiday Shops at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Family
Free
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Bryant Park 6th Avenue between 40th and 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018Manhattan

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Noon – 7 pm

IKEA House Warming

Ages: All
Family
Free

IKEA House WarmingManhattan

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Noon – 4 pm

BRIC’s Winter Wonderland 2025

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

BRIC HouseBrooklyn

Noon – 6 pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

Brooklyn

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Noon – 6 pm

Apex Holiday Market

Pig Beach BBQAstoria

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1 – 4 pm

Family Day: Winter Wonderland 2025

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

The Bronx MuseumBronx

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1 – 3:30 pm

Bronx Terminal Market Winter Wonderland

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Bronx Terminal MarketBronx

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1 – 4 pm

Hands-on History: Junkanoo Puppets

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Caribbean
Family

King Manor MuseumJamaica

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1:30 – 3 pm

Celebrate the Salt Marsh Nature Center

Salt Marsh Nature CenterBrooklyn

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