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Sunday Aug. 4, 2024

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Various

Free Kayaking

Ages: 5 and up
Boating
Community
Family

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

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All day

Art on the Ave

Art
Free

Brooklyn

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All day

Sports Watch Parties at Backyard at Hudson Yards: 2024 Paris Olympic Games

Ages: All
Family
Free
Sports

Backyard at Hudson YardsHudson Yards

All day

The Billie Holiday Theatre Presents Sky’s The Limit: Style As Resistance

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

The Billie Holiday TheatreBrooklyn

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8 am – 1 pm

RiseBoro Farmers Market at Irving Square Park

Irving Square ParkBrooklyn

9 am – noon

NYRR Open Run: Conference House Park

Ages: All
Family
Free

Conference House ParkStaten Island

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10 am – 4:30 pm

Free Kayaking

Boating
Free

The Downtown BoathouseFinancial District

10 am – 8 pm

Galaxy Experience Space

Galaxy Experience SpaceSoHo

10 – 11 am

Play in the Park! Activities for Kids & Families

Ages: All
Family
Free
Music

Domino ParkBrooklyn

Spring Market photo

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

The Market at Brooklyn Museum

Free
Markets

Brooklyn MuseumBrooklyn

11 am – 11 pm

NBC Olympics Viewing Village at The Rink at Rockefeller Center

Ages: All
Family
Free
Games

The Rink at Rockefeller CenterManhattan

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Noon – 2:30 pm

Free Kayaking

Ages: All
Family
Free
Outdoors

Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 2 DockBrooklyn

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Noon – 6 pm

Exhibition of Antiguan Artist Frank Walter | The Drawing Center | through Sep 15

Soho

NKPR NY Announcement

Noon – 8 pm

The Black Hole Experience Presented by Age of Union

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

Times SquareWest 47th Street & 7th Avenue

Noon – 6 pm

Afrobeats Vs Amapiano Takeover Barclays Center

Barclays CenterProspect Heights

Queens Kayaking at Hallet’s Cove

Noon – 3 pm

Kayaking at Hallet’s Cove

Ages: All
Family
Free
Outdoors

Hallett’s Cove BeachAstoria

Noon – 1:30 pm

Creative Art Family Edition

Ages: All
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

Williamsbridge Oval Recreation CenterBronx

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1 – 4 pm

Soul Sundays at Atlantic Terminal

Ages: All
Dance
Family
Free

Atlantic Terminal MallBrooklyn

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1 – 6 pm

It’s Summer in the City at BWAC

Free

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionBrooklyn

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1 – 6 pm

It’s Summer in the City at BWAC

Art
Free

BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionBrooklyn

1 – 3 pm

Climate and the Personal Essay

Colonels Row on Governors IslandGovernors Island

2 – 4 pm

FREE EVENT at the Queens Center Mall: When Making A Film Means Making A Difference: Make A Film Foundation

Ages: 5 and up
Community
Family
Festivals

Queens CenterElmhurst

Manhattan Fencing

2 – 7 pm

Fencing Across America

Ages: All
Family
Free
Sports

Vanderbilt Hall, Grand Central TerminalManhattan

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3 – 7 pm

Break For Justice Vol.8

Maria Hernandez ParkBrooklyn

Unisphere

6 – 7:30 pm

‘World’s Fanfare’ Performances at the Unisphere, Celebrating the 1964 World’s Fair Anniversary

Ages: All
Community
Dance
Family

Flushing Meadows Corona ParkFlushing

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6 – 7:30 pm

Queensboro Dance Festival ‘World’s Fanfare’ Performances at the Unisphere, Celebrating the 1964 World’s Fair Anniversary

Dance
Free

Unisphere at Flushing Meadows Corona ParkFlushing-Corona

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