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Friday March 24, 2023

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5 – 9 pm

Solidarity & Safe Spaces – Diverse Streets Initiative – Art Exhibition

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, NY

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5 – 9 pm

Anonymouslyاز Iran: An Exhibition Amplifying the Voices of Iranian Women

Art
Free

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, NY

6 – 8 pm

Family Fun and Fit Night at Hunts Point Recreation Center!

Ages: All
Family
Free
Sports

Hunts Point Recreation CenterBronx

March 24

6 – 7 pm

Dinner with the President: An Evening with Alex Prud’homme

The National Arts ClubGramercy Park

6 – 8 pm

Family Fun and Fit Night

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Hunts Point Recreation CenterBronx

Speed Networking

7 – 10 pm

SPEED NETWORKING

The Bronx CollabBronx

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7 – 8:30 pm

FREE Organ Recital and Open House

Free
Music

Ridgewood Presbyterian ChurchRidgewood

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8 – 10 pm

Alias Smith & Jones and The Button Men Bring Live Blues To The Shrine In Harlem

Free
Music

Shrine World Music VenueHarlem

Saturday March 25

Designing Women

All day

Designing Women: Fashion Creators and Their Interiors

Art
Free

Museum at FITChelsea

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All day

Art in Focus: Joel Gaitan

Art
Free

Midtown

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All day

Art in Focus: Joel Gaitan

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

Rockefeller CenterManhattan

Tax Preparation

8 am – 5 pm

Free Tax Prep Clinics

OpenRun_HyperlocalMedia

9 – 10:30 am

NYRR Open Run: Canarsie Park

Canarsie ParkBrooklyn

9 am – noon

Youth Conservation Class: Fishing

Ages: All
Family
Free
Outdoors

Zimmer Club Youth Conservation ProgramStaten Island

BOOBS (2)

9 am – 4 pm

Tatas & Tulips

La MarquetaEast Harlem

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9 am – 4 pm

Complimentary Wheelchair Cleaning and Sanitizing Clinic

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Cora Hoffman CenterStaten Island

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10 am – noon

Compost Care for Lawns

Classes
Free

Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical GardenStaten Island

10 am – 1 pm

Spring Family Fun Day

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Rockaway YMCAArverne

Rosie

10:30 – 11 am

Be an Engineer, Just Like Rosie Revere!

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

The Skyscraper MuseumBattery Park

11 am

Ready, Set, Kindergarten!

Ages: 4 and under
Books & Readings
Family
Free

Brownsville LibraryBrownsville

Community Day at the Book Hub

11 am – 2 pm

Special Book Giveaway for Anyone over Age 10 at Book Hub

Brooklyn Book BodegaBrooklyn

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Noon – 2 pm

In Search of Springtime – A Walk at Blue Heron Park

Ages: All
Family
Free
Outdoors

Blue Heron ParkStaten Island

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Noon – 1 pm

My What If Year: Talkback and Signing with Alisha Fernandez Miranda

Museum of BroadwayManhattan

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Noon – 3 pm

Brooklyn Resource Community Baby Shower (Book Giveaway for Pregnant NYCHA Families)

Ages: 2 and under
Books & Readings
Community
Family

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Noon – 6 pm

Imago of a queer artist*

Art
Free

Cuchifritos Gallery + Project SpaceLower East Side

1 pm

Bayside Village St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Bayside Village BIDBayside

1 – 2 pm

The Life of Mary Olmsted

Ages: All
Family
Free

Alice Austen HouseStaten Island

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1 – 6 pm

‘Environmental Memorial’ & ‘Constructive Interference’

Art
Free

FiveMylesBrooklyn

2 – 3:30 pm

The Cooking Class with Chef Adriana Urbina

Ages: All
Classes
Family
Free

Randall’s Island Urban FarmEast Harlem

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2 – 9 pm

Solidarity & Safe Spaces – Diverse Streets Initiative – Art Exhibition

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, NY

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2 – 9 pm

Anonymouslyاز Iran: An Exhibition Amplifying the Voices of Iranian Women

Art
Free

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, NY

2023 Mar Quilts 03 25 Author Talk

2:30 – 3:30 pm

Author Talk by Phyllis Biffle-Emore: Quilt of Souls in Kew Gardens. A Celebration of Women Quilt Exhibit

The Center at Maple GroveKew Gardens

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