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Saturday June 14, 2025

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11 am – 6 pm

Colleen Franca: Outside/Inside

Art
Free

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Brooklyn Brooklyn Children’s Museum at Brooklyn Pride Parade

11 am – 4 pm

Brooklyn Children’s Museum at Brooklyn Pride Parade

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Brooklyn Children’s Museum at Brooklyn Pride ParadeBrooklyn

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11 am – 4:30 pm

South Street Seaport Museum Free June Family Activity Weekends

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Community
Family

South Street Seaport MuseumManhattan

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11 am – 6 pm

Borinquen Gallo: Mending My Garden

Art
Free

Chelsea

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11 am – 4:30 pm

South Street Seaport Museum Announces Free June Family Activity Weekends

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Classes
Family

Manhattan

11 am

39th Annual Bronx Puerto Rican Day Parade

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Bronx Puerto Rican Day ParadeBronx

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11 am – 1 pm

Free Eco Art & Performance Workshops at Socrates Sculpture Park

Ages: 9 and up
Art
Classes
Family

Socrates Sculpture ParkLong Island City

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11 am – noon

Hans Christian Andersen Storytelling Series in Central Park

Central ParkManhattan

11 am – noon

Cameras and Coffee: Community Meet-Up

Art
Free

International Center of Photography (ICP)Lower East Side

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11 am – 1 pm

Grimm, Grimmer, Grimmest LIVE with Adam Gidwitz!

Ages: 9 – 12
Books & Readings
Family
Free

Brooklyn Public Library — Central LibraryBrooklyn

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Summer Pop-up [Dumbo]

Empire StoresBrooklyn

Noon – 7 pm

The Tribeca Games Gallery at Pier 57

Noon – 4 pm

South Bronx Family Fun Day

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

St. Mary’s Playground WestBronx

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Noon – 4 pm

The 22nd Annual Hunt’s Point Fish Parade & Arts Festival

The Hunts Point Fish Parade & Arts FestivalBronx

Noon – 8 pm

Pigeon Fest

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

The High LineManhattan

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Noon – 7 pm

Feast of St. Anthony

Noon – 7 pm

Feast of St. Anthony

Feast of St. AnthonyBronx

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Noon – 5 pm

Workspace Residency Open Studios

Free

101 Greenwich StLower Manhattan

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Noon – 2:30 pm

Sonic Lookalike Contest

Ages: All
Comedy
Community
Family

Japan Village CourtyardBrooklyn

Brain Health Summit

Noon – 3 pm

New DAWN: Brain Health Summit Faith, Science and Music Unify to Engage, Encourage and Empower the Black Church about Alzheimer’s Disease and Brain Health

Cathedral at Greater FaithBRONX

NO KINGS IN QUEENS TIK TOK 2

12:30 – 2:30 pm

NO KINGS IN QUEENS – MARCH AND RALLY

Forest Hills

BMX Competition

1 – 5 pm

NYC Parks Presents: The Season Opener

Free
Sports

Rev. T. Wendell Foster Bike ParkBronx

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1 – 3 pm

Family Time June 2025: with Artist Ari Melenciano

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

The Bronx MuseumBronx

1 – 4 pm

Juneteenth Family Festival

Lewis H. Latimer HouseFlushing

Vintage Car Show

1 – 4 pm

1940s CAR-nival!

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

King Manor MuseumJamaica

1 – 5 pm

Father’s Day Kids’ Event

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

The Mall at Bay PlazaBronx

1 – 4 pm

Chilling with Pops

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

St. James Recreation CenterBronx

2 – 4:30 pm

Spring Family Fair

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Books & Readings
Family

The Morgan Library & MuseumManhattan

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2 – 4 pm

HOW TO BECOME AN OCTOPUS – Free training session

Art
Classes

Juneteenth in BPC-5

2 – 5 pm

Juneteenth Celebration in Battery Park City

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Rockefeller ParkBattery Park City

Queens Juneteenth Black and Indigenous Cowboys

2 – 3 pm

Juneteenth: Black and Indigenous Cowboys

Queens Public Library Lefrak CityCorona

2:30 pm

Father’s Day Children’s Craft Program

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Free

St. George Library CenterStaten Island

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