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Friday March 7, 2025

8 – 10:30 pm

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Amor LocoMidtown

Saturday March 8

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Legacy MoviesJacksonville, Florida

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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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11 am – 3 pm

Girls in Science and Engineering Day

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space MuseumManhattan

Cooper Hewitt Family Program Promo w text ArchitectureQuest

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

Mira-Goodman-The_Providence – Mira Goodman

Noon – 7 pm

I Can’t (Un)see It

Art
Free

East village

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

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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

3 – 4:30 pm

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

Free
Theater

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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7 – 9 pm

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

Free
Music

Westbeth Artists Community RoomNew York City

Sunday March 9

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Legacy MoviesJacksonville, Florida

Familiares FSS

All day

Recorridos Familiares

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
En Español
Family

The Whitney Museum of American ArtChelsea

FSS NYPL

All day

Story Time with NYPL

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtChelsea

9 am – noon

NYRR Open Run: Conference House Park

Ages: All
Family
Free

Conference House ParkStaten Island

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Desert Dwellers

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

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11 am – 3 pm

Guggenheim Museum Free Sunday Funday

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Community
Family

GuggenheimUpper East Side

KAYLL Popup Elizabeth StreetKAYLL Popup Elizabeth Street 2

11 am – 6 pm

KAYLL Pop Up Shop Opening!

Free
Markets

KAYLLSoho

Noon – 6 pm

Hidden Lights

Art
Free

GR GalleryManhattan

Mira-Goodman-The_Providence – Mira Goodman

Noon – 7 pm

I Can’t (Un)see It

Art
Free

East village

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1 – 2 pm

Public Garden Highlights Walk

Ages: 13 and up
Environment
Family
Free

Monday March 10

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All day

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Legacy MoviesJacksonville, Florida

KAYLL Popup Elizabeth StreetKAYLL Popup Elizabeth Street 2

11 am – 6 pm

KAYLL Pop Up Shop Opening!

Free
Markets

KAYLLSoho

Noon – 6 pm

Hidden Lights

Art
Free

GR GalleryManhattan

Mira-Goodman-The_Providence – Mira Goodman

Noon – 7 pm

I Can’t (Un)see It

Art
Free

East village

4:30 – 5:30 pm

Bingo with Prizes

Ages: All
Family
Free
Games

Brooklyn Public Library Sheepshead BayBrooklyn

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