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Thursday Jan. 15, 2026

Little girl wearing a neon green helmet, black dress, and yellow tights, holding on to a skate assist on a roller rink

2 – 5 pm

Empire Skate of Mind

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Community
Family

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

Friday Jan. 16

P1040305

All day

The Chocolate Makery @ The Jewish Children’s Museum

Ages: 3 – 12
Family
Festivals
Food & Drink

Jewish Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

10 am – 6 pm

Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters

Poster HouseManhattan

10 am – 6 pm

The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy

Poster HouseManhattan

Child painting

10 am – 5 pm

MLK’s Peace Parade

Children’s Museum of ManhattanManhattan

Little girl wearing a neon green helmet, black dress, and yellow tights, holding on to a skate assist on a roller rink

2 – 5 pm

Empire Skate of Mind

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Community
Family

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

7 – 11:30 pm

40th Annual Zlatne Uste Golden Festival

Ages: All
Dance
Family
Festivals

The Marquee AstoriaQueens

Saturday Jan. 17

P1040305

All day

The Chocolate Makery @ The Jewish Children’s Museum

Ages: 3 – 12
Family
Festivals
Food & Drink

Jewish Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

Child painting

10 am – 5 pm

MLK’s Peace Parade

Children’s Museum of ManhattanManhattan

The History of the Brooklyn Bridge & Guided Walk

10 – 11:30 am

The History of the Brooklyn Bridge & Guided Walk

Brooklyn Bridge Park Environmental Education CenterBrooklyn

10 am – 6 pm

The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy

Poster HouseManhattan

Little girl wearing a neon green helmet, black dress, and yellow tights, holding on to a skate assist on a roller rink

10 am – 5 pm

Empire Skate of Mind

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Community
Family

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

10 am – 6 pm

Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters

Poster HouseManhattan

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11:30 am – 1 pm

Hablemos: New York, New York

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

The New York HistoricalUpper West Side

5:30 pm – 2 am

40th Annual Zlatne Uste Golden Festival

Ages: All
Dance
Family
Festivals

The Marquee AstoriaQueens

Sunday Jan. 18

P1040305

All day

The Chocolate Makery @ The Jewish Children’s Museum

Ages: 3 – 12
Family
Festivals
Food & Drink

Jewish Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

10 am – 6 pm

The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy

Poster HouseManhattan

Little girl wearing a neon green helmet, black dress, and yellow tights, holding on to a skate assist on a roller rink

10 am – 5 pm

Empire Skate of Mind

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Community
Family

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

10 am – 6 pm

Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters

Poster HouseManhattan

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10 am – 5 pm

Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.

Ages: 12 and under
Art
Attractions
Family

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

Child painting

10 am – 5 pm

MLK’s Peace Parade

Children’s Museum of ManhattanManhattan

10 am – 5:30 pm

Slime Studio

Jewish Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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Noon – 2 pm

Beyond Vietnam: MLK’s Call for Peace

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

The New York HistoricalUpper West Side

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3 – 5:30 pm

Queens College Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Commemoration

Queens College Goldstein TheatreFlushing

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3 – 4:30 pm

Traditional Music and Dance of Korea at The Castle

Bayside Historical SocietyBayside

Monday Jan. 19

P1040305

All day

The Chocolate Makery @ The Jewish Children’s Museum

Ages: 3 – 12
Family
Festivals
Food & Drink

Jewish Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

10 am – 6 pm

Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters

Poster HouseManhattan

Child painting

10 am – 5 pm

MLK’s Peace Parade

Children’s Museum of ManhattanManhattan

10 am – 6 pm

The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy

Poster HouseManhattan

10 am – 5 pm

Slime Studio

Jewish Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

_FLYER_MLK 2025, web, photo credit Winston Williams-Brooklyn Children’s Museum-002

10 am – 5 pm

Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.

Ages: 12 and under
Art
Attractions
Family

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

10:30 am

The 40th Annual Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Brooklyn Academy of MusicBrooklyn

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