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Tuesday Feb. 17, 2026

11 am – 3:30 pm

28th New Year Firecracker Ceremony & Cultural Festival

Sara D. Roosevelt ParkLower East Side

Wednesday Feb. 18

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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

10 am – 5 pm

Slime Studio

Jewish Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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

Thursday Feb. 19

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

10 am – 5 pm

Purim Discovery Room

Ages: 8 and under
Attractions
Community
Family

Jewish Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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 Feb. 20

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

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

Saturday Feb. 21

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

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

2 – 3:30 pm

Happy Neigh Year! Horse Painting Workshop with Exhibition Curator Stephanie S. Lee

Flushing Town HallFlushing

Sunday Feb. 22

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

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 – 5:30 pm

Purim Discovery Room

Ages: 8 and under
Attractions
Community
Family

Jewish Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

Layer the Walls Part II_ Gwok Sing Cooking (Credit Hyphen Photography)

3 – 4:30 pm

Layer the Walls @ Abrons Arts Center

Abrons Arts CenterLower East Side

Monday Feb. 23

10 am – 5 pm

Purim Discovery Room

Ages: 8 and under
Attractions
Community
Family

Jewish Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

Tuesday Feb. 24

10 am – 5 pm

Purim Discovery Room

Ages: 8 and under
Attractions
Community
Family

Jewish Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

Wednesday Feb. 25

10 am – 5 pm

Purim Discovery Room

Ages: 8 and under
Attractions
Community
Family

Jewish Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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

Thursday Feb. 26

10 am – 5 pm

Purim Discovery Room

Ages: 8 and under
Attractions
Community
Family

Jewish Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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 Feb. 27

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

Saturday Feb. 28

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

6H5A0060 Ed Center Artmaking

1 – 4 pm

Family Afternoon | Come Together: 3,000 Years of Stories and Storytelling

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Books & Readings
Family

The Morgan Library & MuseumMurray Hill

The Joyce Theater no people

2 – 3:30 pm

Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE at The Joyce

Ages: All
Art
Dance
Family

The Joyce TheaterChelsea

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