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Saturday June 28, 2025

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Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterManhattan

The Queer Show Part 2

All day

The Queer Show, Part II

Hal Bromm GalleryTribeca

All day

Sports Watch Parties at Hudson Yards: FIFA Club World Cup

Ages: All
Family
Film
Free

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & GardensHudson Yards

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All day

New York Proud- Staten Island Pop-Up

Art
Free

St. George Ferry StopStaten Island

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8 am – 3 pm

Maria Hernandez Farmers Market

Maria Hernandez ParkBrooklyn

9 am – 5 pm

Being Hyper Human Exhibition

Art
Film

FIT Art and Design GalleryChelsea

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9 am – 12:30 pm

Homeowner Protection and Resilience Town Hall

Robert Ross Johnson Family Life CenterJamaica

10 am – noon

Super Seedlings

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Free

Van Cortlandt Park Alliance Garden & Compost SiteBronx

10 am – 5 pm

The 19th Annual RockStock

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

RockStockRockaway Park

Free Kayaking

10 am – 4 pm

Free Kayaking

Ages: All
Family
Free
Sports

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 4 BeachBrooklyn

Untitled Artwork

10 am – 8 pm

The Subway Doodle Experience

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

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10 am – 7 pm

Crowned Dance: A Fine Art Photography Exhibition by Alex Yazlovsky

Animals
Art

Lux ContemporaryNew York City

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10 am – 3 pm

2025 Affordable Housing Expo

Classes
Free

CUNY Graduate CenterMidtown

11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

Art
Free

410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Brooklyn

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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

Laura and HCA Statue

11 am – noon

Hans Christian Andersen Storytelling Series in Central Park

Central ParkManhattan

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11 am – 1 pm

Community Science Fishing

Ages: All
Family
Free

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5Brooklyn

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11 am – 5 pm

Eye of the “Art Asylum”: The Downtown Photography of Gary Azon at Tompkins Square Library

Free

Tompkins Square Park

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11 – 11:45 am

Free Dance Lessons at Randall’s Island Park!

Dance
Free

Randall’s Island ParkRandall’s Island

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11 am – 1 pm

Shape Up NYC Caribbean-American Heritage Month Event

St. John’s Recreation Center 1251 Prospect PlaceBrooklyn

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11 am – 6 pm

Blake Morgan and JohnHenry Tecklenburg: Landscapes and Figures

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

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11 am – 3 pm

Mud Day

Ages: All
Family
Free
Games

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterStaten Island

Noon – 6 pm

Youth Pride

Ages: 13 and up
Family
Free
LGBTQ+

Pier 16 South Street SeaportManhattan

Noon – 6 pm

Into the NOW – The Time of Our Lives

Free

Ceres GalleryChelsea

Noon – 6 pm

Into the NOW – The Time of our Lives

Art
Free

Ceres GalleryChelsea

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Noon – 4 pm

Movement Gowanus Celebration for Access Fund

Free

Movement GowanusBrooklyn

Noon – 7 pm

BLOCK PARTY – Bond & Schermerhorn

Free

Downtown Brooklyn

1 – 4 pm

Woodlawn Family Fun Day

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Indian Field, Van Cortlandt ParkBronx

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