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Saturday July 26, 2025

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All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterManhattan

All day

Lincoln Center Summer for the City presents Brazil Week: MU.ITA (The Itamar Assumpção Museum)

Free

David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln CenterManhattan

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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

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 – 5 pm

Kids Creative Corner

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free

Bryant ParkManhattan

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10 am – 5 pm

After ‘Women in the News’: Work by Kari Marboe, Friends, and Colleagues

Art
Free

Greenwich House PotteryGreenwich

10 am – 8 pm

Samsung Galaxy Experience Space

Galaxy Experience SpaceSoHo

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10 am – 6 pm

Inkmaster and Tattoo Rescue star Christian Masot joins acclaimed visual artist Janelle Marie Kelley for limited showcase at Park West Gallery in SoHo

Art
Free

Park West GallerySoho

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10 am – 8 pm

Celebrate 10 Years of Miraculous® – Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir

Ages: All
Family
Free

FAO SchwarzMidtown

Queens Summer Kids City Owlets Art ExplOWLration

10 – 11 am

Summer Kids: City Owlets Art ExplOWLration

Ages: 8 and under
Family
Free
Outdoors

Gantry Plaza State ParkLong Island City

10 am – 3 pm

Bronx NHS Homeownership Resource Fair

Bronx Neighborhood Housing Services (Bronx NHS)Bronx

10:30 am – 11:30 pm

Family Program: Mapping the City

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free

The Skyscraper MuseumBattery Park

Laura and HCA Statue

11 am – noon

Hans Christian Andersen Storytelling Series in Central Park

Central ParkManhattan

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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 – noon

Ready, Set, Kindergarten! at the Sheepshead Bay Library

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free

Brooklyn Public Library Sheepshead BayBrooklyn

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11 am – 1 pm

ICP Photobook Club: Deirdre Donohue

Art
Free

International Center of PhotographyLower East Side

11th Annual STooPS Summer Festival

11 am – 7 pm

STooPS Art & Community 12th Annual Summer Festival

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Decatur St. between Lewis & Stuyvesant AvesBrooklyn

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11 am – 2 pm

Skylight Confessions Wall: Swap parenting confessions for coffee!

Ages: All
Family
Free

Kent Ave & S. 2nd StreetBrooklyn

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11 am – 6 pm

Kris Calnan: New Hampshire Landscapes

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

Noon – 1:30 pm

Weekend Kids

Ages: All
Family
Free

Bryant ParkManhattan

Noon – 8 pm

Afro-Diasporic Ocean Festival

Beach 94th Street Plaza in Rockaway BeachFar Rockaway

St. Mary’s Church Where faith is renewed, the hope of justice is restored, and community is uplifted

Noon – 6 pm

Summer Tent Revival at St. Mary’s Church in Harlem!

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Books & Readings
Family

St. Mary’s Church, HarlemWest Harlem

1 – 3 pm

Open Bluegrass Jam Session

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

East Fourth Street Community GardenBrooklyn

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1 – 6 pm

4 Solo Shows: Avri Ohana, Faten Gaddes, Tami Luchow, Masha Neverova

Art
Free

Westbeth GalleryWest Village

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1 – 3 pm

Cooking on the Farm: Global Street Food

Randall’s Island Urban FarmRandall’s Island

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1 – 6 pm

The Art is Pulsing with Energy at BWAC This Summer

Art
Free

BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionBrooklyn

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1 – 4 pm

Amanda Serrano Meet & Greet – July 26 in Brooklyn, NY

Free

Brooklyn

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1 – 3 pm

Family Time July 2025 Art-Making for All Ages

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

The Bronx MuseumBronx

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