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Friday June 20, 2025

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

Solstice in Times Square

7:30 am – 8:30 pm

Solstice in Times Square

Broadway Pedestrian PlazasMidtown

Untitled Artwork

10 am – 8 pm

The Subway Doodle Experience

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

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11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

Art
Free

410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Brooklyn

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11 am – 6 pm

Borinquen Gallo: Mending My Garden

Art
Free

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Multilingual Story Time June 2025 (1)

11 am – noon

Spanish & Kreyol Story Times at Flatbush Library

flatbush libraryBrooklyn

LAGERMANIA II

Noon – 11:30 pm

LAGERMANIA II

Queue BeerBrooklyn

3 – 3:45 pm

Juneteenth: The Sounds of Freedom

Our Lady of Grace ChurchBrooklyn

4 – 5 pm

Homecrest Juneteenth Celebration

Homecrest LibraryBrooklyn

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5 – 10 pm

Free Friday Nights

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtManhattan

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5 – 9 pm

Swedish Midsummer Festival

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Rockefeller ParkBattery Park City

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5 – 8 pm

STROGANOFF – Solo Art Exhibition – OPENING GALA

Sable GalleryBrooklyn

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6 – 9 pm

Torch and Crown: Music with Shawn Parsons (@alabamashawn) & Matthew Lee & The Standbys (@mattyandthestandbys)

Torch and CrownManhattan

6 – 8 pm

Summer Solstice Hike

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterStaten Island

June Kween Poster

7 – 9 pm

Kweendom

Comedy
Free

Pete’s Candy StoreBrooklyn

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11:57 pm

Times Square Arts Presents Yuge Zhou’s Trampoline Color Exercise

Art
Free

Times SquareMidtown

Saturday June 21

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All day

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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8 am – 3 pm

Maria Hernandez Farmers Market

Maria Hernandez ParkBrooklyn

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9:30 am – noon

JMTP/JMTA NYC Tennis Scholarship

Free
Sports

Sportime Randall’s IslandManhattan

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10 am – 1 pm

Mad Fun Farm Garden Volunteer Session

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Mad Fun FarmEast Harlem

10 am – noon

Super Seedlings

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Free

Van Cortlandt Park Alliance Garden & Compost SiteBronx

10 am – 4 pm

FREE Community Day & Health Fair

Ages: 5 – 8
Community
Family
Free

215-32 Jamaica Avenue Queens Village NYQueens Village

Manhattan Harlem Grown’s Juneteenth Celebration

10 am – 3 pm

Harlem Grown’s Juneteenth Celebration

134th St. FarmManhattan

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Colorful Critters

Free Kayaking

10 am – 4 pm

Free Kayaking

Ages: All
Family
Free
Sports

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 4 BeachBrooklyn

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10 am – 5 pm

Amazon Juneteenth Free Day

Ages: 3 – 8
Attractions
Family
Free

Staten Island Children’s MuseumStaten Island

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10 – 11 am

The Boy Who Drew Cats Dance Party

Ages: All
Dance
Family
Free

The Old Stone HouseBrooklyn

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