History & Culture in NYC

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Thursday Jan. 1, 1970

Aug 7 Champions of Equality Event Flyer

Champions of Equality: Violence Prevention in the LGBTQ Community

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All day

A Salute to Trees

The 35th Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Flushing Meadows Corona ParkFlushing

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Taiwan: A World of Orchids

Queens Botanical GardenFlushing

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Celebrate the Caribbean

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

Bankra Caribbean Culture Festival 2025

Archie Spigner ParkJamaica

43rd Annual National Dominican Day Parade

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

National Dominican Day ParadeManhattan

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Second Sunday Castle Tours

Bayside Historical SocietyBayside

Movers and Makers: Family Tour and Workshop

New York Transit MuseumBrooklyn

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CCCADI’s 7th Annual Afribembé Festival at Harlem Week 2025

Ages: All
Community
Dance
Family

General Grant National Memorial (Grant’s Tomb)New York City

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Boogie Woogie Wednesdays: Bollywood & Bhangra Dance with Ajna Dance Company

Staten Island Childrens MuseumStaten Island

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Chain NYC Film Festival — Land of the Mustaches

Chain TheatreHell’s Kitchen

Farmhouse Family Day: The Power of the Sun

Ages: 12 and under
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

Wyckoff Farmhouse MuseumBrooklyn

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Poster Kids: Pass the Poster

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Family
Free

Poster HouseChelsea

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India Day Parade

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

India day ParadeManhattan

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Harlem Week: Harlem Day

West 135th Street from 5th Avenue to St. Nicholas AvenueHarlem

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Word Play – Free Poerty Slam @ Sugar Mouse

Sugar MouseEast Village

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Poster Tots: Block by Block

Ages: 3 – 4
Art
Family
Free

Poster HouseChelsea

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Central Park: Scandal & Vice Tour

Arsenal in Central ParkCentral Park

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La Lucha Sigue Summer Market

276 Grand Concourse Bronx, NY, 10451New York City

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Green Herrings in a Yellow Room: A Counter Production of The Yellow Wallpaper

Theater for the New CityEast Village

Battle of Brooklyn and The Meaning of Freedom: Family Afternoon

Green-Wood CemeteryBrooklyn

Women’s Equality Day

Historic Richmond TownStaten Island

New York Liberty West Indian Night

Barclays CenterProspect Heights

Richmond County Fair

Historic Richmond TownStaten Island

FREE Outdoor Screening of THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MISS SCOTT

Film
Free

Richard Rodgers Amphitheater, Marcus Garvey ParkHarlem

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Family First Saturdays: Storytime at the Morgan

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Books & Readings
Family

The Morgan Library & MuseumMurray Hill

Brooklyn Army Terminal Summer Series Hispanic Heritage Celebration

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Brooklyn Army TerminalNYC

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Fantastical Realities: Sandra Caplan, Maya Ciarrocchi, and Ray Ciarrocchi

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

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Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

NMACC India Weekend

Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre India Weekend in New York City

Damrosch Park at Lincoln CenterManhattan

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