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Saturday July 13, 2024

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Various

Free Kayaking

Ages: 5 and up
Boating
Community
Family

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

All day

West Side Fest

Gloria Dei Old Swedes Episcopal ChurchPhiladelphia

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All day

Art on the Ave

Art
Free

Brooklyn

All day

The Billie Holiday Theatre Presents Sky’s The Limit: Style As Resistance

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

The Billie Holiday TheatreBrooklyn

Furby Wuz Here Map

All day

FURBY ‘Furry Objects’ Pop Up Across NYC

Ages: 5 – 8
Attractions
Community
Family

Elizabeth Street GardenSoHo – Mid-Town

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8 am – 3 pm

RiseBoro Farmers Markets at Maria Hernandez Park

Maria HernandezBrooklyn

White Plains Road Farmers Market

9 am – 4 pm

White Plains Road Farmers Market & DOT NYC Open Streets

Ages: 5 – 8
Caribbean
Community
Family

Gloria Dei Old Swedes Episcopal ChurchPhiladelphia

Uptown Good Food – Harlem (1)

9 am – 3 pm

Uptown Good Food Farmers Market

Ages: 5 – 8
Caribbean
Community
Family

St Nicholas Ave & W137th St, NYHarlem

BrooklynBookBodega_ENYFarmersMarket

9 am – 3 pm

Brooklyn Book Bodega Book Giveaway

East New York FarmsBrooklyn

10 – 11 am

Whiz Kidz

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Free

Idlewild ParkSpringfield Gardens

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10 am – 3 pm

Free Kayaking

Ages: All
Family
Free
Outdoors

Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 2 DockBrooklyn

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10 am – 4:30 pm

Free Kayaking

Boating
Free

The Downtown BoathouseFinancial District

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10 am – 4 pm

Rothy’s Sustainable Bottle Swap and Ice Pop Giveaway!

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10 am – 8 pm

Galaxy Experience Space

Galaxy Experience SpaceSoHo

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10:30 – 11:30 am

Seaport Fit Free Fitness Classes

Classes
Free

the SeaportManhattan

11 am

Weekly Storytime

Ages: 3 – 12
Books & Readings
Family
Free

Barnes & Noble Staten Island MallStaten Island

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Summer Pop-up [Dumbo]

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Gloria Dei Old Swedes Episcopal ChurchPhiladelphia

Hans Christian Andersen and the Ugly Duckling

11 am – noon

Storytelling at the Hans Christian Andersen Statue

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free

Central ParkCentral Park

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11 am – 7 pm

Sabai Design, Sustainable DTC Furniture Brand, Opens New Showroom in Brooklyn

Free

101 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY 11249Brooklyn

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Noon – 6 pm

Exhibition of Antiguan Artist Frank Walter | The Drawing Center | through Sep 15

Gloria Dei Old Swedes Episcopal ChurchPhiladelphia

1 – 5 pm

Open Hours at the Environmental Education Center

Ages: All
Family
Free

Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy Environmental Education CenterBrooklyn

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5:30 – 7 pm

Anti-Gone

Dance
Free

Moore Jackson Community GardenQueens

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