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Thursday July 18, 2024

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Various

Free Kayaking

Ages: 5 and up
Boating
Community
Family

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

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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

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9 – 11 am

Summer in the Square 2024: Children’s Morning Programming

Ages: All
Family
Free

Union Square ParkUnion Square

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10 am – 6 pm

“Underwater Wilderness” Art Exhibition

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Family
Free

Tina Kim GalleryChelsea

10 am – 8 pm

Galaxy Experience Space

Galaxy Experience SpaceSoHo

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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

3 – 5 pm

Open Hours at the Environmental Education Center

Ages: All
Family
Free

Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy Environmental Education CenterBrooklyn

Game Hour picture

3:30 – 4:30 pm

Sheepshead Bay Library – Game Hour

Free
Games

Brooklyn Public Library Sheepshead BayBrooklyn

4 – 5 pm

Free Paint Watercolors

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Family
Free

Dongan Hills LibraryStaten Island

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5 – 7 pm

Free Kayaking

Ages: All
Family
Free
Outdoors

Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 2 DockBrooklyn

Flowers Oleg

5 – 6:30 pm

The Art of Flower Decor Workshops @ Sheepshead Bay Library

Art
Free

Brooklyn Public Library Sheepshead BayBrooklyn

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5:30 – 7:30 pm

Free Kayaking

Boating
Free

The Downtown BoathouseFinancial District

6 – 7 pm

Double Dutch

Ages: All
Classes
Family
Free

Garibaldi Plaza in Washington Square ParkManhattan

Zumba 2023

6:15 – 7 pm

Free Zumba Classes

Cross County CenterYonkers

7:30 – 9 pm

Central Astoria LDC 2024 Concert Series

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Astoria Park Great LawnAstoria

8 – 11:30 pm

DRAG BINGO IN PARK SLOPE

Rullo’sBrooklyn

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8 pm

Paramount+ Movie Nights at Coney Island

Coney IslandConey Island

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