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Thursday April 17, 2025

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All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade Center

198.2020

All day

The Museum of Modern Art Presents- Projects: Marlon Mullen

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

The Museum of Modern Art

Umbra and Julia

All day

Free Exhibition at Umbra

Art
Free

Painting by Amrit Khurana – Whispers In Bloom

All day

Perceptions of Sentience – Art Exhibition by artists with autism from around the globe

Art
Free

United Nations Visitors Lobby

8 am – 5 pm

Baby Time

Ages: 2 and under
Books & Readings
Family
Free

Finkelstein Memorial LibrarySpring Valley

EXHIBITION DATES

9 am – 5 pm

NYSWA’s inaugural Centennial Exhibition Reflections on Progress A celebration of Legacy and Vision

The Interchurch CenterMorningside Heights

Manhattan The East Midtown Easter Egg Hunt 2025

9 am – 5 pm

The East Midtown Easter Egg Hunt 2025

Ages: 3 – 8
Community
Easter
Family

All Around East MidtownEast Midtown

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

dinosaur egg hunt

10 am – 4 pm

Dino Egg Hunt

Ages: 12 and under
Community
Craft & DIY
Family

Center for Science Teaching and Learning-Tanglewood PreserveRockville Center

10 – 11 am

Tot Time

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Gantry Plaza State ParkLong Island City

10 am – 9 pm

Celebrate Earth Day

Valley Cottage LibraryValley Cottage

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10:30 – 11 am

Storytime for Tots

Ages: 2 and under
Art
Books & Readings
Family

Museum of the City of New York

10:30 – 11:30 am

Baby Time (Birth-Walkers)

Ages: 2 and under
Books & Readings
Family
Free

Finkelstein Memorial LibrarySpring Valley

Bash Bish Falls Remembered III

10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Nature’s Persistence: Recent Work by Shelley Haven

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

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11 am – 6 pm

KAYLL Pop Up Shop Opening!

Free
Markets

KAYLLSoho

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

11 am – noon

Kids Week: Ranger Games

Ages: All
Family
Free
Outdoors

Walker ParkStaten Island

Brooklyn Art Haus-the human layter 1×1

11 am – 10 pm

“The Human Layer” gallery opening at Brooklyn Art Haus

Art
Free

Brooklyn Art HausBrooklyn

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11 am – 5 pm

School’s Out, Stars Are In (SOSI)

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Hudson River MuseumYonkers

27ELogos(800 x 400 px) (1)

Noon – 1:15 pm

Taiji/Qigong with John Turnbull

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

Manhattan Earth Day 2025 Festival

Noon – 6 pm

Earth Day 2025 Festival

Ages: 3 and up
Community
Environment
Family

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12:30 – 1:30 pm

Hazelnuts: In Search of the Perfect Planet (Planetarium Show)

Ages: All
Family
Film
Free

Hudson River MuseumYonkers

2 – 3:30 pm

Bach to BlackNotes: Classical Music is for Everybody!

Ages: 3 and up
Family
Free
Music

White Plains Public LibraryWhite Plains

NDY #2 websize

2 – 5 pm

Resonance x 4 Art Exhibition at Flushing Town Hall

Art
Free

Flushing Town HallFlushing

information table

2 – 4 pm

Options for Community Living Information Table

Connetquot Public LibraryBohemia

3:30 – 4:30 pm

Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Caribbean
Family

Finkelstein Memorial LibrarySpring Valley

4 pm

Earth Day Crafternoon

Ages: 13 and up
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

Washington Heights Library

5 – 9 pm

ART EXCHANGE: ITALY & AMERICA

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

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5 – 7 pm

Opening of ENCORE, an Exhibition that Revisits Mark S. Kornbluth’s Historic Photographs Of Broadway Theaters Created During The 2020-21 Closure

Cavalier GalleryMidtown West

Haiti Uncovered 2024 (2)

6 – 7:30 pm

Haitian Cooking Class with Nadege Fleurimond

flatbush libraryBrooklyn

6:30 – 8:30 pm

Adventuring with Dungeons & Dragons

Ages: 13 and up
Family
Free
Games

Finkelstein Memorial LibrarySpring Valley

long live long island shipwrecks (800 x 451 px)

6:30 – 7:30 pm

Long Live Long Island: Long Island’s Shipwrecks

The Merrick LibraryMerrick

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