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Saturday May 24, 2025

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All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade Center

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

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All day

The Lot at Culture Lab LIC – Free Outdoor Concerts in May!

Free
Music

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

The Queer Show Part 2

All day

The Queer Show, Part II

Hal Bromm GalleryTribeca

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All day

DanceAfrica at BAM

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

BAM Peter Jay Sharp BuildingBrooklyn

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All day

Lower East Side Festival of The Arts

Theater for the New CityEast Village

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8 am – 3 pm

Maria Hernandez Farmers Market

Maria Hernandez ParkBrooklyn

9 am – 2 pm

Arts in the Plaza

Ages: All
Art
Family
Festivals

Kennedy PlazaLong Beach

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9 – 10 am

Puleston’s Vagabonds, A Birding Club Saturdays 9am – 10am @ CEED

CEED Washington Lodge 287 South Country Road, Brookhaven, NY, 11719Brookhaven,

9 – 10 am

Tai Chi

Mitchell ParkGreenport

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9 am – 7 pm

UNBANNED: Exploring Censorship in Books, Art, & Media

FDR Four Freedoms State Park

THE LIGHT SHOW – SQUARARTISTS CARD (3000 x 3000 px)

9 am – 5 pm

The Light Show: A Celebration of Illuminating Ceramics

Art
Free

A.MANO BrooklynBrooklyn

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9 am – 2 pm

Quilt Show

Art
Free

Mt. Sinai Congregational ChurchMount Sinai

9 am – 4 pm

Staten Island Fleet Week

Staten Island Homeport PierStaten Island

9:30 am – 8:30 pm

A Fun Memorial Day History Virtual Interactive Experience For Kids

Ages: 3 – 12
Family
Free
Games

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Beach Debris

10 am – noon

AMSEAS Beach Walk & Cleanup at Hallock State Park

Hallock State Park PreserveRiverhead

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Turtle Friends

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

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10 – 11 am

Brooklyn Bridge Anniversary Family Walk

Ages: All
Family
Free

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

10 am – noon

Super Seedlings

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Free

Van Cortlandt Park Alliance Garden & Compost SiteBronx

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10 am – 7 pm

The Song of Skin Hotel Pop-Up Shop

Beauty
Free

188 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10013New York, NY

Brooklyn Wonderful Warblers Nature Exploration

10 am – 1 pm

Wonderful Warblers Nature Exploration

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Prospect Park Audubon CenterBrooklyn

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10 am – 5 pm

“Where Light Meets Water” Art Show Inspired by the North Sea

North Sea Community SchoolhouseSouthampton

10 am – 4 pm

Revolutionary War reenactment of Meig’s Raid

Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical MuseumSag Harbor

10 am – 2 pm

Nassau County Fleet Week 2025: Military Helicopter Landings

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Eisenhower Park – Field 2East Meadow

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10 am – 6 pm

Fleet Week

Ages: All
Caribbean
Family
Free

The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

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10 am – 3 pm

FourLeaf Air Show at Jones Beach

Jones Beach State ParkWantagh

Westchester Children’s Art Workshop with Maxine Nodel

10 am – noon

Children’s Art Workshop with Maxine Nodel

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

Blue Door Art CenterYonkers

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10:30 – 11:30 am

Next Stop, NYC! Subway- Family Program

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free

The Skyscraper Museum

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

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11 am – 10 pm

“The Human Layer” gallery opening at Brooklyn Art Haus

Art
Free

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11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBrooklyn

11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

Art
Free

410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Brooklyn

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