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Saturday July 12, 2025

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8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Safe Boating Course

Ages: 9 and up
Boating
Classes

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

Brotherhood for the Fallen 5K RunWalk

8:30 am – 12:30 pm

Brotherhood for the Fallen 5K Run/Walk

Ages: All
Fundraisers
Sports

Blydenburgh County ParkHauppauge

8:30 am – 12:30 pm

The Watermelon 5K – East Meadow

Ages: All
Fundraisers
Sports

Eisenhower Park – Field 2East Meadow

Runner’s Edge

8:30 – 11:30 am

Runner’s Edge Long Island 2025 Women’s 5K

Ages: All

Farmingdale High School TrackSouth Farmingdale

9 am – 2 pm

Arts in the Plaza

Ages: All
Art
Festivals

Kennedy PlazaLong Beach

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10 am – 5:30 pm

Dinosaur Safari

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

10 am – noon

Super Seedlings

Ages: 3 – 8
Free

Van Cortlandt Park Alliance Garden & Compost SiteBronx

Free Kayaking

10 am – 4 pm

Free Kayaking

Ages: All
Free
Sports

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 4 BeachBrooklyn

Untitled Artwork

10 am – 8 pm

The Subway Doodle Experience

Ages: All
Art
Free

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Set Sail!

7.12 Art

10 am – noon

Adult + Child Art Class With Deborah Acquino

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Craft & DIY

Southampton Arts CenterSouthampton

10 am – 5 pm

Kids Creative Corner

Ages: 5 – 8
Free

Bryant ParkManhattan

MDMA 07-19-2024 – Edward Hopper Installation

10 am – 5 pm

Step into Hopper

Ages: All
Art
Free

W 14th Street PromenadeMeatpacking District

10 am – 8 pm

Samsung Galaxy Experience Space

Galaxy Experience SpaceSoHo

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10 am – 6 pm

Van Gogh’s Flowers

New York Botanical GardenBronx

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10 am – noon

Family & Kids Art Workshop with Artists Wade and Leta

Ages: All
Free

Rockefeller Center PlazaManhattan

10 am – 5 pm

Mysteries from the Deep: Exploring Underwater Archaeology

Ages: All
Attractions

Intrepid MuseumManhattan

10 am – 5 pm

Test-drive Nintendo Switch 2

Ages: All
Free
Games

Best Buy Valley StreamValley Stream

Bronx NYC Parks Presents LTR 2025

10 am – 1 pm

NYC Parks Presents: LTR 2025

Ages: All
Community
Free

Asphalt Soccer Court in Pulaski ParkBronx

10 am – 6 pm

Poster House at West Side Fest

Ages: All
Art
Free

Poster HouseManhattan

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10:30 am – 1 pm

Guggenheim Museum Wake & Make Art Studio

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Community

GuggenheimUpper East Side

10:30 am

Play & Watch!

Ages: 13 and up
Film

Parkchester LibraryBronx

Face Value

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

Sail Away Dancing

10:30 am – 12:30 pm

“Sail Away” Kids Play and Workshop

Ages: 2 and under
Dance
Music

Flushing Town HallFlushing

10:30 am

Saturday Morning Cartoon Club!

Ages: 5 and up
Film

Belmont Library and Enrico Fermi Cultural CenterBronx

10:30 am

Summer Movies @ Dongan Hills Library

Ages: 12 and under
Film

Children’s roomStaten Island

10:30 am

Family Storytime: Stories, Songs and Rhymes for Little Ones

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

10:30 am

Family Storytime: Stories on a Saturday Morning

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Webster Library

10:50 am – 7 pm

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Ages: All
Beauty
Free

Domino ParkBrooklyn

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11 am – noon

Broadway Magic Hour

Ages: 5 and up
Theater

Broadway Comedy Clubnew york

11 am

Radical Rockaway Scavenger Hunt

Ages: All
Games

Bagel Barista StationRockaway Park

Laura and HCA Statue

11 am – noon

Hans Christian Andersen Storytelling Series in Central Park

Central ParkManhattan

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