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Monday Dec. 29, 2025

CMOM_Kwanzaa_Dec25 Programming (1)

10 am – 5 pm

Kwanzaa Celebration: Verses of Unity at CMOM

Ages: 8 and under
Art
Craft & DIY

The Tisch Building at CMOMUpper West Side

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10 am – 5 pm

Celebrate Kwanzaa

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

10 am – 5 pm

Shabbat Discovery Zone

Ages: 8 and under
Attractions
Community

Jewish Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

Photo – Candledipping Workshop

11 am – 1 pm

Candle Dipping Workshop

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Christmas

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

11 am – 12:30 pm

Frozen Jr – Live on Stage in Bellmore

Ages: 8 and under
Art
Dance

The Showplace at Bellmore MoviesBellmore

11 am – noon

Happy Noon Year

Ages: 3 – 12
Free
Holiday

Highlawn LibraryBrooklyn

ARTECHOUSE – SF – 1 copy

Noon – 7 pm

ARTECHOUSE Holiday Special

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

ARTECHOUSE NYCChelsea

1 – 2 pm

Kids Week: Meet the Nature Center Critters

Ages: 3 – 12
Free
Outdoors

Inwood Hill ParkManhattan

Tuesday Dec. 30

10 – 11:30 am

Tot Time Tuesdays

Ages: 4 and under
Free

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterStaten Island

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10 am – 5 pm

Celebrate Kwanzaa

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

10 am – 5 pm

Shabbat Discovery Zone

Ages: 8 and under
Attractions
Community

Jewish Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

CMOM_New Years_Dec25 Programming

10 am – 5 pm

Countdown to New Year’s Celebration at CMOM

Ages: 8 and under
Art
Craft & DIY

The Tisch Building at CMOMUpper West Side

Photo – Candledipping Workshop

11 am – 1 pm

Candle Dipping Workshop

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Christmas

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

Magic of Amore at Emma Clark Library

11 am – noon

Magic of Amore (Families with children ages 3 – 11 years old)

Ages: 3 – 12
Comedy
Free

Emma Clark LibrarySetauket

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11 am – noon

Hibernation Station

Ages: 3 – 8
Animals
Classes

Alley Pond Environmental CenterDouglaston

11 am – 12:30 pm

Frozen Jr – Live on Stage in Bellmore

Ages: 8 and under
Art
Dance

The Showplace at Bellmore MoviesBellmore

11 am – noon

New Year’s Countdown Dance Party with Fyütch

Ages: 12 and under
Free
Holiday

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)Manhattan

11 am – noon

Noon Year’s Rockin’ Eve

Ages: 3 – 8
Food & Drink
Free

Northport Public LibraryNorthport

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11:30 am – 12:30 pm

December School Vacation Week: Train Tales and Crafts

Ages: 8 and under
Art
Books & Readings

The New York HistoricalUpper West Side

ARTECHOUSE – SF – 1 copy

Noon – 7 pm

ARTECHOUSE Holiday Special

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

ARTECHOUSE NYCChelsea

Noon – 2 pm

STEM Explorers: Winter Wonderland

Ages: 3 – 12
Attractions

Long Island Children’s MuseumGarden City

1 – 2 pm

Kids Week: Nature Puppet Show

Ages: 3 – 12
Environment
Free

Crotona Nature Center in Crotona ParkBronx

2 – 4 pm

Hats off to New Year’s

Ages: 3 – 12
Craft & DIY
Free

South Huntington Public LibraryHuntington Station

Wednesday Dec. 31

10 am – 5 pm

Shabbat Discovery Zone

Ages: 8 and under
Attractions
Community

Jewish Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

10 am – noon

NOON YEAR’S EVE

Ages: 8 and under
Attractions
Community

The Merrick LibraryMerrick

CMOM_New Years_Dec25 Programming

10 am – 5 pm

Countdown to New Year’s Celebration at CMOM

Ages: 8 and under
Art
Craft & DIY

The Tisch Building at CMOMUpper West Side

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10 am – noon

New Year’s Eve Bash

Ages: 12 and under
Holiday

Children’s Museum of the East EndBridgehampton,

Nautical new Year

11 am – noon

Nautical New Year’s!

Ages: 12 and under
Art
Community

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

11 am – noon

Kid’s Noon-Year’s Eve Countdown

Ages: 3 – 12
Free
Holiday

Harlem LibraryManhattan

11 am – noon

Countdown to Noon

Ages: 8 and under
Free
Holiday

Chatham Square LibraryManhattan

11:15 am – 12:15 pm

Noon-Year’s Eve Party

Ages: 4 and under
Free
Holiday

125th Street LibraryManhattan

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