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Saturday May 31, 2025

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All day

Blue Balloon Spring Songwriting Showcase

Ages: All
Art
Music

City Winery New YorkManhattan

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Various

Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!”

Ages: 3 – 8
Theater

Long Island Children’s MuseumGarden City

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Various

The Big Bounce America

Ages: All
Attractions

Broadway CommonsHicksville

Various

Staten Island Mall Carnival

Staten Island MallStaten Island

YAI Central Park Challenge 2024

8 am – noon

Central Park Challenge

Ages: 5 – 8
Community
Free

Central Park – Naumburg BandshellManhattan

8 am – 5 pm

Grow and Gather Family Gardening Program

Ages: All
Classes
Environment

Queens County Farm MuseumFloral Park

8:30 am – noon

Great South Bay YMCA 5K Run/Walk in Memory of Judi

Ages: All
Fundraisers
Sports

Great South Bay YMCABay Shore

Run Walk Praise Spring 5K RunWalk

9 am – noon

Run Walk Praise Spring 5K Run/Walk

Ages: All
Fundraisers
Sports

Baldwin Harbor ParkBaldwin

Greenport Athletic Booster Club Harbor Hustle 5K RunWalk

9 am – noon

Greenport Athletic Booster Club Harbor Hustle 5K Run/Walk

Ages: All
Fundraisers
Sports

Greenport High SchoolGreenport

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

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Barking up a Wave Hill Tree

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY

10 am – noon

Super Seedlings

Ages: 3 – 8
Free

Van Cortlandt Park Alliance Garden & Compost SiteBronx

5:21 Horns a plenty UWS

10 – 10:45 am

Horns-a-Plenty!

Ages: 12 and under
Dance
Music

St. Paul and St. Andrew ChurchUpper West Side

Brooklyn Wonderful Warblers Nature Exploration

10 am – 1 pm

Wonderful Warblers Nature Exploration

Ages: All
Environment
Free

Prospect Park Audubon CenterBrooklyn

10 am – 6 pm

Van Gogh’s Flowers

New York Botanical GardenBronx

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10 am – noon

8th Annual Block Party at CMEE

Ages: 8 and under

CMEEBridgehampton

10:15 am

Sensory Friendly Storytime!

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Seward Park Library

10:30 am – noon

Science in the Woods

Ages: 9 – 12
Free

Alley Pond Environmental CenterDouglaston

Watson Adventures 2014-44 (S2)

10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Watson Adventures’ Wizard School Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 9 and up
Art
Attractions

Metropolitan Museum of ArtUpper East Side

10:30 am – 6 pm

FUNBOX

Ages: All
Attractions

Walt Whitman ShopsHuntington Station

10:30 am

Family Storytime: Stories, Songs and Rhymes for Little Ones

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

11 am – 5 pm

Pickles and Paws

Ages: All
Animals
Festivals

Southaven County ParkYaphank

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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11 am – 4 pm

Up-Cycled Ocean Crafts

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market at Brooklyn Brewery

Ages: All
Food & Drink
Free

Brooklyn BreweryBrooklyn

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11 am

Atlantic Base Ball Club 19th Century Base Ball

The Smithtown Historical SocietySmithtown

11 am

Snow White And the Seven Dwarfs

Ages: All
Theater

Theatre ThreePort Jefferson

11 am – 7 pm

Kaiju Brooklyn 2025

Ages: 9 and up
Community
Craft & DIY

Five Two A, Industry CityBrooklyn

11 am

Radical Rockaway Scavenger Hunt

Ages: All
Games

Bagel Barista StationRockaway Park

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11 am – 3 pm

Pinkster Celebration at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Books & Readings

Dyckman Farmhouse MuseumInwood

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