The Best Local Community Events in NYC

Community events in NYC

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Saturday Aug. 9, 2025

12:30 – 2:30 pm

Tuesday Aug. 12

2 – 4 pm

Tuesday Aug. 26

2 – 4 pm

Thursday Aug. 28

Noon – 2 pm

Sunday Sep. 7

2 – 4 pm

Saturday Sep. 27

10 am – 1 pm

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Community events in NYC

Saturday Aug. 9, 2025

Tuesday Aug. 12

Tuesday Aug. 26

Thursday Aug. 28

Sunday Sep. 7

Saturday Sep. 27

Featured Events

Musical Events for children of all ages at the Great Neck Library: The Play Date and the BenAnna Band
159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023

The Billie Holiday Theatre Presents Black Joy Film Fest
The Billie Holiday Theatre

Kosher Wonderland at the Jewish Children’s Museum
Jewish Children’s Museum

Van Gogh’s Flowers
New York Botanical Garden

Dinosaur Safari
Bronx Zoo

The Subway Doodle Experience
banksy museum

Radiolab Presents: Terrestrials Live! Wilderness Wonderland at Little Island
Little Island

Little Movers and Shakers
Roosevelt Island Library

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography
The Museum of Modern Art

Summer Celebration: Urban Stages: Anansi the Spider Folktales
Sedgwick Library

Tour the Historic Sands-Willets House, c. 1735/1845
Sands-Willets House

Rivian Electric Drive In
Rivian Hamptons Charging Outpost

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