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Friday Sep. 26, 2025

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7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

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9 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

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Saturday Sep. 27

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Sportime Pickleball YorktownYorktown Heights

Girl Scout Programs

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – Girl Scout Programs!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Whimsical Windchimes

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10 am – 6 pm

The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy

Poster HouseManhattan

10 am – 6 pm

Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters

Poster HouseManhattan

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11 am

Atlantic Base Ball Club 19th Century Base Ball

The Smithtown Historical SocietySmithtown

Tim Broom Making as a William Sidney Mount Painting

11 am – 3:30 pm

Broom Making Demonstrations

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Southampton History MuseumSouthampton

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11 – 11:45 am

Celebrate the Equinox with Sisa Pakari

Ages: All
Attractions
Free

National Museum of the American Indian New YorkManhattan

11 am – 8 pm

Egyptian Festival 2025

Ages: All
Community
Festivals

Archangel Michael & Saint Mena Coptic Orthodox ChurchStaten Island

Noon – 1 pm

Calpulli Mexican Dance Company

Ages: All
Dance
Free

Sunset Park LibraryBrooklyn

Noon – 6 pm

¡WEPA! Festival

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

El PuenteBrooklyn

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1 – 1:45 pm

Celebrate the Equinox with Sisa Pakari

Ages: All
Attractions
Free

National Museum of the American Indian New YorkManhattan

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2 – 6 pm

Tastes of Carroll Gardens

Carroll GardensBrooklyn

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3 – 3:45 pm

Celebrate the Equinox with Sisa Pakari

Ages: All
Attractions
Free

National Museum of the American Indian New YorkManhattan

MadameMorbid2

4 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

MadameMorbid2

7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

MadameMorbid2

9 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

Sunday Sep. 28

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Sportime Pickleball YorktownYorktown Heights

Girl Scout Programs

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – Girl Scout Programs!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

Anne Frank (1)

9:30 am – 7:30 pm

Anne Frank The Exhibition

Center for Jewish HistoryManhattan

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10 am – 4 pm

The Great Whale Takeover

Ages: All
Animals
Art

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Whimsical Windchimes

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10 am – 6 pm

The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy

Poster HouseManhattan

10 am – 6 pm

Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters

Poster HouseManhattan

staten island Hispanic Heritage Day

11 am – 4 pm

Hispanic Heritage Day

Ages: All
History & Culture

Historic Richmond TownStaten Island

11 am – 8 pm

Egyptian Festival 2025

Ages: All
Community
Festivals

Archangel Michael & Saint Mena Coptic Orthodox ChurchStaten Island

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2 – 3 pm

Tour the Historic Thomas Dodge Homestead, c. 1721

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Create: Thomas Dodge HomesteadPort Washington

MadameMorbid2

4 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

MadameMorbid2

7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

MadameMorbid2

9 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

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