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Saturday Jan. 17, 2026

11 – 11:30 am

Space Week: Pre-K STEAM Storytime

Ages: 5 – 8
Free

Glendale – Queens Public LibraryGlendale

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11:30 am – 1 pm

Hablemos: New York, New York

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Craft & DIY

The New York HistoricalUpper West Side

Noon – 3 pm

Kwenda’s Winter Festival

Ages: 3 – 8
Free
Holiday

Kwenda Collegiate Girls Charter SchoolBrooklyn

1 – 5 pm

Open Hours at Environmental Education Center

Ages: All
Environment
Free

Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy Environmental Education CenterBrooklyn

1 – 3 pm

MLK Jr. Day of Service Shoreline Cleanup

Ages: All
Environment
Free

Shirley Chisholm State Park – Fountain SideBrooklyn

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3 – 4 pm

EVC Intergenerational Choir

Ages: 5 and up
Classes
Community

Union Theological SeminaryHarlem

3 – 3:30 pm

Saturday Storytime: Muslim American Heritage Month

Ages: 4 and under
Books & Readings
Free

Jamaica Bay LibraryBrooklyn NY

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4 – 6 pm

Young People’s Chorus of NYC to Honor Martin Luther King Jr. Through Song

Ages: All
Free
Music

Brick Presbyterian ChurchManhattan

Sunday Jan. 18

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8 am – 10 pm

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

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8 am – 11 pm

The Rink at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Attractions
Free

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

9:30 am – noon

Girls Winter Softball Clinics

Ages: 5 and up
Free
Sports

Al Oerter Recreation CenterFlushing

11 am

Storytime with Torrey Maldonado: Just Right

Ages: 3 – 8
Books & Readings
Free

Books Are Magic MontagueBrooklyn

11:30 am – 2:30 pm

Girls Winter Softball Clinics

Ages: 5 and up
Free
Sports

Al Oerter Recreation CenterFlushing

1 – 2 pm

Science Show: Dry Ice Discovery

Ages: All
Free

Bronx Library CenterFordham Manor

1 – 5 pm

Open Hours at Environmental Education Center

Ages: All
Environment
Free

Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy Environmental Education CenterBrooklyn

1 – 2 pm

Winter Shoreline Wildlife Watch

Ages: All
Free

Lemon Creek ParkStaten Island

1 – 2 pm

Story Time with Chuchu Wang

Ages: 5 – 8
Books & Readings
Free

Greenlight BookstoreBrooklyn

Monday Jan. 19

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8 am – 10 pm

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

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8 am – 11 pm

The Rink at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Attractions
Free

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

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8 am – 3 pm

Craft & Story Time

Queens Botanical GardenFlushing

8:30 am

42nd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Commemoration

Ages: All
Community
Free

First Baptist Church of Glen CoveGlen Cove

9 am – noon

Hofstra University & Village of Hempstead MLK Day Parade & Ceremony

Ages: All
Community
Free

Hempstead Village HallHempstead

9 am – 12:30 pm

MLK Days of Service 2026

Ages: All
Community
Free

Riverdale YBronx

10 am – noon

Brooklyn MLK Family Day of Service

Ages: 8 and under
Art
Books & Readings

Hannah Senesh Community Day SchoolBrooklyn

10:30 am

The 40th Annual Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Ages: All
Community
Free

Brooklyn Academy of MusicBrooklyn

10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Rise Against Hunger

Ages: All
Community
Free

Sid Jacobson JCCEast Hills

11 am – 12:30 pm

14Y’s MLK Day of Service for Families

Ages: 3 – 12
Free
Volunteering

14th Street YEast Village

11 am – 3 pm

Giving Back to the Community

Ages: All
Community
Free

Joan & Alan Bernikow JCCStaten Island

Noon – 2:30 pm

Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service

Ages: All
Community
Free

Elmont Memorial High SchoolLong Island

1 – 2 pm

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration

Ages: 5 – 12
Free
History & Culture

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

Ryan G with Kid

1 – 3:30 pm

British Swim School Splash-A-Palooza

Ages: All
Community
Free

British Swim School at LA Fitness Richmond Ave.Staten Island

1:30 – 4 pm

Community Singing in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Ages: 5 and up
Community
Free

Adler Hall at New York Society for Ethical CultureUpper West Side

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