The Best Local Community Events in NYC

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Monday Aug. 11, 2025

5 – 7 pm

Family Night at Duck Creek

Ages: 5 – 8
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Community

The Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

Tuesday Aug. 12

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11 am – 1 pm

Back-to-School Party and Backpack Giveaway

Kings Theatre CourtyardBrooklyn

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2 – 4 pm

Back to School Giveaway

Ages: 3 and up
Community
Free

Neighborhood Care FlushingNew York City

Wednesday Aug. 13

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2 – 4 pm

National Prosecco Day at Sunrise of Staten Island

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4 – 6 pm

Caribeando Community Music and Dance Workshops

Ages: All
Community
Dance

Baobab: Tree of life by Beam CenterBronx

Thursday Aug. 14

8 am – 5 pm

The Billie Holiday Theatre Presents Black Joy Film Fest

Ages: All
Community
Film

The Billie Holiday TheatreBrooklyn

Norber Operation Safe Child Great Neck

1:30 – 3:30 pm

“Operation Safe Child” at the Great Neck Library

Ages: All
Community
Free

159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023Great Neck

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2 – 3 pm

Public Gallery Tour

Ages: All
Art
Community

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2 – 4 pm

Back To School Giveaway

Ages: 3 and up
Community
Free

Neighborhood Care BensonhurstBensonhurst

4 – 7 pm

Back to School Night: The Art in Sports

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

Brooklyn MuseumBrooklyn

Friday Aug. 15

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6 – 7 pm

Club 8: Ridiculously Fun Social Skills Group for Teens

Ages: 13 and up
Community

Club 8Plainview

Saturday Aug. 16

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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10:30 am – 1 pm

Guggenheim Museum Wake & Make Art Studio

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Community

GuggenheimUpper East Side

Bronx Indigenous Art Workshop

Noon – 4 pm

Indigenous Art Workshop with NAIC-NY

Starlight ParkBronx

Noon – 4 pm

Games and Crafts in the Park with KIPP NYC

Ages: All
Community
Free

Crotona ParkBronx

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Noon – 2 pm

STORYTIME WITH JOEL (AND QUESTIONS. AND COMMENTS.)

Ages: All
Community

Guild HallEast Hampton

1 – 6 pm

Summer in the City

Ages: All
Art
Community

West 135th Street from St. Nicholas Avenue – Adam Clayton Powell Jr. BlvdHarlem

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2 – 3 pm

Public Gallery Tour

Ages: All
Art
Community

2 – 4 pm

Back-to-School Event

Ages: All
Community
Free

Roosevelt FieldGarden City

Sunday Aug. 17

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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9 am – 2 pm

Riverdale Y Sunday Market

Riverdale TempleBronx

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11 am – 1 pm

Volunteer Garden Day @ 50 Cent Garden

Ages: All
Classes
Community

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Noon – 5 pm

NYC Children’s Festival

Ages: All
Community
Festivals

Howard Bennett PlaygroundHarlem

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1 – 7 pm

Harlem Week: Harlem Day

Ages: All
Community
Festivals

West 135th Street from 5th Avenue to St. Nicholas AvenueHarlem

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