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Saturday Oct. 11, 2025

Weekend FunRun Nassau County 5K RunWalk

8:30 am – noon

Weekend FunRun Nassau County 5K Run/Walk

Ages: 5 and up
Fundraisers
Sports

Eisenhower Park – Field/Lot #2East Meadow

Run Walk Praise 5K Run Walk

9 am – noon

Run Walk Praise 5K Run/Walk

Ages: 5 and up
Fundraisers
Sports

Baldwin Harbor ParkBaldwin

9 am – 1 pm

Heritage Farm Stand Saturdays

Ages: All

Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical GardenStaten Island

Morning at the Museum 2

9 am – noon

Morning at the Museum

Ages: 3 and up
Community
Free

Suffolk County Vanderbilt MuseumCenterport

Jeffrey Martinez WMBD

9 am – 4 pm

Find Your Wild at Wertheim NWR

Ages: All
Animals
Boating

Wertheim NWR Visitor CenterShirley

flyinh

10 am – noon

Inventions of the Renaissance Family Workshop at the Science Museum of Long Island

Ages: 5 and up
Classes
Free

Science Museum Of Long IslandManhasset

Jolly Roger Flag -Pic Only

11 am – 4 pm

Jolly Roger Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Free

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

11:30 am – 1:30 pm

The Grandest Princess Ball Ever at Carmine’s

Ages: 8 and under

Carmine’s Italian Restaurant – Times SquareNew York City

Feast 400×400

Noon – 11 pm

Mt. Loretto Italian Festival

Ages: All
Festivals

Mount LorettoStaten Island

Noon – 6 pm

2nd Annual Fall Freedom Festival at Tappen Park

Ages: All
Festivals

Tappen ParkStaten Island

12:30 – 3:30 pm

Art in the Garden

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Classes

Patchen Community SquareBrooklyn

Unknown

1 – 3 pm

Rebel Stencil – Street Art Workshop at the Banksy Museum

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Classes

banksy museumnew york

Spares 400 x 400

3 – 5 pm

Spares & Scares

Ages: All

Rab’s Country LanesStaten Island

MadameMorbid2

4 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

6 – 8:30 pm

Brooklyn FC vs Tampa Bay Sun FC

Ages: All
Sports

Maimonides ParkBrooklyn

MadameMorbid2

7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

7 – 10 pm

Gateway’s Haunted Playhouse

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Attractions

The Gateway PACSCBellport

7:30 – 9 pm

Baby Boomers!

Ages: All
Art
Comedy

The Chain TheatreGarment District

MadameMorbid2

9 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

Sunday Oct. 12

Jaclyn M. Ramirez Annual Memorial 5K

8:30 am – noon

Jaclyn M. Ramirez Annual Memorial 5K

Ages: 5 and up
Fundraisers
Sports

Eisenhower Park FIELD 2East Meadow

Anne Frank (1)

9:30 am – 7:30 pm

Anne Frank The Exhibition

Center for Jewish HistoryManhattan

_FLYER_Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2024, web-size, photo credit Winston Williams-Brooklyn Children’s Museum-102

10 am – 5 pm

🎊 Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Ages: 12 and under
Art
Attractions

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

Jolly Roger Flag -Pic Only

11 am – 4 pm

Jolly Roger Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Free

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

11:30 am – 1:30 pm

The Grandest Princess Ball Ever at Carmine’s

Ages: 8 and under

Carmine’s Italian Restaurant – Times SquareNew York City

Noon – 5 pm

Shuffleboard for The Shorter Set

Ages: 9 and up
Food & Drink
Games

The Royal Palms Shuffleboard ClubBrooklyn

Feast 400×400

Noon – 9 pm

Mt. Loretto Italian Festival

Ages: All
Festivals

Mount LorettoStaten Island

1 – 3 pm

4th Annual Sensory Friendly Pumpkin Picking

Ages: All
Free
Halloween

PS42Staten Island

Designer_a4451a

2:30 – 3:30 pm

Tiny Brushes: A Diwali Experience | Story & Paint

The Figure StudioSouth Ozone Park

MadameMorbid2

4 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

Designer_a4451a

4 – 5 pm

Tiny Brushes: A Diwali Experience | Story & Paint

The Figure StudioSouth Ozone Park

MadameMorbid2

7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

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