Tweens (9–12) in NYC

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Saturday Aug. 23, 2025

Girl Scout Programs

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – Girl Scout Programs!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

8:30 – 10 am

Birding in Bucks Hollow

Ages: All
Free

Greenbelt Nature CenterStaten Island

10:15 am

Sensory Friendly Storytime!

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Seward Park Library

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10:30 am – 1 pm

Guggenheim Museum Wake & Make Art Studio

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Community

GuggenheimUpper East Side

10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Pride Center of SI Back To School Event

Ages: All
Free

Pride Center of Staten IslandStaten Island

10:30 am

Family Storytime: Stories, Songs and Rhymes for Little Ones

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

The Wizard’s Quest Potion Bottles

11 am – 4 pm

The Wizard’s Quest

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

JAWS-some Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Jaws-Some Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 5 – 12
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

Broadway Magic Hour with Jim Vines and Carl Mercurio

11 am – noon

Broadway Magic Hour

Ages: 3 and up
Theater

Broadway Comedy Clubnew york

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11 am – 4 pm

Back to School Festival

Major R Owens Community Center, 1561 Bedford Ave Brooklyn, NYBrooklyn

11 am

Process Art: Read & Make

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Throg’s Neck LibraryThroggs Neck

Derby

Noon – 3 pm

KoKo NYC South Slope Derby

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Community

Open Source GalleryBrooklyn

23rd – Comic Creation with Jack Purcell

1 – 2 pm

Comic Creation with Jack Purcell

Ages: 9 – 12
Art
Classes

Quogue Library IncQuogue

1 pm

Saturday Arts & Crafts

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Grand Concourse LibraryBronx

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2 – 3 pm

Public Gallery Tour

Ages: All
Art
Community

Broadway Magic Hour with Jim Vines and Carl Mercurio

2 – 3 pm

Broadway Magic Hour

Ages: 3 and up
Theater

Broadway Comedy Clubnew york

2 pm

Little Makers Club: Makerspace Time

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Macomb’s Bridge Library

2 pm

Movie Saturdays!

Ages: All
Film

Mott Haven LibraryBronx

3 pm

STEAM Saturdays

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Todt Hill-Westerleigh LibraryStaten Island

3 pm

Storytime/Playdate Time

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

West Farms LibraryBronx

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4 – 6 pm

Watson Adventures’ Secrets of Central Park Scavenger Hunt for Families

Ages: 5 and up
Attractions
Games

Arsenal in Central ParkUpper East Side

Sunday Aug. 24

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

10 – 11:30 am

Sunday Science: Secret Life of Bugs

Ages: 5 – 12

Center for Science Teaching and Learning-Tanglewood PreserveRockville Center

10 am – noon

Children’s Mythical Creature Watercolor Painting

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes

The Reboli Center for Art and HistoryStony Brook

The Wizard’s Quest Potion Bottles

11 am – 4 pm

The Wizard’s Quest

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

JAWS-some Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Jaws-Some Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 5 – 12
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

11 am – 4 pm

Women’s Equality Day

Ages: All
History & Culture

Historic Richmond TownStaten Island

Noon – 3 pm

Barkfest On Third: Last Howl of Summer

Ages: 5 and up
Community
Food & Drink

Third Avenue between Bruckner Blvd & 134th StBronx

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2 – 3 pm

Tour the Historic Thomas Dodge Homestead, c. 1721

Ages: 3 and up
Free
History & Culture

Create: Thomas Dodge HomesteadPort Washington

2:30 pm

Sunday Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Grand Concourse LibraryBronx

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