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Saturday March 8, 2025

All day

The Museum of Modern Art Presents- Projects: Marlon Mullen

Ages: All
Art
Free

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

8 am – 6 pm

Hicks Nurseries’ 35th Annual Flower & Garden Show

Ages: All
Attractions
Free

Hicks NurseriesWestbury

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Desert Dwellers

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY

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10 am – noon

YMCA Summer Camp Open House

Ages: 5 – 12
Free
Games

Bedford Stuyvesant YMCABrooklyn

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10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Gay Icon Phoebe Legere hosts free All Ages Art/Music/Dance Performance & Creativity Workshop

Ages: All
Free
LGBTQ+

Theater for the New City

CIRKUS

10:30 am – noon

Bindlestiff Family Cirkus at Battery Park City

Ages: All
Free

6 River TerraceBattery Park City

Photo – Secret Sirens Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Monster Mayhem Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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11 am – 3 pm

Girls in Science and Engineering Day

Ages: All
Attractions
Free

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space MuseumManhattan

Cooper Hewitt Family Program Promo w text ArchitectureQuest

11 am – 3 pm

Family Program | ARCHITECTURE QUEST

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design MuseumUES

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11 am – 2 pm

The Center for Science Teaching and Learning Open House

Ages: All
Free
Open Houses

Long Island

Camp Fair3

Noon – 3 pm

Brooklyn Family Ultimate Camp Fair & Activity Expo – Montague St.

Ages: All
Free

St. Ann & the Holy Trinity ChurchBrooklyn

School fair – Manhattan (Static)

Noon – 4 pm

KIPP NYC Manhattan Schools Fair

Ages: 3 and up
Free
Open Houses

625 W 133rd St, New York, NY 10027Manhattan

Noon – 4 pm

25th Annual St Patricks Open Day

Irish Arts CenterHell’s Kitchen

BSB Niagara

1 – 5 pm

Stony Brook Baseball vs. Niagara

Ages: All
Free
Sports

Joe Nathan FieldStony Brook

2 – 3 pm

Saturday Storycrafts

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Free

Brooklyn Public Library Sheepshead BayBrooklyn

Sunday March 9

All day

The Museum of Modern Art Presents- Projects: Marlon Mullen

Ages: All
Art
Free

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

FSS NYPL

All day

Story Time with NYPL

Ages: 5 – 8
Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtChelsea

Familiares FSS

All day

Recorridos Familiares

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
En Español

The Whitney Museum of American ArtChelsea

8 am – 6 pm

Hicks Nurseries’ 35th Annual Flower & Garden Show

Ages: All
Attractions
Free

Hicks NurseriesWestbury

9 am – noon

NYRR Open Run: Conference House Park

Ages: All
Free

Conference House ParkStaten Island

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Desert Dwellers

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY

Photo – Secret Sirens Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Monster Mayhem Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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11 am – 3 pm

Guggenheim Museum Free Sunday Funday

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Community

GuggenheimUpper East Side

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11 am – 5 pm

Dough For Good – Pizza for LA Fundraiser

Ages: All
Food & Drink
Free

beebe’sLong Island City

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1 – 2 pm

Public Garden Highlights Walk

Ages: 13 and up
Environment
Free

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