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Saturday Oct. 12, 2024

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All day

Vote for Your Favorite Scarecrow!

Ages: 3 and up
Free
Halloween

Stony Brook Village CenterStony Brook

All day

Sports Watch Parties at Backyard at Hudson Yards: NCAA Football

Ages: All
Free
Sports

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & GardensManhattan

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All day

Greg’s Great Pumpkin Patch

Ages: All
Free
Halloween

Greenwood Park Beer GardenBrooklyn

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All day

Fleurs de Villes ARTISTE

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson YardsNew York City

White Plains Road Farmers Market

9 am – 4 pm

White Plains Road Farmers Market & DOT NYC Open Streets

Ages: 5 – 8
Caribbean
Community

Gloria Dei Old Swedes Episcopal ChurchPhiladelphia

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9 am – 3 pm

Brooklyn Book Bodega Book Giveaway

East New York FarmsBrooklyn

GK5K

9:30 am – 1 pm

Global Kids Hosts Annual 5K Run/Walk at Flushing Meadows – Corona Park

Ages: All
Free
Outdoors

Flushing Meadows Corona ParkFlushing

10 – 11 am

Whiz Kidz

Ages: 5 – 12
Free

Idlewild ParkSpringfield Gardens

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10 am – 4:30 pm

Heritage Fall Festival 2024

Heritage Farm and GardenMuttontown

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10 am – 5 pm

Long Beach Fall Festival

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

Kennedy PlazaLong Beach

10 am – noon

Super Seedlings

Ages: 3 – 8
Environment
Free

Van Cortlandt Park Alliance Garden & Compost SiteBronx

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10 am – 1 pm

Corn Husk Dolls

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes

Wave HillThe Bronx

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10 am – 5 pm

Hicks Nurseries Fall Festival

Hicks NurseriesWestbury

11 am

Weekly Storytime

Ages: 3 – 12
Books & Readings
Free

Barnes & Noble Staten Island MallStaten Island

Photo – Secret Sirens Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Secret Sirens

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Free

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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11 am – 2 pm

Watch a 19th Century Base Ball Game

Ages: All
Attractions
Free

Bayside Historical SocietyBayside

11 – 11:30 am

Storytime with Charlie & Tommy Greenwald: The Rescues Best Day Ever

Books Are Magic MontagueBrooklyn

11 am – 3 pm

Harvest Festival

Clay Pit Ponds State Park PreserveStaten Island

11 am – noon

Free Capoeira Family Workshop

Ages: 5 and up
Community
Dance

Hope Gardens Community CenterBrooklyn

Noon – 6 pm

The Latin GRAMMYs®: 25 Years of Musical Excellence

Ages: All
Free

The Paley MuseumManhattan

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Noon – 6 pm

Six Foot Platform: SARAH E. BROOK | RESOUNDING

Ages: All
Art
Free

Washington Street in DumboBrooklyn

Noon

Panamanian Parade

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

Panamanian ParadeBrooklyn

TikTok Kitchen

Noon – 1 pm

TikTok Kitchen

Ages: 13 and up
Food & Drink
Free

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

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Noon – 2 pm

Quogue Library’s Great Give Back Celebration

Ages: All
Animals
Community

Quogue LibraryQuogue, NY

Noon – 6 pm

Fordham Road Fair

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

Fordham Road between Grand Concourse and Elm PlaceBronx

1 – 5 pm

Open Hours at the Environmental Education Center

Ages: All
Free

Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy Environmental Education CenterBrooklyn

1 – 6 pm

Harlem Arts Stroll

Ages: All
Art
Free

Calabar GalleyHarlem

1 – 5 pm

Empire Outlets Presents: Fall Kick-off Carnival

Ages: All
Free

Empire OutletsSaint George

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1 – 2:30 pm

Guided Tour: Path Through History Weekend

Ages: All
Free

Dyckman Farmhouse MuseumInwood

Oyster Fest fix

1 – 6 pm

Shinnecock Oyster Festival

Shinnecock Indian ReservationSouthampton

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1 – 6 pm

2nd Annual Shinnecock Oyster Festival

Shinnecock Indian ReservationSouthampton

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