8 – 9 am Power Hour at the Backyard at Hudson Yards: Extra Mile Run Club with Rhone Ages: 13 and upFree Health & Fitness Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & GardensHudson Yards
9 am – 4 pm Find Your Wild at Wertheim NWR Ages: AllAnimals Boating Wertheim NWR Visitor CenterShirley
10 am – 5 pm Hicks Nurseries 50th Annual Fall Festival Ages: AllFestivals Free Hicks NurseriesWestbury
11 am – 7 pm Discover the Secret Room at IKEA Brooklyn Ages: 5 and upAttractions Free IKEA BrooklynBrooklyn
1 – 5 pm Cat Chow Therapod Ages: AllAnimals Free High Line Gansevoort Plaza, 820 Washington St.Manhattan
2:30 – 6:30 pm SSE Presents: Real Good Basketball Skills & Drills Ages: 5 and upFree Sports Real Good PlaygroundFlushing
3 – 5 pm Pickleball Open Class Ages: AllClasses Free Gantry Plaza State Park – Handball CourtsLong Island City
3 – 4 pm Faber Recreation Center Youth Drop-In Programs Seasonal Crafts Ages: 5 and upArt Community Faber ParkStaten Island
3:30 – 5:30 pm Faber Recreation First Lego League Robotics Ages: 9 and upCommunity Free Faber ParkStaten Island
5 – 6 pm Faber Recreation Center Youth Drop-In Programs Game Zone Ages: 5 and upCommunity Free Faber ParkStaten Island
5:30 – 6:30 pm Planning for the Future: How New Tax Laws Could Affect Your Estate Ages: AllClasses Community Montauk LibraryMontauk
5:30 – 7 pm Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at LEEP Dual Language Academy Charter School Ages: 5 – 8Community En Español LEEP Dual Language Academy Charter SchoolBrooklyn
6:30 – 7:30 pm Bookmarked: A Current Fiction Book Discussion Ages: AllArt Books & Readings The Merrick LibraryMerrick
Oct. 12, noon Peacocks to Poodles: Marble Collegiate Church’s Annual Blessing of the Animals Marble Collegiate Church
Gay City News Supreme Court appears likely to strike down Colorado conversion therapy ban as applied to talk therapy