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Saturday Aug. 17, 2024

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Various

Free Kayaking

Ages: 5 and up
Boating
Community

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

All day

The Billie Holiday Theatre Presents Sky’s The Limit: Style As Resistance

Ages: All
Art
Community

The Billie Holiday TheatreBrooklyn

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

BrooklynBookBodega_ENYFarmersMarket

9 am – 3 pm

Brooklyn Book Bodega Book Giveaway

East New York FarmsBrooklyn

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9 am – 7 pm

Sloomoo Summer Saturdays

Ages: All
Attractions
Free

Sloomoo InstituteManhattan

10 – 11 am

Whiz Kidz

Ages: 5 – 12
Free

Idlewild ParkSpringfield Gardens

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10 am – 3 pm

Free Kayaking

Ages: All
Free
Outdoors

Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 2 DockBrooklyn

11 am

Weekly Storytime

Ages: 3 – 12
Books & Readings
Free

Barnes & Noble Staten Island MallStaten Island

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11 am – 5 pm

FAD Market at Governors Island

Ages: All
Art
Community

Governor’s IslandNew York Harbor

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11 am – noon

Ready, Set, Kindergarten! @ Sheepshead Bay Library

Ages: 5 – 8
Free

Brooklyn Public Library Sheepshead BayBrooklyn

Spellbound

11 am – 1 pm

Creative Break: Spellbound Theater Company

Ages: 8 and under
Art
Books & Readings

Little IslandMeatpacking District

Noon – 3 pm

Splish Splash Saturdays

Ages: 3 – 12
Community
Free

Splish Splash SaturdayBrooklyn

1 – 5 pm

Open Hours at the Environmental Education Center

Ages: All
Free

Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy Environmental Education CenterBrooklyn

1 – 2 pm

Mozart for Munchkins at Backyard at Hudson Yards

Ages: 8 and under
Free
Music

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & GardensManhattan

POP-UP SATURDAYS

1:30 – 3:30 pm

2024 Pop-Up Saturdays Free Family Fun

Ages: 12 and under
Animals
Art

Stony Brook Village CenterStony Brook

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