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Sunday July 14, 2024

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Various

Free Kayaking

Ages: 5 and up
Boating
Community

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

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All day

Story Time with NYPL at the Whitney

Ages: 8 and under
Art
Books & Readings

The Whitney Museum of American ArtManhattan

All day

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

Ages: All
Art
Community

The Billie Holiday TheatreBrooklyn

Furby Wuz Here Map

All day

FURBY ‘Furry Objects’ Pop Up Across NYC

Ages: 5 – 8
Attractions
Community

Elizabeth Street GardenSoHo – Mid-Town

2 am – 4 pm

Climate Collage Making Activity on Governors Island

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY

Colonels Row on Governors IslandGovernors Island

9 am – noon

NYRR Open Run: Conference House Park

Ages: All
Free

Conference House ParkStaten Island

FURBY Wuz Here Activation Makes Mischief in NYC

10 am – 5 pm

FURBY Wuz Here ‘FURBY’s Crib’ Immersive Experience

Ages: 5 – 8
Attractions
Free

Furby’s New CribSoHo

10 am – 8 pm

Galaxy Experience Space

Galaxy Experience SpaceSoHo

10:30 am – 6 pm

Free Second Sundays

Ages: All
Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtManhattan

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10:30 am – 2 pm

Albee Baby x Thule Family Walk & Summer Celebration

Ages: 8 and under
Free
Outdoors

Albee BabyCentral Park

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Summer Pop-up [Dumbo]

Ages: All
Art
Community

Dumbo

Photo – Sweet Summer Scavenger Hunt, kids in general store

11 am – 4 pm

Sweet Summer Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 5 – 12
Free
Games

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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11 am – 3 pm

Artmaking Inspired by Wanda Gág at the Whitney

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Classes

The Whitney Museum of American ArtManhattan

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11 am – 4 pm

4th Annual Suitcase Sunday

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

Baisley Pond ParkJamaica

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11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents: The Charles Turner Quintet at the Whitney Museum

Ages: All
Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtManhattan

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Noon – 2:30 pm

Free Kayaking

Ages: All
Free
Outdoors

Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 2 DockBrooklyn

Noon – 5 pm

FIAF’s Bastille Day 2024 Celebration

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

FIAF’s Bastille DayManhattan

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Noon – 1 pm

2:30 – 3:30 pm

Alt Text as Poetry at the Whitney Museum

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Classes

The Whitney Museum of American ArtManhattan

Noon – 6 pm

Flatbush Avenue Street Fair

Flatbush Avenue Street FairBrooklyn

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1 – 4 pm

Soul Sundays at Atlantic Terminal

Ages: All
Dance
Free

Atlantic Terminal MallBrooklyn

71st Ave Plaza

2 – 4 pm

Hispanic Heritages Dance Party

Ages: All
Community
Dance

71st Ave Plaza RidgewoodRidgewood

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2 – 7 pm

Bastille Day

Ages: All
Free

Tin BuildingNew York City

MPP beach

3 – 6 pm

Public Art Fund x Mobile Print Power at Rockaway Beach

Ages: 9 and up
Art
Craft & DIY

Rockaway Beach and BoardwalkRockaway Beach

summer concert

7 – 8:30 pm

2024 FREE Summer Concerts on the Village Green

Ages: All
Free
Music

Stony Brook Village CenterStony Brook

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