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Friday July 19, 2024

All day

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

Ages: All
Art
Community

The Billie Holiday TheatreBrooklyn

Meatpacking District (Credit BrakeThrough Media)

Beginning 1pm Friday and ends Monday at 5pm

Step into Hopper in NYC’s Meatpacking District

Ages: All
Art
Free

Gansevoort PlazaMeatpacking District

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10 am – 6 pm

“Underwater Wilderness” Art Exhibition

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Free

Tina Kim GalleryChelsea

10 am – noon

Family Fridays – Summer Family Gardening Program

Ages: 12 and under
Environment
Free

Van Cortlandt Park Alliance Garden & Compost SiteBronx

10 am – 8 pm

Galaxy Experience Space

Galaxy Experience SpaceSoHo

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 – 1 pm

Sports Watch Parties at Backyard at Hudson Yards: PGA The Open Championship

Ages: All
Free
Sports

Backyard at Hudson YardsHudson Yards

Noon – 4 pm

SPRINKLERFEST

Ages: All
Free
Outdoors

Snug Harbor Cultural CenterStaten Island

Sloomoo Friday

1 pm

Sloomoo Summer Fridays

Ages: All
Attractions
Free

Sloomoo InstituteManhattan

3 – 5 pm

Open Hours at the Environmental Education Center

Ages: All
Free

Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy Environmental Education CenterBrooklyn

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6:30 – 7:30 pm

Magic of Amore

Ages: 12 and under
Free
Outdoors

Emma Clark LibrarySetauket

Movies, wonka-2023

8 – 11 pm

Wonka | SummerStarz Free Movies

Ages: All
Free

Transmitter ParkBrooklyn

8:30 – 10:30 pm

Movies Under the Stars: Under the Boardwalk

Ages: All
Film
Free

Irving Square ParkBrooklyn

9:15 – 10:45 pm

Movies Under the Stars: Kung Fu Panda 4

Ages: All
Film
Free

Unisphere at Flushing Meadows Corona ParkFlushing-Corona

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9:30 pm

Friday Night Fireworks

Ages: All
Free

Coney Island BeachConey Island

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