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Friday May 16, 2025

Manhattan Teens Take The Met

4 – 8 pm

Teens Take The Met

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Attractions

The Metropolitan Museum of ArtManhattan

L: Kayla Mak and Elijah Geolina in Houston Thomas’s U Don’t Know Me. Photo: Rosalie O’Connor. R: YeonSeo Choi and Kayke Carvalho in the Black Swan pas de deux from Kevin McKenzie’s Swan Lake. Photo: Emma Zordan.

7:30 – 9 pm

American Ballet Theatre Studio Company: Spring Moves

Ages: 9 and up
Art
Dance

NYU SkirballManhattan

Saturday May 17

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Painting to Migratory Birdsongs

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11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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1 – 2:30 pm

Interactive Nature Sculpture Installation

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Community

Downs Farm PreserveCutchogue

L: Kayla Mak and Elijah Geolina in Houston Thomas’s U Don’t Know Me. Photo: Rosalie O’Connor. R: YeonSeo Choi and Kayke Carvalho in the Black Swan pas de deux from Kevin McKenzie’s Swan Lake. Photo: Emma Zordan.

7:30 – 9 pm

American Ballet Theatre Studio Company: Spring Moves

Ages: 9 and up
Art
Dance

NYU SkirballManhattan

Sunday May 18

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10 am – noon

Party on Wheels

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

New York Transit MuseumBrooklyn

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Painting to Migratory Birdsongs

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11 am – 3 pm

Guggenheim Museum Free Sunday Funday

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Community

GuggenheimUpper East Side

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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1 – 3 pm

Garden in a Glass: Terrarium Making Workshop

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Classes

Queens Botanical GardenFlushing

Tuesday May 20

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4 – 5 pm

Pin Making

Ages: 9 and up
Art
Free

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

Thursday May 22

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

Friday May 23

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All day

DanceAfrica at BAM

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

BAM Peter Jay Sharp BuildingBrooklyn

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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3 – 5 pm

Community Partnership Series – Bronx

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Community

149th st grand concourseBronx

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3 – 5 pm

5-Borough Community Partnership Series – Bronx

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Community

149th st grand concourseBronx

Saturday May 24

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All day

DanceAfrica at BAM

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

BAM Peter Jay Sharp BuildingBrooklyn

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Turtle Friends

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

Sunday May 25

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All day

DanceAfrica at BAM

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

BAM Peter Jay Sharp BuildingBrooklyn

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Turtle Friends

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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5 – 6:30 pm

An Opera of the Heart Pt. II

Ages: 9 and up
Art
Attractions

QED AstoriaAstoria

Monday May 26

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All day

DanceAfrica at BAM

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

BAM Peter Jay Sharp BuildingBrooklyn

Thursday May 29

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

Ava Garanedian Sag Harbor in Focus 12 Banner

5 – 6 pm

SAG HARBOR IN FOCUS – Photography Exhibition: Opening Reception, Fashion Show, and Award Ceremony

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Community

The ChurchSag Harbor

Friday May 30

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

Saturday May 31

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Barking up a Wave Hill Tree

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY

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10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Watson Adventures’ Wizard School Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 9 and up
Art
Attractions

Metropolitan Museum of ArtUpper East Side

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11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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